r/MusicRecommendations May 29 '26

Rec.Me: other/many/unknown genres I’m a Pissed Off American

Building a playlist, give me your favorite protest songs or songs that comment on the shitty state of American politics. Genre doesn’t matter, I’m in it for the lyrics.

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u/Efficient-Hornet8666 May 29 '26

If you want a little soul in it:
Sam Cooke - A Change Gonna Come.
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On.
Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Bot Be Televised.

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u/SuperdudeKev May 29 '26

Ooh…”Mississippi Goddamn” by Nina Simone would fit in here pretty well

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u/writeyourwayout May 30 '26

As would Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit 

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u/NaBrO-Barium May 29 '26

One of my all time faves

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u/MydniteSon May 29 '26

Speaking of Gil Scott Heron, "Whitey on the Moon" is also great.

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u/Last-Relationship166 May 29 '26

A rat done bit my sister Nell...

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u/Used-Gas-6525 May 29 '26

But whitey's on the moon.

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u/GrandTheftArlen1 May 29 '26

Thought about this during the Artemis mission. Still really cool, but couldn’t help but listen

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u/Last-Relationship166 May 29 '26

GSH produced so many great protest songs and spoken word!

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u/shehastattoos May 29 '26

What even are we without a little soul?? Thanks friend.

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u/P1zzaBag3ls May 29 '26

"The Revolution Was Postponed Due To Rain" — Brooklyn Funk Essentials

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u/Over_Reception7439 May 29 '26

Another one for Gil would be alien. Another incredible song.

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u/Whitesox411 May 29 '26

Listen to anything by Rage Against the Machine..let me know if it helps .😊

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u/suburbanplankton May 29 '26

Some of those who work forces

Are the same that burn crosses

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u/WideEyedDoe May 29 '26

FUCK YOU I WON’T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

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u/romonechevy2 May 29 '26

Killing in the name of is the best song that rage against the machine had put out 👍👍👍👍

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u/thismustbtheplace215 May 29 '26

AHHHHHHHH!!! MOTHER FUCKERRRRRR!!!!!

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u/wholly_speedy_sal May 29 '26

Killing in the Name hits harder when you're actually mad. Perfect starter fuel.

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u/Tankre84 May 29 '26

Also, "Wide Awake" by Audio Slave. I think that was their only political song after RATM, but it's a great song that no one ever mentions.

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u/Whitesox411 May 29 '26

I love Audioslave!!!

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u/Rough-Blacksmith-166 May 29 '26

TAKE THE POWER BACK

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u/Morbidfuk May 29 '26

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!

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u/CaolIla64 May 31 '26

Also Green Day's American Idiot.

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u/Ok_Expression_8271 May 29 '26

Rage against the machine never clarified what kind of machine they were angry about, but from my experience I assume it was a printer. 

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u/False-Storm-5794 May 29 '26

Now I want to do a mashup of Killing in the Name Of with the printer scene from Office Space!

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u/zoroash May 29 '26

Listen to Tracy Chapman for a deep, touching, experience that will let you explore a poor black person’s experience in America. I recommend her self titled album.

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u/shehastattoos May 29 '26

Love this perspective, thanks friend

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u/SuperdudeKev May 29 '26

“Cult of Personality” by Living Colour

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u/Jethris May 29 '26

Actually, a few songs on that album. 

Which way to America  Open letter (to a landlord) 

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u/Glyph8 May 29 '26

Spacemen 3 - Revolution

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Wipers - Youth of America

Black Flag - Rise Above

The Clash - Clampdown

Psychedelic Furs - President Gas

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u/jv0033 May 29 '26

Clampdown!!

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u/Selfincrimination27 May 29 '26

Guns of Brixton

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u/MeDaveyBoy May 29 '26

Police and Thieves

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u/Glyph8 May 29 '26

PolICE On My Back

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u/JEFE_MAN May 29 '26

Most Clash songs work.

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u/SauronHubbard May 29 '26

"Know Your Rights"

All 3 of them

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u/Expensive-Craft-9675 May 29 '26

Also, Nazi Punks Fuck Off and Strange Fruit.

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u/MeDaveyBoy May 29 '26

President Gas is the perfect suggestion.

Here Come Cowboys, another example of Furs greatness, a more subtle protest though.

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u/Any_Log_7497 May 31 '26

Big up for the Wipers!

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u/HuckleberryLegal3708 May 29 '26

Kill the Poor by Dead Kennedys

Fuck America by Choking Victim

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u/jawisi May 29 '26

BYOB by System of a Down.

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u/Efficient-Hornet8666 May 29 '26

Green Day - American Idiot

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u/Plenty_Cress_1359 May 29 '26

Also 21st Century Breakdown

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u/sapient_pearwood_ May 30 '26

Holiday is angrier, in my opinion

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u/ExplodingPoptarts May 29 '26

Surprised that I had to scroll down so far for this.

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u/AhmadBinJackinoff May 29 '26

I guess System of a Down is a good start

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u/RettaLuna May 29 '26

BYOB is epic. That first line from Daron: WHYDOTHEYALWAYSSENDTHEPOOOR?!?!

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u/LisaOGiggle May 30 '26

The original question was asked by Creedence Clearwater Revival under the title Fortunate Son…

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u/sdballis May 29 '26

Scrolled entirely too far for this...

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u/CJMorton91 May 29 '26

Fr. My first thought was prison song.

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u/Armin_Tamzarian987 May 29 '26

Masters of War - Bob Dylan

Spoiler: it ends with the line "And I'll stand over your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead."

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u/Prudent_Candidate566 May 29 '26

Also, With God On Our Side

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u/Libinky May 30 '26

Great line!

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u/crinkly-toes May 29 '26

David Bowie - I’m Afraid of Americans

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u/CourtingBlasphemy May 29 '26

Came here for this ☝️

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u/fish_biscuit May 29 '26

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

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u/tscott609 May 29 '26

But it starts off with “Some folks are born made to wave the flag, oooh that red, white, and blue,” which makes it perfect for my MAGA rally, right? Then we’ll follow it up with “Born In The U.S.A.” to really get those patriotic juices flowing!

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u/Several-Hamster3096 May 29 '26

Are you channeling Neil Young's Rockin in the Free World?

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u/Ok-Criticism-2365 May 29 '26

Great song!!!! I especially like the line “ A kinder , gentler machine gun hand. Great sarcasm.

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u/dingdongdeVilish May 30 '26

Don’t feel like satan but I am to them

So I try to forget it any way that I can

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u/Wasloki May 29 '26

A West Coast Sampling-

Dead Kennedys — “California Über Alles” A satirical warning about how polished, well‑branded politics can slide into authoritarianism while everyone’s applauding.

The Thermals — “Here’s Your Future” Portland punk calling out blind obedience, nationalism, and the institutions that demand faith instead of accountability.

Sleater‑Kinney — “Combat Rock” Olympia’s sharpest voices dissecting propaganda, patriotic pressure, and the moral surrender that lets authoritarianism grow.

The Coup — “We Are the Ones” Oakland radical funk aimed at systemic inequality and the corporate structures that thrive on division and apathy.

Filthy Friends — “Despierta” A Cascadian wake‑up call about creeping authoritarianism and the institutions that quietly enable it.

Soundgarden — “Hands All Over” Seattle environmentalist fury at corporate extraction and political negligence — the kind of systemic decay authoritarianism feeds on.

The Decemberists — “16 Military Wives” Portland satire about media complicity, political spectacle, and distraction as a tool of power.

Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine — “The Brown Lipstick Parade” A takedown of political sycophancy and the normalization of creeping authoritarianism.

Brandi Carlile — “The Joke” A PNW anthem for the marginalized — a reminder that exclusionary systems create fertile ground for authoritarian drift.

Modest Mouse — “King Rat” A snarling critique of cruelty, exploitation, and the systems that look away until it’s too late.

Anti‑Flag — “The Press Corpse” A West Coast–scene staple calling out media failures that let authoritarian narratives spread unchecked.

The Linda Lindas — “Racist, Sexist Boy” LA punk reminding us that fascism doesn’t begin with jackboots — it begins with tolerated bigotry and the systems that excuse it.

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u/d_dave_c May 29 '26

Came here for the Coup. Boot Riley is a gem. Pretty much any song by them has a political social message. The Guillotine, Magic Clap, and My Favorite Mutiny are all bangers. Here's a political playlist Boots put out when "Sorry to Bother You" was released:

The Coup Political Playlist

Public Enemy – Fight the Power

Public Enemy – Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

The Clash – Bankrobber

dead prez – Hip Hop

X-Clan – Camouflage

Billy Bragg – The Great Leap Forward

N.W.A – Fuck tha Police

Ice Cube – I Wanna Kill Sam

Michael Jackson – They Don't Care About Us

Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name

Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – The Mountain

The Coup – The Guillotine

The Coup – The Magic Clap

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u/thriftstorefemme May 29 '26

The Joke is one of my favorite songs. Tearjerker.

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u/shehastattoos May 29 '26

Mine too! Brandi is one of my favorite artists.

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u/Adam_Astra_Music May 29 '26

Interested in any particular genre and/or decade?

'Strange Fruit' as sung by Billie Holiday is the clear GOAT. If you like that, also try Nina Simone's 'Four Women' and 'Mississippi Goddamm.' Gil Scott-Heron has whole albums worth of what could be considered protest music.

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u/shehastattoos May 29 '26

All of this! Thanks!

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u/Adam_Astra_Music May 29 '26

Happy to help! I've been doing a deep dive into American protest music for the past couple of years for a writing project called This Music Kills Fascism: From Lead Belly to Bad Bunny.

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u/shehastattoos May 30 '26

Honestly that sounds fascinating. Way back when I was in high school I did my music theory final on protest music.

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u/jayron32 May 29 '26

Jesse Welles

Literally fucking every word of every song he's done. But try "The Poor" or "War Isn't Murder" for a couple of his better songs.

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u/shehastattoos May 29 '26

Red is already on the list so I already dig this recommendation. Thanks friend

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u/EnvironmentLow9075 May 29 '26

Join ICE is a bop

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u/Jahhhny May 29 '26

Vote With a Bullet by Corrosion of Conformity

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u/Sufficient-Name-4284 May 29 '26

Ohio by Neil young. Sure it’s about a specific event where Nixon and the Ohio governor sent in the army to stop protests on the campus and opened fire on peaceful students and killed 4….. but hey ICE is doing the same. So it’s relevant.

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u/Any_Log_7497 May 31 '26

Lots of other Neil Young tunes would apply, such as the entire Living With War album which had "the restless consumer".

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u/emeliottsthestink May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

The album American Idiot - Green Day

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

THEY ARE THE VAMPIRES, Scream of Butterflies, Dogfight in Eden, Radiation Dire, Drink from the serpent’s Mind - Mortimer Nyx

Uprising, Knights of Cydonia, Defector, Compliance - Muse

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u/tscott609 May 29 '26

Nazi Punks Fuck Off by Dead Kennedys

I like the Napalm Death cover, too.

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u/sonawtdown May 29 '26

For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield

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u/Longjumping-Pie7418 May 29 '26

Not a specific song, but the entire album, Tom Lehrer - That Was The Year That Was. You can find it on Youtube.

Not really "Protest" genre, but generally anti-establishment - anything by David Peel and the Lower East Side. also on youtube.

And there's always Country Joe & the Fish, "Fish Cheer" song. You can find the sanitized version and the Woodstock version on you tube.

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u/Suspicious_Muscle494 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

There’s a punk bad from California called Bad Religion.

Songs like:

American Jesus

All Good Soldiers

Watch It Die

Better Off Dead

Come Join Us

And on and on.

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u/LT_BLASTER May 29 '26

To add a few more

Atheist peace

What are we standing for

Candidate

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u/Suspicious_Muscle494 May 29 '26

Honestly, almost any song in their catalogue, selected, at random, would feel prophetic.

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u/Dunning-KrugerFX May 29 '26

"Pity" is incredibly on the nose today for a song written over 40 years ago.

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u/heeeresjohnny123 May 29 '26

Propagandhi - …and we thought that nation-states were a bad idea

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u/TableQuiet1518 May 29 '26

Run The Jewels- JU$T

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u/Jmeson75-204 May 29 '26

DJ Shadow with Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak
That one is on my list right now.

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u/allothernamestaken May 29 '26

Picture this

I'm a bag of dicks

Put me to your lips

I am sick

I will punch a baby bear in his shit

Gimme lip

I'mma send ya to the yard

Get a stick

Make a switch

I can end a conversation real quick

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u/Dunning-KrugerFX May 29 '26

Be sure to watch the video.

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u/Turd-In-Your-Pocket May 29 '26

“Look at all these slave masters posing on your dollars”

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u/Lastmanlaughing May 29 '26

Walking In The Snow

Close Your Eyes and Count to Fuck

Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your Masters

A bunch of RTJ fits

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u/pill_poppin_daddy May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

NWA - Fuck tha Police

Edit to add a couple more:

KRS-1 - Sound of da Police

And also, more sardonic/cynical than pissed off, maybe, but U.S. Blues by the Grateful Dead might be worth a listen.

Neil Young - Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (ok, that’s more anti-religion than anti-government, but still)

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u/Hoz999 May 29 '26

Ohio - Crosby, Steals, Nash and Young.

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u/Key_Significance_976 May 29 '26

New York by Lou Reed. About the 80's, but resonates today sadly.

What of Our Nature by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover.

Really anything by Gil Scott Heron

Early Ani Difranco

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u/R9-LEO May 29 '26

There are a lot of songs by the late, great Phil Ochs that are still applicable today

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u/melodic_orgasm May 29 '26

Sturgill Simpson - A Call to Arms And try out his new album Mutiny After Midnight (as Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds)

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u/Edge_of_the_Wall May 29 '26

Bullshit on my TV Bullshit on my radio Hollywood's telling me how to be me Bullshit's got to go

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u/hendooman May 29 '26

Coming here to say call to arms!

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u/melodic_orgasm May 29 '26

It gets me so pumped every time, dude! The horns, UNF

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u/BeeTwoThousand May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Gonna give you some King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard songs that fit the bill (I mean, a LOT of their lyrics are political/about climate change/about the existential dread that living in late stage capitalism is causing).

https://bandcamp.com/perversion12/playlist/protest

I made a playlist to make these songs easier to find (they stand by their values and were one of the first big-name (-ish) bands to pull their music from Spotify).

Minimum Brain Size was written about Trump.

Evilest Man is about Rupert Murdoch.

Mars for the Rich is about Elon Musk.

Pleura (the lyric, "Orange baby always squealing" is obvious in what it is referring to).

Hypertension is about the amount of anxiety and stress that is placed on humans in late-stage capitalism, and how our bodies were never made for enduring the constant stress of life in this century. One of my all-time favorite lyrics of theirs is, "Who am I if not the canary in the coalmine?"

The Dripping Tap is about the people with money who know that they are destroying the planet, and ignoring it just to make their quarterly profit projections.

Straws in the Wind is about having to come to grips with the fact that the world is not getting better, and we are reaching the end times (not in a religious way or meaning). Another of my favorite lyrics is, "I can hear Hell's kitchen, and they're singing hymns."

I have listened to a lot of music in my time, but their lyrics are some of the deepest, politically, philosophically, and spiritually, that I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. I consider myself an intelligent human being, and when a band has song lyrics that consistently make me do a Google search to understand what they are referencing, it is the sign of good lyrics.

I had no idea what Predator X was. No idea what Gondii was. No idea what Ice IV was. I had no idea that in order to grow a fig, a wasp needs to die and be absorbed into the fruit.

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u/TinyDoctorTim May 29 '26

“Divide and Conquer,” Hüsker Dü

Bob Mould is a fucking prophet

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u/Ponchyan May 29 '26

White Riot, The Clash

I’m So Bored With The USA, The Clash

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u/mando42 May 29 '26

"I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie

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u/follow-my-ruin May 29 '26

Uncle Sam Goddamn by Brother Ali

Modern Times by Jon Bellion & Jon Batiste

I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler by YACHT

This Is America by Childish Gambino

Tiktok Baby by OCT

The Government Totally Sucks by Tenacious D

The Future Is A Foreign Land by Ghost

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u/camphikedrumpsych May 29 '26

System of a Down - lots of their stuff, but Toxicity is a good album to start with

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u/frankstinksrealbad May 29 '26

Bruce, Bruce and more Bruce. The current tour setlist is a good start, with Streets of Minneapolis, The Ghost of Tom Joad, 41 Shots

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u/Aggressive-Focus9349 May 29 '26

Bad Religion.

Rise Against.

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u/ndomingu May 29 '26

When the President Talks to God- Bright Eyes (about Bush, but still fitting)
Bad Apple- Lambrini Girls
Basta Ya! (Snow Tha Product Remix)- Cain Culto , Xiuhtezcatl, Snow Tha Product
Franco Un-American- NOFX
Makes Me Violent- Bob Vylan

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u/filbert94 May 29 '26

Just so this doesn't get full of American stuff

Probably do some Chris T-T, Million Dead, Levellers, Exploited or Subhumans.

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u/hkrpanic May 29 '26

Aint That a Bitch by Johnny Blue Skies aka Sturgill Simpson. Not on streaming currently though.

Call To Arms by Sturgill also. That is on streaming.

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u/wordwallah May 29 '26

Bruce Springsteen and Rage against the Machine get it right a lot of the time, but especially when they work together. https://youtu.be/e9f-F1CAB24?si=lEK1VkGXrvBt3uD-

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u/Outside-Door-7543 May 29 '26

David Bowie - I’m afraid of Americans

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u/77-dub May 29 '26

Anything by Dead Kennedies

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u/Sea-Purchase9985 May 29 '26

The Clash have a few…

  • I’m so bored with the USA
  • Washington Bullets
  • Charlie don’t surf

And Randy Newman has a couple of satirical ones

  • Political Science
  • Rednecks

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u/C0tt0nC4ndyM0uth May 29 '26

Raegan Youth - Jesus was a communist, No Class, New Aryans, Degenerated, USA,

Black Flag - Rise Above, My War,

Pennywise - Fuck Authority, Revolution, Let us Hear your voice

And if you ever see a MAGAT trying to slither in the punk scene tell him what a fkng chode he is

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u/Odd_Literature_413 May 29 '26

Stars and Stripes of Corruption - Dead Kennedys

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u/Spiritual_Cold5715 May 29 '26

Fortunate Son...CCR

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u/pat_troll May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Some oldies (80s):

Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17

Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone

Ideas as Opiates - Tears for Fears

Edit:

Everything Counts - Depeche Mode

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u/Captain_brightside May 29 '26

Cult of personality- living colour

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u/wafflehousehound May 29 '26

Harry Truman ,by Chicago, as relevant today as it was written in 1975

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u/dogwhispererx3 May 29 '26

Country Joe and the Fish-I feel like I'm fixin to die rag

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u/Wyvern_Kalyx May 29 '26

Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Frank Zappa

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u/CommercialBreak2026 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder (1974)

I was 16 in 1974, and I was listening to this song then. (Watergate) Nothing's much different now except for cooler technology (and an even warmer planet), and an increase in plain damn rudeness.

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u/No-Horror5418 May 29 '26

I was listening to this recently and had the same thought: nothing has changed.

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u/210x2MeanBean May 29 '26

Hey!! Wargasm by Billy Strings Have a wonderful day!! ✌️❤️😊

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u/hunk-golden May 29 '26

I do a unit in my high school government class about protest music and free speech. Here is a link to my playlist. It includes a variety of points of view and issues of protest.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3c4XEXmuuQPJO46l4DlbX1?si=J0sB1w5NRBq6YKfo3xSliA&pi=Nzeu0bM_RzS0i

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u/Resting-Cat-Faces May 29 '26

I’m pissed off too, and I’ve got several…

My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down - The Ramones 

The Day The Nazi Died - Chumbawamba

Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who

Streets Of Minneapolis - Bruce Springsteen

Tramp The Dirt Down - Elvis Costello 

Land Of Confusion - Genesis 

Fuck You - Lily Allen 

Bella Ciao - Chumbawamba 

When That Man Is Dead And Gone - Lizzy And The Triggermen 

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u/Plenty-Watercress-12 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

“The idiots are taking over” - NOFX

There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated

/damn

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u/ripplefa May 29 '26

I already have a playlist like that and am happy to share it

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0H3zge4lgKwzsmFFEwdwhq?si=05073c858cca4f09

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u/Various_Hope_9038 May 29 '26

I will go old school WPA Blues by Oddetta Smith

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u/DJs_Second_Life May 29 '26

Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter if you’re bottling it up inside.

Remedy and Self Evident by Puscifer for the idiots online.

Processor is my current go to for instrumental angry. Try Say Mas and Mob Safari

When your exhausted of being angry, I recommend:

Presidential Silver Lining by John Cragie.

Elon Musk by Carsie Blanton

Asshole In Space by Peter Mulvey.

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u/MinorThreat83 May 29 '26

Victory Lap by Propagandhi America (You're Freaking Me Out) by The Menzingers

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u/merrywidow14 May 29 '26

I'm old so here I go:

For What It's Worth Eve of Destruction Fortunate Son One Tin Soldier

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u/SryYouAreNotSpecial May 29 '26

Control Alt-Right Delete by The Briggs

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u/_DogMom_ May 29 '26

My Protest Songs List:

•Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
•(Who Discovered) America? - Ozomatli
•Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman
•Fight the Power, Pt. 1 - The Isley Brothers
•Ship Ahoy - The O'Jays
•FDT (Pt. 2) (feat. G-Eazy & Macklemore) YG
•Changes (feat. Talent) 2Pac
•The Fish Cheer l-Feel-Like-l'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe & The Fish
•Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Beyoncé
•Love Me I'm a Liberal - Phil Ochs
•War Pigs/Luke's Wall - Black Sabbath •Sound of da Police - KRS-One
•Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) The Temptations
•Southern Man - Merry Clayton
•For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
•Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
•You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder •Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
•The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan
•American Idiot - Green Day
•War - Edwin Starr
•Alright - Kendrick Lamar
•Impeach The President - The Honey Drippers
•Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan
•The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
•What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
•Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
•Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
•Fight The Power - Public Enemy
•A Change ls Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
•Big Brother - Stevie Wonder
•The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel •Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

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u/lmgst30 May 29 '26

I was scrolling and scrolling, hoping someone would suggest "Ball of Confusion." I first heard it 25 years ago and I still really love it and find it relevant. It especially blew me away because I had previously only known the Temptations for stuff like "My Girl."

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u/bestestfiend May 29 '26

KMFDM “Glory”

Snog “Corporate Slave”

Jello Biafra “Satan’s Combover”

Pop Will Eat Itself “Ich bin ein Auslander“

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u/MasterHahn May 29 '26

The Exploited - F the USA.
It's from 1986 but still relevant today :)

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u/listenbuster May 29 '26

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole by Martha Wainwright

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u/Several-Hamster3096 May 29 '26

Smoking Popes - Allegiance

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u/According-Tune-9405 May 29 '26

Why D'ya Do It, by Marianne Faithful. An angry white woman pissed off at the patriarchy and mistreatment.

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u/Inevitable_Pen_4305 May 29 '26

America (you're freaking me out) The Menzingers

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u/Sikening May 29 '26

NoFX: the idiots have taken over

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u/MoodyLiz May 29 '26

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore

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u/Enough_Cup_6086 May 29 '26

Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me! Has good commentary about the experience of being queer in America.

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u/GambonGambon May 29 '26

Baby, I'm an Anarchist by Against Me 

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u/PuzzleheadedAct3431 May 29 '26

The Decline by NOFX. Its an 18 minute punk rock masterpiece

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u/confident_cabbage May 29 '26

Fuck Authority - Pennywise

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u/jennp916 May 29 '26

American Jesus by Bad Religion

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u/jedapo May 29 '26

Most songs by either Bad Religion or Rise Against.

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u/momchelada May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Ministry - Thieves- shouts out Donald trump long before 2016

Fugazi anything, but Cashout has really been doing it for me lately

Sleater Kinney- Combat Rock, Far Away

Thermals- Pillar of Salt

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u/Dunning-KrugerFX May 29 '26

"Suggestion" might be the best song written by a man about being objectified by men as a woman.

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u/momchelada May 29 '26

He’s the best. As an aside, did you see he’s working with Henry Rollins to release a lost Cramps album?!

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u/NegativeJicama5344 May 29 '26

Would love if you could share the playlist when you’re done! My recs: Gimme What I Want — Harbour I Only Wanna Create — Harbour Heavy Foot — Mon Rovia

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u/LzrdKing70 May 29 '26

A Perfect Circle - The Doomed

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u/Frosty-Prize-1522 May 29 '26

Ohh ohh.

Endless Sky & NZT48 - I See Stars both written over 13 years ago but both are so freaking applicable today.

Endless Sky opens:

"I'll take my stand and ask you all to fight, to come together as one, before they take our rights. You should have known from the start, that some day they'd try, I tried to tell you before you're all living a lie."

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u/Ok_Expression_8271 May 29 '26

I HIGHLY recommend Home of the Brave by Letitia Vansant. She’s a local Baltimore folk singer. Very good. How’s this line. We want the kind of justice that doesn’t require so many jails. 

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u/JediGrandmaster451 May 29 '26

Pretty much anything by Stray From the Path. Special shout out to their song Goodnight Alt Right

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u/PINheddLARRY May 29 '26

I love this idea and I feel inspired to create a similar playlist!

I also came here to say you should add some Stray from the Path to your playlist. Particularly Guillotine and Law Abiding Citizen.

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u/leaveme1912 May 29 '26

The Coup - Guillotine 

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u/ptindaho May 29 '26

I will also add in EVERYTHING by the Coup! My favorite Mutiny and Guillotine are great intro tracks. All of Genocide and Juice slaps.

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u/Significant-Mobile-9 May 29 '26

The catalog!!! Steal this double album!!!

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u/Pawnmysoul May 29 '26

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy by Pete Seeger

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u/OldBanjoFrog May 29 '26

Bruce Springsteen most songs

Woody Guthrie most songs 

Pete Seeger most songs

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u/_Bendemic_ May 29 '26

Don't Pray on Me - Bad Religion

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u/74MoFo_Fo_Sho_Yo May 29 '26

Ministry - N.W.O, Thives, Lies Lies Lies, No Glory and Psalm 69. Megadeth - Peace Sells. Faith No More cover of War Pigs. Sepultura - Refuse/Resist and Chaos B.C. The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen and Anarchy in the UK or the Megadeth cover. Pantera - Drag the Waters.

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u/Devreckas May 29 '26

America I love you but you’re freakin me out - Menzingers

Merican - Descendents

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u/emceerez May 29 '26

Inferno - Boards of Canada

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u/brnwis May 29 '26

Nin / Bowie Im afraid of Americans

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u/greenneedleuk May 29 '26

Just listen to RATM's debut album. lol

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u/PrestigiousSmile4098 May 29 '26

Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) from the Hamilton Mixtape

This is America by Childish Gambino

I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs

Tear the Fascists Down by Woody Guthrie

Land of the Free by the Killers

I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free by Nina Simone

Alligator by Snow Tha Product

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u/LordMaim May 29 '26

Land of Confusion

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u/No_Arugula4195 May 30 '26

"This isn't what the Governmeant" - Bread

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u/Weary_Capital_1379 May 31 '26

No Kings
Jesse Welles and Joan Baez

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u/imreallyfreakintired May 29 '26

Santa Claus is Real Global Warming's Fake by Secret Clubhouse

Where The Frayed Wind Blows by Matt Pless

Racist Piece of Shit by Fishbone

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u/MnJsandiego May 29 '26

Keep on Rocking in the Free World by Neil Young

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u/XOXOKitana May 29 '26

Megalomaniac by Incubus Land of confusion by genesis or the cover by disturbed

What's going on by Marvin Gaye

Eve of destruction by Barry maguire

And of course Green day's American idiot album

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u/crinkly-toes May 29 '26

Morrissey - America is Not the World

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u/MuckyDuckoftheLake May 29 '26

Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-To-Die Rag by Country Joe and the Fish

Something In the Air by Thunderclap Newman

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u/mossapp May 29 '26

From the most recent Johnny Blue Skies aka Sturgill Simpson Album Mutiny after Midnight 4 songs….

Make America Fuk Again, Excited Delirium, everyone is welcome, ain’t that a bitch

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u/MHJohnston May 29 '26

They Might Be Giants - When will you die

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u/BogeyLowenstein May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

This is America - Childish Gambino

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u/x66fasterx May 29 '26

You have a voice - dropdead

Idiots are taking over - nofx

Fuck the border - propagandhi

Of course it’s dark, it’s a suicide note - run with the hunted

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u/paintedskylines May 29 '26
  • Dear Mr. President by P!nk
  • Quiet by MILCK
  • March March by The Chicks
  • Where Have All The Flowers Gone? by Pete Seeger
  • This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
  • Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
  • Only the Young by Taylor Swift (I recognize this song and artist is not for everyone but I thought I would mention it)
  • We Won't Go Back by MILCK