David Peel & The Lower East Side
The Chicago Conspiracy
1972 · Apple SW 3391 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- David Peel & The Lower East Side
- Title
- The Chicago Conspiracy
- Release
- The Pope Smokes Dope
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Apple # SW 3391
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- David Peel
- Genre
- Rock · Psychedelic Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Psychedelic folk rock group formed in New York City, USA, featuring David Peel, Harold Black, Billy Jo White, Larry Adams. Led by David Peel, born as Angel Perez, to Puerto Rican parents on 1 August 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and died 6 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York, USA, was said to have started out in the 1960s playing on the streets on New York with songs about drugs and dodgy cops. He served in the US military for two years, stationed in Alaska. He released many political protest songs, including "Hey, Mr. Draft Board" on the 1970 album The American Revolution, which opposed the draft and the war in Vietnam. On this 1972 album featured the song "The Chicago Conspiracy" (Apple Records # SW 3391) which addressed both the 1968 Chicago demonstrations and the "Chicago Eight" - the narrator listed all eight of the high-profile protesters arrested and charged, including Bobby Seale, which many other songs excluded in favour of the "seven". The song placed blame on the Chicago mayor: "Daley made this place a city of disgrace". The narrator said that the arrests and trial revealed that "we're not free in this society". It encouraged the listener to "kill..fight...never run" and to keep "marching against the great injustice".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, Chicago / The Democrats convention was society's invention / To change our generation was one of their intentions / Chicago was the place for the Democratic race / Mayor Daley made this place a city of disgrace... / They busted Jerry Rubin / They busted Abbie Hoffman / They busted David Dellinger / They busted Rennie Davis / They busted Lee Weiner / They busted John Froines / They busted Tom Hayden / They busted Bobby Seale / The great conspiracy was meant for you and me / To show is we're not free in this society, Chicago... / You got to kill, kill, kill / You got to fight, fight, fight / Never run, run, run / When you're right, right, right / The whole world is watching / The whole world is marching against the great injustice for the people who were busted / In Chicago, in Chicago, in Chicago / Power to the people, power to the people, power to...
About the artist
Formed in New York City, USA. David Peel, born as Angel Perez, to Puerto Rican parents on 1 August 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and died 6 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York, USA
Themes
Chicago Seven · Demonstration · Anti-War · Richard J. Daley · Jerry Rubin · Abbie Hoffman · Bobby Seale · David Dellinger · Tom Hayden · Rennie Davis · Military
In collections
1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs