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A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected ...
Protest songs in the United States are a tradition that dates back to the early 18th century and have persisted and evolved as an aspect of American culture through the present day. Many American social movements have inspired protest songs spanning a variety of musical genres including but not limited to rap, folk, rock, and pop music.
Anti-war Songs a website collecting thousands of antiwar songs from all over the world; Folk&More: Songbook & Tabs a growing collection of chords, tabs, and lyrics of anti-war songs from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley; The page contains an interview with Judy Small the writer and composer of Mothers, Daughters, Wives.
Protestors quickly turned to Kendrick’s song at rallies in the months and years after the song’s release. In 2015, a video showed Black protestors at a rally in Cleveland sin ging the song ...
Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs: Compiled and edited by Guy and Candie Carawan; foreword by Julian Bond (New South Books, 2007), comprising two classic collections of freedom songs: We Shall Overcome (1963) and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (1968), reprinted in a single edition. The book includes a ...
Big Boss Man (song) The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine; The Big Money; The Big Three Killed My Baby; The Bigger Picture (song) Birmingham Sunday; Bitch Bad; Black or White; Black Parade (song) Black Rage (Sketch) Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne song) Blowin' in the Wind; Bonzo Goes to Bitburg; Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt; Born Free (M.I.A ...
Protest songs, from ‘John Brown’s Body’ to ‘Fight the Power,’ have had a long and celebrated history, but in 2024 it feels like the protest song has been oddly muted, writes Bryan Reesman.
"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released as a single in November 1975. It was also included on Dylan's 1976 album Desire as its opening track. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (1937–2014).