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Roses and Rifles: 60's and 70's Protest Songs
| Artist | Song | |
| Jimi Hendrix | The Star Spangled Banner | |
| MC5 | Ramblin' Rose | |
| The Animals | We Gotta Get Out of This Place | |
| Ten Years After | I'd Love to Change the World | |
| The Beatles | Revolution 1 | |
| Donovan | Universal Soldier | |
| Thunderclap Newman | Something in the Air | |
| The Kingston Trio | Blowin' in the Wind | |
| Bob Dylan | The Times They Are-A Changin' | |
| Buffalo Springfield | For What It's Worth | |
| Country Joe & the Fish | Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag | |
| Five Man Electrical Band | Signs | |
| CCR | Fortunate Son | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Ohio | |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | Pride of Man | |
| The Rascals | People Got to Be Free | |
| The Temptations | Ball of Confusion | |
| Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | |
| The Turtles | Eve of Destruction | |
| Eric Burdon & the Animals | Sky Pilot | |
| The Association | Requiem for the Masses | |
Comment:
This is really basic when it comes to Vietnam protest songs and stuff like that, I guess. It's not all about Vietnam tho...concerns other social issues of the time as well. Ramblin' Rose isn't exactly a "protest" song, but their whole style was protest, and the speech at the beginning is pretty awesome. And I had to throw Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" on here too. Nothing really out of the ordinary on here, but I'm already working to find some new songs from the same era. Suggestions are always good...but don't say "War!" by Edwin Starr. That's about as obvious as "For What It's Worth" and "Fortunate Son"...except it's not a good song. Besides, aren't we coming up to our one year anniversary in Iraq? War protest is much needed! John Kerry/John Edwards 2004!Feedback:
Great mix. I suppose if one wanted some slightly more obscure songs from the same era, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's "In The Arena" or "Suppose They Give A War..." would be fun choices, but that band's a guilty pleasure of mine. Cross the ocean, you could pick up the Kinks' "Some Mother's Son" or Pink Floyd's "Corporal Clegg."
This looks really amazing. I'm going to have to check into some of the songs i haven't heard before. I have a similar mix but not as much though went into it because it was a rush to get to a protest in Boston last year... anyway, i love it (and edwards/kerry)
I love this mix and this type of mix. Graham Nash's Military Madness and Chicago's Dialogue pt I&II are always at the top of my mind when doing this type of mix. peace love and happiness....
quite superb
I really like this, and completely appreciate the sentiment. Every time I think honest brilliant protest music, I always think of the great Phil Ochs first. But that's just me.
I love almost every song on here. We have to set up a trade somtime soon. Great job once again man. PS: Go John Edwards!! =)
My gosh, it seems like a lot of you are *stuck*, like John Kerry, in a mental Vietnam rut. It's time to move on, little children, it's time to move on. :)
Great mix however.
Terrific choices!
In the words of those great 60s/70s icons, the Hee-Haw gang:
Sal-LUTE!
Sal-LUTE!
Congrats on MOTW. This makes me reflect on the lack of musical dissent during our current Viet Nam. All we get are Barry Sadler's progeny.
Congratulations! I too appreciate the sentiment and the mix caused by it..., popkulcher listed some excellent alternate stand-ins to stand up and be heard! Again, congratulations....
Nice one, congratulations. I love Fortunate Son, no matter how many times I hear it, it's great. I love the footage of CCR playing it on Ed Sullivan.
Barry Sadler...I just read Lenny's comment...I picked up his album a while ago at a thrift store....frightening.
Nice idea...there's an excellent new comp out on Kent called "A Soldier's Sad Story - Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1966-1973". Really good stuff as well.
Congrats. Great mix. Band of Gypsys doing "Machine Gun" might be nice on the next edition.
I'm not sure if "War" is much worse than, say, Donovan's truly dreadful "Universal Soldier" or "Blowin' in he Wind" which has been plaed to death by just about every 13-year-old who can hold a guitar, but who cares. Great mix, an congrats on MotW, Worthy Successor. ;)
Excellent, excellent! Don't forget Lee Michaels' The War.
Fine sentiments & a fine time-machine - - it does make me wonder if anyone will come up with a NEW protest anthem
in time for the upcoming global March 20th demonstrations -
in time for the upcoming global March 20th demonstrations -
Congratualtions! A fine idea, very well executed. (I do agree that Dylan's "Times" is a bit played out --- "Master Of War," perhaps?)
MC5: The cornerstone of revolution.
Excellent, volume 2 might include Bill Hicks, 'the war' - 10 years old now but still as relevant, I would suggest.
A worthy MOTW. Zion Train-'Why Should We Have To Fight' and Tribulation All Stars - 'War Zone' set me off thinking that a reggae mix of protest/anti war songs is worth cosidering!
Congratulations. A nice mix of the time.
Very nice!
Long-haired freaky people need not apply!...great mix!
Thomas Mohr dissing Donovan........ shame, shame, shame.....
hell yeah!!!!!!!!
Top shelf mix. And I have to thank my lucky stars, as my term paper is on the death of the protest song, and I had sort of a writer's block. But your mix has refreshed me. Thanks. God that sounded queer...
Hey guys, I really appreciate all the comments. I'd be happy to trade if anyone wants to, also. I will take all of your suggestions into account, gonna need them for a new one of these. Thanks again!
Don't forget REO Speedwagon's 'Golden Country'.
Great Mix.
Great Mix.
oh yeah and Graham Nash's 'Chicago', another great protest song from that era.
Great mix. You might consider adding Bob Marley somewhere in there; writing in a different genre and country, many forget that his songs concern the same issues as American songwriters of the time.
I have to second the recommendation of some Phil Ochs, but this looks like a very nice and well thought out mix nonetheless.
Thunderclap Newman + CCR- nice. I don't care if it's obvious, it's still good music. Ooh, the Animals too- kudos. GB Jr. in 2K4. Out.
What everybody else said - great stuff!
I don't think you can ever get tired of songs like this, especially with the powers that be doing what they do best, picking on people who can't do the same thing back. Oh, nice mix BTW!
wow i guess no one comes here anymore... the only reason i can think of hendrix's star spangled banner as a protest is because it is all outa wack similar to america in the 60's and 70's. i def think that Revolution should be number one cause that is above all the best song.
Other songs you might not realize were protest songs:
Tommy James and the Shondells - Sweet Cherry Wine, The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn, CCR - Long As I Can See The Light,
Five Man Electrical Band - Sign, Sign, Janis Ian - Society's Child... Of course you have the very obvious ones; Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jonie Mitchell, Animals, Country Joe and the Fish, Janis Joplin, and SO many more.
I've read comments from people complaining that some lyrics were insulting, etc... but if you didn't live through the 60's, you don't really understand the mentality, the way we were all raised,what we were taught... that makes it almost impossible to understand what was truly happening. I lost so many friends in Nam, very few days went by that you didn't hear some girl in school crying,screaming because she learned a loved one had died. Black arm bands as a silent protest were outlawed at school, so the ENTIRE school poured into the halls and we had a day long sit-in.
For me, the entirety of the 60's is summed up in Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth.
GSL
Tommy James and the Shondells - Sweet Cherry Wine, The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn, CCR - Long As I Can See The Light,
Five Man Electrical Band - Sign, Sign, Janis Ian - Society's Child... Of course you have the very obvious ones; Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jonie Mitchell, Animals, Country Joe and the Fish, Janis Joplin, and SO many more.
I've read comments from people complaining that some lyrics were insulting, etc... but if you didn't live through the 60's, you don't really understand the mentality, the way we were all raised,what we were taught... that makes it almost impossible to understand what was truly happening. I lost so many friends in Nam, very few days went by that you didn't hear some girl in school crying,screaming because she learned a loved one had died. Black arm bands as a silent protest were outlawed at school, so the ENTIRE school poured into the halls and we had a day long sit-in.
For me, the entirety of the 60's is summed up in Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth.
GSL