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Ryan

#1 November 29, 2008, 04:42:28 am

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so what are some of you guys fav protest songs? i know thats kind of a vague description but shit like:

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#2 November 29, 2008, 04:51:48 am

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hee hee was gonna say phil ochs and there's not marching anymore!

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#3 November 29, 2008, 08:58:59 pm

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yeah thats what i was gonna say

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#4 November 29, 2008, 09:05:35 pm

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nah but in all seriousness ochs pretty much got a lock on the sincere protest song with a message, dylan followed, and then protest songs kind of degenerated into acoustic guitars singing about peace so there aren't too many great ones. if you wanna go political songs I've got a few of those.

the problem is music as a vehicle for message often results in it basically being a sonic equivalent of medicine hidden in candy and people wise up to the fact that there's coumadin in their skittles.

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Ryan

#5 November 29, 2008, 09:34:17 pm

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the grand prize goes to Green Day - American Idiot

man it seems lately any band that includes a political message in their music is almost automatically shit. maybe i'm forgetting some good ones but the only recent overtly political albums i can remember are american idiot and FLOBOTS. flobots are much better than green day but they're still pretty mediocre and they try way too hard with the socialist thing.

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Mince Wobley

#6 November 29, 2008, 09:35:34 pm

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I think lars's "Christianity Should be Illegal" is a good album full of protest songs

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#7 November 29, 2008, 10:10:59 pm

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The average Black male
Live a third of his life in a jail cell
Cause the world is controlled by the white male
And the people don't never get justice
And the women don't never get respected
And the problems don't never get solved
And the jobs don't never pay enough
So the rent always be late; can you relate?
We livin in a police state

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#8 December 02, 2008, 03:41:52 am

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AGAINST ME!
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#9 December 02, 2008, 03:51:48 am

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We're Not Gonna Take It -Twisted Sister

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Lars

#10 December 02, 2008, 10:25:06 am

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Quote from: Mince Wobley on November 29, 2008, 09:35:34 pm

I think lars's "Christianity Should be Illegal" is a good album full of protest songs

hey i forgot all about this

off topic but does anyone here have it and want to upload it for me??

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Kole

#11 December 02, 2008, 04:00:01 pm

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can you upload it lars? im curious.

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Lars

#12 December 02, 2008, 11:53:37 pm

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i dont have it! that's why im asking if someone who has it could upload it

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KayzorKross

#13 December 03, 2008, 12:00:55 am

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I found a site that listed 20 'protest songs that matter'. Here they are in order:

#20 Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley and the Wailers
#19 Minority by Green Day
#18 We Shall Be Free by Garth Brooks
#17 We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
#16 Diamonds From Sierra Leone by Kanye West
#15 I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
#14 Clampdown by The Clash
#13 California Uber Alles by Dead Kennedys
#12 Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
#11 Fuck tha Police by NWA
#10 Allentown by Billy Joel
#09 World Wide Suicide by Pearl Jam
#08 Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan
#07 Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown
#06 Boom! by System of a Down
#05 Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
#04 War by Edwin Starr
#03 Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck
#02 Fight the Power by Public Enemy
#01 What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

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#14 December 03, 2008, 12:22:01 am

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#15 December 03, 2008, 02:10:51 am

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Puppet Master

#16 December 03, 2008, 02:48:39 am

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Lars, I might be able to upload it, I just have to remember where it is on my computer.

EDIT: I've found the folder containing this CD, but "The Room" is mysteriously missing. I will look a little longer, but if I cannot find it would you mind if I just upload it sans "the Room"?

Last Edit: December 03, 2008, 03:05:04 am by Puppet Master

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#17 December 03, 2008, 03:16:31 am

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while that list is kind of awful, What's Going On is a fabulous album no one else mentioned yet. but some of those are more political than direct protest, unless lynching was still an issue during Holliday's time.

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#18 December 03, 2008, 04:15:29 am

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Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on December 03, 2008, 03:16:31 am

while that list is kind of awful, What's Going On is a fabulous album no one else mentioned yet. but some of those are more political than direct protest, unless lynching was still an issue during Holliday's time.

I was about to say, I never really thought of Whats Going On as a protest album, it was definitely a political for sure.

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big ass skelly

#19 December 03, 2008, 03:19:38 pm

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My fav is "Earth Song" by the big MJ... beautiful @_@

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Ryan

#20 December 03, 2008, 03:24:15 pm

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Quote from: KayzorKross on December 03, 2008, 12:00:55 am

I found a site that listed 20 'protest songs that matter'. Here they are in order:

#20 Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley and the Wailers
#19 Minority by Green Day
#18 We Shall Be Free by Garth Brooks
#17 We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
#16 Diamonds From Sierra Leone by Kanye West
#15 I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
#14 Clampdown by The Clash
#13 California Uber Alles by Dead Kennedys
#12 Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
#11 Fuck tha Police by NWA
#10 Allentown by Billy Joel
#09 World Wide Suicide by Pearl Jam
#08 Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan
#07 Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown
#06 Boom! by System of a Down
#05 Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
#04 War by Edwin Starr
#03 Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck
#02 Fight the Power by Public Enemy
#01 What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

lollin at Boom! and world wide suicide.

also yeah steel i have what's going on on vinyl and CD. it's one of my favorite albums!

also god damn that list is bad. blowin in the wind isn't even on there and that's like THE protest song.

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