Here she uses her pen to attack Bush’s war on terror.Ĥ4 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate son 1969 Punchy militant hip hop in search of a decent video.įolk influenced rock. This song, inspired by the St Lawrence strike of 1912, has become a great anthem of women’s liberation. I’m not a big Neil Young fan, hence the low placing for this classic protest song.Ĥ8 Joan Baez & Mimi Farina – Bread and Roses Recorded in response to the killing of four students and the wounding of nine others by soldiers during a peaceful antiwar protest at Kent State University. Uptempo danceable number from the French born singer who has achieved international success with the group Mano Negra and more recently as a solo artist.Ĥ9 Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Ohio 1970
And what goes in is down to my personal taste and prejudices (musically and politically). Only one song per artist is allowed (my self imposed rule). So be warned : there’s a lot of anger and a lot of emotion in these songs. If it doesn’t do any of these things, it hardly deserves to be called a protest song. – Finally the song should provoke the listener : shock us, unsettle us, amaze us, inspire us, make us angry, make us sad or make us optimistic. Songs about wars and revolutions in days long gone are not included here. – It follows from this that a true protest song should address a specific issue or issues that are current. It may do this by calling directly for something to happen – “free Nelson Mandela”, by informing us, by appealing to our hearts and our emotions, or by challenging commonly held ideas. A song that doesn’t confine itself to commenting on or bemoaning the ills of the world, but seeks in some small way to change things.
Good words and fine sentiments are not enough. – A piece of music that is a great song in its own right. Protest Songs 1963 – 1973 podcast (February 2013) My 50 Greatest Protest Songs (December 2007) The page that you’re on now contains this list (minus most of the original streaming links) This page will be disappearing from the site in the near future, You’re invited to visit my new protest song page (August 2021):
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