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- The Best Protest Song Ever?1967’s “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish was one of the most controversial and memorable anti-war protest songs of the Vietnam era. Written by Country Joe McDonald, many know the song from the 1970 "Woodstock" documentary.
Best Protest Songs of the Last 10 YearsThe best political protest songs from the last decade
The Top 5 Protest Songs for 4th of JulyThere are tons of lists of Patriotic songs for July 4th, but what if you want to honor your Founding Fathers by engaging in the same kind of radical government protesting that they did? This list is for you.- The Top Ten Protest Songs of All TimeThis list of the top ten protest songs of all time contains memorable classics from the Vietnam War, Cold War, the current conflict in Iraq, and more. Read to see which songs made the cut.
- Top 10 Protest Songs for Anti- War Poverty Sexual & Domestic ViolenceQuite possibly the top ten protest songs of all time.
- The Top 10 Protest SongsA representative list of 10 protest songs from labor, civil rights, anti-war movements.
- Music Playlist: 25 War and Government Protest SongsNeed a playlist of protest songs for your election party? Maybe you need protest music for your history, government or current affairs class? 25 songs that protest war and government intervention. Use for classroom, school projects or election issues.
- Protest SongsProtest music is a song or an album which makes you care about a larger force, which supersedes the music, the band and the realm of recorded music. It drives you to march and makes your fists clench tighter giving you the words which fill your throat.
- Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone?An appreciative look back at an era when the social climate and popular music were united as one.
- Ted Leo Resurrects the Great American Protest Song on Living with the LivingContrary to what cable news pundits want the public to believe, the protest song is as much an American tradition as the World Series and ignoring scientific reasoning.
- President Obama, Aides Tune Out Protest SongPresident Obama was interrupted by a woman and her friends staging a protest through song. What are the details?
- Songs About War, Peace, and ProtestEverything from Blowin in the Wind by Bob Dylan to Ask by the Smiths.
- Harvey Andrews - Folk SingerHaving been on the road since 1966, this most unassuming on men has become a cult folk singer on the UK and worldwide circuit.
- 10 Great Protest SongsThese songs are reminiscent of the 60's, and the anger that musicians had towards the Vietnam war, and other issues, like racism, and discrimination.
- A Short History of Billy BraggHaving been in a shambolic punk band and the British Army the young singer became inspired by Phil Ochs and Woody Guthrie and their honest protest songs.
This Land is Your Land: From Controversial Protest Song to Patriotic MainstaySo many songs are sung today (patriotic or not) with little thought to the original intention. Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land was so different in its original form-it might illicit a bit of shock in those who sing it on automatic pilot today.- The 50 Greatest Political Protest Songs of All TimeWhat are the greatest political protest songs of all time. Here is my list of 50 that I think deserve to be at the top of anyone's list. What are your picks?
- "We Shall Overcome": The History Behind the Ultimate Protest SongA look at one of the most beloved anthems of the civil rights movement.
