# Songs to keep our spirits up in dark times **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 30, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215 "2026-01-30T21:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/21 "2026-01-31T22:11:58Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > ❤ Viva Tom Morello! _Yaşasın_ > > I love angry songs that cry out for justice. I’m now listening to their first album, inspired by this thread, and my spirits are mightily lifted. _Fight the war, fuck the norm!_✊ ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/22 "2026-01-31T22:15:55Z")
Oh, and I have to share the Billy Bragg song “City Of Heroes” @Die_Capacitrix posted in the “protest songs” thread, It’s fantastic and so right on point, and very uplifting. > [@What are the modern protest songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/47): > > Billy Bragg’s City of Heroes [[BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW8) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/23 "2026-01-31T22:55:13Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Oh, and I have to share the Billy Bragg song “City Of Heroes” That is fucking excellent and just what the doctor ordered. Thanks to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/24 "2026-01-31T23:30:18Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EzHmA1NLFVA/maxresdefault.jpg "This Is Heaven To Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzHmA1NLFVA) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/25 "2026-01-31T23:45:32Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > That is fucking excellent and just what the doctor ordered. Thanks to you both! Yeah, together with the Springsteen song, it soothed my soul and gave me hope that there are still people with the right message! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/26 "2026-02-01T00:19:30Z")
Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Misérables. If anyone can find a version better than these, please feel free to post it. [Do you hear the people sing – Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGAmc88woU) [Les Misérables Cast - Do You Hear The People Sing?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUlQNsl4Qvk) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/27 "2026-02-01T01:54:42Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > How about something rousing I’ve been listening to Patti Smith doing “People Have The Power” with Choir!Choir!Choir!.. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y6Wz3i_BYUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Choir! Choir! Choir! & Patti Smith sing "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" in NYC with Stewart Copeland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz3i_BYUc) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/28 "2026-02-02T01:02:30Z")
> [@Saphir](#): > > Ochs has so many songs which feel so topical! For the moment I’m just going to nominate Power and Glory, though. Welcome, @Saphir! I left that link playing after the song you cited ended. It played several more Ochs songs and then the hair was standing up on my head because it got to “Knock On The Door.” And I was thinking ‘somebody ought to write a new verse or two, Phil Ochs sure wouldn’t mind’ and looking for a video version with the lyrics when I came across this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8JceZdITk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8JceZdITk) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/29 "2026-03-26T15:15:31Z")
I’m crossposting here from the other protest song thread, because I don’t want anyone to miss it: > [@What are the modern protest songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/52): > > Update: Bette Middler chimes in with her great own version of Woody Guthrie’s “All You Fascists”. Great stuff. [[AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VXwncNvTo) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/30 "2026-03-26T18:02:49Z")
Thanks, that was great! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/31 "2026-03-26T22:15:41Z")
Indeed. Just emailed myself the link so I won’t lose track of it. ---
**Author:** ![stopnonstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/32 "2026-03-29T03:21:23Z")
[https://youtu.be/xQbXO828Vio?si=5FvNWhbOkg1hXNbX](https://youtu.be/xQbXO828Vio?si=5FvNWhbOkg1hXNbX) A tribute to the international brigades who helped fight fascism in Spain - never forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/33 "2026-03-29T03:33:57Z")
“The Future Is a Foreign Land” by Ghost. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lz24W6CQ0HI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ghost - The Future Is A Foreign Land (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz24W6CQ0HI) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215/34 "2026-03-29T14:43:33Z")
> [@stopnonstop](#): > > A tribute to the international brigades who helped fight fascism in Spain - never forgotten. ❤ “…our side had all the best songs” ¡Olé! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215.md?page=1)