Just found this, and I can't believe that The Cranberries' Zombie isn't in there, as one of the most powerful songs representing the ordinary people of Northern Ireland during the conflicts.
2Pac - Changes Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen Akala - Find No Enemy The Clash Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt Immortal Technique Lowkey - Soundtrack to the Struggle (Album) Eminem - Mosh
here's what u missed: "American Idiot" by Green Day "Where is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas "Glory" by John Legend & Common "Symphony Of Destruction" by Megadeth "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twister Sisters "Peace Sells" by Megadeth
@@hindenburgminsky7638 I guess you can use "Symphony of Destruction" & "We're Not Gonna Take It" as an interpretation of protesting the communist regime. But yeah you're right.
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Which punk song would you chose - and isn't punk music based in anarchy - therefore protesting anything really would not be following that philosophy would it? because isn't it about rejecting the establishment outright not protesting it.
DERklappstuhl i love NOFX but still this is a song about rejecting society not really protesting it - he separates himself - throughout the song he is asking questions and making statements about society government, religion and about his choices and not asking and imploring change as protest songs usually so. it an observation not a protest... love the song though - so many layers Please understand this is why i love punk - it is genrally not pretentious of even trying to be the moral police of society it just tells it like it is wart and all and tells people to fuck of if they dont like it
Mosh Eminem Changes- 2pac (!!!) They don't care about us- Michael Jackson Another brick in the wall- Pink Floyd. How can these not make the list or at least a mention?
I like bullet, guerilla radio, testify, Maria, sleep now in the fire, down rodeo, wake up, know your enemy, township rebellion, bulls on parade all better than kill
As much as i love green day, aside from maybe holiday, most of the songs are anti-gov't but not necesarily the "protest" songs that are represented here. More like angst.
Prayer of the Refugee and Give It All by Rise against are some of my favorite protest songs. Mainly because people are fleeing Syria in droves but a lot of wealthy countries are reluctant to help them and because employees of large companies are being taken advantage of and unionism is on the decrease.
+Supreme Spiritualist Have you ever heard the song or read the lyrics?About the half of the song says "We dont need no education"If that isnt a protest idk what is.
Alienlovr It's like modern music does not count at all.. Rise Against... God just look at their name e.e Re-education through labor, Prayer of the Refugee. Hero of War.. Oh common e.e
Kinda shocked that there's no mention of Rise Against, nothing from Green Day's "American Idiot" album and The Sex Pistols were completely absent.......... What the fuck sort of protest song list is this? (Fair enough we got some RATM here but, that's like the only punkish rock song listed)
TANKDJ10 Seriously no Rise Against in protest songs and anti war songs? BS Hero of War and People Live Here alone beat all the other anti war songs mentioned
As a portuguese i feel sorry for not seeing listed "Grandola Vila Morena", one of the songs that served as the trigger to the portuguese revolution of April 25th of 1974.
In my own opinion, I think, The Times They Are A Changin' should be at #1. I just think it's more powerful than any others on this last and it is definitely one of, if not the most well known song on this list. It's so perfect in the way that it's still so relevant today and is still as applicable as it was in the 60s. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this.
The Times They Are a-Changin' is my favorite song. But every time I hear on my PSP it almost blows my head. The frequency on the 2nd and 3rd harmonica part is so high.
I find it weird that at least one muse song wasn´t there I can name three protest songs of the top of my head ressistince , uprising and united states of eurasia.
WatchMojo really should have split this into two lists. One being Top 10 Angry Protest songs and the other being Top 10 Peaceful Protest songs. Would have made more people happy.
Good video, educational. Nice and concise. I like how you threw "Rastafarian" in there. Also glad you named the specific British massacre behind Sunday Bloody Sunday. 1972 is my birth year, I'll remember that in my imperial history memory. Power to the Peaceful
Ok no matter how much this channel is in love with John Lennon and the Beatles, this can't be the number one protest song.. I can actually name 10 better protest songs, never mind a single one. Disturbed-Ten thousand fists, RATM-Take the power back, RATM-Guerilla radio, Michael Jackson-They don't really care about us, Muse-Uprising, Muse-Citizen erased, even New born by Muse is better than that hippy track!! Megadeth has some great ones as well, the list goes on!!
I agree. Many of the finalists aren't top 10 protest songs, while the Hon. Men.s are definitely up there. Zombie, War Pigs, and a mention of Chicago by CSNY during the Ohio part should have been included, and not f*** the police or some of the other crap ones.
CPD0123a War pigs and Zombie aren't protest songs about specific things. War pigs = war in -general-. If you haven't noticed, they needed more aim to be protesting for something. how is F*** the police a 'crap one'... It is protesting against a specific thing and meets all the qualifications for this video, unlike the songs you mentioned.
hallorand9 Zombie is a protest about an IRA bombing that killed two or three young boys in 1993. Note why the music video has a bunch of young boys, including a number that are supposed to be dead in gold paint.
where are Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf), Peace Sells (Megadeth), Prayer of the Refugee (Rise Against), Anarchy in the UK (The Sex Pistols) and Society (Pennywise)?
+Alexis Racine-Lacroix "(...)So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale Unites the human race." Yeh, this probably should've been included. Although it's more an anthem than a protest song, at least in my opinion.
I'm quite surprised that "Eve Of Destruction", written by the late P.F. Sloan, recorded by Barry McGuire, (and covered by The Turtles), was not in there.... And then other timeless classics, "Blowin' In The Wind", "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"; and "In The Year 2525" were not listed. People, there are so many songs that reflected the issues in the previous century, still reflects the crazy stuff that's going on today,
#1 for me is Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. One girl was just walking between classes and was shot by the National Guard. College president and governor never held accountable for their actions that led to her death and the death of others.
there are countless songs from around the world..the choices here mainly reflect the most globally known songs which happen to be english(english is the most widely spoken second language in the world)..a swedish person will have no idea about an arabic protest song somewhere in lebanon
Since Trump supporters are always bitching and being racist, I was actually going to tell them to listen to songs like U-Fig and songs like that and see what kind of reactions I get lol
+Amagoia Acin Exactly lol like when the news post Trump stuff I want to post something like listen or at least read the lyrics to Cigaro it should be his them song lol just to see what they say.
Some... ↓↓↓ [Look up and listen when you can] 1. Fusil contra fusil - Silvio Rodríguez 2. They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson 3. Another Brick In The Wall Part - Pink Floyd (all) 4. Leve Palestina, krossa sionismen - Kofia (Swedish Band) 5. Karar Oi Louho Kopat - Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla National Rebellious Poet) (কারার ঐ লৌহ কপাট) 6. Joe McDonnell - Irish Ballad (Hidden Agenda 1990 movie's version of the ballad) 7. Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine 8. Waterline - Sage Francis (The waterline is rising, and all we do is stand there) 9. Kill The King - Megadeth 10. Sleep Now in the Fire - Rage Against The Machine
La policia te esta extorcionando Pero ellos viven de lo que tu estas pagando y si te tratan como a un delincuente Ladron! No es tu culpa Dale gracias al regente, hay que arrancar el problema de raiz Y cambiar al gobierno de nuestro pais... Gimme the power should be in honorable mention because it talks about the rude, sad true in our country. Mexico
I knew one of Rage Against The Machine songs would be on this list. Could of added a System of A Down song as well. #2 was also recorded with a lot of artist after 9/11.
No Phil Ochs! "I ain't marching any more", "what are you fighting for", or "the war is over". When he played "I ain't marching any more in Lincoln park in 1968 the crowd burned their draft cards.
@@KateryReminiec9399 that's part of it, but I would argue that a protest on also has to have a call to action. Ex. "Do you hear the people sing" is (or at least can be) a protest song because the song is specifically outlining how people will "never be slaves again" and generally teardown unjust authority. It's rather vague in the specifics, which is why it gets used in so many different contexts, from the French Revolution of the original play to the protesters in Hong Kong, but it does outline why people are here to protest and what they seek to achieve. As a contrast to this, "this is America" is a political song, pointing out the issues of the United States, but it doesn't actually make a call to action. I would also argue that a key part of protest songs is that they should be able to be sung by groups of people, which you can see theoretically do with rap, but it's much more difficult to harmonize since rap lyrics focus on Rhythm rather than melody or Harmony as part of the style.
My Protest Song List: Land of Confusion - Disturbed/Genesis We Are The 99 Percent - Tom Morello, Serj Tankian & Tim McIlrath Bomm - System of a Down And many more...........
Zombie by the Cranberries - Dolores O'Riordan (who was from the ROI) protesting an IRA attack in Warrington, England during The Troubles. I mean, you brought up Sunday Bloody Sunday, so...
How in the world is no one talking about Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream?” It was his response to the killings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. It is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard.
Censoring protest songs?
Now that's irony....
I just realized...
well thank you Jebus - how is this censoring anything
Jesus, you're right
They hated Jesus because he said the truth.
@@heathermunster4114 hahaha lambs to the slaughter
Just found this, and I can't believe that The Cranberries' Zombie isn't in there, as one of the most powerful songs representing the ordinary people of Northern Ireland during the conflicts.
It's in top ten anti war songs sorry thinking of a other one
EXACTLY
Missing so many. There's only 3 maybe 4 that are solid
👍👍👍👍👍
The censorship on Fuck The Police made me think I was having a stroke
Where's Michael Jackson's *"They don't really Care about Us"* ? That the US government banned this song to air in USA 🙄
2Pac - Changes
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Akala - Find No Enemy
The Clash
Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt
Immortal Technique
Lowkey - Soundtrack to the Struggle (Album)
Eminem - Mosh
Good list. Much better than this bullshit list. Also, Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love deserves a mention.
Joseph Baratheon true true, thats a tune! but they are so bad now hahaha
Obivously they meant cooporate sanctioned protest songs.
Solidarity forever is probably the the most used tune world wide.
I love how you just wrote The Clash :D
White riot by the clash should be on there
MJ's "The Don't Really Care About Us" and Tupac's "No Changes" should have at least been honourable mentions!
Idk if the was clear in 2014 but watchmojo always had a soft spot for rock so I don't expect no rock songs to be the majority
here's what u missed:
"American Idiot" by Green Day
"Where is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas
"Glory" by John Legend & Common
"Symphony Of Destruction" by Megadeth
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twister Sisters
"Peace Sells" by Megadeth
Or Uprising by Muse
“Zombie” by The Cranberries
This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
These are Left Wing songs. Where are the songs protesting communism regimes??
@@hindenburgminsky7638 I guess you can use "Symphony of Destruction" & "We're Not Gonna Take It" as an interpretation of protesting the communist regime. But yeah you're right.
Every Rage Against The Machine song will easily beat this list (not #6)
+JFrancisco Caballero "ashes in the fall"
end of the debate
I'm a RATM fan and their songs kick ass, but a lot of these songs listed here have a lot of historical significance, take that into account.
Max Ignatyev yeah, a lot of ppl don’t seem to be taking that into account.
Yeah Rage is the top protest song
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How can any MJ song isen't there? like " how about us? " "we are the world" "black or withe"
colleen swiggum yes they should do RAMMSTEIN
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Fuck authority by pennywise ... it's a great protesting song should've been on the list.
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No Zombie by The Cranberries? Hmm. That song is an extremely powerful one, in my own opinion.
Very disappointed not to see Eve of Destruction here. Every time I hear Barry McGuire sing it, it gives me chills.
+gregory brian Oh yes, I was so waiting for that one too
+gregory brian yeah that one pissed me off the most. War Pigs by Black Sabbath belongs here too.
was about to say that to
thought is was at #1
This omission needs to be protested!
Really no Another Brick In The Wall????? I tought it would be No.1
+Dimebag Darrell HehehEHEHehEHEH
gO TO tRuThcoNTEStCOm< REad THe PrESent
+Dimebag Darrell I though that Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1 or 2) might have been on here.
+Dimebag Darrell I agree!
Part 3 could have easily made the cut.
+Air tempest They probably would've just called them all one song, because I suppose they technically are
"They don't care about us", "Earth song" by Michael Jackson. They deserve at least an honourable mention.
No it dosen't.
@@ciderman1950 Yes they do.
Rage Against The Machine.
My thoughts exactly.
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How the fuck is The Revolution Will Not Be Televised not on here?
Exactly! No love for Gil Scott Heron.
+G Hill I love Gil Scott heron
YES!
Mr. Boogaloo how bout wind of change by scorpion
Where's "They don't care about us" by Michael Jackson?!
ikr!!damn i was about to type that xD
+Jenna Polten me too!
+britney wells Also, Man in the Mirror should have made it.
I totally agree!!!!
@@justlikeu2 man in the mirror is about self reflection, not protest.
not a single punk-song (i hope you know that this is THE protest musik)
any NO F.X. song woulda worked
Thresh Prince I see them as "Punk", but yes
Which punk song would you chose - and isn't punk music based in anarchy - therefore protesting anything really would not be following that philosophy would it? because isn't it about rejecting the establishment outright not protesting it.
Heather Munster i would have chosen the dcline from nofx here you are and no anarchy
DERklappstuhl i love NOFX but still this is a song about rejecting society not really protesting it - he separates himself - throughout the song he is asking questions and making statements about society government, religion and about his choices and not asking and imploring change as protest songs usually so. it an observation not a protest... love the song though - so many layers
Please understand this is why i love punk - it is genrally not pretentious of even trying to be the moral police of society it just tells it like it is wart and all and tells people to fuck of if they dont like it
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There are so many good protest songs. You have to make another list please.
I think that you can see some Brazilian musics... that are related to some protests too
Rafael Souza ''Perfeição'' by Legião Urbana is a good example.
Mosh Eminem
Changes- 2pac (!!!)
They don't care about us- Michael Jackson
Another brick in the wall- Pink Floyd.
How can these not make the list or at least a mention?
I don't think that the rules are fare because "We're not gonna take it" is a very good protest song.
And "Strange Fruit" is still left hanging on the southern trees.
That's an amazing protest song.
So sadly true and it seems the fruit is only getting more and more bitter
ZING! Well said and noted, Tyler!
Isn't Strange Fruit about a lynching?
Same for Mississippi goddamm
Everyone song along the true number 1 with me:
Krusty Krab is Unfair!
Mr. Krabs is in there!
Standing the the Concession!
Plotting his Oppression!
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall part II
Muse - Uprising
Eminem - Mosh
Green Day - Holiday, American Idiot, 21 Guns
????
more like the whole entire American Idiot album plus many more Green Day songs
Killing in the name should be no 1, Rage are THE protest band
Nahhhhh
I like bullet, guerilla radio, testify, Maria, sleep now in the fire, down rodeo, wake up, know your enemy, township rebellion, bulls on parade all better than kill
But love killing in the name too.
Max Durk Bob Dylan has entered the chat
Agreed
"Zombie" by the Cranberries. It'd put in in the top 5 at least.
BTW, the world isn't limited to NA and events that touch it :)
Zombie is a must have in any protest list it’s such a clean beautiful and great song
Where's They Don't Really Care About Us - Michael Jackson? Thought that would have been on the list.
haha welcome to the club you wont believe how many people asked that already xD
Meh, only music in English. It looks like there isn't protest songs in other lenguages...
How in the hell can you have protest with no PUNK!?! Seriously Mojo!
Fucking yes.
Why didn't they put Holiday by Green Day?
Walker Kemp That's not punk.
300daysandnights It's still a protest song. It's an anti-war song.
They could of used "Holidays in the Sun" "God Save the Queen" "Anarchy in the UK" "No Feelings" by The Sex Pistols.
No Muse Uprising? Not even honourable mention?
+Kindiah This song is so bad ><
And I'm a huge Muse fan.
If you bring up Muse why not mention "Knights of Cydonia" or "Take a Bow"
I’m lowkey triggered that you guys left out “Imagine”, “Holiday”, “American Idiot” and “Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2”
You blew this one. 'Buffalo Springfield' should have been your number one. 'honorable mention'? No way!
Definitely....
American Idiot from Green Day would have been also a good choice. Actually, a lot of Green Day songs are "protest" songs.
I think that Holiday would be the best song from them for this list.
As much as i love green day, aside from maybe holiday, most of the songs are anti-gov't but not necesarily the "protest" songs that are represented here. More like angst.
Quite a few from 21st Century Breakdown are fairly protest sort of songs too, just saying.
Prayer of the Refugee and Give It All by Rise against are some of my favorite protest songs. Mainly because people are fleeing Syria in droves but a lot of wealthy countries are reluctant to help them and because employees of large companies are being taken advantage of and unionism is on the decrease.
Where's "Another brick in the wall II"?
Konrad Grzybicki What did that protest? school systems?
The school system was just an example of establishment used in that song
Konrad Grzybicki that's not a protest song lmao
+Supreme Spiritualist Have you ever heard the song or read the lyrics?About the half of the song says "We dont need no education"If that isnt a protest idk what is.
+Supreme Spiritualist Yes it is
How was there no punk on this list?
Because Mojo doesn't like punk all that much I guess. Rise Against at least, there music is so very politically charged.
Alienlovr It's like modern music does not count at all.. Rise Against... God just look at their name e.e Re-education through labor, Prayer of the Refugee. Hero of War.. Oh common e.e
Well RATM is considered punk hip hop.
Revolution, Tax Man, and Think For Yourself by the Beatles.
Also Kuiama by ELO.
I don't think Think For Yourself is a protest song great song though as is Taxman which could be.
Anarchy in the UK should have been mentioned!
+Tomas Corvidea I agree
+Tomas Corvidea Anarchy and protest is not the same thing.
jaylecia davila But the song is about anarchy and protest
Kinda shocked that there's no mention of Rise Against, nothing from Green Day's "American Idiot" album and The Sex Pistols were completely absent..........
What the fuck sort of protest song list is this? (Fair enough we got some RATM here but, that's like the only punkish rock song listed)
TANKDJ10 Some of those bands are on the Top 10 Anti-War Songs
TANKDJ10 Green Day fucking sucks
LetThereBeLoud No it does not
Brynjar Reynisson lmfao punk-lite bitches.
TANKDJ10 Seriously no Rise Against in protest songs and anti war songs? BS Hero of War and People Live Here alone beat all the other anti war songs mentioned
Where are Flobots, Rise Against, Bad Religion, and NOFX?
"We Shall Overcome"--what a beautiful, timeless song. RIP, Pete Seeger.
War Pigs. Just War Pigs.
Ahem... The Clash???Megadeth peace sells..., Cop Killer by Body Count, KRS One???Doors Unknown Soldier.. MC5???
Happy to see Rage make an appearance, but where the hell is System of a Down?
As a portuguese i feel sorry for not seeing listed "Grandola Vila Morena", one of the songs that served as the trigger to the portuguese revolution of April 25th of 1974.
Kids with guns - Gorillaz
Americano idiot - Green Day
Uprising - Muse
No one? Okay
Tunnel Snakes Rule grândola vila morena...
Tunnel Snakes Rule wind of change - scorpion
Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil should be in the top 5.
It is not even mentioned.
David Sessera agreed!!
Their songs Power and the Passion and 2 Minutes To Midnight too.
Glad they did one song per artist or this whole list would have been all Bob Dylan songs.
I can't believe there isn't a single clash song on here.
In the words of naruto uzumaki "believe it "
STOP CENSURING THE SONGS PLEASE THE WORLD IS STILL A HUGE SHIT SO IF U PROMOTE CENSURED SONGS YOU ARE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING
I was personally working with most of those folk singers and AGREE with most of those songs you posted! WOW!
"Changes" by Tupac, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd?
Another brick in the wall.
Wheres "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash
Or B.O.B.! Or Zombie! Or ICP- Jump Around! (Since they have F the police)
Also, U2 song is 10 years out of date when released!
Or London calling for that matter
or alot of other Clash songs xD
The shirref don’t like that
Thumbs up soley for Rage
Rage all the way
We Don't Need no Education!
We Don't Need no Thought Control!
Can't Believe you missed that one.
No "Another brick in the wall pt. 2" ANYWHERE? Not even honorable mentions?
Surprisingly no mention of "This Land is Your Land"
Every Rise Against song
+Der Kong No every Rage Against the Machine song
+George R Almost every Rise Against song
Indeed my friend.
People live here would be a good one to pick. Or Kotov Syndrome.
True my friend very true
"Blowing in the Wind" Bob Dylan =))
In my own opinion, I think, The Times They Are A Changin' should be at #1.
I just think it's more powerful than any others on this last and it is definitely one of, if not the most well known song on this list. It's so perfect in the way that it's still so relevant today and is still as applicable as it was in the 60s. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this.
The Times They Are a-Changin' is my favorite song. But every time I hear on my PSP it almost blows my head. The frequency on the 2nd and 3rd harmonica part is so high.
Another Brick in the Wall part 2 should be mentioned
+Daniel Kinsey Agreed
never heard of the number one song, fortunate son should have been in there, its one of the official songs of the Vietnam War
sadly know, and I'm usually pretty familiar with the classics
There's a lack of punk music all together. Huge let down for this count down.
and only US/NorthAmerican Issues.....
say astra Sunday Bloody Sunday wasn't about the USA
indeed, but they don't make any mention of the Clash, Sham 69.... I really should have said MOSTLY US issues.
"They Don't Care About Us" & "Scream" deserve this list.
I find it weird that at least one muse song wasn´t there I can name three protest songs of the top of my head ressistince
, uprising and united states of eurasia.
Don't forget take a bow
WatchMojo really should have split this into two lists. One being Top 10 Angry Protest songs and the other being Top 10 Peaceful Protest songs. Would have made more people happy.
There's a lot passive aggressive ones too. There would probably need to be 3.. XD
Muse - Uprising
Good video, educational. Nice and concise. I like how you threw "Rastafarian" in there. Also glad you named the specific British massacre behind Sunday Bloody Sunday. 1972 is my birth year, I'll remember that in my imperial history memory. Power to the Peaceful
Ok no matter how much this channel is in love with John Lennon and the Beatles, this can't be the number one protest song.. I can actually name 10 better protest songs, never mind a single one. Disturbed-Ten thousand fists, RATM-Take the power back, RATM-Guerilla radio, Michael Jackson-They don't really care about us, Muse-Uprising, Muse-Citizen erased, even New born by Muse is better than that hippy track!! Megadeth has some great ones as well, the list goes on!!
For me a top ten protest songs list would be a top ten rage against the machine list. :-)
I concur good sir.
here here
Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd and Zombie by The Cranberries
Revolution-Beatles/American Idiot-Green Day/Holiday-Green day, some of the best protest songs of all time
no MJ? (e.x. "They Don't Care about Us", "D.S.", "Scream",...)
I cant believe Zombie by the cramberries wasnt even an honorable mention!
I agree. Many of the finalists aren't top 10 protest songs, while the Hon. Men.s are definitely up there. Zombie, War Pigs, and a mention of Chicago by CSNY during the Ohio part should have been included, and not f*** the police or some of the other crap ones.
CPD0123a War pigs and Zombie aren't protest songs about specific things. War pigs = war in -general-. If you haven't noticed, they needed more aim to be protesting for something. how is F*** the police a 'crap one'... It is protesting against a specific thing and meets all the qualifications for this video, unlike the songs you mentioned.
hallorand9
Zombie is a protest about an IRA bombing that killed two or three young boys in 1993. Note why the music video has a bunch of young boys, including a number that are supposed to be dead in gold paint.
where are Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf), Peace Sells (Megadeth), Prayer of the Refugee (Rise Against), Anarchy in the UK (The Sex Pistols) and Society (Pennywise)?
and where is zombie from cranberries
Max Hotzenplotz
please not the f-ing cranberries
I believe Born to Be Wild is about sex. Not a protest song.
Seriously, you didn't include he internationale
+Alexis Racine-Lacroix
"(...)So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale
Unites the human race."
Yeh, this probably should've been included. Although it's more an anthem than a protest song, at least in my opinion.
It's more of an Anthem. I like We Shall overcome in bad situations such as a protest and The Internationale in a good moment.
Does no one know of any songs about the ethnic cleansing happening right now in South Africa?
Yes
I'm quite surprised that "Eve Of Destruction",
written by the late P.F. Sloan, recorded by Barry McGuire,
(and covered by The Turtles), was not in there....
And then other timeless classics,
"Blowin' In The Wind",
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?";
and "In The Year 2525" were not listed.
People, there are so many songs that reflected
the issues in the previous century,
still reflects the crazy stuff that's going on today,
Billy Angus Hi Bill Angus..here is my protest song..pls like, share, comment, subscribe even...lol..Great opinion! 😊
Rage is a protest band. They should be #1.
what bout system of a down, rise against, nofx all good protest bands all just as good if not better than rage
ricky morris System isn't solely about protest. They sing a lot about sex and drugs too.
ricky morris
i like system of a down but i see them more as slightly more parody than protest...
Heather Munster Disagree with you there. Prison Song is definitely a protest song. So is Deer Dance.
ricky morris RATM is better than Rise Against
"10 Whiny Hippie Songs" is a more accurate title.
Would not really call groups like NWA or RATM hippies :P
PatrikManHora
I would. And I do.
Kerorofan You're wrong.
Well im going to ask you a question.
Do you even know what NWA is?
Dan Reaper
That band Ice Cube was in.
I came here with the intention of making a playlist to play on a Bluetooth speaker on Mac as I start a protest
#1 for me is Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. One girl was just walking between classes and was shot by the National Guard. College president and governor never held accountable for their actions that led to her death and the death of others.
Sam Cooke - A change is gonna come
"Top 10 English protest songs" fits better.
Ignorant freaks
there are countless songs from around the world..the choices here mainly reflect the most globally known songs which happen to be english(english is the most widely spoken second language in the world)..a swedish person will have no idea about an arabic protest song somewhere in lebanon
these songs are not really what i would call "protest songs". the comment section is actually helping me a lot more than the video lol
Rise Against- Hero of War
Linkin Park- Hands Held High
30 Seconds to Mars- Vox Populi
guns n roses - civil war
that was a great protest song
Hands held high is awesome but not really a protest
There's a lack of Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
I knew Rage Against the Machine had to be somewhere on this list
Solider Side by System of a Down
oh yes 👌
Most of the songs from SOAD's album "Mesmerize" ;)
Since Trump supporters are always bitching and being racist, I was actually going to tell them to listen to songs like U-Fig and songs like that and see what kind of reactions I get lol
System has songs for everything really 😊 I love them so much...
+Amagoia Acin Exactly lol like when the news post Trump stuff I want to post something like listen or at least read the lyrics to Cigaro it should be his them song lol just to see what they say.
Some... ↓↓↓ [Look up and listen when you can]
1. Fusil contra fusil - Silvio Rodríguez
2. They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson
3. Another Brick In The Wall Part - Pink Floyd (all)
4. Leve Palestina, krossa sionismen - Kofia (Swedish Band)
5. Karar Oi Louho Kopat - Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla National Rebellious Poet) (কারার ঐ লৌহ কপাট)
6. Joe McDonnell - Irish Ballad (Hidden Agenda 1990 movie's version of the ballad)
7. Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
8. Waterline - Sage Francis (The waterline is rising, and all we do is stand there)
9. Kill The King - Megadeth
10. Sleep Now in the Fire - Rage Against The Machine
La policia te esta extorcionando
Pero ellos viven de lo que tu estas pagando y si te tratan como a un delincuente
Ladron! No es tu culpa Dale gracias al regente, hay que arrancar el problema de raiz
Y cambiar al gobierno de nuestro pais...
Gimme the power should be in honorable mention because it talks about the rude, sad true in our country. Mexico
I knew one of Rage Against The Machine songs would be on this list. Could of added a System of A Down song as well. #2 was also recorded with a lot of artist after 9/11.
Holiday in Cambodia- Dead Kennedy's
Do a 10 best anti government bands
just megadeth all ten times lol
More_Gun163 plus rage against the machine
Megadeth - "Peace Sells. ...But Who's Buying?" 'nough said.
Hendrix Woodstock rendition of Star spangled banner?????????????
No Phil Ochs! "I ain't marching any more", "what are you fighting for", or "the war is over". When he played "I ain't marching any more in Lincoln park in 1968 the crowd burned their draft cards.
most of these songs aren't protest songs, they are politically charged but not protest songs.
Raul, Aren't protest songs supposed to have political messages in them ?
@@KateryReminiec9399 that's part of it, but I would argue that a protest on also has to have a call to action.
Ex. "Do you hear the people sing" is (or at least can be) a protest song because the song is specifically outlining how people will "never be slaves again" and generally teardown unjust authority. It's rather vague in the specifics, which is why it gets used in so many different contexts, from the French Revolution of the original play to the protesters in Hong Kong, but it does outline why people are here to protest and what they seek to achieve.
As a contrast to this, "this is America" is a political song, pointing out the issues of the United States, but it doesn't actually make a call to action. I would also argue that a key part of protest songs is that they should be able to be sung by groups of people, which you can see theoretically do with rap, but it's much more difficult to harmonize since rap lyrics focus on Rhythm rather than melody or Harmony as part of the style.
fortunate son only honorbale mention? WTF
My Protest Song List:
Land of Confusion - Disturbed/Genesis
We Are The 99 Percent - Tom Morello, Serj Tankian & Tim McIlrath
Bomm - System of a Down
And many more...........
Zombie by the Cranberries - Dolores O'Riordan (who was from the ROI) protesting an IRA attack in Warrington, England during The Troubles.
I mean, you brought up Sunday Bloody Sunday, so...
How in the world is no one talking about Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream?” It was his response to the killings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. It is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard.