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Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others satirize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
2002. Sleater-Kinney. "Far Away". One Beat. 2002. The song contrast's President George W. Bush 's actions on September 11, when he was flown away to a secure location, with those of the emergency responders at the World Trade Center. [11] Michael W. Smith. "There She Stands".
The advent of World War I (1914–1918) resulted in a great number of songs against the war in general, and specifically in America against the U.S.'s decision to enter the European war. One of the successful protest songs to capture the widespread American skepticism about joining in the European war was " I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier ...
Serbia Strong or Serbia Stronk (Serbian: Србија јака, romanized: Srbija jaka) is a nickname given to a Serb nationalist, anti-Croat and anti-Muslim propaganda music video [1] from the Yugoslav Wars. [2][3][4][5] The song has spread globally amongst far-right groups and the alt-right as an internet meme. [2][3][6] The song was ...
Atlantic Records. Songwriter (s) John Prine. The Great Compromise is a song written and performed by John Prine. [1] The song was included on Prine's album Diamonds in the Rough which was released by Atlantic Records in 1972. It is an anti-war song and a protest song. Its theme is the disillusionment of the country during the Vietnam War era.
Helter Skelter (scenario) The Helter Skelter scenario is an apocalyptic vision that was supposedly embraced by Charles Manson and members of his so-called Family. At the trial of Manson and three others for the Tate–LaBianca murders, the prosecution presented it as motivating the crimes and as an aspect of the case for conspiracy. [1]
This is a list of songs described as feminist anthems celebrating women's empowerment, or used as protest songs against gender inequality. These songs range from airy pop affirmations such as " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " by Cyndi Lauper , to solemn calls to action such as "We Shall Go Forth" by Margie Adam .
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social movements that have an associated body of songs are the abolition movement, prohibition, women's ...