Rock Songs About History

Murder Most Foul: Dylan

Indian Reservation - Paul Revere and The Raiders

Outlaw Blues: Dylan (He references Jesse James and Robert Ford, the guy who shot Jesse James).

Life In Dark Water - Al Stewart

About the tale and mystery of The Mary Celeste

War Surplus Baby (Bill Danoff)

"Barefoot and sadness
Bell bottom eyes
We did what need to be done
So we marched all the marches
Ended all the wars
All the time believing that we won"

Enola Gay (OMD)

Pride (In the Name of Love) (U2)

1944 (Jamala)

Going to go again with the master of historical events, Bruce Springsteen:

"Streets Of Minneapolis" 

Lyrics:

Through the winter’s ice and cold

Down Nicollet Avenue

A city aflame fought fire and ice

‘Neath an occupier’s boots King Trump’s private army from the DHS

Guns belted to their coats

Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law

Or so their story goes

Against smoke and rubber bullets

By the dawn’s early light Citizens stood for justice

Their voices ringing through the night

And there were bloody footprints Where mercy should have stood

And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets

Alex Pretti and Renee Good

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice

Singing through the bloody mist

We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst

Here in our home they killed and roamed In the winter of ’26

We’ll remember the names of those who died

On the streets of Minneapolis

Trump’s federal thugs beat up on His face and his chest

Then we heard the gunshots

And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead

Their claim was self defense, sir

Just don’t believe your eyes

It’s our blood and bones

And these whistles and phones

Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice

Crying through the bloody mist

We’ll remember the names of those who died

On the streets of Minneapolis

Now they say they’re here to uphold the law

But they trample on our rights

If your skin is black or brown my friend

You can be questioned or deported on sight

In chants of ICE out now Our city’s heart and soul persists

Through broken glass and bloody tears

On the streets of Minneapolis

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice

Singing through the bloody mist

Here in our home they killed and roamed

In the winter of ’26

We’ll take our stand for this land

And the stranger in our midst

We’ll remember the names of those who died

On the streets of Minneapolis

We’ll remember the names of those who died

On the streets of Minneapolis