best 'protest' song

steeljack · 15-09-2007, 05:06

for folks of a certain age , which was your favourite 'Protest' song

sorry if i missed any

just do a write in

cashman · 15-09-2007, 08:37

Has to be Dylan, though Lennon ran it close.

BERNADETTE · 15-09-2007, 12:39

Imagine gets my vote, it is brilliant

grannyclaret · 15-09-2007, 13:01

Blowing in the wind,,, its so true

Doug · 15-09-2007, 13:46

Bob Dylan.............No Contest, as with cashy, Imagine closing up the rear.

garinda · 15-09-2007, 15:52

I'm torn between the great Mahalia Jackson singing We Shall Overcome, or Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Marlene Dietrich. I love them both.

cmonstanley · 15-09-2007, 17:02

the best protest song in the sixties apart from dylan was sreet fighting man by the stones

the best present on is hard fi suburbian knights ministry

Stanleymad · 15-09-2007, 17:27

True cmonstanley street fighting man is a good one, mind u the stones did quite a few protest songs, "we love you" protest against micks spell in jail was a strong one.

grannyclaret · 15-09-2007, 23:59

Does Johnny Cash count,? they were not so much protest songs ,but real life situation ones....

WillowTheWhisp · 16-09-2007, 15:07

What about "19" ? It's difficult but I opted for "Eve of Destruction" because that one really got to me at the time.

Stanleymad · 16-09-2007, 16:01

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

It's difficult but I opted for "Eve of Destruction" because that one really got to me at the time.

Yeh same here, still does lol tho i dunno why except its a class song

shakermaker · 16-09-2007, 18:05

I would've gone for 'Man in Black' by the great man Cash if it was there, however I've gone for Dylan. Not really for 'Blowing in the Wind', but because he made so many other great protest songs while in his prolific youth - Percy's Song is a brilliant one but not too famous.
I gave 'Give Peace a Chance' a nod, too. Gotta mention Lennon. I still think the guy never reached his writing potential.

steeljack · 16-09-2007, 18:15

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

Wynonie Harris · 16-09-2007, 19:10

Don't really like any of 'em. My favourite protest song is "Double Trouble" by Otis Rush (great Chicago blues guitarist who most of you have never heard of, but, believe me, the likes of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have...and it shows). It includes lyrics like "...in this generation of millionaires, it's hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear" and was written while the guy was actually scuffling on the streets of Southside Chicago in the 50's...a million miles away from wannabe working class heroes sitting in their luxury mansions singing "imagine no possessions."

cashman · 16-09-2007, 19:37

Probably the best "protest" band were formed about 65 Country Joe @The Fish, I-Feel-Like-Im-A-Fixing-To-Die is one of many, they were actually called the band that stopped the war in viet nam, no mean accolade by the american press, i was lucky enough to see em at Crystal Palace,along with Richie Havens and others,check em out jack if ya like protest stuff, ya wont be disapointed.

Tricky Dicky was another classic.