Joan Baez - God on Our Side - 1966


Do you have a favourite 'protest song?'

It could be something recent or old and does not have to be from the 1960's.

Are 'protest songs' still valid today?

Are 'protest songs' still valid today?

Oh yes they are.

My favorite protest song still is "We Shall Overcome" - this song was valid in the end in '89 when we went on demonstrations in the GDR, it still is valid today.

We shall overcome - overcome all injustice and evilness.

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Pardon the intro....but Country Joe and the Fish do a classic protest song.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Did someone say Protest Song?

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"The Partisan" by Leonard Cohen

When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.

I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.

An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.

Les Allemands e'taient chez moi, (The Germans were at my home)
ils me dirent, "Signe toi," (They said, "Sign yourself,")
mais je n'ai pas peur; (But I am not afraid)
j'ai repris mon arme. (I have retaken my weapon.)

J'ai change' cent fois de nom, (I have changed names a hundred times)
j'ai perdu femme et enfants (I have lost wife and children)
mais j'ai tant d'amis; (But I have so many friends)
j'ai la France entie`re. (I have all of France)

Un vieil homme dans un grenier (An old man, in an attic)
pour la nuit nous a cache', (Hid us for the night)
les Allemands l'ont pris; (The Germans captured him)
il est mort sans surprise. (He died without surprise.)

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.

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Joan Baez - God on Our Side - 1966

Ahhh! What a pretty song! I'd long forgotten it.

Thanks for the reminisce. :)

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"The Partisan" by Leonard Cohen

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Joan Baez - God on Our Side - 1966


Do you have a favourite 'protest song?'

It could be something recent or old and does not have to be from the 1960's.

Are 'protest songs' still valid today?

One of the most beautiful women and one of the most beautiful sentiments ever recorded, if I may say so.....

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

A very disturbing song....some took it as a top 40 hit......here's a link....Eve of Destruction....
WARNING.....SOME DISTURBING IMAGES......at least, if you have a concience.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

[Instrumental Interlude]

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

;)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

[Instrumental Interlude]

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

;)

Is there a significance to the 99 luftballoons? (the number 99)?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

[Instrumental Interlude]

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

;)

Is there a significance to the 99 luftballoons? (the number 99)?

The story behind 99 Luftballons

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Nena - 99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

[Instrumental Interlude]

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

;)

Is there a significance to the 99 luftballoons? (the number 99)?

The story behind 99 Luftballons

So we ballons don't always follow the prevailing winds, eh?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

My name it means nothing.......
Dylan singing God on our side... Sigh. Turn it up if you dare........

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And Joan babe....It ain't me babeeee and the follow up from The Turtles.
Best 60's quote....
Dylan again......."Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed......."

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Did someone say Protest Song?

Corrosion Of Conformity - Vote With A Bulllet

Cool tune......not much into current rage rock, but it makes a statement. The protest songs of yore were much more laid back. Maybe that's why we're where we are now.........

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

OK, the Turkey is takin' over..... gotta interrupt this politically tinged thread just to listen to some rock.........
This would be The Sugars.... bwang bwang meow meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Back to the protest songs.....
Baez had it down the best....It's A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. But she had a good scriptwriter..........if you know who I mean.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster