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Protest Songs? I need to find a good protest song for my History 12 class. Preferably a political protest song, but it can also be protesting other things like animal rights etc.
I have a few in mind, but I'd like to see what you guys come up with. Any ideas? [This message was edited Tue May 6 18:07:58 PDT 2003 by Purpleone4Eva] | |
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Purpleone4Eva said: I need to find a good protest song for my History 12 class. Preferably a political protest song, but it can also be protesting other things like animal rights etc.
I have a few in mind, but I'd like to think what you guys come up with. Any ideas? Don't know if there actually protest songs but the following Ani DiFranco songs are quite political: To the Teeth (about America's gun culture) Self Evident (about Sept 11th) Serpentine (about all kinds of things actually..lol..) 
"...literal people are scary, man literal people scare me out there trying to rid the world of its poetry while getting it wrong fundamentally down at the church of "look, it says right here, see!" - ani difranco | |
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INXS 'guns in the sky'
Prince 'sott' ***************************************************************************************
Song of the Day: Prince *Acknowledge Me* | |
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Thanks for the suggestions.  | |
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Purpleone4Eva said: I need to find a good protest song for my History 12 class. Preferably a political protest song, but it can also be protesting other things like animal rights etc.
I have a few in mind, but I'd like to see what you guys come up with. Any ideas? [This message was edited Tue May 6 18:07:58 PDT 2003 by Purpleone4Eva] What's Goin' On: Marvin Gaye (IMHO, the best) B Movie: Gil Scott-Heron Fight The Power: Public Enemy Fight The Power: Isley Bros. Big Brother: Stevie Wonder Partyup: Prince Ronnie Talk To Russia: Prince All Along The Watchtower: Dylan (?)/Jimi Hendrix Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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War-Edwin Starr
/peace Manki | |
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"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane
Look what's coming up the street! Counter-revolution, counter-revolution! | |
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Tracy Chapman has some nice protest songs... Bob Dylan too | |
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"Hurricane"/Bob Dylan
"Ohio"/CSN&Y "You Haven't Done Nothin'"/Stevie Wonder "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos"/Public Enemy "Party For Your Right To Fight"/Public Enemy "Burn Hollywood Burn"/Public Enemy "Revolution"/The Beatles "41 Shots (American Skin)"/Bruce Springsteen "War"/Edwin Starr "War"/Bob Marley "Redemption Song"/Bob Marley "Get Up, Stand Up"/Bob Marley "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue"/Curtis Mayfield "We Got To Have Peace"/Curtis Mayfield "For What It's Worth"/Buffalo Springfield "Won't Get Fooled Again"/The Who... æ [This message was edited Thu May 8 17:39:05 PDT 2003 by Supernova] This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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"Future Shock" Curtis Mayfield,"thank you for letting me be my self again" Sly&The Family Stone,"Ship Ahoy" The O'jays,"Skin I'm In" Cameo,"Take Me to the Next Phase" The Isley Brothers"That's the Way of The WOrld" Earth,Wind&Fire,"make Me wanna Holler" Marvin Gaye,"Black Man" Stevie WOnder,"A Change is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke,"Whitey on the Moon" Gil Scott Heron,"I want to Be Free" Ohio Players. mistermaxxx | |
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People have all made great suggestions. If you need stuff that was used historically at protests, some classics inclue Pete Seeger's (or was it Bob's) "We Shall Overcome," and the work of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who later in part gave birth to Sweet Honey in the Rock. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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Public Enemy - Son Of A Bush | |
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