# Songs of searing anger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 16, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072 "2025-09-16T00:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/81 "2025-09-17T23:23:25Z")
First thing that came to me. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/82 "2025-09-18T07:13:32Z")
_Ænema_! ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/83 "2025-09-18T08:07:43Z")
EMI - the Sex Pistols’ ode to their record company. Full to the brim of searing contempt and not a little hate. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/84 "2025-09-18T09:50:07Z")
Two more punk rants against record labels: Complete Control - The Clash [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u6ZWV7cCK5A/maxresdefault.jpg "Complete Control") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ZWV7cCK5A) Rough Trade - Stiff Little Fingers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WMCjbX6gSEo/maxresdefault.jpg "Rough Trade") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMCjbX6gSEo&t=2s) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/85 "2025-09-18T14:03:31Z")
The aptly named “Marcha de la bronca” “The March of Anger” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zh_RIE_N8iQ/maxresdefault.jpg "La Marcha De La Bronca") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_RIE_N8iQ) _Anger when they laugh satisfied_ _after buying their rights_ _Anger when they play the moralist_ _and start chasing the artists_ _Anger when in broad daylight_ _they take their hypocrisy for a walk_ _Fierce anger, my anger,_ _anger that can be recited_ _For those who take what is ours_ _with the glove of concealing_ _For those who handle the strings_ _of the universal puppet show_ _For those who marked the cards_ _and always receive the best ones_ _With the ace of swords they rule us and with the ace of clubs they hit and hit and hit…_ And continues in that vein. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/86 "2025-09-19T19:45:28Z")
Written by Woody Guthrie, performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vq75KA5IA0A/maxresdefault.jpg "All You Fascists") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq75KA5IA0A) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/87 "2025-09-19T19:57:07Z")
Ah man, good one, I love this song, especially in these times. It gives me hope. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/88 "2025-09-19T20:16:45Z")
[Come Out Ye Black and Tans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCnGD6xv5ik&list=RDFCnGD6xv5ik&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Notasthinkasudrunkim), Irish rebel song by Dominic Behan. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/89 "2025-09-19T20:49:33Z")
Pussy Riot: Putin Lights Up the Fires https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDRLkofqAv0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDQDRLkofqAv0 ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/90 "2025-09-19T20:54:00Z")
From the Olympics last year: Gojira - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hTMYk7orHw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD5hTMYk7orHw ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/91 "2025-09-25T19:03:36Z")
Oh, I LOVE angry music. I have a whole playlist. My favorite angry songs are: [Family System](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNZ6bkpxSAc&list=RDxNZ6bkpxSAc&start_radio=1) by _Chevelle_ which nicely sums up my relationship with my mother. _I’m tired of your open mouth_ _Crawling inside my skin_ _Endless pain we never quit_ _The fight within that pride’s begun_ _Saying it’s too late_ _What a man’s got, he’ll learn to hate_ I’m particularly a fan of the nearly incoherent screaming part at the end: _Just grow up_ _Wrong!_ _Wrong!_ _Wrong!_ _Wrong!_ Then there’s Madonna’s [Human Nature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPL_qGqSJxA&list=RDXPL_qGqSJxA&start_radio=1), which she wrote as a response to the backlash from her Sex book. My favorite line there is, _I’m not your bitch, don’t hang your shit on me_ but I’m also partial to _Would it sound better if I were a man?_ And this final one, maybe a bit off the beaten path, but I love the simmering, understated rage in George Strait’s _I’ve Come to Expect it from You._ How could you do what you’ve gone and done to me I wouldn’t treat a dog the way you treated me But that’s what I get I’ve come to expect it from you https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BfUFzRbavc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD5BfUFzRbavc George Strait is such a gentleman, you know that woman really fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/92 "2025-09-25T19:26:13Z")
Alanis was the first to pop into my head also. Second to immediately jump inside there was Rage Against The Machine. I mean, it’s right there in their name! Their remake of Cypress Hill’s I Could Just Kill a Man is a favorite of mine. However, I cannot tell you how many times I headbanged and sang aloud Killing In The Name Of while I processed claims at work. No, they did not fire me. They loved me. I’m serious! Man, was that a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/93 "2025-09-25T19:33:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > However, I cannot tell you how many times I headbanged and sang aloud Killing In The Name Of while I processed claims at work. Absolute classic rage song. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/94 "2025-09-25T19:37:38Z")
Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma by Melanie Safka, about how she and her material were treated by the music industry: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r44Ach4mXE4/maxresdefault.jpg "MELANIE Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma ('71)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44Ach4mXE4) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/95 "2025-09-25T19:39:33Z")
The Internationale: “Arise, ye prisoners of starvation, arise ye wretched of the earth! For justice thunders condemnation, a better world’s in birth!” Solidarity Forever: “Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite/who would lash into serfdom and oppress us with his might?/is there anything left to us but to organize fight? When the union makes us strong!” Steppenwolf, America: The cities have turned into jungles And corruption is stranglin’ the land The police force is watching the people And the people just can’t understand America, where are you now? Don’t you care about your sons and daughters? Don’t you know, we need you now We can’t fight alone against the monster Neil Young, War Song, written for George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign n the morning when you wake up You’ve got planes flying in the sky Flying bombs made to break up All the lies in your eyes There’s a man says he can put an end to war ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/96 "2025-09-25T19:45:28Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma by Melanie Safka, about how she and her material were treated by the music industry: One of these days I’m going to start a thread about one of my favorite subgenres of songs: songs calling out the music industry (many of which would fit in this thread.) A lot of them I don’t necessarily have proof that’s what they are about, but I have this feeling. Like _Harder to Breathe_ by Maroon 5, another great angry song. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/97 "2025-09-25T19:50:21Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > One of these days I’m going to start a thread about one of my favorite subgenres of songs: songs calling out the music industry (many of which would fit in this thread.) Incidentally, I started such a thread 9 years ago (omg, how time flies!). It didn’t have very many responses. > [@Stick It To The Company Or I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-it-to-the-company-or-i-want-to-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-me/749990): > > Well, I’m listening to the Kinks’ album “Lola vs. Powerman…” and [Denmark Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCzKqM567Ek&list=PL40xdWb-2paf3N_48AI9WOgqKoIEs8I_I&index=4) comes up. I once read that this album (there’s also [Top Of The Pops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJ25pfzLTo&list=PLPAL315FJtRxvfx9rWhpy4UNPbBO0yW2U&index=7)) was the strongest full frontal attack on the music business ever released by that very industry before the Sex Pistols’ [EMI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjbie1O1jxc). So I thought about other examples for songs slashing the biz. Here are some more I can think of: [Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Radio, Radio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8caBUVjWvA) (where a part of the thread title comes from and which he topped by performing… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/98 "2025-09-25T21:04:01Z")
Noted! Perhaps we need a revival. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/99 "2025-09-25T23:37:49Z")
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