6-2+Protest+Music

Add your link to a protest song. Do a little research on the piece. Why is it considered protest music? Who wrote it? Who performs it? Is it an effective protest song? Why?

Timmer Farley My song is "Never Let Me Down" by Kanye West In this song, he protests racism and (they do use the "N" word on occasion.) otherwise it's clean. I can't find who wrote it. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z and J-Ivy. I think it is because it has the lines that talk about not being different and racism.

A link for the lyrics is: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kanyewest/neverletmedown.html A link for the song is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sHpHQTuZC4

Grant Sheppard This is song about freedom and the civil rights of African Americans. She is singing about if she were a slave and how sweet freedom is ("sweet freedom" is in the lyrics"). She is clearly singing from her heart and not just to sing, something I found as an interesting point when the speaker came.

Link to video/music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XKlgL4SkkqA#! - Oh Freedom - Shirley Varret

Jordan Berry Music 6-2 Protest Song 11/6/12

**Protest Song**

I always liked Michael Jackson. I dance to his music all the time. But I did not pick this song because of Michael Jackson. I picked this song because it is telling everyone that they have the power to make a change. We don’t have to wait for other people to speak out first when we see something bad. We can make the change.

Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vz6iwV38U

**Protest Song**

I always liked Michael Jackson. I dance to his music all the time. But I did not pick this song because of Michael Jackson. I picked this song because it is telling everyone that they have the power to make a change. We don’t have to wait for other people to speak out first when we see something bad. We can make the change.

Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vz6iwV38U

Carlins song Buffalo Solder by Bob Marley. Buffalo solder is considered a protest song because it shows that we stole people from africa, used them to fight in the civil war, and we still treat them like vermin. This song was written and preformed by Bob marley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o 

Dani Nathan The Freedom Riders were a group that traveled by bus from Washington, D.C. into the Deep South. There busses were ambushed and attacked by the Klan and Southern police. Many of them ended up in Mississippi’s Parchman Penitentiary, charged with trespassing. Voices rose out of the cells, expressing their determination, often singing “Ain’t Gonna let Nobody Turn Me Round.” The Civil Rights era, lead up to the dedication of the Rev. Martin L. King, Jr. __//memorial//__ on August 28.

Article (if needed): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/music-of-the-movement-aint-gonna-let-nobody-turn-me-round/2011/08/18/gIQA5GxkNJ_blog.html Aint gonna let anybody turn me around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gIgN3QZJow Aint gonna let anybody turn me around:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Z1trynEHs

Emma Landis I picked the song eye on the prize, by Sweet Honey in the Rock. It's inspiring to me because it reminds me to follow what I believe in no matter what other people think. It's protest music because it is when the civil war was, and it was about making things equal and knowing what you want (equal rights) and making it happen. It's protesting about how the laws are unfair and they are treated unfairly. I think it would have been effective because it probably inspired others who thought the laws were unfair to help during the civil rights movement. Eye on the prize: []

Michael McKenzie I picked the song Times They are a-Changin. Tom Wilson wrote it. Bob Dylan performs it. It is considered protest music because it talks about racism, poverty, and social change. I think it is an effective protest song because it talks about more than one issue and has slow, clear words. Here is the link to the YouTube Video: []

Tristan Pantano I picked the song "The show goes on" by Lupe Fiasco. This song is protesting kids who live in bad parts of their city, and they don't get a good education, so everybody thinks that they are poor, and won't do good in life, but in this song, Lupe is just trying to tell these kids that the world is they'res if they just speak up, and show everybody that you aren't scared of where you live. Lupe was once in this position, when he was a kid, he was living in a really bad part of the city, and was really scared, and thought he wouldn't go on to have a good life. But now he is on world tours protesting, by using his song. His main message is "The Show goes On!" No matter what you been through, or what you are into, you'll make it, just hold your head high, and carry on. Tristan's Song The Show goes On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bknVwaz7N6s

Honor Dearlove I picked the song Get up Stand Up by Bob Marley. This song is protesting that you should always stand up for your rights and also shows life's true meaning. It has inspired me and lots of others to stand up for what you feel is true no matter what. I think this is effective because it shows these things in a Reggae feel which many people like. Bob Marley wrote this while flying out of Haiti. I liked this song and I think it was a very effective and meaningful protest song. Link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8

Laurent: I picked this song because it really displays how MLK is as a person and a leader, MLK Rap:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPqiBd_xIw