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Music and Media => The Music Circle => Topic started by: S Clark on 9 Jan 2021, 07:32 pm

Title: Protest in Music
Post by: S Clark on 9 Jan 2021, 07:32 pm: There are so many... which one's called out to you? 4 Dead in Ohio?

This new one by John Fogerty moved me. "Weeping in the Promise Land"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ODrkRdwb3k&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: gonefishin on 9 Jan 2021, 07:50 pm: https://youtu.be/Niz_EKOnb5w

for what it's worth - Tab Benoit
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Post by: Mudslide on 9 Jan 2021, 08:01 pm: Being that I'm REALLY old...anything by Jefferson Airplane/Starship. One could start with We Can Be Together (Tear Down the Walls...).
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Post by: Don_S on 9 Jan 2021, 08:51 pm: Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son"

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"

Buffy Sainte-Marie "Universal Soldier"

Bob Dylan--too many to remember
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Post by: RPM123 on 9 Jan 2021, 10:47 pm: Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On?"
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Post by: RDavidson on 10 Jan 2021, 02:10 am: All music by Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy
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Post by: RPM123 on 10 Jan 2021, 02:16 am: Lou Reed - "Sick of You".
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Post by: ctviggen on 10 Jan 2021, 02:46 pm: Quote from: S Clark on 9 Jan 2021, 07:32 pm
There are so many... which one's called out to you? 4 Dead in Ohio?

This new one by John Fogerty moved me. "Weeping in the Promise Land"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ODrkRdwb3k&feature=youtu.be

That's good. Is that Arizona? California? (Where he has the piano.)
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: ArthurDent on 10 Jan 2021, 04:50 pm: Most of Gil Scott-Heron's work. One of his earliest - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg)
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Post by: Woodsage on 10 Jan 2021, 05:12 pm: Hard to beat these two musicians in my book.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DirL4RI1448

Certainly timely but I make no comments or judgments about the content here.

Mike
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: S Clark on 10 Jan 2021, 08:34 pm: Quote from: ctviggen on 10 Jan 2021, 02:46 pm
That's good. Is that Arizona? California? (Where he has the piano.)
:dunno:
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: Ice10 on 10 Jan 2021, 09:09 pm: I like this one from an artist that I don’t listen to very often.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hzDriqlK8
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Post by: richidoo on 10 Jan 2021, 09:24 pm: Aimee Mann - Satellite
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Post by: JerryM on 10 Jan 2021, 09:25 pm: Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd
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Post by: trackball02 on 10 Jan 2021, 09:27 pm: https://youtu.be/Xv8FBjo1Y8I

Tracy Chapman, Talkin' About a Revolution
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Post by: Jazzman53 on 10 Jan 2021, 10:02 pm: Whitey's on the moon

https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4
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Post by: David C on 10 Jan 2021, 10:20 pm: Billy Joel- We didn’t start the fire

Barry Mcguire - Eve of Destruction
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Post by: dynaflo on 11 Jan 2021, 12:51 am: Doors: "This is the End".
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Post by: low.pfile on 11 Jan 2021, 05:35 am: I just finished watching a Nina Simone documentary on Netflix tonight. Apropos to this thread. Her music is revolutionary, rebellious, and timeless. What Happened, Miss Simone (2015, directed by Liz Garbus).
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Post by: Mudslide on 11 Jan 2021, 05:57 am: Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire.
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Post by: celebrat on 11 Jan 2021, 12:22 pm: being 68yo I have heard so many protest songs. Here is one many may have not heard of yet. It stole my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXq76emXDk&list=RDGVXq76emXDk&start_radio=1
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: timind on 11 Jan 2021, 02:55 pm: Quote from: celebrat on 11 Jan 2021, 12:22 pm
being 68yo I have heard so many protest songs. Here is one many may have not heard of yet. It stole my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXq76emXDk&list=RDGVXq76emXDk&start_radio=1

Sixty six here, how have I never heard of her. Gonna check her out today.

I'll add Ani Difranco to the list.
Title: Re: Protest in Music
Post by: S Clark on 11 Jan 2021, 03:44 pm: Quote from: celebrat on 11 Jan 2021, 12:22 pm
being 68yo I have heard so many protest songs. Here is one many may have not heard of yet. It stole my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXq76emXDk&list=RDGVXq76emXDk&start_radio=1
Wow. That woman has the power to move people!