Crank it up and post your favorite protest video songs here.

[MelissaB]

Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now



Joan Baez - Where Have All the Flowers Gone


Link: http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

Scroll down to the middle of the page.
Both of these are live from Crawford.


Let's get a great collection.

[derby378]

1. "Boom!" by System of a Down

Directed by Michael Moore. I don't get to see many music videos anymore, unfortunately.

[MelissaB]

2. I've never seen that. Do you have a link?

[derby378]

6. Here's the SOAD link to the video

Unfortunately, they only host it in RealPlayer format:

http://www.systemofadownonline.com/vid/boom.htm

[MelissaB]

9. Damn, that's great!

Thanks so much!

[BobRossi]

18. Almost forgot this one..

Richie Havens - "Handsome Johnny"

Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Concord?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand,
Marching to the Concord war, hey marching to the Concord war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Gettysburg?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a flintlock in his hand,
Marching to the Gettysburg war, hey marching to the Gettysburg war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand,
Marching to the Dunkirk war, hey marching to the Dunkirk war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand,
Marching to the Korean war, hey marching to the Korean war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15,
Marching to the Vietnam war, hey marching to the Vietnam war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist,
Marching to the Birmingham war, hey marching to the Birmingham war.


Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road,
It's a long hard road, before we'll be free.


Hey, what's the use of singing this song, some of you are not even listening.
Tell me what it is we've got to do: wait for our fields to start glistening,
Wait for the bullets to start whistling.
Here comes a hydrogen bomb, here comes a guided missile,
Here comes a hydrogen bomb: I can almost hear its whistle.

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Oops! Wrong place in thread.

[derby378]

8. Here's another source

http://www.videocodezone.com/videos/s/system_of_a_down/boom.html

[FreedomAngel82]

43. That's a great one!

[ret5hd]

3. Something's In The Air/But It's Not On The Airwaves

Something's In The Air/But It's Not On The Airwaves
by Chris Chandler
music and video here:
http://chrisvids.org/airwaves.html

[MelissaB]

5. That's a great one!

Thanks! :hi:

[BobRossi]

4. Pre video..

Airplane - "Volunteers", Joni Mitchel - "Wooden Ships", Dion Demucii- "Abraham, Martin, and John", Zager and Evans - "In the year 2525"

[Warpy]

7. "Can't Make it Here Any More"--James McMurtry

is at the top of my personal hit parade right now.

Oher than that, "Pie in the Sky when you Die(That's a Lie!)" and "Dump the Bosses off your Backs" both by Joe Hill come to mind.

"The Internationale" with words updated by Billy Bragg

Woops, on edit, can't forget "Imagine," John Lennon.

Needless to say, I'm not much into the mainstream stuff.

[justgamma]

10. "When the President Talks to God"

My new favorite. http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002095.html

[BobRossi]

11. Couple more

Pete Seeger - "If I had a hammer", Peter, Paul, and Mary - "Where have all the flowers gone"

[BobRossi]

12. One more.. maybe the best.

Phil Ochs - "I ain't marching any more"

[BlakeB]

13. Mine are:

"Abraham, Martin, and John" and that Vietnam song from Woodstock by Country Joe McDonald

[BobRossi]

14. Going to see Joe on the 23rd..

At the Majestic Theater in Detroit, with Paul Kantner.

[madokie]

35. peace Bro'

[Buck Turgidson]

37. "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" -- Country Joe McDonald

http://www.countryjoe.com/fixin.ram

[WinkyDink]

15. Going with Phil Ochs here, too.

Protest doesn't get much better.

[Marleyb]

16. John Fogerty- Deja Vu

This is about vietnam and Iraq....really really good
http://www.dunckleystreet.com/vfpchapter72/dejavu-web.wmv

and of course MOSH
http://www.archive.org/download/The_Mosh_Continues/MoshContinues_hi.mov

[MelissaB]

25. I had not seen "Deja Vu".

Thanks! :cry:

[amerikat]

17. Mosh . Eminem

http://www.gnn.tv/content/viewer.html

[MelissaB]

29. Gotta love Mosh...

[katinmn]

19. See Reverand X's Blasted Reality site!

http://www.blastedreality.net/home.html

Lots of good ones there.

[MelissaB]

27. Another one I hadn't seen, and it's great!

:kick:

[burythehatchet]

20. No video. Four Dead in Ohio.

[Ava]

21. here is a few

A few I like.

http://www.peacetakescourage.com/MakingHistory.html">Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
http://www.peacetakescourage.com/thenextgeneration.html">Coldplay - A Message
I also think that http://www.peacetakescourage.com/bushunderpressure.html">"Under Pressure" applies to the Bush administration right now.

[MelissaB]

28. Ava, your links aren't working for me. Can you try again?

[katinmn]

30. Here they are. These are super!!! Thanks, Ava.

http://www.peacetakescourage.com/MakingHistory.html
http://www.peacetakescourage.com/thenextgeneration.html
http://www.peacetakescourage.com/bushunderpressure.html

[MelissaB]

31. I'm glad I have good speakers on my computer. The first one is beautiful.

Now for the other two.

[katinmn]

32. Thanks for starting this thread. I've bookmarked it

so when I need some inspiration I can find a bunch.:hi:

[MelissaB]

41. I'm doing the same thing!

I've seen a lot of new "stuff" tonight (new to me, anyway). :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

45. I love all her video's

[Lefty48197]

38. I've always loved "For what it's worth"

.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. War. Hunnh. Yeah. What is it good for?

Absolutely Nothin.

Say it again ...

[katinmn]

22. "You're an Asshole"

http://www.filmstripinternational.com/index.php?asshole

[MelissaB]

33. This one has been updated since I saw it last.

:rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

47. LOL yeah it's hilarious

[peacebaby3]

23. I can't find video - but "The General" by Dispatch comes to mind as a war.

protest song. A General's epiphany.

Here's the lyrics:

Dispatch - "The General"

There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost and legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time
On the battlefield he gained respect for fame
With many metals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on
But on the eve of great battle with the infantry and dream
The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from that night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
And it was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fair
Till the old general told them to go home


Chorus:
He said,
I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
And I've have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So, take your shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take your shower, shine your shoes
Well, you got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven


But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The general said he would do his own duty
But he would extend it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight

Chorus
He said,
I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
And I've have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So, take your shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take your shower, shine your shoes
Well, you got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven


Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven

[katinmn]

24. Symbolman's "Pentagoon," "Chickenhawks," and more

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/pentagoon2.html
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/chickenhawks.html

[MelissaB]

34. I love symbolman's stuff,

and hadn't seen the first one. Thanks!

[WinkyDink]

26. Back to Phil Ochs: Here's "There But for Fortune", lyrics

There But for Fortune
Come and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land
Walk thru the meadows and the mountains and the sand
Walk thru the valleys and the rivers and the plains
Walk thru the sun and walk thru the rain

Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Her glory shall rest on us all (on us all)

From Colorado, Kansas, and the Carolinas too
Virginia and Alaska, from the old to the new
Texas and Ohio and the California shore
Tell me, who could ask for more?

Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of her poor
Only as free as the padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand

But our land is still troubled by men who have to hate
They twist away our freedom & they twist away our fate
Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry
We can stop them if we try

[roseBudd]

36. In the time of chimpanzees Bush was a monkey...

http://bushcheated04.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

with the musical and vocal stylings of DU's own bleever

more cowbell

[MelissaB]

42. There you are, rosebud57. Didn't you do a rap that had the lyrics

something like, "George Bush is a punk ass..." ? Help me!

[roseBudd]

51. George Bush is a punk ass bitch...

[katinmn]

54. Great lyrics

:headbang:

[roseBudd]

55. I tried contacting Legendary KO hoping to suggest a collaboration...

They did "George Bush doesn't like black people"

I actually think Beck's Loser could be continually rewritten and remixed to bash Bush on lots of subjects. Before the Huffington Contagious Festival success I was thinking it needed a hip-hop vibe to get heard.

Or how about Led Zep's...

Lying, Cheating, Stealing
That's all you seem to do

[MadMaddie]

39. Personal Favorite-George Bush Don't like Black People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDztMuQFVU

Five days in this motherfucking attic
I can't use the cellphone I keep getting static
Dying 'cause they lying instead of telling us the truth (...)
Screwed 'cause they say they're coming back for us, too
but that was three days ago and I don't see no rescue(...)
Swam to the store, tryin' to look for food
Corner store's kinda flooded so I broke my way through
Got what I could but before I got through
News say the police shot a black man trying to loot


Enjoy

:headbang:

[MelissaB]

40. Thanks, MadMaddie!

That was awesome!

[MadMaddie]

49. Glad you enjoyed it MelissaB..

Every time I hear it ...it hits the "anger" nerve everytime. He stayed on vacation while people were drowning....in an American city!

[katinmn]

53. Yes, FANTASTIC! I have to tell you that phrase "George Bush

don't like black people" struck a cord with millions of us because it's so true and his "leadership" so outrageous. And this video contains all the rage we feel against him.

If you happened to be at the Sept 24 march in Washington you saw the Bush Lover's lined up along one block of the march. PuraVidaDreamin, my buddy from Cape Cod, saw them and started yelling at them, "George Bush don't like Black People!" I jumped in and soon there were lots of us screaming at those fuckers. "Shame! Shame! Shame!" and "George Bush don't like black people!" over and over till our throats were raw.

Gets me all worked up right now and I'd like to go kick their asses. Mostly Bush's.

[FreedomAngel82]

44. "Mosh" from Eminem

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. My all time favorite, a classic:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/political.php

Political Science by Randy Newman

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

[katinmn]

50. Love it! Randy Newman has known what's going on for decades

:headbang:

[FreedomAngel82]

48. The John Kasper band

They have a great song called "Consperiacy of Silence." Great lyrics, vocals and music. You can hear it: http://www.democrats.us/editorial/kasper101803.shtml http://www.topplebush.com/music.shtml

[bpilgrim]

56. No Bravery

http://nobravery.cf.huffingtonpost.com

my current favorite ;->

peace

[katinmn]

58. It is wonderful, bpilgrim! And moving up in the ranking

We need to keep forwarding it so more people see it! Forward it to your Repub relatives and fence-sitters. Those of us with a world view are already devastated by what's going on in our name. The others are ignorant.

[rman]

57. "supadubya" - 4o. del Tren

http://supadubya.4odt.com/