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Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
In 2003 Lenny Kravitz recorded the protest song "We Want Peace" with Iraqi pop star Kadim Al Sahir, Arab-Israeli strings musician Simon Shaheen and Lebanese percussionist Jamey Hadded. According to Kravitz, the song "is about more than Iraq. It is about our role as people in the world and that we all should cherish freedom and peace."
Read on to learn some of the most relevant Black protest songs and their history. ... was partly stirred by Bob Dylan’s lament over issues of peace, war, and freedom in his 1962 protest song ...
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of ... ("Song for Peace"). This song, ...
THE COUNTDOWN: From Marvin Gaye to Little Simz, here are 14 songs that illuminate the power of protest music to make change, as ranked by Finn Cliff Hodges
The song has been used in films, television shows and theatre as it has become a recognised semiotic to indicate protest; for example it was sung by students in the 1974 film The Trial of Billy Jack, and by peace activists in the 1996 film Pretty Village, Pretty Flame. The song was featured in an episode of the TV series Mad About You in 1995.
Alabama (John Coltrane song) All You Need Is Love (JAMs song) Alright (Kendrick Lamar song) Am I the Only One (Aaron Lewis song) America (Sufjan Stevens song) The American Dream Is Killing Me; American Jesus; American Skin (41 Shots) An American Trilogy; American Woman; Amerika (song) Anarchy in the U.K. And Sadness Will Sear; Another Brick in ...
The songs here are lyrically explicit in their denunciation of a particular war or war in general. Songs here may also have been designated anti-war songs by their authors. See also: Category:Peace songs