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Joe Hill, one of the pioneering protest singers of the early 20th century. The vast majority of American protest music from the first half of the 20th century was based on the struggle for fair wages and working hours for the working class, and on the attempt to unionize the American workforce towards those ends.
Songs about domestic violence (98 P) G. Gangsta rap songs (59 C, 186 P) M. ... I Wanna Fight Your Father; L. Like Toy Soldiers; Looking for America (song) Lunchbox ...
The song portrays a man in love with a woman at Rosa’s Cantina, but one day he arrives and sees her being charmed by a “wild young cowboy.” They settle this complicated proprietary matter by ...
The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero [41] "Anniversary" The song is set in New York City on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and discusses how New Yorkers' lives have changed. [42] [43] "Zephyr and I" Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go" [44] Velvet Revolver "Messages"
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.
"Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. [2] It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills 's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 in ...
"Fight Fiercely, Harvard" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University. [1] The song was written in 1945 while Lehrer was in his second year of study at Harvard College .
The song "Ballad of the Green Berets" debuted in the film, contrasted the songs of the era, and was popular among those who supported the United States' involvement in the war. The film was released in 1968, at the pinnacle of the war, and was condemned by critics as it was in great contrast to the anti-war protests held constantly in the ...