A thread of protest songs

[Peteinblack]

'I Feel Like a Wog' - The Stranglers (anti-racist song, in spite of the offensive title)

'War Pigs' - Black Sabbath (anti-war, natch)

'President Gas' - Psychedelic Furs (anti-Reagan track from the 1980s)

'Total Invasion' - Killing Joke (anti-Iraq War/American neo-cons)

 

[withdeanwombat]

Tom Hark(We Want Falmer).........SEAGULLS SKA.

 

[bhaexpress]

Neil Young - Keep On Rockin In The Free World

You just reminded me of what I consider one of the greats, Ohio, actually written within hours of the Kent State Massacre. (Great avatar BTW, saw them many times in the 70s).

 

[fork me]

19 - Paul Hardcastle

If you're looking for something new and different, then Babylon's Burning the Ghetto by Lethal Bizzle is a top tune. 70s punk meets 00s garage. It's so obvious a match when you hear it.

"Labour Party's full of shit, Cameron's a f***ing arse
If you keep on talking shit, I'll put your face through the friggin' glass

Babylon's Burning, it's burning down the ghetto
Babylon's Burning, it's burning down the streets"

Fork Me

 

[coventrygull]

And from the Far Right

Against All Odds Razor Edge

Push On Skullhead

Blood of our kin Brutal Attack

Old Albion Skrewdriver

 

[Frutos]

'Civil War' by GNR could possibly count here.

 

[coventrygull]

Your a disease by the Ulster punk band the Outcasts a great song about religion

 

[sams dad]

Blowin' in the wind - Bob Dylan

 

[Mr deez]

Public enemy?

Fight the Power
911 is a joke
etc..

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Wasted Life - SLF
Ulternative Ulster - SLF
Suspect device - SLF
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Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Times they are a changin' Bob Dylan
Facist groove thing - heaven 17

 

[who me?]

gimme shelter. rolling stones.the most underrated anti war song going and still musicaly stands the test of time.
and if you dont have an orgasm at the guitar intro you aint alive

 

[Mr deez]

Chocolate Rain - Tay Zonday

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

 

[Dave the OAP]

19 - Paul Hardcastle

I

i preferred rory bremmners version

 

[who me?]

strange fruit billy holiday.
would appeal to the nazi scum on here, its about the lynching of black people in 1930's america

also by ella fitzgerald and UB40

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

 

[The Auditor]

Never stop..Echo & the Bunnymen..another anti Thatcher tune

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Pocahontas - Neil Young

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello

 

[algie]

The Final Cut album.

 

[NMH]

'W' by The Damned from 'Grave Disorder'

It's about George junior.

 

[fork me]

Wasted Life - SLF
Ulternative Ulster - SLF
Suspect device - SLF

...or to be slightly more recent:

Beirut Moon - SLF