We need more hippy music to put an end to this madness?

[Why Syzygy]

http://www.brownielocks.com/sixtieswarsongs.html

Nostalgia .. but wow! That was a powerful era for us (peace-nics).... it worked then.

Can it work now?

Dammit!

[teach1st]

1. Bushco learned from Vietnam...

...control the coffins, control the media, control the music. Clear Channel. It's harder for music of dissent to be heard.

Too bad Bushco didn't learn the important Vietnam lessons.

[ET Awful]

3. Yes, but the music that really backed the whole movement wasn't

radio friendly anyway, it spread by word of mouth and live concerts. Everywhere from the Panhandle in Golden Gate Park to People's Park in Berkely to Central Park in Manhattan, there were concerts and gatherings (free and otherwise) that brought people together, not only for the music but for thinking and collaborating.

You don't need the media to start a movement.

[Dees]

2. One song I didn't see..."Ohio" CSN&Y

Crank it up.

[Why Syzygy]

4. Yeah daddy!

lol.. I love these old sound tracks .. they make a statement.

We need it NOW! ..

PEACE!

[Why Syzygy]

5. here's one

I can't get enough of ...

http://www.brownielocks.com/turnturnturnWAVE.html

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Yes, and . . . . folk music. Woody Guthrie, the Weavers, Arlo Guthrie,

Pete Seeger, etc. used their music to protest American fascism from the 30s to the present. The Weavers were banned during the 50s. On Woody's guitar, it read, "This Machine Kills Fascists".

In a documentary about the Weavers, Ronnie Gilbert recounted the group was performing in a club when a drunk yelled out, "Why don't we sing the National Anthem?", to which Ronnie nicely replied, "Fine. Why don't we do it when you're sober?"

I'm waiting for this country to sober up.

[OneTwentyoNine]

7. Ballad of Green Berets a protest song??.....not hardly

On the contrary that song was pimping the VN War and how you had to be tough and brave and above all support our Country and President. Its not anti-war.

What a lame list,where is the song WAR by Edwin Starr?? How about Sweet Cherry Wine? There has to be a better site than that one....

[Why Syzygy]

8. google

and post .. I was just running nostalgic..

Open to suggestions ... anything to get keep us alive ..

[KharmaTrain]

9. Progressive Radio Was More Than Protest Songs...

Those who remember KPPC in LA or WBAI in New York or WGLD in Chicago or KSAN in San Francisco heard a generation speaking to itself...Earth News and reports that weren't being reported in the Mainstream media (similar to America Now), coordination with underground news papers/free presses (ahhh...remember those great comix???) and an economy all its own...from head shops to army-navy outfitters to natural food stores to a ton of non-profit community organizations. The music just set the mood...those stations delivered the message.

It's difficult to air a lot of even the old protest songs today since so many are out of print...or burried deep in collections...not accessible to many. Also, the current skin-tight regulations of the FCC/Cheap Channel/NAB cabal prevents anything that is negative about this invasion or the regime from getting much airplay.

It's sad to hear the Alternative & Modern Rock stations that avoid this issue like an unspoken dirty word...still getting off on the anti-social/alienation themes...since it's their listeners that are going to be shipped off to fight this ugly mess.

I'm lucky...I work with a group that is developing new digital broadcast operations...one that features a lot of the 60's & 70's folk & protest music. It's powerful to hear...and some suggestions:

- The Balad of Penny Evans - Steve Goodman
- Sam Stone - John Prine
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (makes my skin crawl) - Kenny Rogers & First Edition
- Yellow River - Christie
- Still In Saigon - Charlie Daniels Band (when he wasn't as big an asshole as he is now)

and many more...

Cheers...

[Why Syzygy]

12. "protest music"

perfect title.

Carry on!

You're out there .. what's 'classic' about those years is that 'kids' these days still dig on it, ya know?

It is just 'classic'.

Bring it on back home.

It's the mood .. the revolt.. say NO!! we don't want this crap .. we have a better ideal ...

That's what I hear .. that's what I want .. another reality .. not gwb's V.N.!

[toddaa]

10. I hate hippy music

Sorry, but having gone through my informative years digesting massive doses of industrial noise, I have no patience for the stuff. As a jazz fan I would, however, lend my support to resurrecting the political music of free jazz artists like Archie Shepp or Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Jazz has had a long history of being politically revolutionary. Repressive regimes like the Nazis and the Stalinists are always banning it because of what it represents. Freedom.

[Why Syzygy]

11. Sounds good to me

no one genre is better than another.

Let's go there.