What is your Favorite Protest Song?

[semipenguin]

I think mine has to be For What it's Worth by Buffalo Springfield...

What is you favorite?

 

[Vargas]

Good thread.

Fight the Power by Public Enemy is a great one.

I also like London Calling by the Clash.

Got to think here, there are a lot.

Oh, god, how could I have forgotten "TESTIFY" by Rage Against the Machine. Probably my favorite of all time--listen to the words, still true today.

 

[semipenguin]

Good thread.

Thank you. Sometimes I can come up with something thought provoking..

 

[Aaron]

Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air"
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - "Ohio"
Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"

 

[MAJ Badmotherfarker]

Damn... Buffalo Springfield and Public Enemy were already taken. Those would have been mine.

 

[HomieG]

Country Joe & The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag

 

[hexagram]

Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"

There you go, that's more like it. :yesshake:

 

[Casual Fan]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who

Favorite lyric: Meet the new boss--same as the old boss.

"Revolution" by the Beatles

Favorite lyric: If you want money for people with minds that hate, all I can tell you is brother you'll have to wait.

"Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine

Favorite lyric: Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

 

[Vargas]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who

Favorite lyric: Meet the new boss--same as the old boss.

"Revolution" by the Beatles

Favorite lyric: If you want money for people with minds that hate, all I can tell you is brother you'll have to wait.

"Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine

Favorite lyric: Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

See, I feel like Won't get fooled again is actually an ANTI revolution song because the whole song just talks about everytime things change and new power takes control, it just reverts back to the way it was. Favorite lyric "The banners, they all fly in the next war."

But, not to diminish you pick, it is a GREAT SONG.

 

[Sirius Rich]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRn5l8P6kk"]My all time favorite protest song[/ame]

 

[semipenguin]

Good song, Rich...

:shock:

 

[Sirius Rich]

Good song, Rich...

:shock:

Thanks. It does have a good beat and easy to dance to.

 

[Musicologist]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPONpG32ZmQ]YouTube - Joan Baez at Woodstock - We Shall Overcome[/ame]

 

[Casual Fan]

Thanks. It does have a good beat and easy to dance to.

So does your mom.

 

[Casual Fan]

See, I feel like Won't get fooled again is actually an ANTI revolution song because the whole song just talks about everytime things change and new power takes control, it just reverts back to the way it was.

That's true, but the chorus, "Won't Get Fooled Again," is an acknowledgment of that. They recognize that most change is bogus, but this time, they're not buying it.

Another great one: Sunshine (Go Away Today) by Jonathan Edwards.

Favorite lyric: He can't even run his own life, I'll be damned if he'll run mine!

 

[Sirius Rich]

So does your mom.

You must have know my mother a long time ago, she passed away in 1988.

 

[mrpacs]

Beastie Boy's "Fight For Your Right To Party"

 

[Casual Fan]

You must have know my mother a long time ago, she passed away in 1988.

I really miss her pot roast.

 

[memebag]

My favorite protest song ever:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfH263OAG0A]YouTube - Dead Kennedys - We've got a Bigger Problem Now[/ame]

 

[Sirius Rich]

I really miss her pot roast.

We are Greek and Leg of Lamb was and still is the dinner of preference.