dragster Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) In the midst of lies by UNcouth Presidents, false witnessing by top politicians who are continually pulling our proverbial leg, good, proud patriotic "words of comfort" to the families of fallen civilans and soldiers around this dustball of ours, ...blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.................there are little songs out there called "protest songs". Protest is selling, but is anyone REALLY buyin'??! :( http://www.sherylcrow.com/video/ "God Bless This Mess (Sheryl Crow) Daddy's in the hallway Hanging pictures on the wall Mama's in the kitchen Making casseroles for all My brother came home yesterday From somewhere far away He doesn't look like I remember He just stares off into space He must've seen some ugly things He just can't seem to say God bless this mess God bless this mess Got a job in town Selling insurance on the phone With Robert and Teresa And two con men from back home Everyone I call up doesn't have the time to chat Everybody is so busy doing this and doing that Something has gone missing And it makes me kinda sad, oh God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess Heard about the day that two skyscrapers came down Firemen, policemen And people came from all around The smoke covered the city And the body count arise The president spoke words of comfort With tears in his eyes Then he led us as a nation Into a war all based on lies, oh God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess Edited February 8, 2008 by dragster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 DA protest man PAR ECCELLENZA.....Woody Guthrie!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Some of my personal favourites.... Give Peace A Chance- John Lennon I Fought The Law- Bob Dylan Capital G- Nine Inch Nails World Wide Suicide- Pearl Jam Know Your Enemy- Rage Against The Machine (and pretty much every other song by them) The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song- The Flaming Lips I take the definition of "Protest Song" in this context to be something protesting people in power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Derigable Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Maybe i biased, but i think most so called protest songs go for effect and not meaning. I just think some of these protest are too foward. Just like the crowe song. she goes from a typical song about amercain life then WHAM, she hit you with the whole iraq thing. She took a good song and made it into a protest song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Maybe i biased, but i think most so called protest songs go for effect and not meaning. I just think some of these protest are too foward. Just like the crowe song. she goes from a typical song about amercain life then WHAM, she hit you with the whole iraq thing. She took a good song and made it into a protest song. I see your point of view, BUT, it takes ONLY a good song to make a protest song in the 1st place dunnit??! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Civil War -Guns n' Roses (might not be a protest song as such, but its definitely anti-war) Indeed a good protest song!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Not sure of the title, but Neil Young Lets impeach the president? Comes to mind. If that is not a protest song, I dont know what is. IMHO a pretty good one at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Not sure of the title, but Neil Young Lets impeach the president? Comes to mind. If that is not a protest song, I dont know what is. IMHO a pretty good one at that. Yes, you're right....even though I prefer OHIO :(....lest we forget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Good call. That ranks up there with the best. There are so many you could spend a day on it. Unknown soldier by the Doors. Fortunate son by CCR. Volunteers by the airplane. So many so little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 How could I forget. Bullet the blue sky. U2. Not a huge fan but that song is one of favs by them. Not to mention they have a ton of protest songs. Also didnt Country Joe and the fish do a good one at Woodstock? Cannot recall the name as my memory is not as good these days because of certain things in my younger years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Protest is "selling"? Can't see that I see that happening. I know of lots of artists who have cut protest songs in recent years but the chance of them receiving any sort of commercial radio airplay is pretty much zero. Just ask Fogerty, Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, R.E.M., Pearl Jam or most any other artist that has spoken out against the war in song. What can you see from your window? I can't see anything from mine. Flags on the side of the highway and scripture on grocery store signs. Maybe eighteen was too early. Maybe thirty or forty is too. Did you get your chance to make peace with the man before he sent down his angels for you? Mamas and grandmamas love you 'cause that's all they know how to do. You never planned on the bombs in the sand or sleeping in your dress blues. Your wife said this all would be funny when you came back home in a week. You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you in a bar or a tent by the creek. Your baby would just about be here. Your very last tour would be up but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups. Mamas and grandmamas love you. American boys hate to lose. You never planned on the bombs in the sand or sleeping in your dress blues. Now the high school gymnasium's ready, full of flowers and old legionnaires. Nobody showed up to protest, just sniffle and stare. But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters and there's silent old men from the corps. What did they say when they shipped you away to fight somebody's Hollywood war? Nobody here could forget you. You showed us what we had to lose. You never planned on the bombs in the sand or sleeping in your dress blues. No, no you never planned on the bombs in the sand or sleeping in your dress blues. Jason Isbell Dress Blues From the album Sirens of the Ditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Yes, you're right....even though I prefer OHIO :(....lest we forget! That's an excellent choice. Still gives me chills. Ohio :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Derigable Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I see your point of view, BUT, it takes ONLY a good song to make a protest song in the 1st place dunnit??! :) Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 Good call. That ranks up there with the best. There are so many you could spend a day on it. Unknown soldier by the Doors. Fortunate son by CCR. Volunteers by the airplane. So many so little time. I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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