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PROTEST & REBELLION SONGS.."get it off your chest"

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PROTEST & REBELLION SONGS.."get it off your chest"

The only stipulation here is that the song should be commentary,  controversial, expressing a rebellious, protesting "frame of mind"; generally, or speciffically, about society, culture, economics, wealth, poverty, politics, war, peace, relationships, etc, etc, etc.

 

How about some songs which, when you heard them, you thought, "Yeh, those lyrics tell it like it is!" or maybe you were offended by the controversial lyrics.

 

Your song selection may be from any time period in history and about any topic you choose, old songs and new songs.

 

Please be free to post protest & rebellion songs which either you agreed with or which "honked" you off.

 

Here is an opportunity to "Get it off your chest!" Go ahead and briefly include memorable lyrics of the song if you like [ if you remember 🙂 ]

 

To begin.....here's a protest song:     Subterranean Homesick Blues     Bob Dylan

 

 


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"MaMa Said" * The Shirelles

 rebellious teen angst amongst a civil rights backdrop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT9OXYtRhZ8&t=4s

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Mercy Mercy Me: Marvin Gaye (humans are assaulting our environment).

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"What's Going on"- Marvin Gaye
SUPERGIRL, NO REALLY I MEAN IT! HER REAL NAME & MINE ARE THE SAME( FIRST 2 NAMES ARE)
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"Illegal Alien" * Genesis

phil collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61hzuGGJX0

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You Don’t Own Me: Leslie Gore

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{I Can't Get No} Satisfaction * Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAUDWQL_vfc

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Dixie: The unofficial anthem of the Confederacy.

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"Run Like Hell" * Pink Floyd

The Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOV17QcjG6I

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Yankee Doodle (originally sung by British troops during the Revolutionary War to mock the colonial soldiers, it was co-opted by the forces of the American rebellion as a rallying anthem).

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"Ball of Confusion" * The Temptations

68' Democratic Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wOny4yigg

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Songs Protesting Love Denied (In the order of their release):

 

The Wagoner's Lad - The Serendipity Singers https://youtu.be/oGerOQXoPh8

 

Down in the Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal (written by Joe South) https://youtu.be/v4CeR9Mkjs4

 

Society's Child - Janis Ian (performed live; introduction by Leonard Bernstein) https://youtu.be/300LiZtuDPw

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"Heartbreaker" {doo doo doo doo doo} * Rolling Stones

NYPD 75 precinct - The Seven Five documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71WMAIF-UA

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Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel (Paul wrote this from a poem by Edward Arlington Robinson.)

https://youtu.be/HNmfhCbpbJU (performed live)

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The Rain Came Down - Steve Earle (Plight of the farmer.) https://youtu.be/lOB_C3BSt9c

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Working In The Coal Mine: Lee Dorsey

 

Sixteen Tons: Tennessee Ernie Ford

 

Strictly speaking, perhaps neither song is a protest song or a song of rebellion but more of a lament for the harsh, dangerous and low-paying job of a coal miner, at least at the time the songs were written. In their own way, each song drew attention to those awful working conditions.

 

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Universal Soldier  by Donovan

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A50lVLtSQik

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"The Wall Street Shuffle" * 10cc

Greed is Good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0LOH0ycvc4&ab_channel=TheWhiteCat1965

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Mr. Businessman: Ray Stevens (a scathing indictment of what he sees as the worst of corporate America; the song was probably submitted long ago, but I’m too lazy to pore over the history of this topic).

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"The World Is A Ghetto" * War

not very pretty world for the kids......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPZ2oSlUSBo&ab_channel=MichaelCarroll

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"Behind Blue Eyes" * Limp Bizkit

interacial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxoRHqc1iDk&ab_channel=fbesomi

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@ripvanwinkle96  I had no idea Limp Bizkit did "Behind Blue Eyes". I remember the original, by the Who, very well.

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"King Rat" * Modest Mouse

Whale hunting-reversed, produced by Heath Ledger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7KDOAj4Xo&ab_channel=MODESTMOUSEVEVO

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Drive By Truckers--"What It Means"

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The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

https://youtu.be/PobrSpMwKk4

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"White Lines" * Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five

A street kid gets arrested, gonna do some time
He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He's out on bail and out of jail
And that's the way it goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS3sEvRffbI&ab_channel=MC%3AMus1cCollection

 

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Workingman’s Blues #2: Dylan (I apologize if this was a previous submission; apologize even more if I was the previous submitter!).......

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@1968Hoya46 In re repeat submissions - I've wondered that about a couple of mine, too. Hopefully they are deep in the thread. Ah, well, as Adrian Belew sings (well, says) in King Crimson's "Indiscipline": "I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress....."

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@TheGent2U wrote:

@1968Hoya46 In re repeat submissions - I've wondered that about a couple of mine, too. Hopefully they are deep in the thread. Ah, well, as Adrian Belew sings (well, says) in King Crimson's "Indiscipline": "I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress....."


I have to plead guilty to repeats, including my own! 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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Long Ago and Far Away - Bob Dylan. Also nicely done by The Brothers Four.

 

Also, and if this is a repeat, I apologize:

 

Gospel Changes - John Denver. Also done by Mary Travers.

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James Dean - Eagles

 

You were the lowdown rebel if there ever was
Even if you had no cause

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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