Vietnam
Sep 1, 2006 Blues, Folk / Indigenous, Other Music Styles, Rock and Roll, War
There are hundreds… here are a few…
Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag — Country Joe and the Fish
War — Bruce Springsteen
Where Have All the Flowers Gone — Pete Seeger
Universal Soldier — Donovan
The Ballad of the Green Berets — SSgt Barry Sadler
The Eve of Destruction — Barry McGuire
I could work on this list alone for weeks…
Reggae Rules!
Sep 1, 2006 Racism, Reggae, Suppression of Ideas, Suppression of People, War
No appropriate discussion of political implications in music would be complete without the inclusion of Reggae. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytalls… the list is endless.
Some of my favorites (in no particular order):
Reggae Down Babylon (Jimmy Cliff) — reggae down apartheid!
Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley) — the US government using former slaves to fight indigenous Americans…
Downpressor Man (Peter Tosh) — the Jamaican police state.
