Thursday, May 5, 2011

Is the Protest Song Dead?

Bob shared this from the New York Times blog, asking about everyone's favorite "protest songs." Check it out.

http://community.nytimes.com/comments/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/is-the-protest-song-dead/

And a bunch of links to songs:
Billie Holliday Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Dylan folk version – Masters of War
http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/34277

Pearl Jam version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG443N7lo4Q

Phil Ochs I Ain’t Marching Any More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE

Phil Ochs What Are you Fighting For
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N93OCCBXGXc&feature=related

Bob Dylan With God on Our Side (Buuddy Miller video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF92JKKlfRM

Neil Young Ohio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7VxqAtgZF0

CSN&Y Please Come to Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsKvj7KoRWg

Steve Earle Christmas Time in Washington
Baez intro to 1:26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypA46HvfXjI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NASicF9yTI&feature=related

Green Day American Idiot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7YjwZzNz0

Randy Newman Say a Few Words in Defense of our Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OldToIF5ZGs

Public Enemy Fight the Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk

Bright Eyes When The President Talks to God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-_HemCiFHs

John Lennon War is Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jw-ifqwkM

Neil Young Lets Impeach the President
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_cS_iQ-w0


Carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
Ain’t going to make it with Anyone Anyhow.

1 comment:

  1. I loved the rhythm of the vocals in Phil Ochs's "I Ain't Marching Anymore."

    The current issue of IWW's newsletter also has a list of modern protest songs, and an article on the history of IWW songmakers.

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