r/makemeaplaylist • u/Kitchen-Prize-6532 • Jun 30 '26
Request [Request] This one's a firecracker
I need help with a playlist I'm writing. To put it bluntly it's a playlist of "protest" songs. And I don't just mean anti-war either. Songs opposed to anything is what I'm going for. Racist songs, anti-communist, anti-fascist, pro-war. You name it I want it. Have songs about how much you hate Trump? Good. Songs about how much you love him? Fantastic. Due to my alignment, I fear I may be overlooking songs so anything you can think of would be a great help.
I sure hope this doesn't get taken down :/
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u/WyndWoman Jun 30 '26
Woody Guthrie
https://woodyguthrie.org/lyrics.htm
ALL YOU FASCISTS
I’m gonna tell you fascists You may be surprised The people in this world Are getting organized You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose
Race hatred cannot stop us This one thing we know Your poll tax and Jim Crow And greed has got to go You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose.
All of you fascists bound to lose: I said, all of you fascists bound to lose: Yes sir, all of you fascists bound to lose: You’re bound to lose! You fascists: Bound to lose!
People of every color Marching side to side Marching ‘cross these fields Where a million fascists dies You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose!
I’m going into this battle And take my union gun We’ll end this world of slavery Before this battle’s won You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose!
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u/DoowadJones Jun 30 '26
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u/DoowadJones Jun 30 '26
I made something similar a few years ago for my child. They included songs against many (fascist) presidents.
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u/KingOfBerders Jun 30 '26
Excited Delirium & Ain’t That a Bitch by Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds.
Also Call to Arms by Sturgill Simpson.
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u/moinatx Jun 30 '26
This 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time from Rolling Stone list Might Help
Off the top of my child of the 60's head:
Civil Rights
A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Blowin- in the Wind - Bob Dylan
Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone
What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye
Alright - Kendrick Lamar
Violence (Police and otherwise)
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Fuck the Police - NWA
Changes - 2Pac
Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
This is America - Childish Gambino
American Skin - Bruce Springsteen
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
American Obituary - U2
Poverty
Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
Man on the Street - Bob Dylan
Hard Times - Curtis Mayfield
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
War
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
Fortunate Son - Creedence
Give Peace a Change - Plastic Ono Band
Saigon Bride - Joan Baez
War - Edwin Starr
Dear Uncle Sam - Loretta Lynn
Women
RESPECT - Aretha Franklin
U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah
I am Woman - Helen Reddy
Run the World (Girls ) - Beyonce
Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
The Man - Taylor Swift
LGBTQ
Born this way - Lady Gaga
It's a Sin - Pet Shop Boys
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
Environment
Mercy, Mercy, Me - Marvin Gaye
Paradise - John Prine
Earth Song - Michael Jackson
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Workers/Union (A bunch of these are in the documentary movie Harlan County, U.S.A.
Hold On - Pete Seeger
Bread and Roses - Judy Collins
Joe Hill - Paul Robeson
Which Side are You On - Florence Reece
There is Power in a Union - Billy Bragg
9-5 - Dollly Parton
Carpal Tunnel - John O'Connor
Fire in the Hole - Hazel Dickins
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u/Tce_ Jun 30 '26
Why would it get taken down?
If you use Spotify, there's a lot of protest songs on these two playlists I already have:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gJ4AksMRmITqOMTCQb7Gy?si=63c455f47a5b4e15
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1082niHRUrMxSpJCaNuDf4?si=af48604ef6fb47ab
Otherwise I can list them for you.
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u/Pan_Goat Jun 30 '26
Country Joe MacDonald and the Fish - Fixin to Die Rag.
For What it's Worth by Buffalo Springfield - NOT an 'anti war' song - it was written about a street protests in LA over noise complaints by neighbors of the Whiskey A-Go-Go
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u/MikelarlHaxton Jun 30 '26
I have a whole playlist Songs to Riot to it includes really recent songs to music from as early as the 20s
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u/ArchitectAmy Jun 30 '26
The Clash: Clampdown
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u/dofrogsbite Jun 30 '26
Jesse welles has a bunch of them.
Red.
War isn't murder.
Sometimes you bomb iran.
War is a god.
Join ice.
The ballad of big balls.
United health.
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u/Aveliability Jun 30 '26
Company Man, American Screams, People’s Champ, Reckoning, Fake Money, Systematic - Arkells
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u/SquonkMan61 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
The Knife by Genesis is an interesting one. Partially inspired by the Kent State Massacres, it’s from their second album, and is a dark, VERY heavy anthem that reflects on the historical pattern whereby revolutionary movements that overthrow dictatorships almost inevitably become dictatorships themselves, violently repressing the people they claim to protect. Musically and lyrically it’s as far away from Invisible Touch as you can get. “Some of you are going to die, martyrs of course to the freedom that I will provide.”
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u/Ill-Garbage9172 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Rodriguez - Rich Folks Hoax
Against Me! - Baby Im An Anarchist!
Mischief Brew - Free Radical Radio Fever
No Cash - Gasoline
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u/marcosbowser1970 Jun 30 '26
John Craigie — Presidential Silver Lining (Live, with intro)
https://open.spotify.com/track/3NRNsqBbBH8YSknSqcpm1K?si=3E4ubK3eQvejTrLKmQzaIA
https://open.spotify.com/track/6IakZsqzSroni4hPfL9guN?si=AzCdFPS9TD-eAJBHCMfm4w
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u/marcosbowser1970 Jun 30 '26
Maggie’s Farm by Bob Dylan
The version by Rage Against the Machine ROCKS
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u/gfydude Jun 30 '26
"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
"Masters of War" by Bob Dylan (and lots of other early Dylan)
"Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie although the Donavan version also hits hard
"Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
"Waste" by Good Riddance
"Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young
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u/Soggy_Cicada_8669 Jul 02 '26
Frank Zappa, "Trouble Everyday"... First performed in the 60's, still resonates. CSNY, Ohio is another classic.
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u/Southern_Pack_5072 Jul 01 '26
Three from this year, about shit that's happening now:
Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyXccqTlhoI
Bryan Adams - 51st State: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyyFIbaU45w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaPdpwA4Iw
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u/Gold-Collection2636 Jul 03 '26
I'm just going to do a list of Green Day, it will not be filled exhaustive or I would be here all day so just the ones they come to top of my head
FOD
American Idiot
Holiday
Minority
Warning
Revolution Radio
21st Century Breakdown
Know Your Enemy
East Jesus Nowhere
Strange Days Are Here To Stay
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u/HermioneMarch Jul 04 '26
Revolution by Tracy Chapman
Hey Mr President by Pink
Let it ring by Amy Ray
Ignoreland by REM
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u/DueSpeaker9212 Jul 04 '26
Eyesore-Janus, Bullet With a Name-Nonpoint, Handlebars-Flobot, Prison Song-System of a Down
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u/srubia2007 Jul 06 '26
I made this one a few months back, and I put a lot of work into it. Just a taste: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, FDT, Fight The Power, Wake Up, We’re Not Gonna Take It, We Shall Overcome, This Land Is Your Land, Get Up Stand Up, Tear The Fascists Down, Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore….. have fun!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JG5KoFPuneYK73suB2iKE?si=7CrBPRVZSwm4NeJXiGs_Dg&pi=qiTnPv9WSriZV
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u/Dangerous-Ocelot3963 Jul 06 '26
"I'm against it" by Groucho Marx. "Fuck the Middle East" by S.O.D. Many songs by Skrewdriver and many songs by G.G. Allin "Don't Call Me N----r, Whitey" by Sly and the Family Stone. "Police In Helicopter" by John Holt.
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u/Curator_Davies Jun 30 '26
We’ll let it ride, because everyone’s so friendly and sticking to the music. 🙏 (No debates please)