Help me build my list of protest songs for this weekend

[RagingInMiami]

I'm going to burn a CD with protest songs that span back from the 1960s all the way up to George Bush Doesn't Like Black People and Black Rain.

So which ones have I left out?

Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley
Fortunate Son – Creedance Clearwater Revival
Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones
Bombs Over Baghdad – Outkast
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
For What it’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
War – Edwin Starr
Sweet Neocon – Rolling Stones
Revolution – Beatles
George Bush Don’t Like Black People – The Legendary K.O. (Kanye West remix)
Black Rain – Ben Harper
Things Goin’ On – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rockin’ the Free World – Neil Young
One Tin Soldier – Coven
And several songs by Rage Against the Machine

[JimmyJazz]

1. songs from The F 9/11 soundtrack:

Eric Burdon -- We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Bloodhound Gang -- Fire Water Burn
Neil Young -- Rockin' In The Free World
Bruce Springsteen -- Chimes Of Freedom
Pearl Jam -- Masters Of War
The Clash -- Know Your Rights
Black Eyed Peas Feat. Justin Timberlake -- Where Is The Love?
John Fogerty -- Fortunate Son
Steve Earle -- The Revolution Starts Now
Jeff Buckley -- Hallelujah
Dixie Chicks -- Travelin' Soldier
System Of A Down -- Boom
Bob Dylan -- With God On Our Side
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul -- I Am A Patriot
Joey Scarbury -- Greatest American Hero

*****

And The Call Up - the Clash

[RagingInMiami]

2. I will use all those songs -- except the ones by the Clash

Just kidding!

[JimmyJazz]

8. Actually, my favorite on the list is "I am a Patriot"

by Little Stephen - The lyrics are very appropriate. :)

[jojog]

62. THE CLASH - Know Your Rights

This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights all three of them

Number 1
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a CRIME!
Unless it was done by a
Policeman or aristocrat
Know your rights

And Number 2
You have the right to food money
Providing of course you
Don't mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation

Know your rights
These are your rights
Wang

Know these rights

Number 3
You have the right to free
Speech as long as you're not
Dumb enough to actually try it.

Know your rights
These are your rights
All three of 'em
It has been suggested
In some quarters that this is not enough!
Well..............................

Get off the streets
Get off the streets
Run
You don't have a home to go to
Smush

Finally then I will read you your rights

You have the right to remain silent
You are warned that anything you say
Can and will be taken down
And used as evidence against you

Listen to this
Run

[jojog]

63. Or - Clampdown

What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
'Cause they're working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers

The judge said five to ten-but I say double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
No man born with a living soul
Can be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
How can you refuse it?
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D'you know that you can use it?

The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy get runnin'
It's the best years of your life they want to steal

You grow up and you calm down
You're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown
You're working for the clampdown
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now

In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
For working for the clampdown
But ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!

And I've given away no secrets
Who's barmy now?

[Iris]

6. Hard rain's gonna fall by Dylan

[jane_pippin]

10. I second that one.

So you have to put in on. :thumbsup:

[Lochloosa]

3. Masters of War by Bob Dylan

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[crispini]

4. Dunno if it's a protest song, but it seems to fit the world these days.

Desperate Times - Old 97's

Last night I dreamt of you, Abbie Hoffman peddling your books,
I gave five bucks to you, the other kids just gave you dirty looks.
I said "I'm sorry it didn't work out quite the way you planned."
You said, "That's silly boy, the revolution is at hand."

And if you got a ten spot brother, I got a dime,
These are desperate, desperate times.

Last night I dreamt of you, Pepe Lopez strung out on a stage,
It don't even look like you, smiling like sawed-off twenty gauge.
I still remember the Telecaster down around your knees,
It's late November and I think I smell tequila on the breeze.

And if you got the Cuervo honey, I got the lime,
These are desperate, desperate times.
And if you got the shotgun honey, I got the crime,
These are desperate, desperate times.

[RagingInMiami]

7. If it fits the agenda, it's a protest song

Thanks for the suggestion

[RagingInMiami]

5. And I forgot to add War Pigs by Black Sabbath to my list

[xmas74]

9. You could throw on Hand that Feeds by Nine Inch Nails.

There are quite a few other songs you can use but that one is newer and would be appropriate.

[WCGreen]

11. I Ain't a Marchin Any More.... Phil Ochs

[Scoots]

33. And Draft Dodger Rag by Phil Ochs

[jane_pippin]

12. Billy Bragg & Wilco--All You Fascists

[johnnie]

13. John Lennon

Power to the people:


Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Say we want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And on the street

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh, when your man is working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

I'm gonna ask you comrade and brother
How do you treat your own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can give herself

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on, etc.



And "Gimme Some Truth":

I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope

I'm sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now

I've had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope
Money for rope

Ah, I'm sick and tired of hearing things
from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now

I've had enough of reading things
by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now

All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth

[enigmatic]

14. Here's a few

"Doesn't Have To Be This Way"- Jay Farrar
"I Ain't Marching Anymore"- Phil Ochs
"Sky Pilot"- The Animals
"Fool Me Once"- The Near Myths
"Something In The Air"- Thunderclap Newman

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Bright Eyes - "When The President Talks To God"

Desaparecidos - "Popn' off at the F"
Desaparecidos - "Happiest Place on Earth"
Rise Against - "State of the Union"
Rise Against - "The First Drop"
Protest The Hero - "These Colours Don't Run"
Rx Bandits - "Overcome"
Rx Bandits - "Newsstand Rock"
Closet Monster - "The Empire Strikes Iraq"

That's off the top of my head.

[SIU_Blue]

16. Eminem-Mosh

very inspiring.

[RagingInMiami]

27. I almost forgot about that one

[Shell Beau]

17. Imagine- John Lennon

Get Together - Youngbloods
Universal Soldier - Donovan

Check out this http://www.sfheart.com/protest/index1.html

[miss_kitty]

18. lots of Clash

Washington bullets, the call up, Magnificent 7, Bored with the USA, This is Radio Clash, Um I'm sure there's more-wait-Straight to Hell, Innoculated City, Spanish Bombs...

[bbernardini]

19. Lisa Simpson's one about the power plant...

We'll march day and night
by the big cooling tower
they have the plant
but we have the power

:) I have a recording of Moxy Fruvous singing that. :)

[SIU_Blue]

20. OMG!!!!! Someone else knows

of Moxy Fruvous!!! I heard them live about a billion times. They were a great live act.

[bbernardini]

24. Of course. I love talented vocal bands with senses of humor.

At least until they release albums like "Stunt". :) Fruvous, on the other hand, hasn't disappointed me yet. I've only seen them live twice, but I have about a billion (if I may borrow your hyperbole) live recordings of them.

[Initech]

21. Lots of Frank Zappa songs

- Heavenly Bank Account
- Dumb All Over
- Republicans
- The Torture Never Stops (Swaggart Version)
- Who Needs The Peace Corps
- Trouble Every Day

Also:

Creedence - Fortunate Son
A Perfect Circle - Passive
Damian Marley - Confrontation
Deltron 3030 - Virus
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Black Sabbath - War Pigs

[miss_kitty]

22. Country Joe and the Fish

''I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die' Rag'

Arlo Gutherie-'Alice's Restaurant'

Richie Havens-'Motherless Child' from Woodstock

Gil Scott Heron-'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprosy-'Television, The Drug of the Nation', 'Language of Violence'

[manic expression]

23. I heard Mos Def made a song: "Katrina Clap"

or something...you should check it out.

Also, don't forget Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Common, Talib Kweli, Blackstar (made up of Mos Def and Talib Kweli) and other good political emcees.

And load it up with Rage Against the Machine songs! You can't have enough of those!

My suggestion: it would be cool to have "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 and then "War Within a Breath" by RATM afterwards. The first song: "And nothing changes on a New Year's Day". The second song: "And everything can change...on a New Year's Day!"....I just think that might be pretty neat.

Great list, by the way.

[EstimatedProphet]

25. A seldom-mentioned one

Quicksilver Messenger Service-Pride of Man

Turn around,
go back down,
back the way you came,
Can't you see that flash of fire ten times brighter than the day?
And behold a mighty city broken in the dust again,
Oh God, Pride of Man, broken in the dust again.

Turn around,
go back down,
back the way you came,
Babylon is laid to waste, Egypt's buried in her shame,
The mighty men are all beaten down, their kings are fallen in the ways,
Oh God, Pride of Man, broken in the dust again.

Turn around,
go back down,
back the way you came,
Terror is on every side, lo our leaders are dismayed.
For those who place their faith in fire, their faith in fire shall be
repaid,
Oh God, Pride of Man, broken in the dust again.

Turn around,
go back down,
back the way you came,
And shout a warning unto the nation that the sword of God is raised.
Yes, Babylon, that mighty city, rich in treasures, wide in fame,
Oh God, Pride of Man, broken in the dust again.

The meek shall cause your tower to fall, make of you a pyre of flame,
Oh you who dwell on many waters, rich in treasures, wide in fame.
you bow unto your God of gold, your pride of might shall be a shame,
For only God can lead His people back unto the Earth again.

Oh God, Pride of Man, broken in the dust again.
A Holy mountain be restored, and mercy on that people, that people Lord

Also: Jefferson Airplane-Crown of Creation

You are the Crown of Creation
You are the Crown of Creation
and you've got no place to go.

Soon you'll attain the stability you strive for
in the only way that it's granted
in a place among the fossils of our time.

In loyalty to their kind
they cannot tolerate our minds.
In loyalty to our kind
we cannot tolerate their obstruction.

Life is Change
How it differs from the rocks
I've seen their ways too often for my liking
New worlds to gain
My life is to survive
and be alive
for you.

[atomic-fly]

26. North Winds Blowing...the Stranglers

I saw an orange role burning
I saw youth on fire
I saw metal machine that were turning
On a generation that hadn't yet tired

I heard of two generations being murdered
In a Europe that was shrouded in black
I witnessed the birth pains of new nations
When the chosen people finally went back

North winds blowing
I wish it would blow all away
North winds blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away

I saw freedom in the shape of disease
And mainly men had to quench their desire
And while a few could do just as they pleased
I saw kids whose bellies were all on fire

When all is dead and war is over
When hollow victory has been won
Who will joing in the celebration
Or the evil that just can't be undone

North winds blowing
I wish it would blow all away
North winds blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away

I used to dream about destruction
But now that I feel it getting near
I spend my time watching the ocean
And waves are all I want to hear

I wish I was a believer
I'd spend less time in being sad
So may laws against disbelieving
Don't know who's good or who's bad

North winds blowing
Let them blow away
Blow all away
Blow all away
Blow all away
Blow all away

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Alright, my last post was primarily punk, here's some good hip-hop

Sweatshop Union - "Us"
Sweatshop Union - "Close To Home"
Sweatshop Union - "The Thing About It"
Sage Francis - "Slow Down Gandhi"
Company Flow - "Patriotism"
Zack De La Rocha and DJ Shadow - "March of Death"
Dead Prez - "Police State"
Warsawpack - "Wolfblitzer"
Warsawpack - "Rogue Nation"

[chenGOD]

67. Wow...warsawpack...

I knew the vocalist for them when he was teaching English over here in South Korea.

Great guy.

[nickgutierrez]

29. A personal favorite:

"Makeshift Patriot", by Sage Francis

Not so much anti-war, but it's quite good at describing how the media worked immediately post-9/11.

[ghostsofgiants]

59. Good call...

Sage Francis is great.

[njdemocrat106]

30. I'm not going to DC (though I wish I was), but...

I had an idea for two posters: One with a picture of Mr. Lennon that reads, "John says: 'Give Peace a Chance'", and another with Mr. Gaye that reads, "Marvin says: 'What's Going On? War Is Not the Answer". Feel free to use my song suggestions, or if somebody wants, they can rip off my poster ideas. ;)

[LynneSin]

31. American Idiot and Minority - Green Day

American Idiot

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new media.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alien nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Well that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alien nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Well that's enough to argue.

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information nation of hysteria.
It's going out to idiot America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alien nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.


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Greenday - Minority Lyrics

I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority

I pledge allegiance to the underworld
One nation under dog
There of which I stand alone
A face in the crowd
Unsung, against the mold
Without a doubt
Singled out
The only way I know

I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Casue I want to be the minority

Stepped out of the line
Like a sheep runs from the herd
Marching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know

One light, one mind
Flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud" she screamed unto me
A free for all
F*** 'em all
You are your own sight

I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority

[Merrick]

32. "The Call Up" - The Clash, "Fuck The System" - System of a Down

"Boom!" by System as well
And as for Rage songs, I hope you have "War Within a Breath" and "No Shelter". They're my favorites.

[Initech]

46. Almost the entire SOAD album "Mezmerize" would work!

BYOB, Soldier Side, Question!, Sad Statue, Cigaro, and Revenga - all perfectly fitting songs!

[Scoots]

34. American Ruse -- By the MC5

[Scoots]

35. Don't Forget Public Enemy!!

They're a bit old school, but...

Fight the Power
Son of a Bush
Can't Truss It
Shut Em Down
Don't Believe the Hype
Can't Do Nuthin' For Ya Man (NOLA Theme song!!)

....and there's probably more....

[Scoots]

36. Richie Havens

I Pity the Poor Immigrant (who wishes he had stayed home)

[Scoots]

37. Kill For Peace -- by the Fugs

[Tikki]

38. These:....

"Ball of Confusion".....Temptations
"What's Goin' On".......Marvin Gaye
"Fish Ain't Bitin'".........Lamont Dozier

[XemaSab]

39. Almost the entire album "Emotive"

by "A Perfect Circle."

I was listening to it yesterday and it's the shiznit...

You got to have some Rage....

I'd personally find it hard to get any good protesting done without NIN's "March of the Pigs" and Radiohead's album "Hail to the Thief," but that's just me. I'm new school like that.

Country Joe and the Fish has some old school shit that's pretty tight.

Pete Seeger, natch.

Steve Earle.

Utah Phillips.

Guthrie.

Fuckin' A Man.

[Tafiti]

41. Good call on 'Emotive'!

Love that CD.

I'd include System of a Down's "B.Y.O.B." as well.

[Orsino]

40. James McMurtry's "We Can't Make It Here"

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0915-20.htm

Be sure to listen to the acoustic version on McMurtry's web site. Very haunting.

[progmom]

42. Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What

a sample of the lyrics:

The President, he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason
We're chicken-feathers, all without one gut (God damn it!)
Tryin' to make it real — compared to what? (Sock it to me, now)

Church on Sunday, sleep and nod
Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
Preacher's fillin' us with fright
Tryin' to tell us what he thinks is right
He really got to be some kind of nut (I can't use it!)
Tryin' to make it real — compared to what?

Where's that bee and where's that honey?
Where's my God and where's my money
Unreal values, crass distortion
Unwed mothers need abortion
Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now)
Tried to make it real — compared to what?!

[woo me with science]

43. don't forget rickie lee jones. nt

[progmom]

48. that's right!

here's one about GWB:
Ugly Man

He's an ugly man
He always was an ugly man
He grew up to be like his father
An ugly man

And he'll tell you lies
He'll look at you and tell you lies
He grew up to be like his father
Ugly inside

Hey - ugly man
What's the plan?
If people knew
What would they do
To the ugly man?
Having fun?
But will we be here
When you're done
With me....?

Revolution
Now it's finally going to come
Everywhere that you're not looking
Revolution

And we'll take it back
Now we take the country back
Everywhere that you're not looking
Ugly man
Ugly man
Ugly man


or this one:
Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Acts Now)

Not long ago it was alright
There were no bad dreams that kept me up at night
It was not brother against brother
Mother against mother

So tell somebody,
You've got to tell somebody
Tell somebody what happened in the usa

Now they want us to just get in line
Behind a president
When you know they spent milions of dollars
Condemning and accusing
The last one from the other side

Tell somebody, tell somebody
Tell somebody
What's happening in the usa?
Tell somebody, tell somebody
Tell somebody
What happened in the usa

Tell somebody, tell somebody, tell somebody...

I want to know how far you will go
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach...

Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the usa?
I wanna read about it in the news
I wanna hear about it on tv, yeah
What happened in the usa?
When they ask you
What happened in the usa?
Tell sombody.
They'll wanna know, oh people

The depth of our democracy
Is only as good as the voices of protest she protects
Voices of protest - rise!

[1gobluedem]

44. Almost anything by Phil Ochs

Go get his greatest hits CD "There But for Fortune." Has everything you could want.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Fuck You Very Much the FCC...

Here's a link to Eric Idle's recording: http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/mp3/fccclip.mp3

Fuck you very much the FCC
Fuck you very much for fining me
Five thousand bucks a fuck so I'm really out of luck
Thats more than Heidi Fliess was charging me.
So fuck you very much the FCC
For proving that free speech just isn't free
Clear Channel's a dear channel
so Howard Stern must go
Attorney General Ashcroft doesn't like strong words and so
He's charging twice as much as all the drugs for Rush Limbo
so Fuck you all so very much

So fuck you very much dear Mr. Bush
for heroically sitting on your tush
For Halliburton, Enron, all the companies who fail
Lets send them a clear signal and stick Martha straight in jail
She's an uppity rich bitch, but at least she isn't male
So fuck you all so very much

So fuck you dickhead Mr. Cheney too.
Fuck you and fuck everything you do.
Your pace maker must be fake
You haven't got a heart
As far as I'm concerned your just a pasty faced old fart
And as for Condolezza she an intellectual tart
So fuck you all so very much

So fuck you very much the EPA
For giving all Alaska's oil away
It really is a bummer
When I can't fill my Hummer
The ozone a no go zone now that Arnold's here to say
The nuclear winter games are going to take place in LA
So fuck you all so very much

So what the planet fails
Lets save the great white males
And fuck you all so very much

[KG]

47. Amused to Death - Roger Waters. the entire album is one long rant.

[Swede]

49. Candles in the Rain by Melanie

Melanie-


Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain


Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the sky
Oh oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown.....

[WCGreen]

50. Steve Earle Rich Mans War

[fishnfla]

69. several from the Revolution Starts now cd

Condi, Condi is my favorite

[saged52]

51. just a few more -

CSN - Tin Soldiers
Cat Stevens - Peace Train
another Melanie song - Til They All Get Home
lots of Joan Baez

[warrens]

52. Call It Democracy - Bruce Cockburn, Birdbrain-Allen Ginsberg

[ismnotwasm]

53. War Ensemble

Slayer. In fact, they have a couple more that would fit if I remember correctly

[GOPisEvil]

54. "I Want To Destroy You" - The Soft Boys

[dolo amber]

55. Dead Kennedys...pretty much anything

Also, I can't believe no one said Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It". :D :headbang:

[Magrittes Pipe]

56. Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up"

Or, perhaps, Paris' 1992 cut "Bush Killa."

[SlavesandBulldozers]

57. Pet - A Perfect Circle

Off of the "Thirteenth Step" Album.

great anti-war, anti-propaganda song. great protest anthem.

[Tafiti]

61. Keep your head down...

...go to sleep to the rhythym of the war drums!!!

That song never gets old. And the lyrics are top notch!

Great recommendation. (The "remix" on their Emotive album doesn't quite capture it as well - maybe 'cause it doesn't ROCK as hard)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

66. hey

i like your avatar image.

Aenima is probably one of the greatest albums ever in the history of humans. That tour was. . . unreal.


Re: the remix on the Emotive album, I agree. Emotive didn't really do it for me at all.

[Catchawave]

58. For a taste of the 60's, here:

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

[mvd]

60. Two good newer ones

"Self Evident" - Ani DiFranco
"When The President Talks To God" - Bright Eyes

[Bemis]

64. No Man's Land as sung by June Tabor

Well, how'd you do, Private Willie McBride,
D'you mind if I sit down down here by your graveside?
I'll rest for awhile in the warm summer sun,
Been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done.
I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916,
I hope you died quick and I hope you died "clean,"
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?

CHORUS:
Did they beat the drum slowly, did they sound the fife lowly?
Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered ye down?
Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus?
Did the pipes play the "Floors O' The Forest"?

And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined?
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you forever nineteen?
Or are you a stranger, without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?

Well, the sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land;
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man.
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned.

And I can't help but wonder now, Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you "the cause?"
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame,
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it's all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.

Written by Eric Bogle

This song is heartbreaking when sung by June.

[northzax]

65. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (they're playing the Thievery Corp's thing)

"Loyal to my sorrowful country"

No more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country
No more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country

And I've walked from coast to coast,
And I've seen, yes I've seen...
No one's business but my own,
Where I've been, where I've been...

And no more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country
No more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country

In the days when we were young,
We were free, we were free...
Now that Georgie's reign's begun,
We won't be, we can't be...

And no more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country
No more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country.

Though I've lived my bygone years,
In this land, in this land...
I'll uproot it without tears,
and I'll change it if I can!

And, no more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country
No more shall I be, loyal to my sorrowful country

I'm also partial to Dada's "Dizz-Knee Land" with the classic line "I just flipped off President George" they meant George I, but it still works

[chenGOD]

68. A little late to the party but...

Jim O'Rourke/Glenn Kotche - Pictures of Adolph

and grab what you like from here: http://www.protest-records.com/

All free music from a myriad host of musicians hosted by Sonic Youth.