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OriginalGeek

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71. Nearly every Napalm Death song is a protest song
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 03:22 PM
Apr 2014

protesting religion here in 1990ish:



Your unflappable conceptions
Moralistic views
Never open to criticism
Your overpowering ruse
Promises of sanctuary
In eternal bliss
With starry eyes and cash in hand
Pledge all to the master plan
Just face the truth or fund the farce
At one with your god
Your sole intent
Your treasured place assured
For a substantial rent
Global lunacy
Death threats for supposed blasphemy
No room for free thought
All non believers pushed to the floor
Aggressive tyrants
Supposed saints for the cause
Judgement through force
Faith a fuel for pointless wars
When all is done
Who shall benefit? who is the one?
Not to those who pass on
But those dictators divine waving their deceitful wand




protesting screwing up the eart in 2009:
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Born between chaos and hatred
A lottery of fate
We sit on the brink of extinction
The world lies in wait

Just a scratch on the surface
Of time that will wash away
We delude ourselves with the notion
That we are here to stay

As life starts to shrink
An impending state of neurosis
Will we awake from
This negligent narcosis?

On the brink
The brink of extinction
We're on the brink
The brink of extinction

Locked together in a mindless campaign
It's only now we see
Appreciation is the one redemption
For all that lives and breathes

Like a virus it's conscious impure
We have farmed disease
It's time now to step back
And find an inner peace

As life starts to shrink
An impending state of neurosis
Will we awake from
This negligent narcosis?

On the brink
The brink of extinction
We're on the brink
The brink of extinction
Brink of extinction

Will we avoid a natural selection?
Do we have the right to survive the failures?
Nature, its force, the scales unbalanced
What's the next step? How do we evolve?

The brink of extinction
On the brink of extinction

Can we avoid a natural selection?
Do we have the right to survive the failures?
Nature, its force, the scales unbalanced
What's the next step? What can we resolve?

On the brink of extinction

As life starts to shrink
An impending state of neurosis
Will we awake from
This negligent narcosis?

On the brink
The brink of extinction
We're on the brink
The brink of extinction

They even cover protest songs!


I figure she can't report on that one but if I was her teacher I'd give her an A for the rest of the year if she did.



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The men of Kent have met today to put oppression down struggle4progress Mar 2014 #1
That was a new one for me Momgonepostal Mar 2014 #4
Protest song Downwinder Mar 2014 #2
Now that your big eyes have finally opened struggle4progress Mar 2014 #3
I think her Universal Soldier aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #33
her rendition of that one really is breath-taking struggle4progress Mar 2014 #44
"The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Coventina Mar 2014 #5
... Well, the only chains that we can stand are the chains of hand in hand struggle4progress Mar 2014 #6
A classic: Brigid Mar 2014 #7
Well, how do you do, Private William McBride? struggle4progress Mar 2014 #8
Eric's song!! DFW Apr 2014 #73
And another: Brigid Mar 2014 #9
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Coventina Mar 2014 #10
That's my favorite. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #64
La complainte du partisan struggle4progress Mar 2014 #11
"Give Peace a Chance" John & Yoko Coventina Mar 2014 #12
Enjoyed singing that during the Iraq war protests in DC. n/t DebJ Mar 2014 #36
And a very old one performed by the one only Bruce Springsteen: Brigid Mar 2014 #13
Dear Mister Editor if you choose please send me a copy of the labor news struggle4progress Mar 2014 #14
There once was a time when everything was cheap struggle4progress Mar 2014 #15
And no list of protest songs would be complete without this one: Brigid Mar 2014 #16
Hokoyo! struggle4progress Mar 2014 #17
.. No man can know them struggle4progress Mar 2014 #18
No more chant your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood his feats struggle4progress Mar 2014 #19
Don't be too polite girls! struggle4progress Mar 2014 #20
... wherever the eye watches struggle4progress Mar 2014 #21
my life goes on in endless song struggle4progress Mar 2014 #22
Industrial Workers of the World, Song Book, 1915 Downwinder Mar 2014 #23
Grrr...no Dylan yet? Only a Pawn in Their Game hibbing Mar 2014 #24
Something in the Air Skittles Mar 2014 #25
Here is one from REM. TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #26
Great choice! Coventina Mar 2014 #58
Alice's Restaurant. mzteris Mar 2014 #27
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag kwassa Mar 2014 #28
That was my favorite DFW Apr 2014 #74
A dear friend lives on the same block as Country Joe McDonald KamaAina Apr 2014 #89
Add this one Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #29
Chicago struggle4progress Mar 2014 #31
Man, were those some days, or what? Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #45
Whenever somebody tells me that "May you live in interesting times" is an old Chinese curse, struggle4progress Mar 2014 #49
Don't forget the Pete Seeger song that got the Smothers Brothers in hot water with CBS kath Mar 2014 #30
Took long enough for that one to get posted gratuitous Mar 2014 #34
Another classic: kath Mar 2014 #32
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll struggle4progress Mar 2014 #38
Fugs -- Kill For Peace... GReedDiamond Mar 2014 #35
The Bargehaulers struggle4progress Mar 2014 #37
Here's three more from the 90s and 2000s. Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #39
And one from the '80's (not strictly protest in the sense of the others posted) Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #46
Excellent choice! Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #47
Mississippi Goddam struggle4progress Mar 2014 #40
One of the most achingly sad protest songs ever: Aristus Mar 2014 #41
Plane wreck at Los Gatos struggle4progress Mar 2014 #42
Perhaps the ultimate protest song aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #43
An anthem of the generalized protest of an era Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #48
Here's some more Doc_Technical Mar 2014 #50
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry "The war is over So said the speaker with the flight suit on" azurnoir Mar 2014 #51
Can a campaign song also be a protest song? Downwinder Mar 2014 #52
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son Lasher Mar 2014 #53
Fogerty also wrote an Iraq War protest song in 2004: Deja Vu (All Over Again) pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #55
Phil Ochs-I Ain't Marching Anymore hobbit709 Mar 2014 #54
hoping this one was in there rurallib Mar 2014 #66
Phil Ochs. End of story. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #56
I've always felt this was one of the best protest songs mulsh Mar 2014 #57
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" the Ramones Coventina Mar 2014 #59
"Fucked up Ronnie" by DOA FSogol Apr 2014 #77
"We Got the Power" by the Dropkick Murphys FSogol Apr 2014 #78
"Let Them Eat War" by Bad Religon FSogol Apr 2014 #79
"Kids Today" by the Dwarves FSogol Apr 2014 #80
"Times Up" by the Donots FSogol Apr 2014 #81
"Give it All" by Rise Against FSogol Apr 2014 #82
"That's Progess" by Jello Biafra FSogol Apr 2014 #83
"Revolution" by Authority Zero FSogol Apr 2014 #84
"Clampdown" by the Clash FSogol Apr 2014 #85
Try these... lame54 Mar 2014 #60
Where is the Love: Raine1967 Mar 2014 #61
Country Joe and the Fish AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #62
2+2 Bob Seger (Bob Seger System) Little_Wing Mar 2014 #63
This one is very recent (last summer) from a young band called The Orwells: Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #65
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" wasn't always a exultation rurallib Mar 2014 #67
Songbook from Wisconsin's Solidarity Singers snacker Mar 2014 #68
Broken English hobbit709 Apr 2014 #69
Does Springsteen's "Born in the USA" count? Arkana Apr 2014 #70
Nearly every Napalm Death song is a protest song OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #71
The Fish Cheer/I feel like I'm Fixin To Die Rag (from 1969) chknltl Apr 2014 #72
Peter, Paul and Mary: "If I Had a Hammer," March on Washington 1963 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2014 #75
The English Civil War shenmue Apr 2014 #76
"Not my President, Not My War" by the Compassionate Conservatives KurtNYC Apr 2014 #86
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. kwassa Apr 2014 #87
"Mothers, Daughters, Wives" raccoon Apr 2014 #88
Tom Dooley KamaAina Apr 2014 #90
Peter Paul & Mary avebury Apr 2014 #91
Universal Soldier - Donovan Mr.Bill Apr 2014 #92
Five-Man Electrical Band: lastlib Apr 2014 #93
WAR (What is it Good For)...Eve of Destruction....Sky Pilot turner52 Apr 2014 #94
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