PROJECT:Please give me your fave protest songs (CALLING DJs)

[lildreamer316]

(yes I did post this in the Lounge; thought I might get some more input here before it dropped)

I am frustrated and homebound and a music freak so am going to make a compilation CD set of our favorite anti-war and inspirational songs. I welcome all suggestions but I will probably use those that are more widely known than those that are obscure; so please keep this in mind. Make sure you remind me of the obvious as well; don't assume I know them (I am only 32).Please give artist spelled as well as you can. Thanks in advance everyone! Line 'em up........

On edit: Lint to lounge thread as requested:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3970445&mesg_id=3970445

[stevedeshazer]

1. Can you link to the Lounge thread?

No need to duplicate, but I have a few favorites.

DJs are unlikely to play them , though. :)

[DancingBear]

2. Please listen to Phil Ochs

If you don't know him, you should.

"I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"

"When I'm Gone"

[LisaM]

8. GMTA. I love "When I'm Gone"

I wished they'd played it at Andy's funeral. I thought of it all the way through.

[lildreamer316]

34. Is that the one 3 Doors Down remade? Or is that a sep. song?

[LisaM]

3. There's a ton by Phil Ochs

I would nominate "Here's to the State of Mississippi" and "I Ain't Marching Anymore". But he's got a boatload of them. You might also try "Cops of the World."

[ClusterFreak]

4. Here's a few....you may already have them...

Blowin' In The Wind....Bob Dylan
War.....Edwin Starr
Give Peace A Chance.....John Lennon
Eve of Destruction......Barry McGuire

[Kerrytravelers]

7. Also by Lennon "Power to the People."

We always drive with the car windows down and blast this when going to a rally/protest/awareness campaign!

[cynatnite]

28. I downloaded after hearing it on AAR the other day n/t

[EndElectoral]

5. My Fav - Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

[DancingBear]

6. Ritchie Havens - "Handsome Johnny" n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. o h i o Neil and the boys.

in fact, their tune has been playing in me head for a while now.
wishing and hoping for people to awaken from our nationa slumber, our media induced brain-washing, our self-imposed idiocy.

[Liberal Dose]

12. Tin soldiers and Dubya's comin... n/t

[Liberal Dose]

10. Ball of Confusion - Temptations

The lyrics are as relevant today as they were when the song came out. Especially the line, "People all over the world are shouting END THE WAR - and the band played on..."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. oooh like that too n/t

[justabob]

25. Love and Rockets has a remake that is also good

[Cats Against Frist]

11. Sixteen Tons -- or "The Company Store" or whatever

Don't really know if it's a "protest" song, but it certainly calls out the "fat cats." And my daddy was a coal miner.

***edited because I always get the title wrong, and someone will, always, invariably correct me.

[DancingBear]

16. Nope - you're right

"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford

[flakey_foont]

14. Country Joe and the Fish

"Feel Like I'm Fixin to die Rag"

Peter Paul and Mary - "Cruel War"

The Byrds - "I Come and Stand at Every Door"

Flying Burrito Brothers - "My Uncle"

[elehhhhna]

15. Redemption Song--Bob Marley

The Revolution Starts Now-- Steve Earle

In Your Honor--Foo Fighters (for the Vets 4 Peace!)

"In Your Honor"

Can you hear me
Hear me screamin'
Breaking in the muted skies
This thunder heart
Like bombs beating
Echoing a thousand miles

Mine is yours and yours is mine
There is no divide
In your honor
I would die tonight

Mine is yours and yours is mine
I will sacrifice
In your honor
I would die tonight
For you to feel alive

Can you feel me
Feel me breathing
One last breathe before I close my eyes
This suffering
For receiving
Deliver me into the other side

For you to feel alive
For you to feel alive
For you to feel alive

[elehhhhna]

18. Also by Foos; No Way Back

No Way Back

Lately, I've been
Livin' in my head
The rest of me is dead,
I dying for truth.

Make me, believe,
No more left and right,
Come on take my side,
I'm fightin' for you,
I'm fightin' for you.

Pleased to meet you take my hand,
There is no way back from here,
Pleased to meet you say your prayers,
There is no way back from here,
But I don't care,
No way back from here.

Wake me, I'm ready,
Somethin' don't seem right,
I was dreamin',
I was talkin' to you,

Memory, mend me,
No one's seen my share,
Things I can't repair,
I'm breakin' to you,
I'm breakin' to you.

Pleased to meet you take my hand,
There is no way back from here,
Pleased to meet you say your prayers,
There is no way back from here,
But I don't care,
No way back from, here.

Pleased to meet you take my hand,
There is no way back from here,
Pleased to meet you say your prayers,
There is no way back from here,
But I don't care,
No way back from, here

[elehhhhna]

19. Instant Karma by Lennon, & Imagine!

[Impeach_Shrub]

37. Marley is really really good isn't he? Good choice. N/T

[cynatnite]

17. Mosh by Eminem n/t

[elehhhhna]

21. SNAP! yeah, MOSH!

[LiveWire]

62. lyrics

scrutinize every word, memorize every line
I spit it once, refuel, re-energize and rewind
I give sight to the blind, my insight's through the mind
I exercise my right to express when I feel it's time
It's just all in your mind - what you interpret it as
I say to fight, you take it as I'ma whip someone’s ass
If you don’t understand, don’t even bother to ask
A father who has grown up with a father-less past
Who has blown up now to rap phenomenon
That has, or at least shows, no difficulty multi-taskin' and juggling both
Perhaps mastered-his-craft slash entrepreneur
Who has helped launch a few more rap acts
Who’s had a few obstacles thrown his way
Through the last half of his career
Typical manure, moving past that
Mister kiss-his-ass-crack, he’s a class-act
Rubber-band man, yeah, he just snaps back

Chorus:

Come along, follow me, as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me, and I wont steer you wrong
Put your faith in your trust, as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel we gon’ fight
We gon’ charge, we gon’ stomp
We gon’ march through the swamp
We gon’ mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors
Come on..

Verse 2:

All the people up top, on the side and the middle
Come together, let's all form this swamp just a little
Just let it gradually build, from the front to the back
All you can see is a sea of people, some white and some black
No matter what color, all that matters we're gathered together
To celebrate for the same cause, no matter the weather
If it rains, let it rain
Yeah, the wetter the better
They ain’t gon’ stop us - they can't
We're stronger now, more then ever
They tell us "No", we say "Yeah"
They tell us "Stop", we say "Go"
Rebel with a rebel yell
Raise hell - we gon’ let em know
Stomp, push, shove, mush..
Fuck Bush
Until they bring our troops home, c'mon, just..

Chorus:

Come along, follow me as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me, and I wont steer you wrong
Put your faith in your trust, as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel we gon’ fight
We gon’ charge, we gon’ stomp
We gon' march through the swamp
We gon' mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors
Come on..

Verse 3:

Imagine it pourin’, it's rainin’ down on us
Moshpits outside the oval office
Someone’s tryin to tell us something
Maybe this is God just sayin' we're responsible
For this monster - this coward that we have empowered
This is Bin Laden
Look at his head noddin’
How could we allow something like this without pumpin' our fists
Now, this is our final hour
Let me be the voice, and your strength and your choice
Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise
Try to amplify it, times it, and multiply it by sixteen million
People are equal at this high pitch
Maybe we can reach Al Qaeda through my speech
Let the president answer our high anarchy
Strap him with a AK-47, let him go fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare to trick us to thinking that we ain’t loyal
If we don’t serve our own country, we’re patronizing our hero
Look in his eyes, its all lies
The stars and stripes, have been swiped
Washed out and wiped and replaced with his own face
Mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight, you’ll know why
‘Cuz I told you to fight

Chorus:

Come along, follow me as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me, and I wont steer you wrong
Put your faith in your trust, as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel we gon' fight
We gon' charge, we gon' stomp
We gon' march through the swamp
We gon' mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors
Come on

Outro:

Eminem: And as we proceed to mosh through this desert storm.. in these closing statements, if they should argue, let us beg to differ.. as we set aside our differences, and assemble our own army to disarm this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president for the present.. and mosh for the future of our next generation.. to speak and be heard.. Mr President.. Mr Senator..

[Impeach_Shrub]

20. Sung To The Tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

Chorus:
A right wing nut, a right wing nut , a right wing nut...

In The Nation, The Mighty Nation, The WarMonger sleeps tonight....

Chorus: A right wing nut, a right wing nut, a right wing nut....

Near the Village, The Crawford Village, The WarMonger sleeps tonight....

Hush my darling, Don't Fear My Darling, The WarMonger sleeps tonight...

Background Colortura Soprano:
Arise, America, Awaken, The WarMonger sleeps tonight!


Sorry, can 't help it, this is what I hear when I hear this song!

Although I know it takes a lot of overlooking to overlook the political attitudes of Cat Stevens in recent years... how about a revival of "Peace Train", or the Beatles "Imagine", or Blood Sweat and Tears rendition of "War, What's It Good For"? Of course, we all know its good for BushCo, but thats beside the point.

Yes, I think music can influence politics, the way it used to. Music is the original sound byte, mother of all sound bytes.

[Spazito]

22. Buffalo Springfields' For What It's Worth

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[Impeach_Shrub]

24. Yes, yes, excellent choice! N/T

[justabob]

23. Washington Bullets -The Clash (album:Sandinista)

[DancingBear]

26. John Gorka - "Let Them In" n/t

[cynatnite]

27. Here's a couple:

Uncle John by Pearl before Swine

Lives in the Balance by Jackson Browne

[elehhhhna]

52. Can't make it here anymore -- James McMurtry !~

[doublethink]

29. .......

War Pigs .... Black Sabath.
Mosh ........ Enimem
No Blood For Oil ... No Name Soldier (my nephews band) you can listen to it here http://www.nonamesoldier.com

and ohhhh a thousand more ... they will come to me. Peace. :)

[Impeach_Shrub]

30. Your nephew has done a jolly good job there, give him my compliments n/t

[doublethink]

36. Will do thanks ...

:hi: on edit: and welcome to DU !! Just saw your low post count, geesh I'm supposed to catch those things !!!!!!!!!! :)

[Impeach_Shrub]

49. U R too kind. Thanks for the big welcome! N/T

[alarimer]

31. What's so funny about Peace love and understanding

Any version. I like Steve Earle's which rocks. But Lucy Kaplansky does a good one as does Keb Mo. In fact Keb Mo has a whole album of protest music that includes Imagine among others. His CD is called Peace..Back by Popular Demand.

[lildreamer316]

33. Which version is in your opinion the most recognized?

NOT that I will use the most recog.; I'm just thinking about organizing them by era and which one was most played when it came out? Like: in your head if you are "listening" to it; which other songs were out then that are on the list^^. knowwhutImean vern?

[alarimer]

45. I think Nick Lowe wrote it

And, if memory serves, Elvis Costello did a version. Those might be more recognizable. But I am not sure when they came out.

[scarletwoman]

32. I can't believe no one has posted "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan yet!

Most powerful anti-war song EVER, imho! And it totally blew my mind to catch Pearl Jam doing a live cover of it on Jay Leno one night some months back -- awesome!

sw

[WePurrsevere]

35. Most of mine have been covered except: One Tin Soldier...

(edited to fix link)

performed by Coven

Gives me chills everytime... and so very appropriate with the war now.

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Amazingly enough I found the lyrics at National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services Kids area. It states that, "This song has a lesson to it -- violence is not the way." Too bad BUSHco hasn't learned that.

(BTW-I ran spell checker for my own errors. I did not correct those that may have been posted on the gov site.)

[Impeach_Shrub]

38. How ironic! N/T

[VOX]

39. "The Walls Came Down" by The Call...

This was written in 1983 -- 22 years ago. I put bold type on the most prescient lyrics. :scared:

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They’d all been warned
And the walls came down
They just stood there laughing
They’re not laughing anymore
The walls came down

Sanctuary fades
Congregation splits
Nightly military raids
The congregation splits
It’s a song of assassins
Ringin’ in your ears
We got terrorist thinking
Playing on fears

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They’d all been warned
But the walls came down
I don’t think there are any Russians
And there ain’t no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin’ with tanks

[Hanover_Fist]

40. Phil Oaks

"Joe Hill"

[lildreamer316]

41. Question on that:

I have that song as a suggestion but as performed by Joan Baez at Woodstock. I'm assuming this is the original; do you have a fave?

[DancingBear]

42. Yes, the Joan Baez version is the "original"

The song, however, is a very old song (it might have been from the I.W.W. "Wobblies" labor union, but I'm not sure) - she did not write it.

[Hanover_Fist]

48. You might check out

the I.W.W.'s "Little red songbook" as well, although I'm not sure how many of the works are available, or how many of todays folks could listen to crude melodies, yet powerful lyrics.

[Hanover_Fist]

47. Sorry,

I'm not sure who originally did it, I just like the Oaks version.

[KatyaR]

43. Radio News America produces a protest music podcast each week.

http://www.radionewsamerica.com/media/nion/nion.html

They're great--both classics and new stuff. This week's podcast was dedicated to the hurricane victims.

Check 'em out!

[lildreamer316]

44. That's RAD man! (hee hee) Thanks!

Dating myself.......ha ha.

[anarch]

46. how about a little "fortunate son" - CCR n/t

[elehhhhna]

51. Doh! Of COURSE! ding ding good'un!

[geomon666]

50. Mine

System of a Down - Boom
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B.

A Perfect Circle - Imagine
A Perfect Circle - Annihilation
A Perfect Circle - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding
A Perfect Circle - What's Going On
A Perfect Circle - Passive
A Perfect Circle - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
A Perfect Circle - People are People
A Perfect Circle - Freedom of Choice
A Perfect Circle - Let's Have A War
A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
A Perfect Circle - When the Levee Breaks
A Perfect Circle - Fiddle and the Drum

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole

The Offspring - Neocon
The Offspring - The Noose

Green Day - Baghdad
Green Day - American Idiot

[elehhhhna]

53. Louisiana 1927 -- by Aaron Neville

[elehhhhna]

65. Rich Man's War, Steve Earle:

Rich Man's War
Lyrics for Album: Revolution Starts Now

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

[SalmonChantedEvening]

54. War - Edwin Starr n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

55. Universal Soldier and My Country tis of thy People your dying-B.St. Marie

[DanCa]

56. Bruce Springsteen Devils and Dust followed by Born in the USA (demo ver)

I also like joan jetts version of everyday people.

[Lilith Velkor]

57. War Pigs - Black Sabbath n/t

[SeattleGirl]

58. "What's Going On" -- Marvin Gaye. Also

"Blowin' in the Wind" -- Bob Dylan
"Peace Train" -- Cat Stevens
"Man in Black" -- Johnny Cash
"Sky Pilot" -- Eric Burdon & The Animals
"Mosh" -- Eminem
"Fortunate Son" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Rich Man's War" -- Steve Earle
"Rockin in the Free World" -- Neil Young
"The Revolution Starts Now -- Steve Earle
"Warrior" -- Steve Earle

[walldude]

59. Roger Waters- The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range

[nodehopper]

60. the partisan--Leonard Cohen

[Bluebear]

61. Army Dreamers - Kate Bush

[LiveWire]

63. Jack Johnson "Crying Shame"

Its such a tired game
Will it ever stop
How will this all play out
Upside out of my mouth

By now we should know
How to communicate instead of coming to blows
We're on a roll
And there ain't no stopping us now
We're burning under control
Isn't it strange how
We're all burning under the same sun
By now we say its a war for peace
Its the same old game
But do we really want to play?
We could close our eyes its still there
We could say its us against them
We can try but nobody wins
Gravity has got a hold on us all
We try to put it out
But its a growing flame
Using fear as fuel
Burning down our name
And it wont take too long
Cause words are burning same
And who we gunna blame now?

And oh, Its such a crying crying crying shame
Its such a crying crying crying shame
Its such a crying crying crying shame, shame, shame

By now
Its starting to show
A number of people are numbers who aint coming home
I can close my eyes its still there
Close my mind be alone
Close my heart and not care
But gravity has got a hold on us all
Its a terrific price to pay
But in the true sense of the word
Are we using what we've learned?
In the true sense of the word
Are we losing what we were?
Its such a tired game
Will it ever stop?
Is not for me to say
And is it in our blood?
Or is it just our fate?
And how will this all play out
Upside out of my mouth
And who we gunna blame?
On and on
Its such a crying crying crying shame
Its such a crying crying crying shame

[ZoCrowes]

64. The Jam, Bob Marley

Little Boy Soldiers by the Jam is a great one

War/No More Troubles by Bob Marley