Protest Songs and the War For Truth

Hi NGC2736

May I humbly make a suggestion for your list?

"Which Way Are You Going" by Jim Croce.

It's from the Vietnam days, but still fits. Personally, I felt it was an appropriate statement about our world even before 9-11.

Thank you one and all. It's great to hear all the protest songs, new and old. It means that America is still an ongoing revolution. Our leaders just ride the tiger.

And ChaoticDesk, here's your reference set to some Bush images.



MSM may not be carrying many of the songs now, but I remember a time long ago when the music of protest was underground. But truth has a way of finding the light of day.

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NGC2736, thank you for finding that. Someone really went to a lot of trouble to put the images in such perfect order to match the song. I wish it wasn't such a true statement, though.

Chaotic

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows....

heres one of my favorites from today...

JIMMY EAT WORLD
Electable

I came up like everyone, they taught us all the same
I said what they told me to say, and then from that they grade.
Give up repeating the facts, fact could be arranged
Here I am, I'll take my chance
Now play the record straight.

Talking points from talking heads with automated smiles
There's no higher ground to stand than bottom of the pile.
Give up acting unaware, you can't ignore the crime
The enemy is you as well, the enemy is I.

Not in my name, you don't speak for me
I am my voice, and I want to scream
You want my air, you want my lung
I act as one, but I'm not alone.

Bob Dylan, Joan Biaz the song of racial equality,anti war and songs of redemption .

they are ostracized for speaking out Country music fans and the country music industry in particular hated them with a passion.
probably the reason for this is that Bob Dylan took the hick out of Country Music.

without a doubt Bob Dylan is Americas national treasure

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Actually, it's been my experience that Country Music has always bucked the crowd. The first video I posted in the start of this thread was a song by Kris Kristoferson, a well known and well loved Country Music legend.

True, Dylan was a country singer, though a lot of folks don't use that title for his style. But "hick" music has always been the songs of the working man, no matter who sang it. It's always been about the sorrows and triumphs of everyday people. About the dreams and the disallusions of life at it's rawest. And war always seems to take a higher toll on those with the least economic muscle.

I'm heartened to see so many here contribute to this thread. It proves that song is still a way to express dissatisfaction. And because the songs come from so many genres of music, it means that it's effecting us all.

Perhaps this thread will become a resource for the protest song as a vehicle of change in a world that so badly needs changing.

The ones that I remember growing up in that 60's era.

Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon and the Animals (1968)
Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger
Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan (1963)
Get Together - Youngbloods (1969)

There are just so many more....

Wing-Nut