incredibledisc Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 After browsing the latest Boo Poll on protest music I've decided to ask what's everyone's favourite examples of this type of music? Any less "obvious" examples?off the top of my head...Shipbuilding - Elvis CostelloOhio - CSN&YFor What it's worth - Buffalo Springfield (Public Enemy's "update" a couple of years back - "He got game" was also pretty good)Killing in the name of - RATMThis land is your land - Woody GuthrieMasters of War - Bob DylanBall of confusion (That's what the world is today) - The TemptationsFear of a black planet - Public Enemy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 "what god wants" and "the bravery of being out of range" spring to mind...both off amused to death.... rog waters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 State of the Union - David Ford....fucking unbelieveable song.You can hear it at www.myspace.com/davidford, but i recommend you to watch the videos more, there is one on the profile and one in the blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me and Parvati Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Behind Enemy Lines - The Global CannibalLynched - Carlo Giulianiin fact, im gonna stop now or I'll get carried awayImporting oil exporting bloodWell take their barrels of oil by the barrel of a gunImporting capital, exporting deathWell keep dropping our bombs until theres none of them leftWe dont need actual evidence to seal a nations fatejust the promise of profit that their resources createUnleashing our forces to preserve the American dreamby tapping their oil reserves to run our machinesWe rule this worldWe answer to no oneWeve used the U.N. in the past to legitimize our crimesbut if they wont stand with us now, then fuck themWe are the most powerful empire this world has ever seenand well have you either on your knees or under our heelWell force you to disarm while our fingers on the buttonto continue our reign as the worlds biggest gluttonsWar propaganda plagues our countryAmerican perception is not realityOur leaders have a war mentalityWere living in a war mentalityWe feed on fearWe prey on weaknessWe drop bombs on people in the name of freedomWe shower civilians with shells of depleted uraniumWe want you disarmedso you cant resist uswhen we liberate your land for American interestsThe companies anxiously await their sound investmentWar propaganda plagues our countryAmerican perception is not realityOur leaders have a war mentalityWere living in a war mentalityWe devour it allWere the global cannibalWith the brits by our side well bomb them back into the Stone Ageto punish them for how uncivilized they areOur superiority and first-world arroganceentitle us to the double standardselevating ourselves above criticism and consequenceand justifying anticipatory self defenseWe see through your liesYou can stand on your ownWere not with the terrorists,were not with you and were not aloneYoure spilling blood to make oilmen richerand redeem daddy for his miserable failurebut the people youre killing, have a right to existWe cant let in come to thisWar propaganda plagues our countryAmerican perception is not realityOur leaders have a war mentalityWere living in a war mentality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Could be one of hundreds, but I think I'd probably have to go with IfwhiteAmericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfa llapart (thought it deserved its full title), by Manic Street Preachers.Lyrics are a great summing up of white American culture, the guitars are brutal and the way the solo sounds half like a ripping solo and half like a national anthem is particularly clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Amy* Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Blood For Oil - Sonic Boom SixOvercome (The Recapitulation) and In All Rwanda's Glory - RX BanditsUri Geller Bent My Heart - Lightyear& take your pick of Antimaniax songs. Personal favourites include In Front of Our Eyes & Suit, Tie, CashAlso, not so much a protest song but What's Going On? by Zebrahead is a great tune addressing and questioning issues in American society such as drugs and gun crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hon Jonda Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I don't really like any politically based songs for that reason. There are some things religion and or politics shouldnt be part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 California Uber Alles - Dead KennedysGod Save The Queen - Sex PistolsSheep Farming In The Falklands/How Does It Feel (To Be The Mother Of A Thousand Dead?) - Crass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Bob Marley - Redmeption SongRATM - Killing in the name ofHowards Alias - W.O.R.L.D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get lost Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 The Clash, Bob Dylan, Fugazi, they've all done em!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Chris T-T - 9 Red Songs (album)Ani Difranco - various Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Rise Against - State of the UnionAny Propagandhi or Anti Flag (whose new stuff is ACE!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incredibledisc Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Could be one of hundreds' date=' but I think I'd probably have to go with IfwhiteAmericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfa llapart (thought it deserved its full title), by Manic Street Preachers.Lyrics are a great summing up of white American culture, the guitars are brutal and the way the solo sounds half like a ripping solo and half like a national anthem is particularly clever.[/quote']That one would've been on the list but I couldn't be arsed typing it all out properly! Hat's off to you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I don't really like any politically based songs for that reason. There are some things religion and or politics shouldnt be part of.I've never understood this. I think that, if done tastefully and properly, music can be the best form of making a stand on certain issues, and a great way of getting your message across. If the song is a total cheese-fest then i'd tend to agree with you.To answer the question;Chris T-T's 9 Red Songs album is fantastic ! But i believe Bob Dylan to be the absolute master of the genre (Masters of War, The Times They Are A Changin, The Hurricane, With God On Our Side et al) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Every Refused song ever written. "I've got a bone to pick with CapitalismAnd a few to break"One of the best and most important bands of the last 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyS Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Most refused songs, most propagandhi songs, a good few million dead songs. best has to be "i am the party" by million dead - a song about politics "taking the piss" out of politcial bands :" Well you can tell by the way I move my feet that I’m a genuine insurrectionary - it’s a kind of nervous shuffle that contrasts so well with Bolshevik bravado. And you can tell by the way I raise my hand - not in a fist but for a question. Take out your manifestos and then put them away. I implore you to ignore every word I say. And if my status as a figure on a stage implies authority, I hope my caution and my age belies my humility, and will to take my rage and try to turn myself into a one-man landslide. Let’s kick it off with a leafleting campaign and follow it up with some public meetings, pressing flesh and kissing babies as I smile and promise things are getting better. I am the party, the apparatchik and the grey bureaucracy. I am the secret police, manufacturing a constituency that doesn’t answer back. I found these words in my bedroom underneath old magazines. And I found this voice in my record collection - distorting tapes kicked analysis awake. You found this song but you didn’t question - swallowed the sleeve but didn’t see my tongue inside my cheek. I am the Politburo, but I am the Velvet Revolution, a Budapest kick from fifty-six and so: let’s all go hand in hand to the local polling station and make our own categories, then vote for ourselves." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 has no-one mentioned Pink Floyd yet?BRICK IN THE WALL. there, i said it.and also Refuseds` "Worms of Senses/Faculty of the Skull"and of course most Beattles` songs.EDIT: Refused...and i didn't even read the two previous posts...and a few others such as Bad Religion and BLINK-182 (don`t believe me? go listen to Anthem. teenage rebellion right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NARC Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 "Bengali In Platforms" by Morrissey. A protest against immigration, with the controversial line "Shelve your Western plans, life is hard enough when you belong here". Though I don't think he's racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Oh Yeah, Bad Religion for sure - They are the daddies in my eyes. Rage Against The Machine, Sick of it All (Their name says it all!), Agnostic Front ("Gulliani Gulliani Gulliani fuck you Gulliani Gulliani Gulliani fuck you.........Die!" - to the point!) Fugazi (although I've always found it's the music I dig more than lyrical content)......For a folkier sound, I can't agree more that Masters of War is the top dog. Has anyone heard the Pearl Jam version? I think it was only on a bootleg. I'm not really a fan of them (subjected to them by my brothers) but it sent shivers down my spine. Any local "protest writers"? I cringe when using that title after seeing that Bob Dylan Documentary recently....I wouldn't dare attempt it given my lack of political understanding (and basic lack of songwriting ability!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 has no-one mentioned Pink Floyd yet?BRICK IN THE WALL. there' date=' i said it.and also Refuseds` "Worms of Senses/Faculty of the Skull"and of course most Beattles` songs.EDIT: Refused...and i didn't even read the two previous posts...and a few others such as Bad Religion and BLINK-182 (don`t believe me? go listen to Anthem. teenage rebellion right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)[/quote']eh? what beattles' songs? there is a tiny minority of protest/political songs. socially aware songs maybe, but even those are rare in the Beatles back catologue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 eh? what beattles' songs? there is a tiny minority of protest/political songs. socially aware songs maybe' date=' but even those are rare in the Beatles back catologue.[/quote']Revolution in it's various forms was at times an unclear reflection of the 1968 political unrest due to issues like Vietnam and racism. Blackbird was supposed to be about the black rights issue.But most of them in solo forms have produced some... Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" Harrison's "Bangladesh" although mostly without any merit especially in 1971/72 e.g. Lennon's Sometime In New York City LP and Macca's Give Ireland Back To The Irish. McCartney also had he recent that appalling 9/11 reaction effort with the Freedom single.I don't really think that pop/rock stars are that good or successful at real protest songs as they seldom actually truly understand the issues or offer any solutions. Although I'm aware of a lot of issues due to songs and attitudes of my favourite artists e.g. Vietnam, Apartheid, Third World poverty. Whether that's influenced me in my opinion or do do something about those issues is a different matter. Plus the acutual songs are usually mince (see Freedom above). Some good "songs" to add to some mentioned earlier in a message vein though:Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (globalisation)Neil Young's Alabama and Southern Man about the American South's racist attitudes Lynyrd Skynyrd fantastically commercial though potential controversial answer in Sweet Home Alabama "Montgomery had the answer..." I still don't know what to make of it mainly due to that line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_matter Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 A large portion of system of a down and counting bodies like sheep to the rythym of the war drums by a perfect circle. Love that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey_sc Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Know Your Enemy - RATMAnyone else gettign a bit hacked off with new bands saying they hate Bush? It seems just like a clichéd way of getting publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Bush sucked and that Gavin Rosdale fellow ended up nailing Gwen Stefani. I think a hate campaign is perfectly in order.....SOAD - good shout. C'mon the Armenians....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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