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1970 "War" Edwin Starr: 1968 "War Games" The Monkees: 1965 "The War Drags On" Donovan: 1968 "The War Is Over" Phil Ochs: 1971 "War Movie" Jefferson Airplane: 1970 "War Pigs" Black Sabbath: 1969 "Wasted Words" The Motions with Robbie van Leeuwen: 1965 "We Didn't Know" Tom Paxton: 1966 "Welterusten meneer de president (Sleep Well Mr. President ...
A protest song on the futility of war, written in response to the Vietnam War. Later also covered by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel (1989) – a cleverly structured list of historical events of the Cold War period from the 1950s–1980s, making special mention of the "communist bloc". "Weeping Wall ...
Soul music carried over into the early part of the 70s, in many ways taking over from folk music as one of the strongest voices of protest in American music, the most important of which being Marvin Gaye's 1971 protest album What's Going On, which included "Inner City Blues", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", and the title track.
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
"Nuclear War" By Sun Ra [6] Arkestra (1982) "Nuclear War" By New Politics (2010) "Nuclear War" By Yo La Tengo (2001) "Oblivion" By Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (1987) "Old Man Atom" By Sons Of The Pioneers (1950) "On the Beach" By The Comsat Angels (1980) "One of the Living" by Tina Turner, from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome "Oppenheimer" By Leni ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
Along with disco, funk was one of the most popular genres of music in the 1970s. Primarily an African-American genre, it was characterized by the heavy use of bass and "wah-wah" pedals. Rhythm was emphasized over melody. Artists such as James Brown, The Meters, Parliament-Funkadelic and Sly and the Family Stone pioneered the genre.