20 Protest Songs That Matter: No. 19
--Green Day (2000)
Rebelling Against: The Moral Majority!
In which rambunctious Billie Joe Armstrong goes explicitly political, pledging eternal allegiance to society's misfits, the downtrodden and the outnumbered. Since this song, the poster band for juvenilia has been active in alternative energy advocacy, Hurricane Katrina relieve and a rock opera about nonconformity.
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Reader Comments(1 of 3)
Leslieat 7-15-2007
What about Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire!"???
Nikkiat 7-15-2007
I dont really think thqt thats a protest song. More of a memorial to all the major events in a certain time period.
Deniseat 7-15-2007
What about CCR's "Fortunate Son"?
Maddieat 7-15-2007
GO GREEN DAY! W00T!
Brien Comerfordat 7-15-2007
Morrissey's compelling "Meat Is Murder" song was a long overdue protest against the inhumane beef, pork, lamb,poultry and fishing industries that mistreat and kill anmals, birds and fish with the utmost malevolent irreverence.
Brien Comerford
wbasketcase321at 7-15-2007
Awesome song, lots of meaning from the best band ever!
Kacerat 7-15-2007
yea right
chas1266at 7-15-2007
ok Brien, everyone isnt vegitarian, not only that, what is it that you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, those animals were put here for that very reason, who cares about whats being said or how a person feels or goes about the preperation of these animals becoming our much needed nutrition.
Meganat 7-17-2007
I LOVE YOU BILLIE JOE!!!!!
diana5bat 7-17-2007
great song... the best song of Warning
we need more green day songs like this one, and its not necessarily something like american idiot
codyat 7-17-2007
ok chas1226, animals weren't put here for us to eat. people don't need to eat animals for 'nutrition', and it's not natural. if we were meant to eat them, we'd eat them raw and go for the blood and guts for nutrients, like what any carnivore or omnivore does. people are just conditioned to eat animals.
scuzzat 7-17-2007
chas1266, animals weren't "put here" to be killed. humans are animals too, we're all living creatures, yadda yadda yadda, scuse me if i'm turning into a hippie here, but if you insist on eating corpses you might wanna take a look at how they live.
p.s. not everyone's a godfucker.
xx--miss-tre-coolat 7-17-2007
Green Day are so amazing! ^^
Great song
NimrodBoyat 7-17-2007
GREEN DAY RULE! (Y)
i love this song, i agree with the comment no.9
Rockawayat 7-17-2007
Amazing song. My Green Day favourite ^^
GREEN DAY ROCKS!
Alexat 7-17-2007
This is one of the kewlest songs around! It's interpreted alternately to different people, but I think it says you should be individual and not care what anyone else says. And in response to the vegeterian deal, it's the circle of life. Animals eat other animals to survive, so technically it is natural. How we prepare the animals we eat is another thing.
Meganat 7-18-2007
GREEN DAY IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!!!!!! THAT SONG ROCKS!!!!!!
Kaitlynat 7-18-2007
GREEN DAY KICKS ASS!!!!! i love them with the passion!!
Pallyat 7-18-2007
Yeahh!
Green Day Rocks!!
panat 7-18-2007
I agree with Nikki that "Minority"'s not really a protest song. Maybe switch it with "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" and put "Minority" on a different list, perhaps "the top 20 just leave me alone, I don' wanna talk" songs.