Protest Songs
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Protest Songs
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What is protest music?
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Social change and ................... expression have always had their place in music. Often, artists use their creative talent to send a controversial ................. that they relate to. In this Lesson, we will take a look at the place protest songs have in music and their influence on culture.
How does Protest Music impact Change?
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Social change and political expression have always had their place in music. Often, artists use their creative talent to send a controversial message that they relate to. In this Lesson, we will take a look at the place protest songs have in music and their influence on culture.
How does Protest Music impact Change?
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
What Is Protest Music?
Protest music is music that aims to send social messages and make a change (..................... with a movement for social change or other current events through music). Often using the ....................... of the artist to bring more attention to a particular issue.
Whether it’s songs about the world, police brutality, or even Donald .................… there are plenty of issues that get addressed through art and music such as popular protest songs.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
What Is Protest Music?
Protest music is music that aims to send social messages and make a change (associated with a movement for social change or other current events through music). Often using the popularity of the artist to bring more attention to a particular issue.
Whether it’s songs about the world, police brutality, or even Donald Trump… there are plenty of issues that get addressed through art and music such as popular protest songs.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
When the government, media, and education is largely in the hands of the ........................, whether that be overtly in authoritarian regimes or more covertly in a democracy, the protest song becomes one of the only ways to foster .....................as it speaks to the head as well as the heart.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
When the government, media, and education is largely in the hands of the oppressor, whether that be overtly in authoritarian regimes or more covertly in a democracy, the protest song becomes one of the only ways to foster resistance as it speaks to the head as well as the heart.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
Change Through Music
Jimi Hendrix claims that “If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music”. And there is a lot of evidence for how political music has made a difference. As Martin Luther King Jr claims, music was a key component of the American ........................... movement.
There is no doubt that songs galvanize people to bravely face the brutal ................... cruelty of the American south. Often non-violently.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
Change Through Music
Jimi Hendrix claims that “If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music”. And there is a lot of evidence for how political music has made a difference. As Martin Luther King Jr claims, music was a key component of the American civil rights movement.
There is no doubt that songs galvanize people to bravely face the brutal racial cruelty of the American south. Often non-violently.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
The powerful are fully aware of the power of protest songs, even though they rarely acknowledge it. Soviets and Chinese clamped down heavily on any music that seemed to oppose the party. But such ........................ is not just historical. As the Americans prepared to invade Iraq in 2003 with the ‘coalition of the willing’ (mostly blackmailed and threatened!’), the most successful female group of all time, The Dixie Chicks, appeared on stage in London. They said that they were ashamed that President ............ was a fellow Texan. The outcry in America led to them being blacklisted by many radio stations with DJs sacked if they played Dixie Chicks’ music.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
The powerful are fully aware of the power of protest songs, even though they rarely acknowledge it. Soviets and Chinese clamped down heavily on any music that seemed to oppose the party. But such censorship is not just historical. As the Americans prepared to invade Iraq in 2003 with the ‘coalition of the willing’ (mostly blackmailed and threatened!’), the most successful female group of all time, The Dixie Chicks, appeared on stage in London. They said that they were ashamed that President Bush was a fellow Texan. The outcry in America led to them being blacklisted by many radio stations with DJs sacked if they played Dixie Chicks’ music.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
As we face the many challenges of the 21st century with ......................... destruction, rising ............................., diminishing ......................., ongoing regional ............ and the rising gap between the ‘haves and have nots’ or has George Bush put it the ‘have-mores and the have nots’, I trust that an uprising of popular resistance will find solutions. This is already happening in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 but seems some way off in the more comfortable West. If solutions are to be found it will likely be artists and musicians who will lead the change as once again protest songs and political music galvanize public opinion in the direction of freedom.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
As we face the many challenges of the 21st century with environmental destruction, rising population, diminishing resources, ongoing regional wars and the rising gap between the ‘haves and have nots’ or has George Bush put it the ‘have-mores and the have nots’, I trust that an uprising of popular resistance will find solutions. This is already happening in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 but seems some way off in the more comfortable West. If solutions are to be found it will likely be artists and musicians who will lead the change as once again protest songs and political music galvanize public opinion in the direction of freedom.
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
What Are The Best Protest Songs Ever?
Well, it’s hard to say as there are so many famous protest songs! However here are 3 protest songs.
Answer the following Questions about these songs:
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After taking a closer look at what protest music is, we will discuss some of the most famous protests songs and the messages behind them.
- In which year do you think the song was written?
- How relevant do you think that the song is still relevant for today?
- How far does the music support the lyrics?
- Which occasion/event/happening is referred to in this song?
- What do you think the theme of the song is?
- Is this song sung from an economic/socio-cultural/ political/ physical dimension?
- How does the title of the song relate to either the meaning or the purpose?
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Eric Bogle -
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
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Bob Marley – Get Up Stand Up
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Assignment for next week:
Present a protest song in front of your class.
The presentation contains:
• Information about the writer, band, singer
• Explanation of the lyrics
• For which occasion/event/happening this song is written
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• How the song is still relevant for today
• what is your opinion about the song
• Musical fragment [max. 2 min]
Duration of presentation: Max. 5 min.
Group: 2- 4 persons
Send PowerPoint to BNT in Magister before the lesson.
