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Was discussing this with my children (read that as boring them to death) and was thinking it would be interesting to see what songs people pick as their favorite/most moving/most meaningful/best remembered/etc. protest song.
I will start this off with one of mine:
Two Hangmen by Mason Proffit
I will start this off with one of mine:
Two Hangmen by Mason Proffit
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Re: Protest Songs
Tue, August 4, 2009 - 6:06 PMBlowing in the Wind pops right up as one of the most beautiful. I heard it by Peter, Paul and Mary before I heard Dylan's original. And Joan Baez's version is very sweet.
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Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:45 AMThe Great Mandala by PP&M. It was on the flip side of some 45 single that turned up in redneck diners (I Dig Rock and Roll Music, I think) You could play it and run before you got your butt kicked. -
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Thu, November 19, 2009 - 1:13 PMyes the Great Mandala is still a fav of mine and to be honest it brings tears to my eyes every time I play it...
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Fri, August 7, 2009 - 12:35 PM"I feel like I'm fixin to die" Country Joe and the Fish -
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Fri, August 7, 2009 - 8:32 PMAleph: is that the song that was featured on the Woodstock movie...where they put the lyrics on the bottom of the screen so we can all sing along...it was a cool song in any case ( but I thought it was called something else)
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Sat, October 24, 2009 - 9:00 AMThe Unknown Soldier by The Doors
Universal Soldier by Phil Ochs, Donovan
To Susan On The West Coast Waiting by Donovan
I Aint Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
Draft Doger Rag by Phil Ochs
One Tin Soldier by Joni Mitchell, Skeeter Davis, The Original Caste
Waste Deep In The Big Muddy by Pete Seeger
Cruel War by Peter, Paul and Mary
Blowin' In The Wind by almost everyone back then
Kill For Peace by The Fugs
Several songs from "Hair"
People Let's Stop The War by Grand Funk Railroad --- I think it came out just after the 60's, though
And of course, the greatest of them all, Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie -
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Sat, October 24, 2009 - 12:59 PMI grew up singing "We Shall Overcome" while marching to end segregation at one of the major Baltimore amusement parks. -
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Mon, October 26, 2009 - 11:47 AM‘stop, children, what's that sound’
by Buffalo Springfield
www.youtube.com/watch
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!!!
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Wed, October 28, 2009 - 6:55 AMLay Down (Candles in the Rain)
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Fri, November 6, 2009 - 1:45 PMwhere have all the flowers gone by pete seeger and sometimes sung by peter paul and mary…
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where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
where have all the flowers gone?
young girls have picked them everyone.
oh, when will they ever learn?
oh, when will they ever learn?
where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
where have all the young girls gone?
gone for husbands everyone.
oh, when will they ever learn?
oh, when will they ever learn?
where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
where have all the husbands gone?
gone for soldiers everyone
oh, when will they ever learn?
oh, when will they ever learn?
where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
where have all the soldiers gone?
gone to graveyards, everyone.
oh, when will they ever learn?
oh, when will they ever learn?
where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
where have all the graveyards gone?
gone to flowers, everyone.
oh, when will they ever learn?
oh, when will they ever learn?
where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
where have all the flowers gone?
young girls have picked them everyone.
oh, when will they ever learn?
OH, WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN?
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Re: Protest Songs in terms of making the political part of one's reality
Tue, December 8, 2009 - 2:21 AMLook out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you -
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too
Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home --
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A a box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through
Just a box of rain -
wind and water -
Believe it if you need it,
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower -
Wind and rain -
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame
It's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there
Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia
