This was uploaded to YouTube eight years ago. It was originally written by Irving Berlin in 1941 about Hitler. For reasons surpassing my understanding, the song “When That Man is Dead and Gone” is once again going viral in January 2026.
We already have a thread dedicated to Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis”. Anyone got any others?
I defer to Woody Guthrie.
This is a good one.
Speaking of, Guthrie himself wrote a song called ‘Old Man trump’ about Fred trump, but the lyrics, other than the local real estate reference, could just as well apply to his demon seed.
Here are a couple videos-- the first is Guthrie singing the song himself, but the sound quality is not great; the second is a cover medley of “I Ain’t Got No Home/Old Man Trump”:
That’s impressive.
Probably also helped in the delivery by the artist looking closer to 12 than to 20. But would be impressive produced by someone of any age.
“When That Man Is Dead and Gone” is a really catchy tune. I mentioned it in the “Trump Is Dying” thread:
I would sure like to see some of the Doper wordsmiths update the lyrics!
The YouTube algorithm has been promoting a lot of protest songs lately. Here’s another one that has been getting a lot of play:
