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(1) Damon Albarn (2) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (3) King Khan & His Shrines (4) Ty Segall (5) Ms Lauryn Hill (6) Darkside (7) Kanye (8) Janelle Monae (9) Goat (10) Meshuggah.
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Obviously Bob Dylan dominated the "political song market" but in my youth there were many other artists making blatantly political statements and most of them were spawned by the Vietnam War and the domestic turmoil surrounding it. Looking back it amazes me how much music was attributed to it. Here's a few:
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 2, 2012 18:14:26 GMT -5
I'll never forget how radical we all felt singing Yankee Doodle Dandy during the Revolutionary War years. Sometimes the dancing would get so raucous my wig would be askew. Once I even caught a glimpse of a damsel's ankle. Good times!
Post by FuzzyWarbles on Nov 3, 2012 23:26:57 GMT -5
Here's a little political history. A tale of an Irish immigrant being granted his US citizenship by signing on to join the Union army and ultimately winding up in the Battle Of Gettysburg.
Michael P - WMD : A rational look at the cause of the current issues in government. There's too much focus on the symptomsin the press, WMD's mission is to redirect focus to the cause:
Post by monkybunney on Mar 12, 2013 11:21:42 GMT -5
Darn it. I came in here thinking "How clever am I to be the first to post a DK tune!" Oh well, here is my second place entry:
This is one of my absolute favorite punk albums from that time frame. It still gets fairly regular rotation. Almost 30 years later and the lyrics to this tune are STILL relevant.
This has always been one of my favorites, Woody originally wrote it but Ramblin' Jack does it best. Always particularly relevant in Arizona with the immigration issues we have here.
It's always we rambled, that river and I All along your green valley, I will work till I die My land I'll defend with my life if it be Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free
Neil Young - Ohio was the first song that I thought of. Was before my time, but listening to it makes me feel what I imagine most of the nation was feeling at the time. Honestly, if I made a list of my top 10 songs, it would probably be dominated by Neil and Dylan.