Zornlist: I'm looking for examples of what I'm calling "topical pop songs"-- the most obvious examples would be protest/folk songs, but they don't have to be specifically in that tradition. The criteria would be something like this: -- A song intended for "popular consumption," with lyrics that take a definite stand on a specific issue or event. -- The issue or event needs to be something relatively limited in scope or scale. For example, a straightforward anti-Cold War song would be too big, but Phil Ochs' "Talkin' Cuban Crisis" would be perfect. Here, Ochs is making statements about a relatively specific historical event, while at the same time saying something about larger political and ethical concerns. The topic of the song needs to be narrow enough that students could go to newspapers and the like to research the event and the various contemporary perspectives on its significance. -- It would be great if I could find songs that take a variety of stands. I'm not specifically interested in songs that reflect my own political views. Some examples of songs that would work: Woody Guthrie, "Two Good Men" (on Sacco and Venzetti) the Ochs song mentioned above Bob Dylan, "Hurricane" CSNY, "Ohio" Any more suggestions? Andy
on 4/10/03 1:57 PM, Miller, James Andrew (UMC-Student) at jam189@mizzou.edu wrote:
-- The issue or event needs to be something relatively limited in scope or scale. For example, a straightforward anti-Cold War song would be too big, but Phil Ochs' "Talkin' Cuban Crisis" would be perfect. Here, Ochs is making statements about a relatively specific historical event, while at the same time saying something about larger political and ethical concerns. The topic of the song needs to be narrow enough that students could go to newspapers and the like to research the event and the various contemporary perspectives on its significance.
Pete Seeger's "Waist Deep In The Big Muddy" Bob Dylan's "Masters Of War" Pete Seeger's "What Did You Learn In School?" skip h
Some examples of songs that would work: Woody Guthrie, "Two Good Men" (on Sacco and Venzetti) the Ochs song mentioned above Bob Dylan, "Hurricane" CSNY, "Ohio"
Any more suggestions?
wow, I thought that's easy, they're plenty of them, but all the ones I'm thinking about are french ones... but anyway, what about: El President from Drugstore, (on Salvador Allende's death) Sunday, Bloody Sunday from U2, (on... well, Bloody Sunday) Gregoire.
Ry Cooder has a few. F.D.R in Trinidad from the Purple Valley, an album which also includes several dust bowl songs, and his rendition of Sleepy John Estes' ode to the recently assassinated President Kennedy on Boomer's Story would probably qualify the best. On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 04:57 PM, Miller, James Andrew (UMC-Student) wrote:
I'm looking for examples of what I'm calling "topical pop songs"-- the most obvious examples would be protest/folk songs, but they don't have to be specifically in that tradition.
No folkies here: Charles Mingus, "Original Fables of Faubus" Archie Shepp, "Attica Blues" Cannonball Adderley "Walk Tall" Andreww Tibbs "Bilbo's Dead" Lou Rawls "Dead End Street" The Staple Singers "Why Am I Treated So Bad" plus 2 folkies: Pat Sky, "Talkin' Undetaker Blues" Richard Farina "Birmingham Sunday" Ken Waxman --- "Miller, James Andrew (UMC-Student)" <jam189@mizzou.edu> wrote: > Zornlist:
I'm looking for examples of what I'm calling "topical pop songs
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