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

[LookOverYonder]

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

[MLUCY]

"IF I HAD A HAMMER"- TRINI LOPEZ

[RDP1951]

or Peter, Paul and Mary

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Somebody's Watching Me" * Rockwell

w/mjax - 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsJKXSxW9A

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Lonely Little Girl" * FZappa & Mothers of Invention

moon zappa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn7LuJ89tWI&ab_channel=mogsydog

[MaVolta]

Animals (the entire album) - Pink Floyd

(Roger Waters had a lot to say!)

[LouLit01]

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@MaVolta wrote:

Animals (the entire album) - Pink Floyd

(Roger Waters had a lot to say!)

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Roger Waters was poet who could stand with John Lennon and Jim Morrison.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"RUN" * Snow Patrol

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYERX1UDMg&ab_channel=MarekPawlak

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Bed's Are Burning" * Midnight Oil

The Oil's song set to Native Americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRHqWQygZCk&ab_channel=HeapPlentyFunny

[l483260l]

EXCELLENT- THANKS FOR SHARING.

[ripvanwinkle96]

A lot of examples of the harshness of reality of Native American life, There is another side.

Until We Meet Again * Choctaw Flute

Windwalker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV6b4-2j6xY&ab_channel=helen1434

[l483260l]

THANKS FOR SHARING- BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, BUT THE VIDEO IS OBJECTIONABLE.

[cm9889168]

"Eve of Destruction"  by Barry McGuire

"When human respect is disintegratin',
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I

[BobH07]

Who remembers the "answer" song to Eve Of Destruction:

Dawn of Correction by the Spokesmen?

[ripvanwinkle96]

I remember it, there was some consernation to the "Eve of Destruction" and that counter reactionary song was some of it. It didn't fare well for radio play and kinda faded away fast. I reckon the times and mood of the generation had something to do with it. Personally, it didn't bother me one way or other, I just didn't think musically it wasn't as good as PF Sloans tune.

"Laugh At Me" * Sonny Bono

Chastity Bono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6uDSgyrZds&ab_channel=Naxxseb

[RDP1951]

pretty appropriate, huh?

[TheGent2U]

@cm9889168  Thank you for sharing "Eve of Destruction". It reminded me of a similar song from several years later:

Knife Edge - Emerson, Lake, And Palmer   https://youtu.be/G7_XkndCwQc

[cm9889168]

@TheGent2U   Yes, I can see that.

How about the guy on the keyboard/organ? He plays it upside down?

Thanks for the link

[TheGent2U]

@cm9889168  Keith played a piano solo at the California Jam while he, and the piano, rotated head over heels. He may have done that elsewhere, as well. During "Rondo" he would play his Hammond B-3 organ while riding it across the stage. He also held notes on the Hammond by jamming knives between the keys. Which does not do as much damage as you might think. But I had a friend who refused to see ELP. He liked the music, but hated the B-3 antics.

[TheGent2U]

The Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash. Ira was a member of the Pima Nation. He was also one of the 6 Marines who raised the American Flag on Iwo Jima. This song is about what happened to him after that.  https://youtu.be/tvUi5yGjJbY

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Soldier Blue" * Buffy Sainte Marie

Shocker of a movie ending even today {Sand Creek Massacre}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJIr5y429BY&ab_channel=fab70smusic

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Indian Giver" * 1910 Fruitgum Comany

The record itself probably brought protests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1he-7GYku8&ab_channel=CharliePerez

[l483260l]

AS WELL IT SHOULD HAVE- A FAR BETTER & MORE AUTHENTIC NATIVE AMERICAN PROTEST SONG IS JOHN TRUDELL'S "CRAZY HORSE": https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=JOHN+TRUDELL%27S+%22CRAZY+HORSE%22+VIDEO&view=detail&mid=A3D41D...

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Amerika" * Rammstein

Made in Germany

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxcOXPcIRk8&ab_channel=JohnDoe0329

[cm9889168]

"Paper In Fire"  by John Cougar Mellencamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myo9wXrNUP4

[1968Hoya46]

Down By The Riverside: Mahalia Jackson; many others.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Silent Running {On Dangerous Ground} * Mike & The Mechanics

Red Dawn {Russian invasion of USA}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KFhT9O6-A&t=149s&ab_channel=shadw30

[MarybethG691589]

1. "Living On The Edge" by Areosmith 

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Soldier Blue" * Buffy Sainte Marie

Sand Creek Massacre 1864

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJIr5y429BY&ab_channel=fab70smusic

[MarybethG691589]

Maybe this song was already mentioned "Keep on Rockin in the Free World by Neil Young

[ripvanwinkle96]

{I thought you were} Special * Garbage

Rebellion to a bad relationship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqhrc87WNMQ&ab_channel=DjAngie6