Reaction To Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Protest Songs Of All Time List
Rolling Stone recently published their list of 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time. This video is my real-time response.
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Reaction to Rolling Stone’s List of the 250 Greatest Albums of 21st Century (So Far)
Rolling Stone recently published its list of the 250 greatest albums of the 21st Century (so far). I decided to record a live reaction video. Initially, I was going to post it as one long video, but because of its length, I ended up splitting it into two parts: 250-101 and the top 100.
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6 Best Protest EPs of 2024
I recently posted my list of the top 40 protest albums of 2024. Some really good EPs were also released; here is a sampling of 6. Some of the writeups may be repurposed from what I previously wrote. Also, just a note: I didn’t include the Red Album EP by Carsie Blanton because I included it in the album list. […]
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100 Best Albums of 2024
Even though this site primarily focuses on protest music, not every album I listen to explicitly meets the definition of a protest album. So because of this, I decided to record a video featuring my list of my best albums of 2024. I also decided to list my 100 favorite albums of the year (the top 25 will include my […]
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Daily Dose of Protest: United Health – Jesse Welles
The latest tune by the prolific socially conscious singer-songwriter is a scathing indictment of the U.S.’s healthcare system, written in the wake of the shooting death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. He also borrows from another brilliant satirist. pulling the melody from John Prine’s “Fish and Whistle”. Welles released two albums in 2024, including one of the best protest albums of […]
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40 Best Protest Albums of 2024
Music reflects society and is often influenced by the political climate. This sampling of socially conscious albums features a diversity of artists, genres, and political issues. The albums are presented in alphabetical order. Many of the writeups were reused from what I previously wrote. ANNIVERSARY by Adeem the Artist Anniversary – Adeem The Artist The latest album by the country […]
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Comparing Rolling Stone’s 74 Best Albums of 1974 With My List
I recently listened to 186 albums from 1974. I posted a video of my top 25 albums, along with publishing my list of 74 albums. With Rolling Stone now publishing their list (after mine!), I thought it would be fun to compare lists. Also check out the following 74 Songs Of 74 playlist.
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A Month In Protest: November
Here is a sampling of some of the socially conscious music released in October. Songs/Videos: Let’s Get FREER – Silent Jungle After being in prison for 22 years, “Let’s Get FREER” is Silent Jungle’s first recording since his release. “This is the first thing anyone’s gonna hear from me as a FREE man. So this is just me walking back […]
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My Epic Soundtrack: The Trinity Session – Cowboy Junkies
I recently changed the name of my YouTube channel from Ongoing History of Protest Music to My Epic Soundtrack to A Mundane Existence. Although it will still periodically focus on socially conscious music, the YouTube channel will be broader in scope and focus on music I connect to personally. The website will still mostly focus on protest music but occasionally […]
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Month of Protest: October
Meryl Streek, from artist’s Bandcamp Here is a sampling of some of the political albums released in October. NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD – Godspeed You! Black Emperor The title of the 8th studio album by the Canadian post-rock band is a reference of those who died during the Gaza genocide between October 7, 2023-February 13, 2024. […]
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