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Music Appreciation

maximusveritas

(2,915 posts) Sun Mar 25, 2012, 02:36 AM Mar 2012

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Any new musicians/bands making openly political music?

Listening to the new music from the Boss, it reminded me of how I haven't heard much other new music that was politically-informed. I know there were some anti-war songs around the time of the Iraq War, but since then, I haven't heard anything. I'm sure there must be people doing it, but either it's not getting any publicity or I'm just missing it. If anyone here has heard anything, I'd love to hear it.

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Any new musicians/bands making openly political music? (Original Post) maximusveritas Mar 2012 OP

Best political protest song in years by British Plan B ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #1

Thanks, interesting video maximusveritas Mar 2012 #2

yes!! dana_b Mar 2012 #3

Tom Morello Shankapotomus May 2012 #4

Love this! (nt) PotatoChip Aug 2013 #8

+1!!!!!!!!!!!! glinda Aug 2013 #9

He's an intelligent guy Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #10

Political protest song beethoven Aug 2013 #5

Hey, not bad! PotatoChip Aug 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PotatoChip Aug 2013 #7

Best 99% song. A rally cry in my opinion! mrb2563 Sep 2013 #11

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

1. Best political protest song in years by British Plan B

Reply to maximusveritas (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 02:48 AM

Mar 2012

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maximusveritas

(2,915 posts)

2. Thanks, interesting video

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:53 PM

Mar 2012

Even though it's British and referred specifically to the riots there, it did have relevance to similar things going on here in the States as well.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)

3. yes!!

Reply to maximusveritas (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 04:12 PM

Mar 2012

AntiFlag

Outernational

The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

The Coup

just a start.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

4. Tom Morello

Reply to maximusveritas (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 08:51 PM

May 2012

Just saw a Moyers interview with him. pretty good.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)

8. Love this! (nt)

Reply to Shankapotomus (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:03 PM

Aug 2013

glinda

(14,807 posts)

9. +1!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to PotatoChip (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 09:39 PM

Aug 2013

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

10. He's an intelligent guy

Reply to PotatoChip (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 11:03 PM

Aug 2013

Glad you liked it.

beethoven

(1 post)

5. Political protest song

Reply to maximusveritas (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:50 PM

Aug 2013

A song by a friend of mine, Brian Coe - "Backroom Deal"

https://soundcloud.com/brian-coe/you-got-a-backroom-deal

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)

6. Hey, not bad!

Reply to beethoven (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 02:53 PM

Aug 2013

Welcome to DU!

Response to maximusveritas (Original post)

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mrb2563

(2 posts)

11. Best 99% song. A rally cry in my opinion!

Reply to maximusveritas (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 12:04 AM

Sep 2013

Rachael Kilgour has a song out now called "In America". It is lyrically brilliant and powerful. See it on YouTube:

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