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                            MS2901
                Advanced Topics in Media Studies
Political expressions in music:
      Anti-establishment
                   Protest Themes
                                Anti-war Songs

     Pro-establishment
     Ideas National Anthems
                    Patriotic Songs
                          Political
                          campaigns
“The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of
Rock & Roll: the Definitive History of the
Most Important Artists and Their Music”
(DeCurtis, Anthony, James Henke, and Holly George-Warren, 1992)


                        Folk Rock by Paul Nelson
                        Bob Dylan by Alan Light
• Originated from American union
  movement

• Popular    music’s   impact    on
  society

• Raising awareness of social
  injustice, racism, sexism, antiwar
  sentiments,      Third      World
  suffering etc
• Folk / folk rock traditions

• Civil rights movement anthems

• “Multi-purpose”

• Protest song “canon”
• Not a slave song
• Originally derived from the hymn “I’ll
  Overcome Some Day”
• Original written by Charles Albert Tindley
  (black composer, born to slave parents in
  Maryland)
• “I’ll Overcome Some Day” was published in
  the first collection of African American holy
  music
• Later adopted by labour movement activists

• Suits any kind of struggle

• Symbolizes unity and solidarity
• Traditionally political genre
• Often left-wing political stance
• People’s music, by the people, for the people
• Unpretentious, uncomplicated, direct music and
  performing style
• 1940s - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and the
  Weavers reached audiences around America
• By the mid 1950s, politically charged folk
  music disappeared from pop landscape

• McCarthyism:
  A campaign against alleged
  communists in 1950- 1954
• Later 1950s, folk music became popular again
  amongst college students

• “Serious” music

• Early 1960s, folk music became political again

• Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan aligned
  themselves with the civil rights movement
• Pop bands also popularized the genre
  -> folk rock

• The British Invasion changed American pop
  music

• Beat-driven, electrified folk music
  e.g. Pete Seeger’s “Turn Turn Turn” became a
  hit when covered by the Byrds (1965)
• Most famous and successful folk rock star

• Formed several rock’n’roll bands in high
  school; became well-known as a folk singer

• 1963 - released “Blowin’ in the Wind”

• 1965 - “Like a Rolling Stone”
• The Vietnam War spawned many protest songs

• Originally only opposed by a small percentage
  of Americans, anti-war sentiment grew
• Written by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters
• Protesting against school systems (the
  establishment), in particular boarding schools
  (mind control)
• Banned in South Africa (during the Apartheid)
• Pink Floyd’s only No. 1 hit
• School choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8AKM0PYv
  -k
DeCurtis, Anthony, James Henke, and Holly George-Warren. The
  Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: the
  Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their
  Music. New York: Random House, 1992. Print.

Shuker, Roy. Popular Music: the Key Concepts. New York:
  Routledge, 2005. Print.

McKeen, William. “Bob Dylan.” World Book Multimedia
  Encyclopedia. Version 15.0.1. Software MacKiev. 2011.
  Software.

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Music and politics

  • 1. Jazz Chow 1139031 MS2901 Advanced Topics in Media Studies
  • 2. Political expressions in music: Anti-establishment Protest Themes Anti-war Songs Pro-establishment Ideas National Anthems Patriotic Songs Political campaigns
  • 3. “The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: the Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music” (DeCurtis, Anthony, James Henke, and Holly George-Warren, 1992) Folk Rock by Paul Nelson Bob Dylan by Alan Light
  • 4. • Originated from American union movement • Popular music’s impact on society • Raising awareness of social injustice, racism, sexism, antiwar sentiments, Third World suffering etc
  • 5. • Folk / folk rock traditions • Civil rights movement anthems • “Multi-purpose” • Protest song “canon”
  • 6. • Not a slave song • Originally derived from the hymn “I’ll Overcome Some Day” • Original written by Charles Albert Tindley (black composer, born to slave parents in Maryland) • “I’ll Overcome Some Day” was published in the first collection of African American holy music
  • 7. • Later adopted by labour movement activists • Suits any kind of struggle • Symbolizes unity and solidarity
  • 8. • Traditionally political genre • Often left-wing political stance • People’s music, by the people, for the people • Unpretentious, uncomplicated, direct music and performing style • 1940s - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and the Weavers reached audiences around America
  • 9. • By the mid 1950s, politically charged folk music disappeared from pop landscape • McCarthyism: A campaign against alleged communists in 1950- 1954
  • 10. • Later 1950s, folk music became popular again amongst college students • “Serious” music • Early 1960s, folk music became political again • Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan aligned themselves with the civil rights movement
  • 11. • Pop bands also popularized the genre -> folk rock • The British Invasion changed American pop music • Beat-driven, electrified folk music e.g. Pete Seeger’s “Turn Turn Turn” became a hit when covered by the Byrds (1965)
  • 12. • Most famous and successful folk rock star • Formed several rock’n’roll bands in high school; became well-known as a folk singer • 1963 - released “Blowin’ in the Wind” • 1965 - “Like a Rolling Stone”
  • 13. • The Vietnam War spawned many protest songs • Originally only opposed by a small percentage of Americans, anti-war sentiment grew
  • 14. • Written by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters • Protesting against school systems (the establishment), in particular boarding schools (mind control) • Banned in South Africa (during the Apartheid) • Pink Floyd’s only No. 1 hit • School choir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8AKM0PYv -k
  • 15. DeCurtis, Anthony, James Henke, and Holly George-Warren. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: the Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music. New York: Random House, 1992. Print. Shuker, Roy. Popular Music: the Key Concepts. New York: Routledge, 2005. Print. McKeen, William. “Bob Dylan.” World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. Version 15.0.1. Software MacKiev. 2011. Software.