the link I posted is metal gear solid song that i wanted to play at a protest. It's not necessarily a protest song its about turning away the torment's of your heart and turning towards eternal joy, but the Gaelic lyrics does make me thing of the songs that were written by all the conquered people throughout history and how those would make great anti war songs.
I do want songs about working class solidarity that are modern. I've picked up Iran ai lego songs, they're actually pretty good and the lyrics are pretty good, I haven't found any quite on the level, the Iranians go hard on trump.
seems like all the anti war songs are not from this decade and anti ice is lacking.
here are some songs I've picked out for protest for protest:
MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL 2 (feat. Anees, MC Abdul, Amer Zahr)
The Genocide That Is Not Over | Iranian LEGO War-Themed Video By Akhbarenfejari
Les Misérables | Do You Hear the People Sing?
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DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 17 pts · 124d
RATM - Killing in the Name, and this one is particularly prescient right now with ICE roaming the streets given it was originally written to protest police brutality in response to the Rodney King riots.
RATM - Wake Up is also a good one as well.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
okay i see that first chorus could be interpreted as ice being white supremacist. its definitely fun add the genra to the mix
minz@lemmy.wtf · 10 pts · 124d
Bella Ciao :)
MathiasTCK@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Spicy
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 124d
Internationale
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 124d
The discographies of Grandson, Moon Walker, and Dropkick Murphys have a lot of good, recent, messages. Pussy Riot has a couple of generic and America themed songs as well. Otep has several, though they are more fueled by reaction than actual artistic talent.
I wouldn't rule out older titles from the Vietnam or Coal Wars/Battle of Blaire Mountain Era.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
waterparks song is high energy but cursing i like the moon walker youre next. i do wish is was more explicit in class solidarity hourriya is fun i get the teto version of facists dont have friends
theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 124d
Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys
Freedom is a Verb - Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird
Color in Your Cheeks - The Mountain Goats
Snailpick42@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 124d
Anti-Flag - Die for the government, NOFX - Idiots are taking over, NOFX - 72 Hookers, Jesse Welles - Join Ice
5in1k@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 124d
Which Side Are You In? By Pete Seger. Not modern but it’s moving.
Song
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 124d
It's fine just interesting like past generations were really about protest songs. Artist now don't seem to do protest or social commentary
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 2 pts · 124d
Doesn't necessarily work in an actual protest but https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZWslqjfPE&pp=ygUgd2hpY2ggc2lkZSBhcmUgeW91IG9uIHJlYmVsIGRpYXo%3D is pretty good and uses Which Side in the chorus.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 124d
Bad Religion, Propaghandi, Dropkick Murphys, Good Riddance, Thought Riot, Regan Youth, Crass, T.S.O.L., MDC, The Nerve Agents, Earth Crisis, Dead Kennedys, NOFX, Body Count, Pussy Riot, Death By Stereo, and Cattle Decapitation are all social-politically outspoken punk/hXc/metal bands that have plenty of songs that would fit your list.
Dropkick, Billy Bragg, Tom Morello, Eyes of Salt, and the Boss all have anti-ICE specific songs out recently.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 124d
Look up no$hu. "Fuck ICE ICE baby", "Against Occupation" and a bunch of his other songs. Check out Jesse Welles "Join ICE".
Edit to add: "The Guillotine" by The Coup. Goes so hard.
themoken@startrek.website · 3 pts · 124d
Upvote for Jesse Welles. I appreciate his music can be topical, but also humorous and chill. Maybe not the sort of protest songs you play to fire people up, but definitely ones that will get their message stuck in your head.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 124d
If you haven't heard of Carsie Blanton, give her a listen too!
themoken@startrek.website · 2 pts · 124d
Thanks for the rec!
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 124d
always get irked by join ice by jesse welles because it kinda makes joining ice look good to the point were it kinda sounds like recruitment song.
the noshu is interesting
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 124d
I mean, irony is kind of dead haha. No$hu slaps.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 124d
A few suggestions:
And for a more optimistic, but still defiant take, R.E.M.'s Living Well is the Best Revenge.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 124d
I think Masters of War is Dylan's best protest song. The lyrics go hard
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Ah yeah, that would have been a better choice actually, good shout.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 124d
I like to think anything by jesse wells is appropriate but then there are some songs I just feel that much more in the modern age but are not necessarily good protest songs. rat in a cage, head like a hole, down with the sickness. Also many jethro tull songs.
AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 124d
'Peace frogs' by: The Doors
maya_the_good_apple@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 124d
Peace Sells by Megadeth. War Pigs by Black Sabbath.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 124d
It's Okay (To Punch Nazis in The Face) - Cheap Perfume is a great one I heard the other night.
I'm Scum - IDLES
Fight The Power - Public Enemy
Pretty much anything by Rage Against The Machine
daannii@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 124d
Burn the house down by AJR https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnyLfqpyi94
Used to keep it cool.
Used to be a fool.
All about the bounce in my step.
Watch it on the news.
Whatcha gonna do?
I could hit refresh and forget.
Used to keep it cool.
Should I keep it light?
Stay out of the fight?
No one's gonna listen to me.
If I write a song.
Preaching what is wrong.
Will they let me sing on TV?
Should I keep it light?
Is that right?
Way up way up we go.
Been up and down that road.
Way up way up, oh no.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Watch me stand in the line.
You're only serving lies.
You've got something to hide.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Yeah, used to let it go.
Walk into the show.
Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve.
Too good to be true.
But I'm in a room.
Full of entertainers and thieves.
Used to let it go.
Woah, oh no.
(Woah, oh no).
Way up way up we go.
Been up and down that road.
Way up way up, oh no.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Watch me stand in the line.
You're only serving lies.
You've got something to hide.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Should I hang my head low?
Should I bite my tongue?
Or should I march with every stranger.
From Twitter to get shit done?
Used to hang my head low.
Now I hear it loud.
Every stranger from Twitter is gonna burn this down.
Way up way up we go.
Been up and down that road.
Way up way up, oh no.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Watch me stand in the line (whoa oh).
You're only serving lies (yeah).
You've got something to hide.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
Woah oh, yeah.
We gon' burn the whole house down.
We burn it down, we burn it down.
We gon' burn the whole house down
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
that is a good song
daannii@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Even though the use of "Twitter" is outdated. It also kind of Still works.
Because the original users of Twitter have mostly left.
It's definitely very catchy and has relevant lyrics.
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 124d
Two very different protest songs I heard this year
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - The Iron Wall Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 124d
these songs are very free form, might need to grow on me
JTode@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
If it's punk yer wantin, you'll want Dead Kennedys and MDC - both old bands (MDC is still kicking as I understand it, tho) but lots and lots of highly relevant stuff.
Notable: on their first LP, Millions Of Dead Cops, which came out in 1984 if I recall correctly, there is a trans-positive tune called America's So Straight. You wanna talk ahead of the curve...
Anivia@feddit.org · 3 pts · 124d
Satronica, Unexist - Fuck The System
Party Animals - Die Nazi Scum
MathiasTCK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
https://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/All_You_Fascists.htm
https://youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ
Moonguide@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 124d
"I HATE RICH CUNTS" and "YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE" by Mudrat
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 124d
nice Australian band. tooks me a second to understand the lyrics
Moonguide@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 124d
Think it's just the one guy actually. I really like his take on punk.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 124d
Bob Dylan - Masters of War
Teh@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 124d
About half of Jesse Welles songs fit here.
-God Abraham and Xanax -Red -Join ICE -Walmart -Don’t blow the whistle -War isn’t murder -Great Caucasian god -The poor -No Kings
techwooded@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 124d
"Citizen I.C.E." - Dropkick Murphy's
"Solidarity Forever" - Old trade union song to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic, here performed by the Mountain Goats
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 124d
I added both of them. i like how solidarity forever is very clear
londos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Tom Morello has a good cover of it too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=czQh1vj1jF8
agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 123d
You should look up some old labor movement songs
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Why can't we be friends? by WAR
barooboodoo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 124d
If you like hip hop at all, What's Peace? off the new Statik Selektah album had some great lines. Some gems for me:
What's peace? Is it locking up people like me For selling weed, but then you go and let a pedophile free? Is it Capitalism or privatizing the prisons Or giving corporations freedom to poison food that we eat?
...
That's why I get the skeevies knowing Stevie's pulling strings Take a look inside the cabinet, see it's clearly Miller time You got a lion in your pocket, you lying You got a long line of far-right conservative actors going on Grindr
...
How insecure you gotta be to pretend Christ was White? And hate those that look like what Christ really looked like? They call you Marxist, Socialist and Commie They hate you if you Haitian or Somali They blaming 9/11 on Mamdani
daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
So I bought a rechargeable karaoke machine. One with large wattage and a wireless microphone.
It has a strap so you can wear it like a messenger bag. Thing is great for protests.
I use an old iPod with it.
And I let people use the mic to lead chants.
I bought it used on the eBay. Important thing is make sure it's at or near 30W. Otherwise it's not going to be very loud. I'll post a pic of mine but it's not made anymore and the newer models are 15W. Also it fits in a backpack. Barely but it does.
I got some of these songs from similar posts as yours. I try to keep variety on the playlist so everyone can enjoy the music.
Here you go
Burn the house down -ajr (I already made a separate comment for it)
Stop business as usual -kimmortal (hip hop) https://youtu.be/wHggKbN7on0
Guillotine- the coup (hip hop) https://youtu.be/ad2ldO-JG-E
Uprising -muse (indie) https://youtu.be/Y4R6k8_iIkE
Another day in America- kali uchis (pop. part is in Spanish, about immigrants) https://youtu.be/SNNKFZRGoyM
Revolution -the beatles https://youtu.be/BGLGzRXY5Bw
Eat the rich -aerosmith (rock) https://youtu.be/ZK__9UIN5gk
FDT -Yg (hiphop) https://youtu.be/BlIREcAu0PI
America -logic (hip hop) https://youtu.be/j3Pe0oUqFkw
Die -badflower (metal/punk?)-newish song about donny https://youtu.be/fqBzuioSFac
Fucked up- Macklemore https://youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4
Ugly nasty commie bitch -carsie Blanton (indie?) https://youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
Burn the damn thing down -The black keys (indie?) https://youtu.be/ZF5VPD6-_Q0
Hostile government takeover (pop) https://youtu.be/PuWVgVkMiHE
We're not going to take it -twisted sisters (80s metal) https://youtu.be/PqQdbevaB-Q
Capitalism gonna kill us all - rathbone (indie) https://youtu.be/8GBmoXv8G8I
At peace -propoghandi (rock?) https://youtu.be/CDhTf3eaeoM
Small dick energy -mat ward (electronica) https://youtu.be/ahv63jUKVx0
Arrest the president -ice cube (hip hop) https://youtu.be/y9oUnC8JtXY
Thoughts and prayers -grandson (?) https://youtu.be/rWO_TW9AlBg
Fortunate son- credence clear water (70s rock?) https://youtu.be/ec0XKhAHR5I
War pigs-black Sabbath
Here are some punk ones
Hate to say I told you so -the hives https://youtu.be/Uz1Jwyxd4tE
Sabotage -beastie boys https://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE
Gurilla radio -rage against the machine https://youtu.be/Rm1nCYOZB-s
Make America great again- pussy riot https://youtu.be/Y6JRhiVnrPg
Take the power back -Rage against the machine https://youtu.be/rMXlAJOQsss
American idiot -greenday https://youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI
Killing in the name of -rage against the machine https://youtu.be/T4XuU2loLi4
One nation-pinkshift https://youtu.be/6Vx5fex-OJI
daannii@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Oh I forgot. Here is the speaker I take to protests.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
yeah i really should buy a portable speaker because anti drag show protest had them and they were really loud
daannii@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
I checked and someone has this one on eBay. $45 with shipping..
This thing is hella loud.
I never can run it at full volume at protests.
Have yet to run out of battery either.
It does have a big rainbow led light on the front but you can turn it off to save power.
There are other brands too of course and there might be better options.
I do have a 15w anker speaker that's nice to pack to the beach or park or something but it can't get even half as loud as this green one does.
Plus the microphone sounds way better than those muddy megaphones. I Used it a lot more than I thought I would.
I felt like a news anchor. Every time I'd see someone trying to lead a chant or a speech id run over. Hand them the mic and hold up the speaker.
(Fyi The gray things on the mic are added. Protect it if it's dropped. They don't come with it)
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 124d
lol i have trouble explaining that i was counter protesting a drag show protest
how's the sound quality? my megaphone is low quality so im more curious if its better than that
ober@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 124d
Grandson's most recent album (INERTIA) is really good. Violence by Kid Kapichi is a banger too. WHO'S THE ENEMY from Grandson is very very good and has Bob Vylan on it.
JayJay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
I can't reccomend moon walker enough.
"Youre next" is their new song. I think its very topical
Some of my favorites in no particular order: Monopoly money, Ban this song, Apocalypticism.
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 123d
The whole "American Idiot" album applies here, I think.
deifyed@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 124d
Rise Against - Hero of war
Not a "play at protests"-song, but powerful nevertheless
InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 123d
A lot of Rise Against song could fit this
silentjohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 124d
man that rise against song is depressing af...
deifyed@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 122d
Yeah. Powerful message though
nycvin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
About half the songs on the new Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies album (the other half are about sex)
The closer Ain't That A Bitch is pretty unambiguous.
JTode@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
This is the guy who wrote "867-5309" and "Perfect World" by Huey Lewis. He's also a friend of sorts, I got my dog from him and his wife. It's not famous but it's a decent tune, and anti-ICE as shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evwhdPn8ONk
hamburgers@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d
Dave Hause - Saboteurs
Dave Hause - Knife in the mud
Dave Hause - Your Ghost
Dave Hause - Seasons greetings from Ferguson
Frank Turner - Be More Kind
Frank Turner - 1933
CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 123d
Cobra Skulls - Cobracoustic
https://youtu.be/SVwzXCDelaQ
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 123d
I don't know if this quite fits all the remit, but, it's what came to mind:
Pacific's Break Your Social System:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KssYJpKxmyA
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 122d
Already commented on this, but thought of some more:
Isley Brothers: Ohio/Machine Gun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6qOvfgDJI (this is a cover of 2 tunes, the first by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, the second by Jimi Hendrix)
And just released today (like, 2 hours ago) - Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57FrioeuE
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 123d
Honestly I like hear my hope from hazbin hotel as a protest song. The citizens of hell standing up together and finally saying “no, we’ve had enough“ seems especially fitting.
Martin@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 124d
Maybe check out Fragile (by Sting) and it's background story
PaulSkinback@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 121d
Edwin star- war. Literally a song protesting war
sakuraba@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 123d
this is my favorite one by stereolab, it is called 'ping pong' and it's really sarcastic when it comes to war and capitalism
https://soundcloud.com/stereolab/ping-pong?si=0262657a62a74b1facbbe0293b6d05eb
GoodNews@europe.pub · 1 pts · 123d
Mass destruction - Faithless
GoodNews@europe.pub · 2 pts · 123d
Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether you're soar away sun or BBC 1 Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian Racism is a weapon of mass destruction Whether inflation or globalization Fear is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether Halliburton or Enron or anyone Greed is a weapon of mass destruction We need to find courage, overcome Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d
https://youtu.be/k_uMKTvhBb0
Bigg Jus aka Lune T.N.S . "Poor Peoples Day"