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* Boris Vians [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukbQ9ldsdc "Le Deserteur"] written during the French war in Vietnam, and later sung in America by Joan Baez. |
* Boris Vians [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukbQ9ldsdc "Le Deserteur"] written during the French war in Vietnam, and later sung in America by Joan Baez. |
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* The song "[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Bangla Desh]]" by George Harrison. The lyrics are actually notably apolitical, but at the time it was written and performed, merely calling the country "Bangladesh" was a political act. The Pakistani government, which at the time most Western countries were allied with, insisted it be called East Pakistan (in fact the Nixon administration was selling arms to the Pakistani government, so the song was a direct contradiction of American foreign policy). |
* The song "[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Bangla Desh]]" by George Harrison. The lyrics are actually notably apolitical, but at the time it was written and performed, merely calling the country "Bangladesh" was a political act. The Pakistani government, which at the time most Western countries were allied with, insisted it be called East Pakistan (in fact the Nixon administration was selling arms to the Pakistani government, so the song was a direct contradiction of American foreign policy). |
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** Not that the British George Harrison would care about American foreign policy in that way. |
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* Straightforwardly enough, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Protest Song"]] by Eric Himan, mostly about gay rights. |
* Straightforwardly enough, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Protest Song"]] by Eric Himan, mostly about gay rights. |
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* "16 Military Wives" by [[The Decemberists]] is fairly transparently about the Iraq War, [[George W. Bush]]'s bully-like foreign policy, and celebrities who could barely come up with even the wishy-washiest of stances on the topic. The music video features a [[Model United Nations]] conference gone completely insane, with Colin Meloy (the lead singer) as the United States beating up on Luxembourg (multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk) before eventually Luxembourg leads a (musical) revolt, joined by Ireland (keyboardist Jenny Conlee). Like I said, wacky. |
* "16 Military Wives" by [[The Decemberists]] is fairly transparently about the Iraq War, [[George W. Bush]]'s bully-like foreign policy, and celebrities who could barely come up with even the wishy-washiest of stances on the topic. The music video features a [[Model United Nations]] conference gone completely insane, with Colin Meloy (the lead singer) as the United States beating up on Luxembourg (multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk) before eventually Luxembourg leads a (musical) revolt, joined by Ireland (keyboardist Jenny Conlee). Like I said, wacky. |
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