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What are some of the best political and socially conscious songs ever written?
one of my favorites:
Masters Of War by Dylan, still holds up 30 years later and it feels like the lyrics could have been written today
one of my favorites:
Masters Of War by Dylan, still holds up 30 years later and it feels like the lyrics could have been written today
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Serpentine
Next Bold Move
Self Evident
Subdivision
Decree
Millenium Theater
Strokes:
Ize of the World
SOAD:
Deer Dance
Prison Song
War
Suggestions
Boom
Needles
Radiohead:
2+2=5
Electioneering
The Gloaming
Scatterbrain
Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin
Dollars and Cents
Go to Sleep
No Surprises
Stop Whispering
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
imagine - john lennon
living with war- neil young
your next bold move, make them apologise - ani difranco
yell fire,bomb the world - michael franti
black rain- ben harper
home is where the heart is - john butler
(almost anything by) xavier rudd
stand up for your rights - bob marley
welcome to jamrock - damien marley
state of the union - david ford
thou shalt not steal - kev carmody
come and check your head - blue king brown
learn your routes - dallas frasca
tapped and wired - ember swift
chistmas island, roll me out - mia dyson
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
2 great songs about the Spanish Civil War - Spanish Bombs by The Clash, nad If You Tolerate This by Manic Street Preachers.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Ohio - C,S,N & Y
Imagine -Lennon
Give Peace a Chance - Lennon
Working Class Hero - Lennon
War - Edwinn Starr
Find the Cost of Freedom - Neil Young
Get up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
and my fave,
Mother Earth (natural anthem) - Neil Young
Oh, Mother Earth,
With your fields of green
Once more laid down
by the hungry hand
How long can you
give and not receive
And feed this world
ruled by greed
And feed this world
ruled by greed.
Oh, ball of fire
In the summer sky
Your healing light,
your parade of days
Are they betrayed
by the men of power
Who hold this world
in their changing hands
They hold the world
in their changing hands.
Oh, freedom land
Can you let this go
Down to the streets
where the numbers grow
Respect Mother Earth
and her giving ways
Or trade away
our children's days
Or trade away
our children's days.
Respect Mother Earth
and her giving ways
Or trade away
our children's days.
I love neil young but god for some reason mother earth has never hit me. The message is wonderful the delivery bores me.
Love your mention of ohio. I have a boot from the 80's were he changes the words around to fit tianamin (spell?) square in china.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
working class hero_john lennon
It's rare, but brilliant.
Even if it's easy to be free
What's your definition of freedom?
And who the fuck are you, anyway?
Who the fuck are they?
Who the fuck am I to say?
What the fuck is really going on?
How did the cat get so fat?
Why does the family die?
Do you care why?
Cause there hasn't been a sign
Of anything gettin' better in the ghetto
People's fed up
But when they get up
You point your fuckin' finger
You racist, you bigot
But that's not the problem
Now is it?
It's all about the money
Political power is takin
Protecting the rich, denying the poor
Yeah, they love to watch the war from the White House
And I wonder...
How can they sleep at night?
How can they sleep at night?
How did the cat get so fat?
How did the cat get so fat?
How did the cat get so fat?
If I opened it now would you not understand?
In the states
There's a problem with race
Because of ignorant past burned fires
From evolution
We've been killing each other
I figure man should have it down to a science
No chance
Not for a minute
Not for a second
I won't be defensive
I'm straight out in my opinion
You'ld better listen to a man who knows what he is saying
I've seen your side
You run and hide for the mere fact that you feel inferior
Be superior
And know your interior
[Pre]
Race, pride, prejudice
Black man, white man
No stand
Live in the past
We make it last
A hated mass
No solution
Mind pollution
For revolution
[Chorus]
So low behold my eyes
This land of fools will rise
No good
For no one
You blame oppression and play the role of criminals
To rape and burn show progress is minimal
White hoods and militants you know it's such a pity
Living, breathing
Violence in your city
If one man
Had one home
In one world
Held live alone without variety
Full of anxiety
No one to point at, question
Or even talk to -- in his private grave
No matter what color
He wouldn't be saved from hell
He dwells
A closed mind playing the part of prison cells
Peace and Cheers,
________________________
Too many shows but never enough!
These guys are the fruit of the earth...
Yes it's personal but he produces a very emotional piece of work, in the right moment The Final Cut can be very powerful indeed, it's definitely up with Floyd's best and is one of the most brutally truthful political albums of the last 30 years.
twenty:robert cray
unemployable: PJ
ohio: neil young
devils & dust:bruce springsteen
Blowin' In The Wind
I love Steve Earle. He is truly amazing.
"Who's better than Eddie Vedder?" - Oranje by Orson Corson
Civil War-GnR
Machine Gun-Jimi Hendrix
War Pigs-Black Sabbath
The Doors-Unknown Soldier