33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green DayAn acclaimed music critic delves into the personal and cultural histories behind thirty-three of the twentieth century's most iconic protest songs. Dorian Lynskey is one of the most prominent music critics writing today. With 33 Revolutions Per Minute, he offers an engrossing, insightful, and wonderfully researched history of protest music in the twentieth century and beyond. From Billie Holiday and Woodie Guthrie to Bob Dylan and the Clash to Public Enemy and Rage Against the Machine, 33 Revolutions Per Minute is a moving and fascinating portrait of a century of popular music that tried to change the world. |
Contents
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Bob Dylan Masters of War | 1290 |
Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam | 1317 |
Country Joe and the Fish IFeelLikeImFixintoDie Rag | 1338 |
James Brown Say It LoudIm Black and Im Proud | 1369 |
The Dead Kennedys Holiday in Cambodia | 1654 |
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five feat Melle Mel | 1674 |
Crass How Does It Feel? | 1689 |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes | 1711 |
U2 Pride In the Name of Love | 1727 |
The Special AKA Nelson Mandela | 1752 |
Billy Bragg Between the Wars | 1771 |
R E M Exhuming McCarthy | 1788 |
Plastic Ono Band Give Peace a Chance | 1393 |
Edwin Starr War | 1417 |
Crosby Stills Nash and Young Ohio | 1441 |
Gil ScottHeron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | 1470 |
Stevie Wonder Living for the City | 1491 |
Victor Jara Manifiesto | 1517 |
Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 Zombie | 1539 |
Max Romeo and the Upsetters War Ina Babylon | 1559 |
The Clash White Riot | 1584 |
Carl Bean I Was Born This Way | 1610 |
Linton Kwesi Johnson Sonnys Lettah AntiSus Poem | 1632 |
Public Enemy Fight the Power | 1808 |
Huggy Bear Her Jazz | 1834 |
The Prodigy feat Pop Will Eat Itself Their Law | 1854 |
Manic Street Preachers Of Walking Abortion | 1873 |
Rage Against the Machine Sleep Now in the Fire | 1891 |
Steve Earle John Walkers Blues | 1914 |
Green Day American Idiot | 1936 |
Appendices | 1960 |
One Hundred Recommended Songs | 2002 |
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