The Guardian is compiling a list of the best protest songs... Here are the one's from the list that I'd actually heard...lol. Feel free to debate!
My selection of 52 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 141
- Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story) (!!!, 2003)
- I Am the Walrus (The Beatles, 1967)
- Revolution (The Beatles, 1968)
- War Pigs (Black Sabbath, 1971)
- Cop Killer (Body Count, 1992)
- When the President Talks to God (Bright Eyes, 2005)
- Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (James Brown, 1968)
- White Riot (The Clash, 1977)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (Bing Crosby, 1932)
- Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 1970)
- California Über Alles (Dead Kennedys, 1979)
- Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks, 2006)
- Hurricane (Bob Dylan, 1975)
- The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Bob Dylan, 1964)
- When the Ship Comes In (Bob Dylan, 1964)
- Role Model (Eminem, 1999)
- We Care a Lot (Faith No More, 1985)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin, 1967)
- I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four, 1965)
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
- What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
- The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 1982)
- American Idiot (Green Day, 2004)
- This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie, 1944)
- Okie from Muskogee (
, 1969) - The Star-Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix, 1969)
- People Get Ready (The Impressions, 1965)
- Give Peace a Chance (John Lennon, 1969)
- Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire, 1965)
- Material Girl (Madonna, 1985)
- Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) (Johnny Mandel, 1970)
- Redemption Song (Bob Marley, 1980)
- Fuck tha Police (NWA, 1988)
- In the Ghetto (Elvis Presley, 1969)
- Sign o’ the Times (Prince, 1987)
- Bring the Noise (Public Enemy, 1987)
- Fight the Power (Public Enemy, 1989)
- Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine, 1992)
- Fall On Me (REM, 1986)
- Street Fighting Man (The Rolling Stones, 1968)
- I’m Coming Out (Diana Ross, 1980)
- We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger, 1963)
- Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
- War (Edwin Starr, 1970)
- Monster (Steppenwolf, 1969)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2, 1983)
- We Are the World (USA for Africa, 1985)
- Get Up, Stand Up (The Wailers, 1973)
- Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) (Wham!, 1982)
- My Generation (The Who, 1965)
- Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young, 1989)
- Southern Man (Neil Young, 1970)
Bonus****
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