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A thread of protest songs
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Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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But that's a Jonathan King written/produced song
Weren't they an RAF Band?
Have to agree it was a great song in it's day and never heard these days..I wonder why
But that's a Jonathan King written/produced song
Weren't they an RAF Band?
Have to agree it was a great song in it's day and never heard these days..I wonder why
I didn't know it was a Jonathan King song. It's a protest song about the atom bomb.
But that's a Jonathan King written/produced song
Weren't they an RAF Band?
Have to agree it was a great song in it's day and never heard these days..I wonder why
It was indeed written and produced by J King.
All bar one of the members met and formed the group whilst serving with the RAF hence the name (an allusion to low flying) but as such were not an officila RAF band.
here are the lyrics
It's good news week,
Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere,
Contaminating atmosphere
And blackening the sky,
It's good news week,
Someones found a way to give,
The rotting dead a will to live,
Go on and never die.
Have you heard the news?
What did it say?
Who's won that race?
What's the weather like today?
It's good news week,
Families shake the need for gold,
By stimulating birth control,
We're wanting less to eat.
It's good news week,
Doctors finding many ways,
Of wrapping brains in metal trays,
To keep us from the heat.
It's good news week,
Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere,
Contaminating atmosphere
And blackening the sky,
It's good news week,
Someones found a way to give,
The rotting dead a will to live,
Go on and never die.
Have you heard the news?
What did it say?
Who's won that race?
What's the weather like today?
(what's the weather like today?)
It's good news week,
Families shake the need for gold,
By stimulating birth control,
We're wanting less to eat.
It's good news week,
Doctors finding many ways,
Of wrapping brains in metal trays,
To keep us from the heat.
To keep us from the heat.
To keep us from the heat.
bhaexpress
New member
But that's a Jonathan King written/produced song
Weren't they an RAF Band?
Have to agree it was a great song in it's day and never heard these days..I wonder why
Yes, you're quite correct, they used to work with Canberra bombers, and yes music's second most famous kiddie fiddler did produce them.
bhaexpress
New member
Who remembers The Beat's Stand down Margaret ?
I've always liked Eve of Destruction:
The eastern world it is explodin',
Violence flarin', bullets loadin',
You're old enough to kill but not for votin',
You don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
Handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
And marches alone can't bring integration,
When human respect is disintegratin',
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
But when your return, it's the same old place,
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
Hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
The eastern world it is explodin',
Violence flarin', bullets loadin',
You're old enough to kill but not for votin',
You don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
Handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
And marches alone can't bring integration,
When human respect is disintegratin',
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
But when your return, it's the same old place,
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
Hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
Surprisingly, given all the things that need protesting about, there aint that many decent modern ones.
ones I like are,
Blackened: Metallica
Beds are Burning: Midnight oil..in fact anything by them is a protest song.
Army Dreamers: Kate Bush
California Uber Alles: Dead Kennedys
Die For Your Country: Anti Flag
When September Ends: Green Day
ones I like are,
Blackened: Metallica
Beds are Burning: Midnight oil..in fact anything by them is a protest song.
Army Dreamers: Kate Bush
California Uber Alles: Dead Kennedys
Die For Your Country: Anti Flag
When September Ends: Green Day
bhaexpress
New member
You could actually add American Idiot to that list.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
Indeed you could.
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Banned
Would Ghost Town count?
sams dad
I hate Palarse
Mercy Mercy Me
Save The Children
Inner City Blues
All by Marvin Gaye
In fact the whole of the "What's Going On " album was a protest against the way Mankind is destroying the Earth. Written nearly 40 years ago but still so relevant today.
Save The Children
Inner City Blues
All by Marvin Gaye
In fact the whole of the "What's Going On " album was a protest against the way Mankind is destroying the Earth. Written nearly 40 years ago but still so relevant today.
sams dad
I hate Palarse
A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre
Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre
Tyrone Biggums
Well-known member
I was only 19 - Redgum (Classic protest song a real must have!!!)
And others:
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Free Nelson Mandella - The Special AKA
Allentown - Billy Joel
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil (actually all midnight oils songs are protest songs)
Belfast child - Simple Minds
Civil War - Guns n Roses
Tell me why - The Specials
Clampdown - The Clash
Enola Gay - Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark
Forgotten Sons - Marillion
Give Peace a chance - John and Yoko
Goodbye Blue Sky - Black Sabbath
Small Town Boy - Bronski Beat
Solidarity - Angelic Upstarts
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
We are the World - USA for Africa
WHy? - Bronski beat
WOman in Chains - Tear for Fears
Hideous Towns - The Sundays
It's Wrong - Stevie Wonder
Ape Man - The Kinks
Dead End Street - The Kinks
And others:
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Free Nelson Mandella - The Special AKA
Allentown - Billy Joel
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil (actually all midnight oils songs are protest songs)
Belfast child - Simple Minds
Civil War - Guns n Roses
Tell me why - The Specials
Clampdown - The Clash
Enola Gay - Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark
Forgotten Sons - Marillion
Give Peace a chance - John and Yoko
Goodbye Blue Sky - Black Sabbath
Small Town Boy - Bronski Beat
Solidarity - Angelic Upstarts
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
We are the World - USA for Africa
WHy? - Bronski beat
WOman in Chains - Tear for Fears
Hideous Towns - The Sundays
It's Wrong - Stevie Wonder
Ape Man - The Kinks
Dead End Street - The Kinks
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sams dad
I hate Palarse
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
sams dad
I hate Palarse
Ball of Confusion - The Temptations