Five best protest songs of all time?

Answer 1

Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth"
Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin"
John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance"
Bob Marley's "Get up, Stand up"
Crosby Stills Nash and Young's "Ohio"
Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs"
Country Joe & The Fish's "The 'Fish' Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag"
Paul Simon's "Wartime Prayers"

Answer 2

Blowing in the Wind Dylan

The Great Mandala Peter Paul and Mary

The Cost of Freedom Crosby, Still, Nash and Yound

We Shall Overcome Anyone who lived through the 60's

The Times, They are A Changing Bob Dylan

Answer 3

Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan
Do the Evolution - Pearl Jam
Civil War - Guns N' Roses
With God on Our Side - Bob Dylan
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
Imagine - John Lennon
The Times They Are A Changin' - Bob Dylan
Get up, Stand up - Bob Marley
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
Thieves in the Night - Blackstar


Bob Dylan probably has the top three, those are just a few of my favorites.

War what is it good for?

Answer 4

Come on... How dry I am ...a protest song about prohibition.

War by Barret Strong:

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War is something that I despise
For it means destruction of innocent lives
For it means tears in thousands of mothers' eyes
When their sons go out to fight to give their lives

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
Handed down from generation to generation
Induction destruction
Who wants to die

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War has shattered many young men's dreams
Made them disabled bitter and meanLife is too precious to be fighting wars
each day
War can't give life it can only take it away

War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
Peace love and understanding
There must be some place for these things today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord there's gotta be a better way
That's better than
War

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

Answer 5

Masters of War--Dylan
Universal Soldier--Buffy St. Marie
Where Have All the Flowers Gone--Kingston Trio
Big Muddy--Pete Seeger
We Shall Not Be Moved--Traditional

Answer 6

Mojo Magazine claims these 5 to be the top 5:

05. Billie Holiday- “Strange Fruit ”
04. Sex Pistols- “God Save the Queen”
03. James Brown- “Say It Loud- I’m Black and I’m Proud”
02. Pete Seeger: “We Shall Overcome”
01. BobDylan- “Masters of War”

Answer 7

I don't know if they would all qualify as protest songs, but they are pretty 'damn the man!' if you ask me! : P

-Redemption Song- Bob Marley
-Killing in the name- Rage Against the Machine
-Blowin' In the Wind- Bob Dylan
-Mosh- Eminem
-Where Have All the Flowers Gone?- Pete Seeger

Answer 8

Blowing in the Wind. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Dance Band on the Titanic. Wonder what would happen to this world. Revolution.

Answer 9

neil young-ohio, southern man, (any of his songs)hey hey my my
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
War - Edwin Starr
United We Stand - The Brotherhood of Man
These Eyes - The Guess Who
american woman-the guess who(it's actually anti american song)

fortunate son-CCR(its a protest song....look it up if you don't believe me....)
for modern times
american idiot-green day
holiday-green day
train-flipsyde
festival song-g.c.

Answer 10

"Straight to Hell" by the Clash. maybe not officially a protest song but makes a point