In a recent Daily Countable, we asked if you had a favorite political song—some ditty to get you in the engaging-in-democracy mood.
The response was overwhelming.
There were, of course, classics by Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Marvin Gaye, and Bob Dylan. But you also suggested recent tunes: Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love,” My Chemical Romance’s “Teenagers.”
And you hit nearly every genre: country-western (“Not Ready to Make Nice”), industrial (“We Decide”), rap (“Don’t Shoot”), Broadway (“It’s a Hard Knock Life”), ska (“Take Back the Power”), American Gypsy punk (“Immigraniada”), Muppet (“Bein’ Green), and Australian political rock and roll (“Beds Are Burning”).
And so, without further exposition, here's the (exhaustive, in-no-ways concordant) compilation of your responses.
(Head's up: We didn’t censor suggestions—there are a few explicit tunes here.)
—Josh Herman
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