Sam Cooke in 1964 - ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images
米ローリングストーン誌が「史上最高のプロテストソング TOP100」を発表。
以下はTOP50リスト。
50 Phil Ochs, ‘Love Me, I’m A Liberal’1966 49 Peter Gabriel, ‘Biko’1980 48 Black Sabbath, ‘War Pigs’1970 47 KRS-One, ‘Sound of da Police’1993 46 Fela Kuti, ‘Zombie’1976 45 Bronski Beat, ‘Smalltown Boy’1984 44 The Equals, ‘Police on My Back’1967 43 The Temptations, ‘Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)’1970 42 Woody Guthrie, ‘All You Fascists Bound to Lose’1944 41 Syl Johnson, ‘Is It Because I’m Black’ 1969
40 Merry Clayton, ‘Southern Man’1971 39 Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, Yotuel Romero, ‘Patria y Vida’2021 38 Buffalo Springfield, ‘For What It’s Worth’1967 37 H.E.R., ‘I Can’t Breathe’2020 36 MDC, ‘Born To Die’1982 35 The Wailers, ‘Get Up, Stand Up’1973 34 Lil Baby, ‘The Bigger Picture’2020 33 Joni Mitchell, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’1970 32 Tom Robinson Band, ‘(Sing If You’re) Glad to Be Gay’1978 31 Stevie Wonder, ‘You Haven’t Done Nothin’’1974
30 U2, ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’1983 29 Bikini Kill, ‘Feels Blind’1992 28 Bruce Springsteen, ‘41 Shots (American Skin)’2001 27 Sex Pistols, ‘God Save the Queen’1977 26 Bob Dylan, ‘The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll’1964 25 Green Day, ‘American Idiot’2004 24 Edwin Starr, ‘War’1970 23 X-Ray Spex, ‘Oh Bondage Up Yours!’1977 22 Kendrick Lamar, ‘Alright’2015 21 Rage Against the Machine, ‘Killing in the Name’1992
20 Phil Ochs, ‘I Ain’t Marching Anymore’1965 19 Plastic Ono Band, ‘Give Peace a Chance’1969 18 The Honey Drippers, ‘Impeach the President’1973 17 Bob Dylan, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’1963 16 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, ‘The Message’1982 15 Marvin Gaye, ‘What’s Going On’1971 14 Gil Scott-Heron, ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’1971 13 Creedence Clearwater Revival, ‘Fortunate Son’1969 12 Bob Marley, ‘Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)’1974 11 Woody Guthrie, ’This Land Is Your Land’ 1945
10 N.W.A, ‘Fuck tha Police’1988
9 Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, ‘Ohio’1970
8 Pete Seeger, ‘We Shall Overcome’ 1948
7 Nina Simone, ‘Mississippi Goddam’1964
6 Bob Dylan, ‘Masters of War’1963
5 James Brown, ‘Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud’1968