Where are the good political songs?

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• KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Check out Propagandhi

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• Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some of the classical ones

  • L’internationale, which is still relevant today

  • La banderra rosa

  • Bella Ciao, which despite becoming a pop hit is a struggle song

  • El pueblo unido

  • La butte rouge

  -The Red army choir have a ton of great ones

  Then on more recent, just look at the punk and rap scene, there is a lot

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is Antiflag still around?

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• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I listen to a lot of punk music so obviously it’s strongly political. Here’s just a few off the top of my head:

  • White People for Peace by Against Me!
  • Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners by Against Me!
  • Survivor Guilt by Rise Against
  • State of the Union by Rise Against
  • The Eco-Terrorist In Me by Rise Against
  • 45 by Sum41
  • Empty Walls by Serj Tankian
  • Prison Song by System of a Down
  • Christian Nationalist by Anti-Flag
  • Die for your Government by Anti-Flag
  • 72 hookers by NOFX
  • Please Play This Song on the Radio by NOFX
  • Fuck Euphemism by NOFX
  • Take Back the Power by The Interrupters

  I tried to include a bit of variety and not all be anti-war songs from/about the Bush era. A couple are about the music industry specifically, and one is a musical rant about kink culture (and it’s not the one you think based on the title!) I’m also a big Rise Against fan so I tried to pull out some non-singles from accross many years since basically any song by them has a good political message. I highly recommend looking up the lyrics to all of these after the first listen or better during the second listen

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  • Chickenslippers@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nofx is doing their retirement tour right now and it makes me super sad I won’t be able to go

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  • disheveledWallaby@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you like punk, Leftover Crack has a bunch.

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• frezik@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Garbage - No gods no masters. Whole album is shamelessly political.

  The men who rule the world Have made a fucking mess The history of power The worship of success The king is in the counting house He’s chairman of the board The women who crowd the courtrooms All accused of being whores

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• mlg@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The fast paced Ukrainian version of In The Army Now which protests military marketing and conscription (directed at USA)

  Laga Reh (translations required lol) which protests Pakistani government complacency in allowing foreign powers (cough USA cough) to dictate the country at the expense of progress and “disappearing” of any local opposition.

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for these - really interesting stuff that I couldn’t have just happened upon!

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• TehBamski@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Muslims - Fuck These Fuckin Fascists

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Old School Pig, by Tilt.

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• sonovebitch@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Someone sent me this one recently, and the lyrics are interesting.

  music.youtube.com/watch?v=98FoEuBGOIU&si=jikb…

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Questionable politics. Not sure the intent, but this raised some red flags last year in various circles. Google will turn them up.

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have been trying to remember this one.

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• Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait… we should be outraged?

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like I should.

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• Substance_P@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love this question. Perhaps there is also the record labels and mainstream media that prioritize marketability and mass appeal, which most probably would discourage artists from producing overtly political content, the stuff that may be thrown into the controversial or polarizing basket just doesn’t pull in the bucks these days.

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As it ever was?

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• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sault’s “Foot on Necks” is a great anti police brutality anthem, and a big chunk of all their music has messages like that

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• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “George Floyd” by the Log Bay Ramblers is some nice and direct bluegrass folk music

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• frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You mention the UK, so I’ll just drop a couple of names of folks/bands talking about racism, immigration and toxic male culture.

  Bob Vylan

  We live here - m.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqhJyvly1g

  Wicked and Bad - m.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJ-s7jRyAM

  Idles

  Danny Nedelko - m.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF_G-RF66M

  Lambrini Girls

  Lads lads lads - m.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLK56UrCL0

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  • EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Should also add Hacktivist. A few of their songs are politically charged, and several calls BoJo a cunt.

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=YWzwEPYIjYM

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @frazorth you’ve got going down rabbit holes … I wonder what I else I can do to scare a tory

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    • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Listen to Boris Johnson is a fucking cunt?

      m.youtube.com/watch?v=uGwCykQwgTU

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  • ReCursing@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bob Vylan and Idles are great, will check the Lambrini Girls, thanks

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    • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Music created in the UK by people who are fucking furious is still alive and well.

      Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes

      Sleaford Mods

      Kid Kapichi

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Guilty as charged. Good stuff - I’ll look out for these - my new years resolution is to see some live music.

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    • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All these bands being UK based, you should have an opportunity to see them.

      I don’t know whereabouts in the UK you are, but you could find some new stuff at things like the Futurama festival in Liverpool.

      www.cultureliverpool.co.uk/…/futurama-festival/

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• thepixelfox@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Billy talent are great for political, fuck the government/ big corporations type songs. Not protest songs so much. But it feels pretty on theme. Their messages are great.
  Surprise surprise and viking death march are two of my personal favourites songs by them.

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  • fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hate to break it to you but Billy Talent formed in 1993! ;)

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  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That album is absolutely killer and I’ve loved BN since I heard Try Honesty many moons ago.

    That said … They have been singing about how young people need to fight the system while having one of the most corporate images I can think of for bands in their category.

    Watching a 40 year old man dance around an arena in VANs and Atticus hoodies while telling contemporary youth that their generation is a “fucking joke” is peak cringe to me.

    Still love the music though. Wish he’d do more heartbreak songs, they’re his forte.

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• DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gary Clarke Jr. Has some good protest songs, especially for a blues musician, including a remake of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s Ohio.

  Municipal Waste is great for some hardcore, there’s actually a bunch of hardcore bands that have some excellent protest songs.

  Then you have Ice-T’s Body Count.

  Lamb of God’s albums post-Randy’s time in a Czech prison have been full of social commentary, far more than the earlier albums.

  I’ve seen people highlight Killer Mike’s Grammy wins, but his other group Run the Jewels is pretty much the biggest name in protest rap these days.

  Then you have Kendrick Lamar, possibly the best rapper of his generation, absolutely one of the greatest story tellers of rap, period.

  Overall there’s a lot of pop, metal, rock, rap and other genres who have some prominent names and many lesser known names who are putting out good angry music.

  Then you have Ice Cube putting out Arrest the President then proceeding to talk about voting for that same president.🤦‍♂️

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• Persen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know if thease two are protest songs, but they are near enough: Plavi orkestar - Fa Fa Fašista, Bijelo dugme - Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dégénération

  A French Quebec song about how the world is going.

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• hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  [Oskar Barnack ∞ Oscar Grant -Blue Scholars[(youtu.be/UdjGC-Jjcd4)

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• Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This thought has occurred to me recently. What is this generation’s soundtrack? What is the music everyone will look on and say it defined the time?

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  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There isn’t that so much these days because streaming has given everyone their own particular music bubble. And stuff can still get insanely popular, but there aren’t hits that everyone talks about anymore.

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  • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Despacito, the fox, Gangnam style, shape of you, cruel summer, blinding lights, etc.

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You won’t know until it’s long passed. Time is the best curator.

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• federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  revolution by Tracy chapman

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• yokonzo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anything by flobots, old stuff or new is pretty political

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• Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  2020 Visions by Michael Guy Bowman is about the insurrection

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• SVcross@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  La Bala - Juana Fé

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• Shapillon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Moscow Death Brigade for example

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• TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Offspring. Americana, Stuff is Messed up, the Kids Aren’t Alright…

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• gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Say She She’s “Norma” is all about the end of Roe v Wade

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• Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Right Now - Jesse Roper

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• Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Body Count, Ice T Rage Against the Machine Green Day Tool,more about religion

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• Shurimal@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Leslie Fish is still writing music. Plus her old works from 1980-s (eg It's Sister Jenny's Turn to Throw the Bomb and Firestorm) are as relevant now as they were 40 years ago.

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