I was thinking about how Bruce Springsteen is the only artist I know of who has written a protest song lately and I was wondering if anyone else had any good recommendations since… 2016 or so.

Edit: so many great recommendations! Thank you all!

  • M137@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Planet B

    Lyrics:

    [Verse 1]
    Open your eyes and light the fluid
    Get into it, petrol siphon
    Low on meals, browning fields
    Bury children

    [Chorus 1]
    Urbanization
    Scarification
    Population exodus
    There is no Planet B
    Open your eyes and see
    [Guitar Solo]

    [Verse 2]
    Open your eyes and shoot the dingo
    While this shit goes out the window
    Multi-factions
    Rusting tractors
    Dying hero

    [Chorus 2]
    Only way through is colonization
    Acclimatization
    Population exodus
    Monetization
    Civilization
    The operation has begun
    There is no Planet B

    [Bridge]
    Patient seasons
    Blacked out for ages
    Dreaming of cake
    Snowflakes blanket
    Old deserts
    Outskirts disperse
    Earth is a blank verse
    Last hearse
    Dry nurse
    (Oh!)

    [Refrain]
    Open your eyes and see
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    There is no Planet B
    Open your eyes and see

    [Outro]
    Sinners are grinners, ear to ear
    Baby Jesus sheds a tear