Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
“I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You” - Sam Theard, 1929
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
American Jesus by Bad Religion.
this one skewers American exceptionalism and the idea that God is on our side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J7tYM7Myb8
“Trouble Every Day”- The Mothers of Invention
Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan
Southern Man - Neil Young
Troy - Sinéad O’Connor
God is a Bullet - Concrete Blonde
Narcisista - The Warning
Malo - Bebe
Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who
“Feelings” - The Offspring (with slight tweaks to the original lyrics)
Cee-Lo Green wrote “Fuck You” (supposedly about his record label)
“The Way I Am” - Eminem
“The Sound of Silence”. Disturbed got it right.
Amyl and the Sniffers, Gacked on Anger
(On second thought, that’s not seething anger at all so much as just, well, angry anger. Still a killer song)
Had Enough / John Entwistle
I’m gettin’ sick of this universe
Ain’t gonna get better; it’s gonna get worse
And the world’s gonna sink with the weight of the human race
Hate and fear in every face
I’m gettin’ ready and I’ve packed my case
If you find somewhere better, can you save my place?
Going Underground by The Jam
Although The Jam were often angry so you could add Eton Rifles, That’s Entertainment and others.
Babylons Burning by The Ruts
At The Edge by Stiff Little Fingers
Like The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers had quite a few angry songs.
Best of You by Foo Fighters
TCMF-2L
Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus
American Woman by The Guess Who.
And… 90% of punk rock songs.
“I’m Not Your Mother” - Blake Babies
“Superconnected” - Belly
“Vision Thing” - Sister of Mercy
“Dame with a Rod” - Juliana Hatfield
“That was the Voice” - Andy Prieboy
“I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You,” Alan Parsons Project
“All Is Said and Done,” Vertical Horizon
“Anger,” Assemblage 23
“If You Hadn’t, But You Did” (from Two on the Aisle)
“Hit ‘Em Up” - 2Pac
I always used to imagine my dog was reciting the end of this song whenever he was barking at another dog.