Protest songs

[PDAD]

Seems a good time to get a topic going to bridge the gap of the forum's big two topics - Politics and Music. 

Let's share some lovely politically focused tunes.

 

[danmarks]

Great leap forward - billy bragg. No idea how to link. Sorry.

Oh and obviously Wont get fooled again- the Who. (Not protest as such but perfect).

[PDAD]

Just now, danmarks said:

Great leap forward - billy bragg. No idea how to link. Sorry.

Oh and obviously Wont get fooled again- the Who. (Not protest as such but perfect).

I've been queueing up the protest songs the last hour and Wont get fooled again is on currently. 

 

[danmarks]

Being an old fart of a l mostly leftie hippie theres gonna be loads.A  bit like the good book (High Fidelity) says this is the moment my life has been pracricing for. Gotta have a bit of Frank Turner -Love song and Ire. 

Times they are a changing- bob . Still cuts the mustard-you just need to listen with fresh ears not hear what you think you know

 

[danmarks]

Johnny was- stiff little fingers

[PDAD]

Cant go wrong with Frank. Or Beans on Toast. Two people with hearts very much in the right place!

Since your suggestion, i have just listened to Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards and forgot how great old Bill was. 

Johnny Was next on the queue. 

Meanwhile, listening to Public Enemy's 2020 rework of Fight the Power. Tremendous stuff.

 

[PDAD]

Not a protest song but I am going to dedicate this one to the orange man over their with the dummy in his mouth. 

 

[SheffJeff]

Love shit like this... will end up spending 3 hours listening to different songs before I get round to posting so heres a bit of Phrophets Of Rage while I go AWOL.

 

[PDAD]

Ah Prophets of Rage. A big mistake of mine, Boomtown last year. I could have stayed at the Lions Den to see UB40 and then Lauryn Hill, or go to Town Centre to see Salt n Pepa and Prophets of Rage. 

I gave into stupid peer pressure and stuck with the first option at the Lions Den. UB40 were shit. Lauryn hill couldnt be fucked to show up within an hour of the allotted time. Meanwhile, I've heard that Salt n Pepa were 'wicked mate' and well, I missed this by Prophets of Rage. 

I digress. How could I forget one of the best songs ever written? 

 

[Mark E. Spliff]

1 hour ago, danmarks said:

Johnny was- stiff little fingers

I also marginally prefer the Stiff Little Fingers version, but got to give credit to Bob Marley - it's his song.

[SheffJeff]

Lauren Hills was one of my bigger Glastonbury disappointments, was so excited to see her but she just couldn't be arsed and I gave up within a couple of songs. Have been going down the rap route and never heard this before:

... listening to a sweet bit of Sam Cooke though has now changed my path.

 

[Sawdusty surfer]

 

[Copperface]

One for any Devonian protesters

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Bread and Roses by Joan Baez (and quite a few others). 

One of my personal favourites, about the struggles of women in the trade union movement and the simple fact that although the fight is for better wages there are other things that are equally important. The things that turn an existence into a life such as health, education, the arts. It was also sung more recently in the film Pride, a film about the unlikely help given to Welsh miners during the strike by a gay activist group from London. Well worth a watch

 

[st dan]

 

[lazyred]

Redskins

https://youtu.be/SibgDQWU85g

[guypjfreak]

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

 

 

[Crazyfool01]

Dont know if t quite fits but ...

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

John Lennon Imagine (Official Music Video 1971)

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Tom Robinson - Glad To Be Gay (Secret Policeman's Ball)

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

The Jam - The Eton Rifles

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

The Cranberries - Zombie (Official Music Video)
 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Latin Quarter - Radio Africa (Official Video)