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CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:23 pm
by Adriano França
Hello!
My name is Adriano, I'm from Brazil.
Someone could explain the meaning of expression CHAIN GAIN from this music of band The Chosen Few.
Thanks.
Adriano
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:24 pm
by Adriano
Ops..CHAIN GANG
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:42 pm
by daniel
It's when prisoners are chained together and forced to perform physical tasks outside the prison walls- digging holes, breaking rocks etc. It was very popular in the US, mainly in the south, and I believe the practice still exists in some states.
The chosen few song is a cover of a Sam Cook song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZdvVnMXCc
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:09 pm
by Stick-a-Bush
daniel wrote:It's when prisoners are chained together and forced to perform physical tasks outside the prison walls- digging holes, breaking rocks etc. It was very popular in the US, mainly in the south, and I believe the practice still exists in some states.
The chosen few song is a cover of a Sam Cook song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZdvVnMXCc
Yeah, I believe that in some states, chain gangs can be seen picking up trash along highways.
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:52 pm
by Adriano
Thanks a lot, guys.
It's a good song. The original and cover version are great sons.
The cover made by The chose few are a single, isn't it??
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:44 pm
by blakbeltjonez
Stick-a-Bush wrote:daniel wrote :It's when prisoners are chained together and forced to perform physical tasks outside the prison walls- digging holes, breaking rocks etc. It was very popular in the US, mainly in the south, and I believe the practice still exists in some states.
The chosen few song is a cover of a Sam Cook song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZdvVnMXCc
Yeah, I believe that in some states, chain gangs can be seen picking up trash along highways.
yep, you can still see that in Florida - kind of a variation of the old chain gang idea when FL and other Southern states had prison camps housing inmates that would do menial roadside work.
in the old days, you might typically have seen prisoners in leg irons working on rural roads while a guard on horseback with a rifle or shotgun kept an eye on them - that was long before i got to FL, it ended sometime in the mid 60's, but there are still work camps today.
the movie "Cool Hand Luke" was set in the FL prison camp system.
Re: CHAIN GAIN
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:10 pm
by collieman
there is a very rare & a very beautiful cover of this song from the band Matumbi in a b side of a 7 "
Not Chain Gain but Chain GANG
so beautiful
i love it