Bob Marley "Get Up Stand Up"
Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys on Mopeds"
U2 "Bullet the Blue Sky" and "Mothers of the Disappeared"
The Police "Invisible Sun"
Sting "They Dance Alone (Gueca solo)"
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Alicia K - Nov 04, 2004 6:13:58 pm PST #5741 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Jen - Nov 04, 2004 6:27:15 pm PST #5742 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Oh, and how could I have forgotten the Clash's "Guns of Brixton"?:
When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun
When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Angus G - Nov 05, 2004 1:37:18 am PST #5743 of 10003
Roguish Laird
I'm not really a huge fan of protest songs, but I'd nominate:
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
!!! = "Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard"
"La Marseillaise"
Fred Pete - Nov 05, 2004 3:28:39 am PST #5744 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm not sure it's quite a protest song, but "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" by Bing Crosby hits me hard every time.
msbelle - Nov 05, 2004 3:34:47 am PST #5745 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so VH1 recently did a top 25 protest songs show -
25 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
24 Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
23 Where Is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas
22 Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)
21 Nelson Mandela - The Specials
20 London Calling - The Clash
19 Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
18 Boom! - System of a Down
17 People Have the Power - Patti Smith
16 The Message - Grandmaster Flash
15 Biko - Peter Gabriel
14 Freedom [Live] - Rage Against the Machine
13 Sun City
12 Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
11 Get up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
10 Born in the U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen
9 Fight the Power - Public Enemy
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
7 Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6 Strange Fruit [#2] - Billie Holiday
5 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4 Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
3 Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pt. 1 - James Brown
2 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
1 Blowin' in the Wind [Live] - Bob Dylan
DXMachina - Nov 05, 2004 3:37:15 am PST #5746 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Born in the U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen
I had that one in mind last night, and then forgot it.
Jim - Nov 05, 2004 3:43:49 am PST #5747 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Surely if you're gonna have one Costello, it's Shipbuilding. If 2, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt Down. If 3, actually, Oliver's Army, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt down.
And I will post, first class, one English pound to anyone who can convincingly explain what Anarchy in the UK is protesting about.
DXMachina - Nov 05, 2004 3:49:07 am PST #5748 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Costello didn't even write it. It's a cover of Nick Lowe.
Jim - Nov 05, 2004 3:49:58 am PST #5749 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Good point.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2004 4:04:49 am PST #5750 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Boom! - System of a Down
Nice! I think they have better "protest songs," though, considering that one's mostly spoken word. "A.D.D." and "War?" come to mind. But I think "Boom!" is more reactionary, and the video is very protest-y.