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This is the current status of my ever evolving Les Amis de l'ABC playlist, I just thought I'd share it with you. If anyone has other songs that'd fit, I'd welcome any recommendations.

Please don't get at me if you think a song on this list isn't fitting, they are on there for quite different reasons. Some, I think, are for all of les amis, others fit one person especially. Sometimes a part of the lyrics screamed "Revolution!" to me, sometimes the melody just felt fitting, sometimes I can't really tell you, it's just the vibes :)) I've tried to avoid actual songs from Les Misérables. Here we go!

A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)

One Day (Matisyahu)

Fight The Dragons (Big Fish)

Ahead By A Century (The Tragically Hip)

Sound The Bugle (Bryan Adams)

Higher Ground (John Denver)

Defying Gravity (Wicked)

Don't Rain On My Parade (Barbra Streisand)

Bui Doi (Miss Saigon)

Truth Beauty Freedom Love (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)

Seize The Day (Newsies)

Heal The World (Michael Jackson)

Found/Tonight (Ben Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda)

À La Volonté Du Peuple (Les Misérables)

Someday (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

The Stars Look Down (Billy Elliot)

Make Them Hear You (Ragtime)

by Christian Toto

Kimmel all but declared himself a free speech martyr. Then, a week later, he was back on the air.

The episode showed how artists can rise up to smite free speech attacks, real or imagined. So where are those voices now as Jewish artist after Jewish artist faces cancellation?

To paraphrase Simon & Garfunkel, cue the sounds of silence.

Matisyahu concert at House of Blues cancelled due to threat of protests

These artists said nothing when Matisyahu endured cancellations and attacks for being pro-Israel. They did the same when Jewish comedian Michael Rapaport suffered similar cancellations.

This critic saw Rapaport perform in Denver late last year, an event where guards used metal detectors to screen patrons entering the club. Jewish author Brett Gelman of “Stranger Things” fame also has faced cancellations for his identity. The team behind “October 7” have had to up security measures to make sure the show goes on.

Add comedian Guy Hochman to that ignominious list.

A California theater invited Hochman to perform at the venue but insisted he agree to far-Left talking points regarding the Middle East. Namely, the Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theatre demanded Hochman call out Israel’s so-called genocide against Palestinians.

Hochman refused. The theater canceled the gig.

It wasn’t the first cancellation for Hochman, but this one got slightly more media attention. Said attention forced a key player behind the cancellation to backpedal and apologize.

5. A song that needs to be played LOUD

You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC. I love its intensity. I think it’s a really good workout tune.

15. A song that is a cover by another artist

Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, covered by Johnny Cash. Cash’s version, recorded several months before his 2003 death, was essentially his swan song. Trent Reznor, the Nails’ lead singer, even went so far as to say “that song isn’t mine anymore”. It’s just a super heartwrenching iteration.

28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love