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BigSwede · 04-08-2011, 08:39 AM

YouTube - Norrlåtar - Strejkvisa från Pajala

YouTube - Anton Swedbergs Swängjäng - Kom igen!

Lady Ice · 04-08-2011, 07:28 PM

YouTube - George Michael - Praying For Time

Zimbochick · 05-09-2011, 09:13 PM

Lots of really evocative political music coming out of North Africa at the moment.

The Voice Of Freedom - one of 2 current anthems of the Egyptian revolution.

YouTube - Sout Al Horeya

Here's the other - Leave.

YouTube - Support-REMIX: Egyptian Revolution - Protesters Singing

El Général from Tunisia has since been released from detention.

YouTube - el général, the voice of Tunisia, english subtitles

artemis agrotera · 05-18-2011, 08:11 PM

This is sorta protest song. Its an anthem in Australia, this was cool of coldplay to do this at the soundrelief concert

YouTube - [HQ] Coldplay- You're The Voice (with John Farnham) Sound Relief Concert [HQ]

Thomas R. · 05-18-2011, 10:04 PM

Music of counter-revolutionary or royalist movements.

YouTube - ‪Carlistas-Oriamendi‬&rlm; - Carlist anthem.

YouTube - ‪Roy Williamson --- The Skye Boat Song‬&rlm; - Jacobite.

YouTube - ‪Siberian Shooters March ( Russian civil War) White Army‬&rlm; - White Army song it says.

Zimbochick · 05-20-2011, 06:44 AM

Florence Reece - Which Side Are You On? (1931)

Reece was the wife of a union organiser during a bloody miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky. After harassment by the mine owners, she wrote this song. Like all early protest songs, it borrowed an old melody, in this case the Baptist hymn “Lay the Lily Low”. This song has been covered by many, many artists, most famously Pete Seeger.

YouTube - ‪Which side are you on‬&rlm;

YouTube - ‪pete seeger which side are you on‬&rlm;

jtur88 · 05-20-2011, 11:34 AM

Toni Fisher recorded a moderately successful song in 1962, about the Berlin Wall. Construction of the wall had begun less than a year before this record was released. It went to #1 on the Australian hit parade, but only #37 on Billboard. It was written by Wayne Shanklin, who had many hits to his credit, and sung by his wife. Neither had any personal connection to Germany.

YouTube - ‪West of the wall - Toni Fisher‬&rlm;

SNEwx_46 · 05-20-2011, 01:41 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

Lady Ice · 05-20-2011, 04:20 PM

Midnight Oil - Put Down that Weapon

YouTube - ‪Midnight Oil - Put Down That Weapon‬&rlm;

jtur88 · 05-21-2011, 09:41 AM

Pete Seeger's "Little Boxes", I think from the early 60's.

YouTube - ‪Little Boxes‬&rlm;