best 'protest' song - Page 2

WillowTheWhisp · 16-09-2007, 21:25

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Originally Posted by steeljack

one song which I forgot to include , but should definetly have made the list is the Buffy Sainte-Marie song Universal Soldier

Oh yes I agree with that one too, brilliant song.

grannyclaret · 16-09-2007, 23:17

I like Touch the wind,by Donovan,,but Nana Mouskouri and The King Singers did a better version...

cashman · 16-09-2007, 23:29

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I like Touch the wind,by Donovan,,but Nana Mouskouri and The King Singers did a better version...

Catch the wind granny.

grannyclaret · 16-09-2007, 23:34

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Originally Posted by cashman

Catch the wind granny.

Oh yes it was catch the wind with donavon ,but it was Touch the wind with Nana ,,maybe they were two diferent but simmilar songs,,,

WillowTheWhisp · 17-09-2007, 05:21

Donovan - Catch The Wind

In the chilly hours and minutes,
Of uncertainty, I want to be,
In the warm hold of your loving mind.

To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand, along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky,
I wanna hide a while, behind your smile,
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

For me to love you now,
Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you near, to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind.

For standin' in your heart,
Is where I want to be, and I long to be,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

I remember a friend of mine singing " 'Appen I'll miss, well try and catch the wing."

Is this the Nana Mouskouri one?

Touch the Wind

I woke up this morning and my mind fell away
and looking back sadly from tomorrow
as I heard an echo from the past softly say
come back, come back, won't you stay?
I wanted to reach you, let you know I still care
and lost in the silence of my sorrow
I put a promise in the wind, on the air, to fly away to you there

Touch the wind. Catch my love as it goes sailing
Touch the wind and I'll be close to you
I'll be easy to find
on the winds of the morning I'll come sailing
I'll be easy to find
and, baby, I'll be close to you

And only forever can I say I love you
and only forever have I lost you
but only a dreamer could wake up as I do and hope it's still yesterday

Touch the wind. Catch my love as it goes sailing
Touch the wind and I'll be close to you
I'll be easy to find
on the winds of the morning I'll come sailing
I'll be easy to find
and, baby, I'll be close to you

Touch the wind...

Wynonie Harris · 17-09-2007, 07:28

Very nice, but how exactly are either of these little ditties "protest" songs? They both sound like old-fashioned love songs to me!

grannyclaret · 17-09-2007, 13:10

I think i must have been having a senior moment ,or maybe it was the wine,,,

grannyclaret · 17-09-2007, 13:13

Thanks Willow ...I appreciate both sets of lyrics,,,Its a long time since i heard either song,, i am going to copy them

BERNADETTE · 17-09-2007, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Very nice, but how exactly are either of these little ditties "protest" songs? They both sound like old-fashioned love songs to me!

Think you have a thread wander on your hands

Zero · 18-09-2007, 15:22

Who made this shortlist ?
How is Ruby or catch the wind a PROTEST song?
Why all Anti War songs what about songs protesting about other stuff?
What about Bodies - Sex pistols (anti-abortion)
Oh Bondage Up yours - X ray Spex (Womens Lib)
Doesn`t make it alright - Terry Hall + (Racism)
Government FLu - Dead kennedys (Being used as guinea pigs by the powers that be)
(or anything by the Kennedys for that matter)
In fact why is there not 1 single punk song in the list when that was the nature of the Genre?
I could rhyme em off all night but to be honest there is 1 simple answer.......

POUNDLAND

For that challanges the effing here and effing now.

And an effing bit of the other. smiley face

Stanleymad · 18-09-2007, 15:40

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Originally Posted by Zero

POUNDLAND

For that challanges the effing here and effing now.

And an effing bit of the other. smiley face

We love that one, "im stranded down in Poundland with 99p!" Yes definatley protesting about the copiuos poundland shops hahahhaha well if u are standed down in poundland with 99p then go to home & bargains - a fair few things for 99p

MargaretR · 18-09-2007, 15:41

The ultimate anti-war song is -The Universal Soldier
Lyrics found here
http://www.lyricsdomain.com/4/donova...l_soldier.html

Zero · 18-09-2007, 16:31

I don`t think you see the big picture, its not protesting about poundland. I`m a supporter of pound shops.

It`s more of a statement of the economic enviroment.
Actually it`s probably really Commy ranting about the social divide and the unequality of our meanongless and pitiful existence.

spud · 18-09-2007, 21:54

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Originally Posted by Zero

I don`t think you see the big picture, its not protesting about poundland. I`m a supporter of pound shops.

It`s more of a statement of the economic enviroment.
Actually it`s probably really Commy ranting about the social divide and the unequality of our meanongless and pitiful existence.

Waddabout the punk tune We Have The Right To Work...was it the chelseas?

WillowTheWhisp · 19-09-2007, 05:14

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Originally Posted by Zero

How is Ruby or catch the wind a PROTEST song?

Well, 'Ruby' is about a guy who is injured in the Vietnam War --------- 'Catch the Wind'? Maybe Donovan was protesting that he couldn't catch it?