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40 relations: Al Stewart, Apartheid, Atilla the Hun (calypsonian), Bob Dylan, Calypso music, FDR in Trinidad, Folk music, Folk punk, Freedom Songs, John Birch Society, Joni Mitchell, Kent State shootings, List of anti-war songs, List of songs about the Vietnam War, Music and politics, Narrative, Neil Young, Novelty song, Nuclear proliferation, Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song), Peter Gabriel, Phil Ochs, Political criticism, Politics, Protest song, Ry Cooder, Santo Domingo, Satire, Second Vatican Council, Singer-songwriter, Society, Song, South Africa, Steve Biko, That Was the Week That Was, That Was the Year That Was, Tom Lehrer, Tom Paxton, United States Marine Corps, Woodstock.
Al Stewart
Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Apartheid
Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.
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Atilla the Hun (calypsonian)
Raymond Quevedo (24 March 1892 – 22 February 1962), better known as Atilla the Hun, was a calypsonian from Trinidad.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.
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Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and eventually spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.
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FDR in Trinidad
"FDR in Trinidad" (also known as "Roosevelt in Trinidad") is a calypso song written by Fritz McLean and popularized by Atilla the Hun (Raymond Quevedo) to commemorate U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 trip to Trinidad.
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Folk music
Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.
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Folk punk
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock.
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Freedom Songs
Freedom Songs were songs sung by participants in the Civil Rights Movement.
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John Birch Society
The John Birch Society (JBS) is a self-described conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government.
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Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
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Kent State shootings
The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre)"These would be the first of many probes into what soon became known as the Kent State Massacre.
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List of anti-war songs
Some anti-war songs lament some aspects of war, while others satirize war.
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List of songs about the Vietnam War
This is a list of songs concerning, revolving around, or directly referring to the Vietnam War, or to the Vietnam War's after-effects.
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Music and politics
The connection between music and politics, particularly political expression in song, has been seen in many cultures.
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Narrative
A narrative or story is a report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, or still or moving images, or both.
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Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter.
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Novelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect.
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Nuclear proliferation
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT.
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Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
"Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.
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Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice.
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Political criticism
Political criticism (also referred to as political commentary or political discussion) is criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics, including policies, politicians, political parties, and types of government.
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Politics
Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
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Protest song
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).
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Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer.
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Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo (meaning "Saint Dominic"), officially Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.
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Satire
Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
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Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council, fully the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican and informally known as addressed relations between the Catholic Church and the modern world.
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Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.
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Society
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
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Song
A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Steve Biko
Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.
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That Was the Week That Was
That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, was a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963.
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That Was the Year That Was
That Was the Year That Was (1965) is a live album recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco, containing performances by Tom Lehrer of satiric topical songs he originally wrote for the NBC television series That Was The Week That Was, known informally as TW3 (1964–65).
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Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician.
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Tom Paxton
Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.
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Woodstock
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topical_song
