Protest Music

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Protest Music

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Contents
  •  What is Protest Music?
  •  The Origin of Protest Music
  •  The Rhetoric of Protest Music
  •  Modern Protest Music

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What is Protest Music?

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What is Protest Music?
  • A cross genre kind of music
  • A general feeling of discontent with the established order
  • Attempts to persuade, move into: action, taking a stance, or adopting a point of view
  • Often counter to the status quo within a specific culture
  • "songs that voice feelings of protest about some social or political injustice, real or imagined, or about some event that aroused strong emotion."

  • Common topics:
  • War and Peace
  • Political Conflict
  • Environmental issues
  • Social issues
  • Anti-racism

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What are some examples of Protest Songs?

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The Origins of Protest Music

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When were the first Protest Songs written?

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The Origins of Protest Music
  • Protest Music is a universal human trait
  • Popular Protest Music starts in the 40's and 50's
  • Musical origins in American Folk and Country music
  • Rock and Roll took over the torch
  • 60's and 70's Hippy Culture blew up protest Music
  • Punk and Heavy Metal took their turn in the 70's and 80's
  • "[they] would infuse meaning into the popular culture, and to give voice to the trials and tribulations of the common people during the hard times of the depression years."

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The Rhetoric of Protest Music

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The Rhetoric of Protest Music
  • Based on the 3 classical rhetorical appeals:
  1. Ethos ( Appeal to Character)
  2. Pathos (Appeal to Emotion)
  3. Logos (Appeal to Reason)
  • As Protest Songs try to persuade, they employ all 3 Appeals

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Which Appeal do you find most often in Protest Songs you know?

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Modern Protest Music

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Modern Protest Music
  • Protest Music is still going strong!
  • New topics include:
  1. Social Inequality
  2. LGBTQI+ Themes
  3. Police Brutality
  4. The Refugee Crisis
  5. Historic Injustices/Institutionalized Racism
  • Modern Protest Music still found across all genres
  • The importance of the music video in conveying a song's message


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Assignment: Look up a Protest Song that you know, and write down which Rhetorical Appeals it uses.

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