7-2+Protest+Music

Add your link to a protest song. Do a little research on the piece. Why is it considered protest music? Who wrote it? Who performs it? Is it an effective protest song? Why?

Anna Erskine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApAg0hl490 Pete singer but sung by Bruce Springsteen. I like it but not really. Yes it is an effective protest song because it shows feelings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOoNM0U6oc This is a song called Ohio. It is a protest song that was made by kent state students protesting against the death of students protesting against killing cambodia. -Dalton

** This song, Bring ‘Em Home, by Pete Seeger, is a song that was originally written for the war in Vietnam, saying that they should bring the soldiers home to america, but he is now using it as protest for the war in Iraq. **

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-w2FYIJbw

** Mary **

Andrew:

[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOoNM0U6oc__] my protest song is ohio. it was written and was performed by crosby, stills, nash, and young. it is protest music because it is written about the kent state shootings. it was successful because it made a lot of people mad and shocked.

Minnie P: Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation by Tom Paxton This is an anti-war anthem set against an Irish seafaring rhythm and melody written and performed by Tom Paxton. It's a first person narrative verbalizing the contradiction between the propaganda of Lyndon Johnson and the reality that all of the Viet Nam veterans had to face. "Though this isn't really war, we're sending 50,000 more, to save Viet Nam from Viet Namese." This line captures all of the blatant irony that truly was the Viet Nam war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTyqoV1d2Ys

Davis:

This song written by Bob Marley when he was leaving Haiti, he was inspired to write the song after seeing the poverty of the haitians. it was writen to inspire the poverty stricken people to stand up for there right as the title suggests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8 Evie:

This song is a Syrian protest song. It is considered a protest song because they are protesting against the government. They don’t want Bashar al-Assad to be in power any longer. (He is the president of Syria). They are singing a song called “down with Bashar” because they want to show the world their powerful message. It is powerful because many people are being active and are expressing their emotions in song. They are actively on the streets, singing about their anti-government message. I think it is effective because they are all joining together as one and that makes it very powerful. It is said that one of the Syrian protesters wrote it and he was killed later for expressing his frustrations about Bashar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sytd6SNvBjw

Matt B: Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon was a single that became an anti-war anthem in 1969. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZC7sqImaM protesting in vietnam

This song is called Imagine by John Lennon. This song takes place for the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70s, but John Lennon made this song in 1971.This song John Lennon is trying to tell us to imagine where there is a place where things that divide people (religion, possessions, etc), did not exist. In his opinion he thought that a world without that nonsense would be a better place. This song you guys probably all know and this song shows that John Lennon is also singing in this song, that the world would be better with NO WAR!!! . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8RGuyEhuc&feature=related

- Kayla S.

Ryan F. We shall overcome. http://youtu.be/QhnPVP23rzo Lyrics: https://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/american.studies.s98/we.shall.overcome.html

-Strange Fruit- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs -Video http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/billie+holiday/strange+fruit_20017859.html -Lyrics Strange fruit was one of the first protest music songs ever. The protest was for anti-racism. The music was written by Billie Holiday. It was a very effective song for anti-racism. - Lawson C.

Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE John B

Lyrics

This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw below me that golden valley: This land was made for you and me. I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; And all around me a voice was sounding: This land was made for you and me. When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling, As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: This land was made for you and me. As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me? Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.

The song Ohio was about the shooting at Kent State University. It happened on May 4th, 1970 because students were protesting about the invasion of Cambodia, and because of the that, national guard shot and killed 4 people, injuring 9 others. So they made this song to honor those people who died that day protesting for Cambodia. People also sang this song at other protests for Cambodia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOoNM0U6oc

-Jason Saville

This protest song is called Get up stand up and it's a reggae song by Bob Marley. Although the lyrics may sound like it, this song was not an anti-racism song. This song was about taking action to avoid oppression about their up brining in Jamaica where they had to fight for respect if their Rastafarian race. It was kind of like an anti=racism song but it was not written during that time period and it is about a different group of people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8 -maggie

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This is a protest song by Jean Ritchie called Black Waters, written in 1977. Here is the link to the video: []. The song is a protest song because it criticizes the horrible coal mining conditions in Appalachia. I think this was a successful protest song because it rose awareness about poor mining conditions, even if they are still pretty horrific.

~Siena Ballotta Garman

The song For What Its Worth is a song written by Stephen Stills and preformed by Buffalo Springfield. This song was written in reaction to escalating unrest between law enforcements. The song quickly became a well-known protest song and has come to symbolize worldwide turbulence and confrontational feelings that arose during the 1960s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnWDVPINu60

The song War Pigs by Black Sabbath is a protest song against war. It's effective because Black Sabbath is one of the most famous metal bands ever. Also, its lyrics talk about how leaders start wars just to destroy the opponent and everything they touched. This was widely considered one of their best songs ever. - Jake Morris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo135x0oXo8

-Louisa

A protest song in the 1960's. There may be more then 1 song. I thought it was strong, and fits the ter -Maddie

FYI- the pics are kinda violent in the video, in my perspective. and i havent seen all of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Azbp8dJWRo