100 greatest PROTEST song ever

[Postteen]

1.)Masters of war,Bob Dylan
2.)We shall overcome,Pete Seeger
3.)Say it Loud-i'm back and I'm proud,James Brown
4.)God saved the queen,Sex Pistols
5.)Strange Fruit,Billie Holiday
6.)Give peace a chance,John Lennon
7.)A chance is gonna come,Sam Cooke
8.)Get up,Stand up,The Wailers
9.)Inner city blues,Marvil Gaye
10.)Fuck the police,N.W.A
11.)Do they know it's Chrismas?,Band Aid
12.)Nelson Mandela,Special Aka
13.)I ain't marching any more,Phil Ochs
14.)The message,Grandmaster Flash and thr Furious Five
15.)Living for the city,Stevie Wonder
16.This land is your Land,Woody Guthrie
17.)Revolution,the Beatles
18.)Respect,Aretha Franklyn
19.)Ohio,Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young
20.)War,Edwin Starr
21.)The revolution won't be televised,Gil Scottheron
22.)Nazi Punks,Fuck off,Dead Kennedys
23.)Young,Gifted and Black,Nina Simone
24.)Aux Armes et caetera,Serge Gainsbourg
25.)I feel like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag,Country Joe and the fish
26.)There is power in a union,Billy Bragg
27.)We got to have peace,Curtis Mayfield
28.)San Quentin,Johnny Cash
29.)Wake up niggersThe last poets
30.)White Riot,the Clash
31.)Don't call me nigger,whiteySly and the family stone
32.)Peter Grabriel,Biko
33.)For what it's worth,Buffalo Springfield
34.)Compared to what,Les Mccann and Eddie Harris
35.)My Generation,the Who
36.)Two Tribes,Frankie Goes to Hollywood
37.)Society's child(Baby I've been thinking),Janis Ian
38.)Glad to be gay,Tom Robbinson Band
39.)Sun City,Artists United against Apartheid
40.)Born in the USA,Bruce Springsteen
41.)Wake up,Brand Nubian
42.)White Riot,the Clash
43.)Woman is the nigger of the world,John Lennon
44.)Universal Soldier,Buffy Sainte Marie
45.)This is my country,the Impressions
46.)Wedlock is a Padlock,Laura Lee
47.)Fight the Power,Public Enemy
48.)Sam Stone,John Prine
49.)Bonzo goes to Bitburg,the Ramones
50.)Police and Thieves,Junior,Murvin

Actually they're 100 but i'm bored now,to write them all down.I'll do it later.

[Roses in the Hospital]

Is that the one that the Clash's White Riot is in twice? It's good, but is it really THAT good? Okay, maybe it is...
As for Masters of War, one of the most passionate and powerful songs ever written. I can't describe how good it is...

[Latin American Socialist]

Siego Siendo Cubano by Carlos Puebla

[Postteen]

Originally posted by Roses in the [email protected] 2 2004, 11:59 PM
Is that the one that the Clash's White Riot is in twice? It's good, but is it really THAT good? Okay, maybe it is...
As for Masters of War, one of the most passionate and powerful songs ever written. I can't describe how good it is...
It's the issue with Lennon as Che,on the cover!Yes,it has White Riot twice!I don't really like the music of it,but the lyrics are great!Masters of War is fantastic!I've posted its lyrics,I think.Bob's great!

[Gunman]

Does Queen - Innuendo fits on that list?

[Don't Change Your Name]

Ermm...
what about "Fortunate Son" by Creedence?

[Gunman]

Originally posted by El Infiltr(A)[email protected] 3 2004, 06:15 PM
Ermm...
what about "Fortunate Son" by Creedence?
I think its an protest song (and a good 1)

[Postteen]

I'll check it and I'll tell you.

[Bazza]

I'm surprised that the Redskins didn't make the top 100.

Billy Bragg is in there with "There Is Power In A Union" with a photo of some Durham Miners during the 1984-1985 miners strike - the one been arrested is Norman Strike. But this song was released after the strike in 1986. While the Redskins song about the Miners strike "Keep On Keepin' On" was released during the year long strike and is a far better protest song. As is the b-side to their second single "Uninoize".

[katie mccready]

tanki'n about a revolution by tracy chapman.

[Wiesty]

Originally posted by El Infiltr(A)[email protected] 3 2004, 06:15 PM
Ermm...
what about "Fortunate Son" by Creedence?
Some folks are born, made to wave the flag
Ooh they're red white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh they point the cannon at you Lord

It ain't me it ain't me I ain't no senator's son son.
It ain't me it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one no
Yeah!

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord don't they help themselves oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no


no i dont think so

but a good song! :P

[Wiesty]

what about April 29 1992 by Sublime
its kinda a ballad about there expierences with the miami riots

[I don't know if you can, but can you get an order for Ons, that's O-N-S,
Junior Market, the address is 1934 East Aneheim, all the windows are
busted out, and it's like a free-for-all in here and uh the owner should
at least come down here and see if he can secure his business-
if he wants to]

April 26th, 1992
There was a riot on the streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was participating in some anarchy

First spot we hit it was my liquor store
I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford
With red lights flashin' time to retire
And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire.

Next stop we hit it was the music shop
It only took one brick to make that window drop
Finally we got our own p.a.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today? ey!

[Call fire at ??? mobile station at Alamedas and Anahiem,
its, ah, flaming up good]
[10-4 Alamedas and Anahiem]
Homicide, never doin' no time!

When we returned to the pad to unload everything
It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings
So once again we filled the van until it was full
Since that day my livin' room's been more comfortable
Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here
It's getting harder and harder and harder each and every year
Some kids went in a store with their mother
I saw her when she came out she was gettin some peppers
They said it was for the black man,
they said it was for the mexican
And not for the white man
But if you look at the streets
It wasn't about Rodney King
It's bout this fucked up situation and these fucked up police
It's about coming up
And staying on top
And screamin' 187 on a mother fuckin' cop
It's not written on the paper it's on the wall
National guard??!
Smoke from all around!

[Units- Units be advised of an attempt 211 to arrest now at 938 Temple, 9-3-8
Temple, many subjects with bats trying to get inside the CB's
house...they're trying to kill him]
As long as I'm alive, I'm a live el rico.

Let it burn
Wanna let it burn
Wanna let it burn
Wanna wanna let it burn

Riots on the streets of Miami
W'oh, Riots on the streets of Chicago
On the streets of Long Beach
And San Francisco (Boise Idaho)
Riots on the streets of Kansas City (Salt Lake, Hunnington Beach, CA)
Tuscalusa, Alabama ( Compton Michigan)
Cleveland, Ohio (Pensacola)
Fountain Valley (Texas, Barstow - Let's do this every year),
Paramount, Victorville (Twice a Year), Eugene OR
Eureka, CA (Let it burn, let it burn)
Hesperia (Oh, ya let it burn, wont'cha wont'cha let it burn)
Santa Barbara, Nevada, Phoenix Arizona, San Diego, Lakewood Florida
Fuckin 29 Palms.

[herr_Nosferatu]

I've always thought the most relevant protest song is Give Peace a chance by John Lennon.

If you look at when and how it was written, it was very profoundly important back then, and if you look at the state of world affairs today, damn this song is still really relevant.

One of those timeless songs...

Timeless 'cause man is a stupid war-hungry animal and always will be.

:hammer: :cuba: :hammer:

[bluerev002]

cant belive Rage Against the Machine only made it once and with Sleep now in the fire. I think Killing in the Name of would have been better

[Postteen]

Killing in the name of has not a good melody.I don't think that this noise can be called music!The lyrics are nice,though.

[frankiegoestostoke]

Anybody here heard of Capdown, they write some amazing portests songs, like the below,

*****es and Nike Shoes

There are still some that say I should be stuck in my ways
Restricted in my style, livin' ground hog days
It's so easy for you to just keep on dismissing
Ready to judge but unable to listen
To real fuckin' people with their own set of views
Not just some noise about *****es and nike shoes
We got a lot to say and plenty to shout about
We gonna take you to eradicate any doubt

No more, this time
Freedom of speech and freeom of sound for all of time

Positivity

You think out loud
Try to convince me that my dreams lie high out of reach
In the sky, in the clouds
I have to say, I think you're wrong
Why should I try to find a way to make me think and feel the same?
It's all about limiting your future
How comes this way?
What the fuck are we tryin' to say?
I plan to enjoy and achieve within my lifetime
And no amount of negativity will be enough to change me

This time I stand and I'm not alone
This is my future
This is my priority
It may take a long time
But I'll be risin' up
Don't mean I think I tuff
But it means I move on
Positively, positivity
Don't look but see
Be aware cos shit ain't the way it has to be

[frankiegoestostoke]

and sleep now in the fire has a to be one of the worst rage against the machine songs...

Vietnow is good...

Bullet in the head would have to be the best protest song...

[Sabocat]

what about April 29 1992 by Sublime
its kinda a ballad about there expierences with the miami riots

L.A. riots.


I'm surprised The Clash's Guns of Brixton, or Clampdown aren't on that list.

How about System of A Down's "Prison Song", and/or "Boom"?

For Bob Marley/Wailers, I would have picked "War".

Along those lines, I would also add Peter Tosh's "Downpresser" and "Equal Rights"

...and Bunny Wailer's "Serious Thing"

Cat Stevens "Peace Train" which he re-released a year ago or so over for the antiwar movement.

Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers"

The Doors "Five to One"

Black Sabbath "War Pigs"

[1949]

17.)Revolution,the Beatles

Lennon slanders Mao. Fuck that song.

They should have Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message".

[celtopunk]

Is there a URL for this list?? I went to the Mojo site and couldn't find it.

[Bazza]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2004, 10:31 PM
Is there a URL for this list?? I went to the Mojo site and couldn't find it.
I think it was posted on the Mojo message board. I'll see if I can find it.

[Bazza]

Here's the list...

100.) Chaotic Dischord - Fuck Religion, Fuck Politics, Fuck the lot of You
99.) Asian Dub Foundation - Real Great Britian
98.) Chelsea - Right to Work
97.) Tom Leher - Pollution
96.) Fela Kuti And Africa 70 - Zombie
95.) Disposable Heroes of Hipoprosy - Famous and Dandy
94.) Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War
93.) The Pop Group - We are all Prostitutes
92.) The Dils - I Hate the Rich
91.) Culturcide - They Aren't the World
90.) The Rolling Stones - We Love You
89.) Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee
87.) The Deviants - Let's Loot the Supermarket
86.) Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
85.) Beastie Boys - In a World Gone Mad
84.) Ralph Mctell - Streets of London
83.) Negativland - Christianity is Stupid/Helterstupid
82.) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah
81.) Victor Jara - Preguntas Por Puerto Montt
80.) The Smiths - Meat is Murder
79.) Swamp Dogg - God Bless America for What?
78.) Merle Travis - Dark as a Dungeon
77.) Rage Against the Machine - Sleep now in the Fire
76.) Leon Rosselson - The World Turned Upside Down
75.) Josh White - Free & Equal Blues
74.) Discharge - Realities of War
73.) The Mothers of Invention - Trouble Every Day
72.) Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam
71.) Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
70.) The Jam - Mr Clean
69.) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
68.) Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
67.) Parliament - Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
66.) Simon and Garfunkel - 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
65.) Johnny Paycheck - Take this Job and Shove It
64.) The Beat - Stand Down Margaret
63.) U2 - Pride
62.) Lesley Gore - You Don't Owe Me
61.) Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto
60.) The Specials - Ghost Town
59.) Bill Withers - I can't Write Left-Handed
58.) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
57.) The Almanac Singers - Which Side are you On?
56.) Eric Bogle - No Man's Land
55.) Steve Earle - John Walker's Blues
54.) The MC5 - American Ruse
53.) Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence
52.) The Staple Singers- Respect Yourself
51.) Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
50.) Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves
49.)The Ramones - Bonzo goes to Bitburg
48.) John Prine - Sam Stone
47.) Public Enemy - Fight the Power
46.) Laura Lee - Wedlock is a Pedlock
45.) The Impressions - This is my Country
44.) Buffy Sainte Marie - Univeral Soldier
43.) John Lennon - Woman is the Nigger of the World
42.) The Clash - White Riot
41.) Brand Nubian - Wake Up
40.) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
39.) Artists United Against Apratheid - Sun City
38.) Tom Robinson Band - Glad to be Gay
37.) Janis Ian - Society's Child
36.) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
35.) The Who - My Generation
34.) Les Mccann and Eddie Harris - Compared to What
33.) Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
32.) Biko - Peter Gabriel
31.) Sly and the Family Stone - Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey
30.) The Clash - White Riot (Yes, I also noticed their the Error)
29.) The Last Poets - Wake Up Niggers
28.) Johnny Cash - San Quentin
27.) Curtis Mayfield - We got to have Peace
26.) Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union
25.) Country Joe and The Fish - I Feel like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag
24.) Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera
23.) Nina Simone - Young, Gifted, and Black
22.) Dead Kennedy's - Nazi Punks, Fuck Off
21.) Gill Scottheron - The Revoloution Will not be Televised
20.) Edwin Starr - War
19.) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Ohio
18.) Aretha Franklin - Respect
17.) The Beatles - Revoloution/Revoloution #1
16.) Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land
15.) Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
14.) Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message
13.) Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore
12.) Special AKA - Nelson Mandela
11.) Band Aid - Do they Know It's Christmas
10.) N.W.A - Fuck The Police
9.) Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
8.) The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
7.) Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come
6.) John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
5.) Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
4.) Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
3.) James Brown - Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
2.) Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
1.) Bob Dylan - Masters of War

[Postteen]

OK, I know this thread is dead but I wanted to post this picture and now that I can, I will:

[C_Rasmussen]

Maybe its in there but my mind is too cloudy from the drinking last night to look again. I think the song "Signs" by Tesla (or some band before them) should be in there.

[Atlas Swallowed]

Its The Five Man Electical Band that did "Signs" originaly. The only good song Tesla ever recorded because those posers did not write it.

"Abolish Government" by True Sounds of Liberty should be on the list.

[JC1]

Is white riot racist or anti-racist ?

The lyrics leave both impresion's.

[Rockfan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2006, 05:17 PM
Is white riot racist or anti-racist ?

The lyrics leave both impresion's.
I don't think it's racists comeing from the clash, It's about some west indian riots in Brixton sometime in the 70's. I don't think there implying it was a "white" persons riot.

[timbaly]

I still see that the Clash's White Riot was listed twice at both #30 and #42. I'm also not sure why Summertime Blues is a protest song, though I can't recall the lyrics at the moment. It is a great song musically.

[redchrisfalling]

I dont like this top 100 list at all because there are so many great indie songs out there(check out riotfolk.org) and alot of these songs would not work well out on a sidewalk with nothing but a acoustic guitar and a metal barrel. They are good songs but i dont think we'll hear them on the picket line.

[which doctor]

Hate and War by The Clash should have been on there. It's probaly my favorite song ever.

BTW, what album is Masters of War from?

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by El Infiltr(A)[email protected] 3 2004, 12:26 PM
Ermm...
what about "Fortunate Son" by Creedence?
That's exactly what I was thinking
It's one of the best rock songs period.
and a great protest song

[Don't Change Your Name]

Originally posted by Fist of Blood+Jan 2 2006, 07:10 PM--> (Fist of Blood @ Jan 2 2006, 07:10 PM) BTW, what album is Masters of War from? [/b]
The Freewheelin' (or The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan or whatever)


RZ
It's one of the best rock songs period.

Yep

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2006, 05:19 AM
Is white riot racist or anti-racist ?

The lyrics leave both impresion's.
Certainly not racist. I'm not sure why one would get that impression if they actually listen to the song.

Here's the lyrics:

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Black people gotta lot a problems
But they don't mind throwing a brick
White people go to school
Where they teach you how to be thick

An' everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
An' nobody wants
To go to jail!

All the power's in the hands
Of people rich enough to buy it
While we walk the street
Too chicken to even try it

Everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
Nobody wants
To go to jail!

Are you taking over
Or are you taking orders?
Are you going backwards
Or are you going forwards?

[BuyOurEverything]

Mojo? Whatever happened to that chap?

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2006, 09:30 AM
Mojo? Whatever happened to that chap?
You mean Mojo Nixon? I believe he has retired from music and now does a radio show somewhere. Too bad his music was great.

[BuyOurEverything]

No, I mean the user Mojo, who frequented the music forum. I assumed it was him that the thread title refered to, perhaps I was wrong.

[steel town boot boy]

Nazi Punks Fuck Off isn't really a protest song, Holiday in Cambodia would have been better, also I'd like to see Democracy by the Damned on that list and Billy Bragg's the Price of Oil.

[Purple]

The Beatles with Revolution seems more to be an anit-protest song, after reading the lyrics. Seems like the song is pretty much about how fanatical revolutionists are!

[Iroquois Xavier]

I would have included U2-Sunday,Bloody Sunday

Even though Bono claims it not a rebel song, it is

[KickMcCann]

I can't believe nobody even mentioned the Internationale. Maybe there's no punk version of it, but it is The original protest song of 1870.

"And if, those cannibals keep trying, to sacrifice us to their pride, they soon will hear the bullets flying, we'll shoot the generals on our side"

"So comrades come rally, and the last fight we'll face, The Internationale, unites the human race"

Mp3's of it in almost any language:

http://www.vad1.com/anthems/internationale-collection.html