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Easterncedar

(3,524 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2024, 08:54 PM Sep 25

Please share a good protest song, old or new

Share a link if you can. H2O Man got me thinking with his Steppenwolf reference earlier. I miss the righteous music of my youth, and I think we could all use some.

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Please share a good protest song, old or new (Original Post) Easterncedar Sep 25 OP
Country Joe and The Fish - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag Ptah Sep 25 #1
First thing I thought of. It was personal. surfered Sep 25 #20
Yeah.... loved country joe and the fish. .. nt Figarosmom Sep 26 #63
Which Side Are You On! wanderer54 Sep 26 #101
For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield redstatebluegirl Sep 25 #2
Pete Seeger (and PPM and Marlene Dietrich and Kingston Trio...) Where Have All the Flowers Gone? CurtEastPoint Sep 25 #3
One of the first I ever learned. Thanks Easterncedar Sep 25 #5
Oh yeah .....nt Figarosmom Sep 26 #64
Graham Nash ... Chicago CurtEastPoint Sep 25 #4
No Easy Walk to Freedom (Peter, Paul, and Mary) woodsprite Sep 25 #6
Another CSNY song Chicago iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 25 #7
Melanie Candles in the Rain Easterncedar Sep 25 #8
I'd Love to Change the World Lars39 Sep 25 #9
Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley & the Wailers LoisB Sep 25 #10
Oh yes! Easterncedar Sep 25 #11
Roger Waters' Ballad of Bill Hubbard Easterncedar Sep 25 #12
Excellent choice. LoisB Sep 25 #25
Woody Gutherie's Deportees 303squadron Sep 25 #13
Great minds.. Dear_Prudence Sep 25 #15
Yeah me too. ... Figarosmom Sep 26 #65
Ohio Dear_Prudence Sep 25 #14
That one still feels sadly relevant Easterncedar Sep 25 #17
Aye SeanHG Sep 25 #53
Lions by Skip Marley. Bob Marley's Grandson tulipsandroses Sep 25 #16
For the Brits: johnp3907 Sep 25 #18
Society's Child Dear_Prudence Sep 25 #19
Dumb All Over JoseBalow Sep 25 #21
A bit of a different slant... Lefta Dissenter Sep 25 #22
Walker did a lot of damage Figarosmom Sep 26 #66
Of course, this one, written for George W. Bush, Lefta Dissenter Sep 25 #23
If I had a hammer Wonder Why Sep 25 #24
Yes, and Peter, Paul and Mary give the definitive version Stargleamer Sep 26 #110
This one, with a few small changes, could still be very relevant today. Ferrets are Cool Sep 25 #26
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On cliffside Sep 25 #27
I remember when this was on the radio all the time Easterncedar Sep 25 #31
Welcome, then there is this - Wake up Everybody cliffside Sep 25 #35
Waving back atcha Easterncedar Sep 25 #38
Alice's Restaurant USAF Brat Sep 25 #28
Saw Arlo live long ago. It was fun Easterncedar Sep 26 #70
The times they are a-changing... Enter stage left Sep 25 #29
Yes! I like the PP&M version best, too! ShazzieB Sep 27 #111
What About Me Cartoonist Sep 25 #30
One of my Woodstock favorites, "Drugstore Truck-Drivin' Man"! lastlib Sep 25 #32
El Salvador, Paul Stookey 1monster Sep 25 #33
New Dress - Depeche Mode Iris Sep 25 #34
F You by Lilly Allen skylucy Sep 25 #36
Gil Scot Heron Easterncedar Sep 25 #37
Take Your Hands off It - A small dose of Joachim and Ry Cooder is always good for your soul Brother Buzz Sep 25 #39
People Have the Power - Patti Smith consider_this Sep 25 #40
'War' by Bob Marley and the Wailers. OldBaldy1701E Sep 25 #41
Good god y'all Easterncedar Sep 25 #45
Absolutely nuthin! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 25 #47
Here's one from a different time and place yonder Sep 25 #42
Oh gosh I loved this for years Easterncedar Sep 25 #44
Same here. And I've a long story to go with it. yonder Sep 25 #48
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band Power to the People Easterncedar Sep 25 #43
Dogs of War - Pink Floyd Easterncedar Sep 25 #46
You Don't Get Me, I'm Part of the Union Easterncedar Sep 25 #49
A standard from the 40s The Wizard Sep 25 #50
The Clash - Know Your Rights DBoon Sep 25 #51
Born in the USA Basso8vb Sep 25 #52
Ella's Song (We Who Believe in Freedom) TommyT139 Sep 25 #54
Working Men are Pissed - The Minutemen DBoon Sep 25 #55
With God on Our Side WheelWalker Sep 25 #56
Teach Your Children FullySupportDems Sep 25 #57
Yes Figarosmom Sep 26 #68
Thanks, I think that's where my head was at FullySupportDems Sep 26 #108
Joan is still one of the best of all time Easterncedar Sep 26 #73
Bobbie Darin - Simple Song of Freedom OAITW r.2.0 Sep 25 #58
Wow. I never thought of Bobby Darrin as an anti war protester Easterncedar Sep 26 #74
I just read his Wikipedia biography. A much more interesting guy than I new. Easterncedar Sep 26 #75
I'm a wobblie, this is our song ... marble falls Sep 26 #59
Oh yes. Love this one. Easterncedar Sep 26 #71
Let the Sunshine In SeattleVet Sep 26 #60
Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye Janbdwl72 Sep 26 #61
That is a gorgeous song Easterncedar Sep 26 #67
This one? Nittersing Sep 26 #94
Love this one Figarosmom Sep 26 #62
Union Maid and Solidarity Forever no_hypocrisy Sep 26 #69
Billy Bragg Easterncedar Sep 26 #72
I'm gonna be an Engineer (a newly done old one) Alpeduez21 Sep 26 #76
What!!!...No Staples Singers? "Why Am I Treated So Bad" And a little Mavis as a treat. Lochloosa Sep 26 #77
"La Colombe" by Judy Collins Glorfindel Sep 26 #78
CCR--Fortunate Son Dulcinea Sep 26 #79
It Isn't Nice - Judy Collins Tactical Peek Sep 26 #80
"I Can't Drive 55" Sammy Hagar catbyte Sep 26 #81
A fun little anti-nuclear proliferation ditty... Think. Again. Sep 26 #82
Tramp the Dirt Down - Elvis Costello Freddie Sep 26 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author Donkees Sep 26 #84
Masters of War. greatauntoftriplets Sep 26 #85
Mississippi goddam - Nina Simone paulrevere2018 Sep 26 #86
I swear I was just thinking of this Easterncedar Sep 26 #93
"Ugly, Nasty, Commie Bitch," by Carsie Blanton. Timeflyer Sep 26 #87
We got this far without "We Shall Overcome"? rurallib Sep 26 #88
No Phil Ochs? Here is my favorite "I ain't a-marching anymore" rurallib Sep 26 #89
Oh yes! Great! Easterncedar Sep 26 #90
Government Boots by Mighty Gabby MadLinguist Sep 26 #91
When the Roses Bloom Again-Woody Guthrie cloudbase Sep 26 #92
The Revolution will NOT be Televised AKwannabe Sep 26 #95
War by Edwin Starr TommieMommy Sep 26 #96
Talkin' About a Revolution - Tracy Chapman consider_this Sep 26 #97
I was gonna post this Lifeafter70 Sep 26 #102
Good stuff! consider_this Sep 26 #109
Vote em out! AKwannabe Sep 26 #98
Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones (with lyrics) LuckyCharms Sep 26 #99
Something In The Air Skittles Sep 26 #100
Revolution The Beatles Clouds Passing Sep 26 #103
Cops of the World, Phil Ochs murielm99 Sep 26 #104
Masters of War - Bob Dylan CCExile Sep 26 #105
I Can't Write Left Handed Bill withers Keepthesoulalive Sep 26 #106
Nice recs. Very nice. Thanks. Easterncedar Sep 27 #113
'Fortunate Son' by CCR (John Fogerty);... so relevant today! Jrose Sep 26 #107
Great choices Easterncedar Sep 27 #112
Peace Train - Cat Stevens Wicked Blue Sep 27 #114
Here's a Canadian one from the Harper years. canuckledragger Sep 27 #115

303squadron

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13. Woody Gutherie's Deportees
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:25 PM
Sep 25

I've been thinking about this song lately with Trump and Vance's anti-immigrant statements.

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Lefta Dissenter

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22. A bit of a different slant...
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:36 PM
Sep 25

I’d blast this in my car on my way down to the Capitol during the protests against Scott Walker. It always gives me a boost.


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Figarosmom

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66. Walker did a lot of damage
Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Reply #22)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 01:43 AM
Sep 26

To our state. And is still doing damage nationwide now with his snti-woke traveling show

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Lefta Dissenter

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23. Of course, this one, written for George W. Bush,
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:41 PM
Sep 25

Could just as easily have been written for trump.


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USAF Brat

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28. Alice's Restaurant
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:58 PM
Sep 25
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If we could all go to the post office and sing a chorus of Alice’s Restaurant, it’d be a movement!
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lastlib

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32. One of my Woodstock favorites, "Drugstore Truck-Drivin' Man"!
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 10:01 PM
Sep 25

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"Dedicated to our 'friend' the governor of California, Ronald Raygunz!"

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Brother Buzz

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39. Take Your Hands off It - A small dose of Joachim and Ry Cooder is always good for your soul
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 10:13 PM
Sep 25

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Well, get your dirty hands off my Constitution now
It was written down, you can't tear it down
Hear me talking to you, buddy I swear it's true
Take your hands off it, you know it don't belong to you, no, no

Now get your greasy hands off my Bill of Rights
It was written right, you can't make it wrong
You can't stop me singing this true lonesome song, oh no
Take your hands off it, you know it don't belong to you

Get your greasy stinking hands off my voting rights
I'll vote how I please, I'll vote how I choose
You can spend your money but in the end you're bound to lose
I think you will
You can't Jim Crow down my vote
'Cause you know it don't belong to you

And get your greedy hands off the Union now
With your sweatshop kid in distant foreign lands
They might be locked down but the world is watching too
They're watchin'
That's our sisters and brothers
You know they don't belong to you
They really don't

Now what's your sanctimonious hands
Doin' in my reproductive rights?
Get them out of there, that's none of your affair
You don't speak to God, you know he don't belong to you, oh no
You ain't talking to him, you know he don't belong to you

So get your bloody hands off the people of the world
And your war machine and your corporation thieves
That lets you keep your job and pays your salary
Your dirty salary
Take your hands off us, you know we don't belong to you

Take your hands off us
Take your hands off us
Well, take your hands off us
Better take your hands off us
Take your hands off us
You know it don't belong to you
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TommyT139

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54. Ella's Song (We Who Believe in Freedom)
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 10:57 PM
Sep 25

Sweet Honey in the Rock.

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RIP Bernice Johnson Reagon
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FullySupportDems

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57. Teach Your Children
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 11:28 PM
Sep 25
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Now I'm second guessing, it's not all that full of protest, sorry. I think it's anti war.
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Easterncedar

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75. I just read his Wikipedia biography. A much more interesting guy than I new.
Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #58)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 08:09 AM
Sep 26

I was a little young to be fully aware of him, I guess. Thanks for opening my mind.

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Figarosmom

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62. Love this one
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 01:23 AM
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I was thinking of listening to some CSN&Y tomorrow. Thus one is definitely on the list.


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Mine is Buffalo Springfield

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And Sam Cooke

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Lochloosa

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77. What!!!...No Staples Singers? "Why Am I Treated So Bad" And a little Mavis as a treat.
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 08:18 AM
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We'll Never Turn Back from Mavis is a great album:

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Tactical Peek

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80. It Isn't Nice - Judy Collins
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 08:23 AM
Sep 26


Composer - Malvina Reynolds

It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to go to jail
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind

It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind

We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind

How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice
Now you say we aren't nice
And if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind

It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to go to jail
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
But thanks for your advice
Cause if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind

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catbyte

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81. "I Can't Drive 55" Sammy Hagar
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 08:23 AM
Sep 26

OK, maybe it's a little out-of-date, but when they set the national speed limit at 55 in the 1980s, it was torture to those of us with a lead foot. Besides, all of the real protest songs have been named.

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Freddie

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83. Tramp the Dirt Down - Elvis Costello
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 08:26 AM
Sep 26

I hope I live long enough to savor
That when they finally put you in the ground
I’ll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down

The song is actually about Margaret Thatcher but when it gets to this part I’ll pretend it’s about someone else we all know.

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AKwannabe

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95. The Revolution will NOT be Televised
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 11:06 AM
Sep 26

Gil Scott-Heron

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Keepthesoulalive

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106. I Can't Write Left Handed Bill withers
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 03:55 PM
Sep 26

A Change iIs Gonna Come, People Get Ready, Keep On Pushing, Blowing In The Wind, We Shall Overcome and You Haven’t Done Nothing by Stevie Wonder.

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Jrose

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107. 'Fortunate Son' by CCR (John Fogerty);... so relevant today!
Reply to Easterncedar (Original post)
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 05:00 PM
Sep 26

and,
-'Respect' ...Aretha Franklin
-'Unknown Soldier'...Doors
-'The Mandala'...Peter, Paul & Mary (they played it live at the 1967 Vietnam anti-war March on Washington)

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