33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day

A History Of Protest Music Embodied In 33 Songs Since The 1930s. 1939-1964. Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit ; Woody Guthrie, This Land Is Your Land ; Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, And Pete Seeger, We Shall Overcome ; Bob Dylan, Masters Of War ; Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam -- 1965-1973. Country Joe And The Fish, I-feel-like-i'm-fixin'-to-die-rag ; James Brown, Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud ; Plastic Ono Band, Give Peace A Chance ; Edwin Starr, War ; Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young, Ohio ; Gil Scott-heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ; Stevie Wonder, Living For The City -- 1973-1977 (chile, Nigeria, Jamaica). Victor Jara, Manifiesto ; Fela Kuti And Afrika 70, Zombie ; Max Romeo And The Upsetters, War Ina Babylon -- 1977-1987. The Clash, White Riot ; Carl Bean, I Was Born This Way ; Linton Kwesi Johnson, Sonny's Lettah (anti-sus Poem) ; The Dead Kennedys, Holiday In Cambodia ; Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five Feat. Melle Mel And Duke Bootee, The Message ; Crass, How Does It Feel? ; Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes ; U2, Pride (in The Name Of Love) ; The Special Aka, Nelson Mandela ; Billie Bragg, Between The Wars ; R.e.m., Exhuming Mccarthy -- 1989-2008. Public Enemy, Fight The Power ; Huggy Bear, Her Jazz ; The Prodigy Feat. Pop Will Eat Itself, Their Law ; Manic Street Preachers, Of Walking Abortion ; Rage Against The Machine, Sleep Now In The Fire ; Steve Earle, John Walker's Blues ; Green Day, American Idiot -- Appendices. Protest Songs Before 1900 ; Songs And Albums Mentioned In The Text ; One Hundred Recommended Songs. Dorian Lynskey. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 573-636) And Index.