Honourable, Dead or Alive, When Following the Revolutionary Road (Arduous March version)

Honourable, Dead or Alive, When Following the Revolutionary Road (Arduous March version) Taken from the EP ‘Party Songs’ released on 22nd November. Order here: or here: The release event happened in Tel Aviv: Video shot at the Laibach performance in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15th May 2019, filmed by Tomislav Gangl & crew. Honourable, Dead or Alive, When Following the Revolutionary Road is based on an aria from the classic North Korean revolutionary opera “Tell, O Forest“(1972), written and produced under the guidance of the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. “Tell, O Forest“ is one of the five famous revolutionary operas in the DPRK. It vividly represents the steel-strong faith and steadfast will of a revolutionary. The opera is highly regarded as a masterpiece of eternal value. (Korean Central News Agency) Laibach’s re-interpretation was prepared for the 2015 Liberation Day concert in Ponghwa Theatre in Pyongyang, but deemed too “confusing” by the North Korean hosts and therefore struck from the concert repertoire. Unknown composer. Includes an edit of a poem ‘Jutri gremo v napad’ (Tomorrow We’ll Attack) by Slovenian partisan poet Vladimir Pavšič alias Matej Bor. Arranged by Silence. Copyright Control. English translation by Mary Sun Kim Mixed and mastered by Matej Gobec Produced by Laibach and 2015 - 2019
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