Protest Music

Question 1

Define protest music

Answer 1

Music which is standing up for a cause. It can be social or political problems

Question 2

Which genres are most associated with protesting?

Answer 2

1. Rap
2. Punk
3. Folk/Pop

Question 3

What is the most important part of protest music?

Answer 3

Lyrics

Idea of an anthem or a sing along which help get the people involved with the cause.

Question 4

What were a lot of protest songs about?

Answer 4

A huge amount of protest music is anti-war often about the futility or injustice of war

Question 5

What war did TV have a huge impact on?

Answer 5

The Vietnam war. Everyone could see what was happening whereas before no one knew what exactly was happening during that time. besides what they were told by the government

What’s going on- Marvin Gaye
The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter

Question 6

What was the purpose of a protest song?

Answer 6

The purpose was to get their ideas across in a peaceful manner

Question 7

Jazz

Answer 7

• Striving for a better quality of life
• Technical and musical hacks- they strove towards a sense of trying to reach personal affirmation
• Billie Holliday- Strange Fruit (first popular music protest song)

Question 8

Black Metal

Answer 8

• Originated from Scandinavia
• They wanted to wipe Christianity off the face off the earth
• Culture of one-man up-ship, always had to be doing the next best dangerous thing

Question 9

Protest music today

Answer 9

Manic street preachers- if you tolerate this your kids are gonna be next (saying there isn’t enough protest music at the moment)

Imagine- John Lennon- classic protest song