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About the Songs Page

This page will contain a list of all songs we listen to in the class and as well as links to any song videos we’ll be watching. Nearly all the songs will be available on our Spotify playlist. If the song is not on Spotify, I will alert you in the homework and will provide a link to it below or, if necessary, on the Readings page. Sheet music is available on the Readings page.

Protest Music Spring 2020 Spotify Playlist

List of All Required Songs

The below list and the Spotify playlist will be updated throughout the semester.

  1. Week One
    Jimi Hendrix, “Star Spangled Banner” (1969)
  2. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A” (1984)
  3. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” (1982)
  4. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” (2018)
    Week Two
  5. Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1936)
    Week Three
  6. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (Ray Charles, April 1972)
  7. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by Kim Weston (Live, Watts Stax, August 1972)
  8. “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by Beyonce (Live, Coachella, 2018)
    1. Video: “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by Beyonce (Live, Coachella, 2018)
  9. “This Little Light of Mine” (versions to be added)
  10. “O Mary Don’t You Weep” (versions to be added)
  11. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Oh Freedom” (1997)
  12. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” (1997)
  13. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Now Let Me Fly” (1997)
  14. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Go Down Moses” (1997)
  15. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Deep River/Swing Low” (1997)
    Week Four
  16. This Little Light of Mine – Betty Mae Fykes
  17. Get On Board, Children – Willie Peacock
  18. Calypso Freedom – Willie Peacock
  19. Oh Freedom – Hollis Watkins
  20. Ain’ Scared Of Nobody – Amanda B. Perdew/Virginia Davis
  21. We Are Soldiers In The Army – Voices Of Civil Rights Movement
  22. Go Tell It On The Mountain – Fannie Lou Hamer
  23. Wade In The Water – Fannie Lou Hamer
  24. Come Bah Yah – Willie Peacock
  25. Freedom Train – Sam Block
  26. Don’t You Think It’s About Time That We All Be Free – Mabel Hillary
  27. We’re Marching On To Freedom Land – Carlton Reese
  28. We Shall Overcome – Voices Of Civil Rights Movement
  29. We Shall Not Be Moved – SNCC, Rutha Harris
  30. Certainly, Lord – CORE Freedom Singers
  31. Get Your Rights, Jack – CORE Freedom Singers
  32. Which Side Are You On? – SNCC Freedom Singers, Cordell Reagon
  33. Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly – SNCC Freedom Singers, Bertha Gober
  34. In The Mississippi River – SNCC Freedom Singers, Marshall Jones
  35. Ain’ Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – SNCC Freedom Singers, Cordell Reagon
  36. Ballad Of Medger Evers – SNCC Freedom Singers, Matthew Jones
  37. Oginga Odinga – SNCC Freedom Singers, Matthew Jones
  38. We Shall Overcome – SNCC Freedom Singers
    Week Five
  39. “This Land is Your Land,” Woody Guthrie (1947)
  40. “This Land is Your Land,” Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk, Sesame Street characters and children (1974)
  41. “This Land is Your Land,” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
  42. “Song to Woody,” Bob Dylan (1962)
  43. Woody Guthrie, “Hard Travelin’” (1944)
  44. “Johnny Hart (John Hardy),” Woody Guthrie (1944)
  45. “1913 Massacre,” Woody Guthrie (1945)
  46. “Do Re Mi,” Woody Guthrie(1940)
  47. “Talking Dust Bowl,” Woody Guthrie (1940)
  48. “So Long It’s Been Good to Know Ya,” Woody Guthrie (1940)
  49. “Which Side Are You On,” Pete Seeger (1967)
  50. “Deportees,” Arlo Guthrie (1974)
  51. “Deportees,” Odetta (1964)
  52. “Deportees,” Dolly Parton (1980)
  53. “Deportees,” The Highwaymen (1985)
  54. “Deportees,” Sandra Velasquez (2012)
  55. “Deportees,” Tish Hinojosa (2013)
  56. “John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man,” The Carter Family (1928)
  57. “Can the Circle Be Unbroken,” The Carter Family (1935)
  58. “Lonesome Valley,” The Carter Family (1936)
  59. “Worried Man Blues,” The Carter Family (1930)
  60. “John Hardy,” Lead Belly
  61. “The Midnight Special,” Lead Belly
  62. “We Shall Be Free,” Lead Belly
  63. “Cotton Fields,” Lead Belly
  64. “Jim Crow Blues,” Lead Belly
  65. “The Bourgeois Blues,” Lead Belly
  66. “Blind Lemon,” Lead Belly
  67. “Broke and Hungry,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
  68. “Blind Lemon’s Penitentiary Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
  69. “Hangman’s Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
  70. “Match Box Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
  71. “John Henry,” Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1968)
  72. “Po’Boy,” Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  73. “Pete Seeger, “If I Had A Hammer”
  74. Week Six
  75. Pete Seeger (with Arlo Guthrie), “If I Had a Hammer” (add date)
  76. Peter, Paul, and Mary, “If I Had a Hammer” (live) (add date)
  77. Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come” (1964)
  78. Phil Ochs, I Ain’t Marching Anymore (1965)
  79. Nina Simone, “Backlash Blues” (1967)
  80. Joan Baez, “Saigon Bride” (1967)
  81. Country Joe & the Fish, “Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” (1967)
  82. Richie Havens, “Handsome Johnny” (1967).
  83. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son” (1969)
  84. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, “Ohio” (1970)
  85. Joni Mitchell, “Woodstock” (1970)
  86. Steel Mill (Bruce Springsteen’s early band) “Where was Jesus in Ohio” (1970)
  87. Edwin Starr, “War” (1970)
  88. Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” (1971)
    Week Seven
  89. LGBTQ+ songs to be added
  90. Immigration songs to be added
    1. Woody Guthrie, “Plane Crash at Los Gatos” (Springsteen version) (2000)
    2. Miguel, “Now” (2017)
    3. J.S. Ondara, “God Bless America” (2019)
  91. Economic disparity songs to be added
    Week Eight
  92. The Damned, “Help!” (1976)
  93. The Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen” (1977)
  94. The Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the UK” (1977)
  95. The Clash, “London Calling” (1979)
  96. The Clash, “Straight to Hell” (1979)
  97. Bikini Kill, “Rebel Girl” (1993)
  98. Pussy Riot, “Our Lady, Chase Putin Out” (2012)
  99. Pussy Riot, “Putin will teach you how to love / Путин научит тебя любить Родину” (2014)
  100. Pussy Riot, “I Can’t Breathe” (2015)
  101. Pussy Riot, “Make America Great Again” (2016)
  102. Pussy Riot, “Police State” (2017)
  103. Pussy Riot, “Bad Apples” (2018)
    Week Nine
  104. Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
    1. Contract On The World Love Jam (Instrumental)
    2. Brothers Gonna Work It Out
    3. 911 Is A Joke
    4. Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental)
    5. Welcome To The Terrordome
    6. Meet The G That Killed Me
    7. Pollywanacraka
    8. Anti-Nigger Machine
    9. Burn Hollywood Burn
    10. Power To The People
    11. Who Stole The Soul?
    12. Fear Of A Black Planet
    13. Revolutionary Generation
    14. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man
    15. Reggie Jax
    16. Leave This Off Your Fu*kin’ Charts (Instrumental)
    17. B Side Wins Again
    18. War At 33 1/3
    19. Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (Instrumental)
    20. Fight The Power
  105. Week Eleven
    Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

    1. Wesley’s Theory
    2. For Free? — Interlude
    3. King Kunta
    4. Institutionalized
    5. These Walls
    6. u
    7. Alright
    8. For Sale? — Interlude
    9. Momma
    10. Hood Politics
    11. How Much a Dollar Cost
    12. Complexion (A Zulu Love)
    13. The Blacker the Berry
    14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
    15. i
    16. Mortal Man
  106. Week Twelve
    Beyonce, Lemonade (2016)

    1. Pray You Catch Me
    2. Hold Up
    3. Don’t Hurt Yourself
    4. Sorry
    5. 6 Inch
    6. Daddy Lessons
    7. Love Drought
    8. Sandcastles
    9. Forward
    10. Freedom
    11. All Night
    12. Formation
  107. Week Fourteen
    Protest Today Songs to be added

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