The Very Best "Protest" Songs?

by hillary_step 122 Replies latest social entertainment

  • Tatiana
    Tatiana

    Melanie.........Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) complete version

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

    Great pics from Woodstock....I say we bring back the hippies. altalt

    Lay down, lay down
    Lay it all down,
    Let your white bird smile up
    At the ones who stand and frown.
    Lay down, lay down
    Lay it all down,
    Let your white bird smile up
    At the ones who stand and frown.

    We were so close there was no room,
    We bled inside each other's wounds,
    We all had caught the same disease,
    We all sang the songs of peace.

    Lay down, lay down
    Lay it all down,
    Let your white bird smile up
    At the ones who stand and frown.
    Lay down, lay down
    Lay it all down,
    Let your white bird smile up
    At the ones who stand and frown.

    So raise your candles high,
    'Cause if you don't we
    could stay black against the night.
    Oh raise them higher again
    'Cause if you do we could stay
    dry against the rain.

    Some came to sing,
    Some came to pray,
    Some came to keep
    The dark away.
    So raise your candles high,
    'Cause if you don't we
    could stay black against the night.
    Oh raise them higher again
    'Cause if you do we could stay
    dry against the rain.

  • kerj2leev
    kerj2leev

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUokMbJC3P8

    Don't know if anyone posted this one? An oldie but a goodie!

  • frankiespeakin
    frankiespeakin

    Ker,

    That was great with the lyrics imposed.

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    When I think of Protest Songs I immediately think of the Captain and Tennile

    Rub a Dub

  • avishai
  • zagor
  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    One of the best. Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with a good video tribute to the victims of the Kent State Massacre.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCS-g3HwXdc

  • avishai
    avishai

    My new fave, but it has lots of bad words

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eKLzClpc12A

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    I really liked the Jesus Was Way Cool, Avi. Too bad people miss what he really stood for. Very sad.

    Hendrix. He was a veteran and so could truly appreciate what those soldiers were going through. Notice he mentioned the soldiers in Chicago.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    From BILLY JACK

    one of my all time favorite protest movies. great song

    ONE TIN SOLIDER

    Oh heck, yes. Me, too. I sometimes think I'll put my Billy Jack avatar back up.

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