top ten protest songs of 21st century

OttOtt Posts: 403
edited October 2008 in The Porch
WWS made the list at #4. Also has Uncle Neil and a few other compelling tunes.

http://theprolific.com/2008/10/10-best-protest-songs-of-the-21st-century/

4. “World Wide Suicide” - Pearl Jam (March 14, 2006)

The lyrics depict anger against the war in Iraq, and criticize the US government in a subtle manner. Vedder has said that “World Wide Suicide” was written largely about Pat Tillman. Vedder said:”It’s about him and a bunch of the guys who didn’t get as much coverage - the guys who barely got a paragraph instead of ten pages…The thing about Tillman was, he got ten pages but they were all lies. His family is being blocked by our government from finding out what happened.”

Sorry if it's been posted, did a search and came up blank.

Ott
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-Shakespeare
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Comments

  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    interesting/random list

    don't know if i agree but hey, to each their own

    Nice to see WWS get a nod. Don't know why that song is never on the radio anymore. What a shame:(
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
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