Protest Songs (1824-Present)

[Pussy Galore]

Don't know why, but I love a good protest song!

My favourite is Barry Mcguires 'Eve of Destruction'. Can anyone help me put together a definitive list for downloading?

Thanks y'all.

[DudeAsInCool]

Nice post. PopMatters recently put together an article, The 65 Greatest Protest Songs from 1824-Present, complete with music videos, and I was meaning to post it - and now you have given me an excuse :) So here they are:

Part 1: Beethoven to Phil Ochs (1824-1965)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 4th Movement (1818-1824)

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra: “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue”

“Cotton Mill Blues” - Pete Seeger (1934)

Billie Holiday: “Strange Fruit” (1939)

Woody Guthrie: “Do Re Mi” (1937)

Woody Guthrie: “This Land Is Your Land” (1940)

Pete Seeger: “We Shall Overcome” (1946)

Charles Mingus: “Haitian Fight Song” (1957)

John Coltrane: “Alabama” (1963)

Sam Cooke: “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)

Bob Dylan: “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (1964)

Barry McGuire: “Eve of Destruction” (1965)

Phil Ochs: “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” (1965)

Read the full review, watch the videos HERE.

Part 2: Janis Ian to Jimi Hendrix (1966-1970)

Janis Ian: “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)” (1966)

The Mothers of Invention: “Trouble Every Day” (1966)

Steve Reich: “Come Out” (1966)

Aretha Franklin: “Respect” (1967)

The Beatles: “Revolution” / “Revolution 1” (1968)

MC5: “Kick Out the Jams” (1968)

James Brown: “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)” (1969)

Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Fortunate Son” (1969)

Merle Haggard & the Strangers: “Okie from Muskogee” (1969)

Plastic Ono Band: “Give Peace a Chance” (1969)

Black Sabbath: “War Pigs” (1970)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: “Ohio” 1970)

Jimi Hendrix: “Machine Gun” 1970)

Machine Gun

Read the full review, watch the videos HERE

Part 3: Curtis Mayfield to The English Beat (1970-1980)

Curtis Mayfield: “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go” (1970)

Gil Scott-Heron: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (1970)

Edwin Starr (197))

The Beach Boys: “Student Demonstration Time” (1971)

Marvin Gaye: “What’s Going On” (1971)

Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Get Up, Stand Up” (1973)

Alice Cooper: “Only Women Bleed” (1975)

The Sex Pistols: “Anarchy in the UK” (1976)

Gil Scott-Heron: “Johannesburg” (1976)

Peter Tosh: “Legalize It” (1976)

Joan Armatrading: “Taking My Baby Up Town” (1978)

Stiff Little Fingers: “Suspect Device” (1978)

Read the full review, watch the videos

Part 4: Heaven 17 to N.W.A. (1981-1988)

Heaven 17: “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” (1981)

Minor Threat: “Straight Edge” (1981)

The Specials: “Ghost Town” (1981)

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: “The Message” (1982)

Robert Wyatt: “Shipbuilding” (1982)

Bruce Springsteen: “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)

Artists United Against Apartheid: “Sun City” (1985)

Dead Kennedys: “MTV—Get off the Air” (1985)

Faith No More: “We Care a Lot” (1985)

Joni Mitchell: “Dog Eat Dog” (1985)

The Ramones: “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)” (1985)

Suzanne Vega: “Luka” (1987)

N.W.A.: “Fuck tha Police” (1988)

Read the full review, watch the videos

Part 5: Public Enemy to Dixie Chicks (1989-2006)

Public Enemy: “Fight the Power” (1989)

Ani DiFranco: “Lost Woman Song” (1990)

Body Count: “Cop Killer” (1992)

Sonic Youth: “Swimsuit Issue” (1992)

2Pac: “Keep Ya Head Up” (1993)

Bruce Springsteen, “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (1995)

Super Furry Animals: “The Man Don’t Give a Fuck” (1996)

Various Artists: “A Tree Never Grown” (2000)

Steve Earle: “Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)” (2002)

Bright Eyes: “When the President Talks to God” (2005)

System of a Down: “B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)” (2005)

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars: “Living Like a Refugee” (2006)

Dixie Chicks: “Not Ready to Make Nice” (2006)

Read the full review, watch the videos

[Pussy Galore]

That's a brilliant post, Dude!

Surprised not to see Universal Soldier there (Donovan)

Didn't know about that list.

x

[DudeAsInCool]

We Can't Make It Here Anymore - James McMurtry

[Excrement_Cranium]

No Rage?

No Guerilla Radio???

[sideshow bob]

Absolutely loved the Marvin Gaye performance, that was special.

I like this one too:

Legalise it by Peter Tosh

but it was hard to find a straight video of this one:

Think by Aretha Franklin

Edited July 22, 2007 by DudeAsInCool

[Umma]

Paul Brady - The Island