Protest Contest

Protest Song in 1969

 

Dear Mr. President

 

The first video is from the late 1960 and the second video was created in 2007. In the first video you have people who turn around as if to show disgust toward something they saw and show resentment toward other groups of people. I noticed that they showed different groups of people who eventually all come together. In the second video, the singer bashes former President George W. Bush. There are a lot of strong words used to give the idea that this song is about protest because she sings about the hipocracy of the president exposing to the people about things he says versus things he actually does. The first and second video are similar in that they both protest a problem t=which occurred and needed to be brought to the public. The first song pointed out the borders between different races and the second song pointed out the faults of the former president. The first song however, was much more “sugar-coated” than the second. It didn’t really give a clear point to its listeners about what exactly was going on except that he wanted to create unity. The second song was very direct and strong because it included facts about problems that were occurring and was more clear about who/what problem she was attacking. I think the language in songs have become stronger since the 60’s and 70’s and because it points out facts and includes things about the society that people may have been misinformed about.

 

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