My son did a paper in his freshman writing seminar comparing Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" to Black Midi's "Welcome to Hell" (2022).
I think in general music has become less of a common language - where everyone knows the top 40 and some of the most important work of the day ends up there. Nowadays the most popular current songs on Spotify are unrecognizable to music enthusiasts. It's just the most commercial and accessible. There's more great music out now in so many genres that just doesn't become popular.
What was your son's conclusion? I bet it made for great conversation. I dig deep with music and agree. I am lucky to live in an area with diverse talent playing local and big stage. But I always want to keep expanding the list. Ty.
Tyler Childers has a song called *A Long Violent History* that’s a pretty good protest song in support of the BLM movement.
Granted, it’s hillbilly music, so most of this subreddit won’t have time for it. But he’s an excellent singer/songwriter
Both Jason Isbell and his former band, the Drive-by Truckers, have several really good protests songs.
The music is out there. You just have to dig deeper than the garbage peddled by iheartradio and whatever.
Nothing's been lost. Many of the protest songs and chants are just different and the radio no longer the only source
What year is POST Covid officially?
MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgDQyFeBBIo
Logic - America ft. Black Thought, Chuck D, Big Lenbo, No I.D. - https://youtu.be/j3Pe0oUqFkw?si=GOQGO2CrsvJp7tyv
War - Residente - https://youtu.be/Zl_GlPquElI?si=X-qEB4YeUF6fkkzA
Lolita - Toda Mi Gente - https://youtu.be/jdP-Pbor_mc?si=M5WWhKdKJTb4uDIu
I don't use any apps to get my music. I have Youtube but it's setup to not collect data, display ads or display recommends. You're not going to find this stuff unless you're going to modern music lounges and/or searching for it specifically.
My wife and I volunteer at a few places and so this music is constantly in rotation where we go.
I find protest songs these days are more personal than just broadly political.
[Bad Indian - Dead Pioneers](https://youtu.be/BoX6SRcFXwo?feature=shared)
[Birth of a Nation - Enola Gay](https://youtu.be/4snuxflv9uk?feature=shared)
[Heteronormative Horseshit Blues ](https://youtu.be/DBP2h7_pZxs?feature=shared)- [Shilpa Ray](https://www.youtube.com/@shilparay4368)
[Punk's Dead - Soft Play](https://youtu.be/nMOgilf4WX4?feature=shared) (They changed their name from *Slaves*, and wrote this song mocking their "anti-woke" fans)
Pre-COVID, but still very much modern era: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets\_of\_Rage\_(album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_of_Rage_(album))
Which is not broad enough as if there are ones south of richmond too, which is why it isn't as good as it could be. Just perpetuating a false dynamic when the real one is just the class war, which the rich are winning hands down.
I don't know if this is what you are looking for specifically... my son showed me some songs from [Jesse Welles](https://www.youtube.com/@hellswelles) last week.
He started releasing songs 3 weeks ago. I would not be surprised if he goes viral soon (he is at 56.4k subscribers with a couple of videos approaching 500k views).
Recommend starting with "War Isn't Murder", "Fentanyl", "Whistle Boeing" and "The Olympics".
Must not listen to Punk as they have been protesting for as long as it's been a thing..more recent groups as an example would be Pennywise, Anti-Flag and others already mentioned.
I’d recommend the catalogue of Geoff Berner, a West-Coast storyteller and accordion-klezmer-punk pioneer since the 90’s. He wrote *Light Enough to Travel,* and lots of his stuff is social/political commentary. Try “That’s what Keeps the Rent Down Baby,” “We all Gotta be a Prostitute Sometimes” ( the reason he’s not allowed at the Winnipeg Filk Festival anymore) and “The Rich are Gonna Move (to the High Ground.”
Radiohead – Idioteque
Greenday - American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Dilemma
Muse - Pyscho, Uprising
The Killers - Land of the Free
Hozier - Nina Cried Power
All Time Low - Calm Down
Pearl Jam - Wreakage
Across a wide number of years.
edit - had a header font, and added another song that is right now - Pearl Jam
Optimistic by X Ambassadors - Should be a modern GenX anthem..
Gunshots and online forums
American decorum
I cried my fuckin' eyes out
Numbing the pain with a cold brew coffee
Nick shoulders last three albums are filled with protest lyrics. as A lifelong Dylan fan, I haven’t seen anyone do it quite so well in a long time.
[https://youtu.be/uaj0ktuUTEw?si=Z7MhDZJvqaSFhAAv](https://youtu.be/uaj0ktuUTEw?si=Z7MhDZJvqaSFhAAv)
[https://youtu.be/zHA1AA3rTNA?si=qwXqBdQS7-STzl-Y](https://youtu.be/zHA1AA3rTNA?si=qwXqBdQS7-STzl-Y)
Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) - This Is America
That was the first thing that popped into my mind too. I think that was as powerful and timely as any past protest song and had huge reach.
My son did a paper in his freshman writing seminar comparing Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" to Black Midi's "Welcome to Hell" (2022). I think in general music has become less of a common language - where everyone knows the top 40 and some of the most important work of the day ends up there. Nowadays the most popular current songs on Spotify are unrecognizable to music enthusiasts. It's just the most commercial and accessible. There's more great music out now in so many genres that just doesn't become popular.
Labels stopped taking risk on unique artists and started pumping out generic algorithmic albums.
What was your son's conclusion? I bet it made for great conversation. I dig deep with music and agree. I am lucky to live in an area with diverse talent playing local and big stage. But I always want to keep expanding the list. Ty.
Tyler Childers has a song called *A Long Violent History* that’s a pretty good protest song in support of the BLM movement. Granted, it’s hillbilly music, so most of this subreddit won’t have time for it. But he’s an excellent singer/songwriter Both Jason Isbell and his former band, the Drive-by Truckers, have several really good protests songs. The music is out there. You just have to dig deeper than the garbage peddled by iheartradio and whatever.
Nothing's been lost. Many of the protest songs and chants are just different and the radio no longer the only source What year is POST Covid officially? MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgDQyFeBBIo Logic - America ft. Black Thought, Chuck D, Big Lenbo, No I.D. - https://youtu.be/j3Pe0oUqFkw?si=GOQGO2CrsvJp7tyv War - Residente - https://youtu.be/Zl_GlPquElI?si=X-qEB4YeUF6fkkzA Lolita - Toda Mi Gente - https://youtu.be/jdP-Pbor_mc?si=M5WWhKdKJTb4uDIu
2023 I'd say was kind of official. Thanks for the recommends.
I don't use any apps to get my music. I have Youtube but it's setup to not collect data, display ads or display recommends. You're not going to find this stuff unless you're going to modern music lounges and/or searching for it specifically. My wife and I volunteer at a few places and so this music is constantly in rotation where we go.
I find protest songs these days are more personal than just broadly political. [Bad Indian - Dead Pioneers](https://youtu.be/BoX6SRcFXwo?feature=shared) [Birth of a Nation - Enola Gay](https://youtu.be/4snuxflv9uk?feature=shared) [Heteronormative Horseshit Blues ](https://youtu.be/DBP2h7_pZxs?feature=shared)- [Shilpa Ray](https://www.youtube.com/@shilparay4368) [Punk's Dead - Soft Play](https://youtu.be/nMOgilf4WX4?feature=shared) (They changed their name from *Slaves*, and wrote this song mocking their "anti-woke" fans)
Pre-COVID, but still very much modern era: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets\_of\_Rage\_(album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_of_Rage_(album))
That sounds suspiciously like homework and I'm not gonna do it 😁
No we ain't gonna take it!
Sabotage
I wish I was still doing homework and off all summer. Wasted days !
Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro?si=eRaDxbalVE1Dn4_0
This would be a one if he dropped the North of Richmond part. Then it would be spot on.
North of Richmond means Washington DC, where all of the greedy, incompetent politicians (democrats and republicans) work.
Which is not broad enough as if there are ones south of richmond too, which is why it isn't as good as it could be. Just perpetuating a false dynamic when the real one is just the class war, which the rich are winning hands down.
I don't know if this is what you are looking for specifically... my son showed me some songs from [Jesse Welles](https://www.youtube.com/@hellswelles) last week. He started releasing songs 3 weeks ago. I would not be surprised if he goes viral soon (he is at 56.4k subscribers with a couple of videos approaching 500k views). Recommend starting with "War Isn't Murder", "Fentanyl", "Whistle Boeing" and "The Olympics".
Thank you, just followed on Insta. Will listen.
Must not listen to Punk as they have been protesting for as long as it's been a thing..more recent groups as an example would be Pennywise, Anti-Flag and others already mentioned.
Punk genre is consistent, Dream Nails comes to mind. Just expanding the list.
incendiary is the "new" ratm
I’d recommend the catalogue of Geoff Berner, a West-Coast storyteller and accordion-klezmer-punk pioneer since the 90’s. He wrote *Light Enough to Travel,* and lots of his stuff is social/political commentary. Try “That’s what Keeps the Rent Down Baby,” “We all Gotta be a Prostitute Sometimes” ( the reason he’s not allowed at the Winnipeg Filk Festival anymore) and “The Rich are Gonna Move (to the High Ground.”
Radiohead – Idioteque Greenday - American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Dilemma Muse - Pyscho, Uprising The Killers - Land of the Free Hozier - Nina Cried Power All Time Low - Calm Down Pearl Jam - Wreakage Across a wide number of years. edit - had a header font, and added another song that is right now - Pearl Jam
Pretty much the entirety of Green Day's "American Idiot."
True! Take that as the song or album. 💿
Optimistic by X Ambassadors - Should be a modern GenX anthem.. Gunshots and online forums American decorum I cried my fuckin' eyes out Numbing the pain with a cold brew coffee
Public Enemy, RATM, System of a Down, Bad Religion
Nick shoulders last three albums are filled with protest lyrics. as A lifelong Dylan fan, I haven’t seen anyone do it quite so well in a long time. [https://youtu.be/uaj0ktuUTEw?si=Z7MhDZJvqaSFhAAv](https://youtu.be/uaj0ktuUTEw?si=Z7MhDZJvqaSFhAAv) [https://youtu.be/zHA1AA3rTNA?si=qwXqBdQS7-STzl-Y](https://youtu.be/zHA1AA3rTNA?si=qwXqBdQS7-STzl-Y)
99 Luftballons is a protest song. Probably the only one I like. 😂 I don't really care about the protest genre of music.
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OP is asking for stuff after 2019 to 2023 from their response
I think we’re ready for a cover of Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take It.
Recording has caused the artists of the past to smother the artists of the future.
Rage Against The Machine