Maybe we've done this topic before, but it's time to do it again, given the Gulf Oil Spill and the current politics of "NO!" etc.
What's your favorite protest song of all time? Man, I was going through Dylan, Lennon, Guthrie et al and, since I love cranked rock, decided on this one. I like Neil Young's sardonic way of pointing the finger at people who don't remember what's important in life or have any compassion for the unfortunate, the environment, etc. Good work, Neil --- you get my vote!
"Rockin' In The Free World"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQccK0F1_iY
There's colors on the street --- Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet --- People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it, any way I can.
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I see a woman in the night --- With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light --- Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
We got a thousand points of light --- For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive.
Keep on rockin' in the free world
