8-2+Protest+Music

Add your link to a protest song. Do a little research on the piece. Why is it considered protest music? Who wrote it? Who performs it? Is it an effective protest song? Why?

__**Margaret Sullivan**__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjMGXz9P6Y I chose the song One day by Matisyahu. I chose this song because it is a great song but it also protests violence. In the song he says It's not about Win or lose Because we all lose When they feed on the souls of the innocent Blood drenched pavement, meaning that although you can win a battle that you do not really win because there have been unnecessary deaths. He says how sick of war he is and he wishes that all that can change and people become more peaceful. I think it is a very effective protest song because it has a clear message and is extremely popular which means the word is getting out.

Owen Ganse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOTNQF-o_mQ This song is called //The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by The Band.// This song protests about the Union in the civil war beating the Confederates (Old Dixie) and it just explains how the people felt when it went down, and how everything was dark and sad. I picked this because it really makes everything clear about what the people think and that it shouldn't have happened. This also says how happy the Union is. Lets keep in mind I am not supporting the Confederacy

__**Meggie Flanagan**__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1j6f-fmx8o The song I chose is called //One Love, by// Bob Marley. This song is about how we should have peace and everyone should treat each other nicely. One of the lines is "Let's get together and feel alright." I think this is saying that we should all love each other and just have a good time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc I chose War (What Is It Good For) by Edwin Starr. The song is protest music from the Vietnam War. It repeats "War, what is it good for, absolutely nothing over and over, which is the protest. The troops in the Vietnam War would hear songs and the songs were for them to realize that there is a better world, outside of what they were in. These songs were played throughout the war to the americans in their base camps. = =
 * __Andrew Jaworski__**

__**Owen Sheppard**__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8 I chose Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley. The song is protesting about the earthquake that hit Haiti when people were down Bob Marley came up with this song it shows that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. This song was full of motivation to keep on when people were having a hard time. I think that this song represents perseverance and trying to keep striving forward.

Sadie Proud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jyzIrzs5Y
 * “Southern Man” by Neil Young **


 * “Southern Man” is a different type of protest music than what we’re used to hearing. It isn’t a song about change that will happen or that should happen, but more of a cautious tale of the rebellion that will take place if actions are not changed The song protests discrimination and kind of warns the “southern man” of the inevitable rebellion. The song takes us all the way back to the time of slavery and basically says that after all these years of white aggression towards african-americans, they’re going to come back and get them. **

__**Matt**__ **Denney** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y0ekr-3So I chose Anti-Vietnam song by Country Joe. The song is protesting the Vietnam war because most people who weren't involved in the Vietnam war were opposed to it. This song gave hope to the protestors of the Vietnam war that they could end the war. The song was created and originally sung at Woodstock (1969).

__**Jordan Carter**__ I chose a Change is Gonna Come, by Sam Cooke. This song was made to help further the Civil Rights Movement. The song is about the change that Cooke wanted to happened. It is a shame he did not get to see that change because before this song was released after he was shoot in a motel room. They tried to legitimize his murder by telling the public he was trying to rape a young girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbO2_077ixs

__**Jake Nolen**__ 1:00-2:30 (Time for song.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl9voSKJmEU

I chose One Day by Matisyahu. This is protesting war. In the lyrics he says,"we don't want to fight no more, they'll be no more wars, and our children will play." In this lyric he is saying one day our world will be peacefull. In another lyric he says," One day this all will change treat people the same, stop with the violence down with the hate." Again this is stating that he feels that one day their will be peace, and no problems in the world. This is a theme throughout the song, which mad the song name "One day."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpNUmwHSr9I I chose the song Kingdom of Lies. This protest song is about how we don't want war. It is protesting certain events that have happened to our country. It is expressing how our leaders lead us there, and it didn't have to be this way. At one part the song the lyrics state that they kill our children to settle the score, we just follow and believe what they say, but history tells us it didn't have to be that way.
 * __Jenny Kielhorn__**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTRpfld45Pw I chose the song 'Peat Bog Soldiers', which was originally written and performed in a Nazi prison camp in Saxony Germany. The prisoners were not allowed to sing existing protest songs, so they wrote and composed their own. When it was first performed, the entire camp joined in on the chorus, in the Nazis, because they too considered themselves 'peat bog soldiers.' The song is one of the most popular and famous European songs, and has been adapted into many languages. This version is sung by Irish singer Luke Kelly. It was very popular in the '30s, and it was an effective protest song because everyone can relate to being a soldier. Marching in monotony, watching sadness and tragedy befall friends, and family, endless days of boring drills or exercises- we've all experienced something of this sort. It is a protest song because it is protesting the treatment of soldiers. It was written by Johann Esser.
 * __Katy__ __Shannon__**

__**Simone** **Veale**__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMaWsfLYQko (in the song skip to 1:30 because she talks first) For my protest song I chose "This Little Light of Mine." During the civil rights movement this was a very important song. The lyrics are saying that I am going to do this, and nobody can stop me. Even though the lyrics say 'I' and not we, because everyone is singing together it implies a 'we'. If there is a big group of protesters singing about that they are going to do something and there is nothing you can do; it will be powerful. Once you get into the choirs, the lyrics are saying that I'm not going to let anyone stop us. Over all, this song has a very powerful massage that is great for protesting.