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Protest Music: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall. A song intended to bring attention to societal problem Every major movement in Western history has seen protest.

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1 Protest Music: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

2 A song intended to bring attention to societal problem Every major movement in Western history has seen protest songs - slave emancipation - women’s suffrage - civil rights - Vietnam War - Iraq War

3 Purposes? Present problem in emotional, not rational terms

4 Create moral unity on an issue

5 Recruit more members by gaining sympathy

6 Present a solution to the problem

7 Important Singers?

8 Bob Dylan: Blowin’ in the Wind, Hard Rain, Times They Are A Changing

9 Pete Seeger: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?

10 Peter, Paul & Mary: If I Had a Hammer, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Abraham Martin & John

11 Credence Clearwater Revival: Run Through the Jungle, Fortunate Son

12 Joan Baez: We Shall Overcome

13 Janis Joplin:

14 Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant Massacre

15 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Ohio, Teach Your Children Well

16 The Beatles: Imagine Give Peace A Chance

17 Pro-War Songs? Yes! Battle of the Green Beret Proud to be a Okie from Muskogee

18 Woodstock: Summer of Love Summer of ‘69 Huge outdoor music festival Culmination of the hippie generation Free love Mucho drugs

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