Rock Protest Songs - JTC Playlist

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By request, JT highlights some of Rock & Roll's greatest protest songs, socially conscious songs and "Woke" songs:

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From the very beginning, Rock & Roll has gone hand in hand with political and social issues, from a time when the originators like Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry had to overcome segregation in radio. Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" was a subtle commentary on these issues. But the 1960s was truly the decade where the rock genera found its conscious, especially with Bob Dylan at the forefront when he went electric with his Bringing it All Back Home, which featured "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Through song, he protested war, racism, and so much more. Even across The Atlantic, the British Invasion would speak out through rock n roll: The Beatles "Revolution," The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter," The Kinks "Dead End Street," and The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again." Songs with heavy guitars drums and bass or occasional orchestral instruments like trombone and later synthesizers. John Lennon would of course become a working class hero in the 1970s. Even in America, bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival wrote several anti-establishment songs such as the staple "Fortunate Son." Festivals like Monterey Pop and Woodstock featured many bands in solidarity with the Hippie movement and against the government's involvement in Vietnam, including Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Jimi Hendrix. 1970 proved to be a tumultuous year for protest, especially with the tragedy of Kent State, leading Neil Young to write "Ohio." Meanwhile Jimi Hendrix, with The Band of Gypsys, performed his greatest guitar solo in "Machine Gun." In the emerging world of heavy metal, Black Sabbath wrote "War Pigs," while in the glam-rock genera, David Bowie released Ziggy Stardust, a rock opera about a bisexual alien rock star. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" was an anthem that declared "You're not alone" and embracing individuality. Pink Floyd had many political themes with Roger Waters as their lyricist and chief songwriter. 1977's Animals was a ruthless takedown of capitalism, inspired by George Orwell's Animal farm, with each class of people represented by an animal (Dogs representing the working class in the corporate world). The punk movement was all about singing against the aristocracy and establishment and representing the struggling working class. 1979 saw the release of London Calling by The Clash. While the 1980s have been more commercial with the arrival of MTV, U2 sang about The Troubles in Northern Ireland with "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Later in the 1990s, The Cranberries would also sing about the conflict in "Zombie." In 1988 Living Colour released "Cult of Personality." 1992 saw the release of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" which commented on police brutality. That same year as the grunge movement emerged, Alice in Chains wrote an anti-war anthem called "Rooster". After 9/11 when The Iraq War broke out, it seemed rock protest songs were a thing of the past until Green Day released American Idiot, featuring an epic track called "Jesus of Suburbia." And to this day, independent rockers still continue to speak out through song. Rock & Roll will always have a 'woke' concious.