Who will save us from silence?
The song of protest stirs the nerves of passion and steel. Many of the best are timeless national anthems: Blows in the wind, I’ll overcome it, For it’s worth it, this land is your land, where was all the flowers?
Given the animus and political opposition that have been engraved in 2025 so far, is there a new song of protest to jockey to take part in these classics? It seems nothing appeared. Of course, it is very possible to wait for a powerful new national anthem to be discovered among the four million songs released each year. However, given what a successful protest song must achieve, it is no surprise that few people make the grade.
CJ Baker, author, music fan and creator Ongoing history of protest musicI created a reaction video (see below) Rolling Stone A list of the 100 best protest songs of all time. Baker settled on three criteria for success: message, cultural influence and musical influence.
Among Baker’s important concerns about each song was achieved mainstream ubiquity? Is that…
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