After the controversial win of Donald Trump at the recently concluded US Presidential Elections, there had been a lot of clamors coming from the different and wide-varied nooks of the music industry, showing utter dismay and rather harsh comments. Music, as a strong societal tool for change, had been used quite a couple of times relative to this worldwide issue, and this article finds it righteous to cite how much influence lyrics, beats and tunes can display in aiding a drive for change. Some call these tracks as protest songs but we rather deem it as screams for a different perspective, all been arranged to make it pleasing to the ears, comprehensive to everyone’s thinking and warmers of the heart.
The era of the 1960s displayed a wide tapestry of historical and societal events that are just too difficult to not remember. From the chaotic Vietnam war to the untimely demise of the legendary John F. Kennedy, the music industry vowed to put forth songs that are relevant, social-conscious and purposive, which certainly happened and everyone’s thankful for. While most college campuses are the main source of these …show more content…
Issues and controversies such as the Watergate Scandal, Kent State shootings and concerns for the destruction of Mother Earth are all circulating within the whole planet, causing too much stress by just merely thinking about it. Thanks to music, some the masses’ innermost thoughts are translated into radio hits, and more and more people felt that they are not alone on the existing strife back then. We shall all remember songs such as The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gill Scott-Heron, Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell (which later on was revived by Vanessa Carlton and Counting Crows, and a version by Amy Grant) and Get Up, Stand Up by The
The era of the 1960s displayed a wide tapestry of historical and societal events that are just too difficult to not remember. From the chaotic Vietnam war to the untimely demise of the legendary John F. Kennedy, the music industry vowed to put forth songs that are relevant, social-conscious and purposive, which certainly happened and everyone’s thankful for. While most college campuses are the main source of these …show more content…
Issues and controversies such as the Watergate Scandal, Kent State shootings and concerns for the destruction of Mother Earth are all circulating within the whole planet, causing too much stress by just merely thinking about it. Thanks to music, some the masses’ innermost thoughts are translated into radio hits, and more and more people felt that they are not alone on the existing strife back then. We shall all remember songs such as The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gill Scott-Heron, Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell (which later on was revived by Vanessa Carlton and Counting Crows, and a version by Amy Grant) and Get Up, Stand Up by The