# The Revolution WILL be Spotified **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 9, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500 "2026-01-09T05:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/1 "2026-01-09T05:41:22Z")
I’ve found myself blasting Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” in my truck like it’s 1994 the past couple days. Help me flesh out a Spotify playlist of protest/revolution/fuck-the-fascists songs. Don’t care about genre. The other two on my list right now are “This is America” by Childish Gambino and “American Idiot” by Green Day. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/2 "2026-01-09T05:46:34Z")
Tom Morello - “Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine” Woody Guthrie - “All You Fascists Bound To Lose” Dead Kennedys - “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/3 "2026-01-09T05:55:12Z")
Go to the source: Gil Scott-Heron. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vwSRqaZGsPw/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/vwSRqaZGsPw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDvwSRqaZGsPw And this came out a decade later. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Cp4aihz6wc/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Cp4aihz6wc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD3Cp4aihz6wc ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/4 "2026-01-09T06:05:15Z")
And this one too! ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pO1HC8pHZw0/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/pO1HC8pHZw0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD3Cp4aihz6wc ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/5 "2026-01-09T06:12:18Z")
Anything by RAtM works - “Wake Up”, “Bulls on Parade”, etc. “Know Your Enemy” by Green Day “Fuck tha Police” by NWA “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy “Youth Against Fascism” by Sonic Youth ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/6 "2026-01-09T15:34:12Z")
“God Is A Bullet” - Concrete Blonde ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/7 "2026-01-09T15:52:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B-61PGR37a4/maxresdefault.jpg "MC5 The American Ruse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-61PGR37a4) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/8 "2026-01-09T16:00:13Z")
Jesse Welles is a terrific new protest singer: “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4hlig78w&pp=ygUMamVzc2Ugd2VsbGVz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4hlig78w&pp=ygUMamVzc2Ugd2VsbGVz)” “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0CLduLgew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0CLduLgew)” ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/9 "2026-01-09T16:21:48Z")
Spotify has Rolling Stone’s “100 Best Protst Songs of All Time” as a playlist. Jesse Welles is great. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/10 "2026-01-09T16:31:55Z")
All due respect, I want the Dope’s, not Rolling Stones’. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/11 "2026-01-09T16:34:20Z")
I went through my protest playlist, and have a few more recommendations: In the folk category: - “Eve of Destruction” - Barry McGuire - “Talkin’ bout a Revolution” - Tracy Chapman - “All You Fascists Bound To Lose” - Woody Guthrie And the crank-it-up category: - “Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)” - Run the Jewels - “War Pigs” - Black Sabbath - “Racist Sexist Boy” - The Linda Lindas - “Freedom” - Beyonce ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/12 "2026-01-09T17:02:38Z")
1933 by Frank Turner (though I think at this point we are at 1937 at least ☹ ) [https://youtu.be/QWmnBcNijvo?si=H3M7r2g-Ynki6tLh](https://youtu.be/QWmnBcNijvo?si=H3M7r2g-Ynki6tLh) Prophets of Rage (IMO heavily underated Rage Against the machine + Public Enemy colab) Unfuck the World [https://youtu.be/3eDQQfYOV48?si=8t\_JjLXmkSotrm5f](https://youtu.be/3eDQQfYOV48?si=8t_JjLXmkSotrm5f) Running the World by Jarvis Cocker [https://youtu.be/ahzNnXex5fY?si=aEQ4lELbi6UrGbR4](https://youtu.be/ahzNnXex5fY?si=aEQ4lELbi6UrGbR4) Though a lot the pre-Trump (and Johnson/Farage in the UK) era protests songs like that last one , despite being an awesome, song seem a bit dumb now IMO. Yeah c\_\_nts have always been running the world but there are c\_\_nts and c\_\_nts, and the 2006 c\_\_nts seem pretty OK now compared to the Nazi c\_\_nts currently running the world. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/13 "2026-01-09T17:57:51Z")
Much of The Clash’s repertoire would be relevant here, starting with this one [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_lt4O-EHNnw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Clash - Clampdown (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lt4O-EHNnw) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/14 "2026-01-09T18:21:26Z")
On the Day It Finally Happens by Malört & Savior. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0HXXmMojs_g/maxresdefault.jpg "On The Day It Finally Happens") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HXXmMojs_g) ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/15 "2026-01-09T22:32:03Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Much of The Clash’s repertoire would be relevant here, starting with this one Very, very good choice. I’ll add “White Riot” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xk00SETBlyA/maxresdefault.jpg "White Riot (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk00SETBlyA&t=1s) . ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/16 "2026-01-09T22:45:14Z")
“Disciple” - The Warning _Kill the system_ _Kill the man_ _Strip the power from their hands_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p9GcS8ptpCY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Warning - DISCIPLE (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9GcS8ptpCY) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/17 "2026-01-09T22:51:31Z")
Oh and… It Makes Me Violent by Bob Vylan [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BkK2hAr3a6A/maxresdefault.jpg "Makes Me Violent") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkK2hAr3a6A) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/18 "2026-01-10T00:06:11Z")
“Seven Nation Army” - White Stripes “This Is Why We Fight” - The Decemberists ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/19 "2026-01-10T00:23:23Z")
Expand this to include social media and this is as relevant now as it was in the early 90s when I first heard it… _[Television, the Drug of the Nation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9pJzZ1XGI)_[, The Disposable Heros of Hiphoprisy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9pJzZ1XGI) ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500/20 "2026-01-10T03:11:04Z")
[Gestures vaguely towards _Rise Against_][/] (ETA: and gestures towards _Les Misérables._ Punk as fuck) Honestly I love this question but the examination of my prefered music to find examples could result in a full-length essay and it’s Friday and I’m drunk and _tired_. Punks are generally pro-revolution. Here’s a pertinent one from the rather awesome band MakeWar: [Hands on the Tyrant](https://makewarmusic.bandcamp.com/track/hands-on-the-tyrant) (link goes to bandcamp) > The revolution will be televised! Don’t rest your heads until they pay. For all the lives that were taken, we’ll be free again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolution-will-be-spotified/1026500.md?page=2)