Lagu protes

Lagu protes adalah sebuah lagu yang biasanya dikaitkan dengan sebuah gerakan untuk menciptakan sebuah perubahan sosial, dan menjadi sebuah bagian dari kategori lagu topikal (lagu yang terkait dengan peristiwa terkini). Lagu protes dapat bergenre rakyat, klasik, atau komersial.

Contoh lagu topikal pada abad ke-18 yang dimaksudkan sebagai lagu protes dari para feminis adalah "Rights of Woman" (1795), yang dinyanyikan dengan nada "God Save the King", dan ditulis secara anonim oleh "A Lady" dan diterbitkan dalam Philadelphia Minerva, 17 Oktober 1795. Meskipun begitu, tidak ada bukti bahwa lagu tersebut pernah dinyanyikan untuk gerakan sosial. The song contains such lines as "God save each female's right", "Woman is free", and "Let woman have a share".

Referensi

Bacaan tambahan
 Cohen, Ronald D. & Dave Samuelson. Liner notes for Songs for Political Action. Oldendorf: Bear Family Records, 1996.
 Denisoff, R. Serge. Sing a Song of Social Significance. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1983.
 Eyerman, Ron and Andrew Jamison. Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Tradition in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
 Fowke, Edith and Joe Glazer. Songs of Work and Protest. New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
 McDonnell, John, ed. (1986) Songs of Struggle and Protest. Cork: Mercier Press  (reissue of 1979 Gilbert Dalton edition)
 Phull, Hardeep. Story behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century. Westport: Greenwood, 2008.
 Pratt, Ray. Rhythm and Resistance: Explorations in the Political Uses of Popular Music (Media and Society Series). New York: Praeger, 1990.
 Robb, David (ed.) Protest Song in East and West Germany since the 1960s. Rochester, NY: Camden, 2007.
 Scaduto, Anthony. Bob Dylan. London: Helter Skelter, 2001 (reprint of 1972 original).

Pranala luar
 "Strange Fruit"  – history of protest music from PBS
 "Vietnam: The music of protest", Steve Schifferes, BBC News, Sunday, 1 May 2005
 Labor and Industrial Folksongs: A Select Bibliography from the Library of Congress
 Protest Songs & Lyrics an educational resource
 What's your favourite political song? Top political and cultural figures from around the world nominate and talk about the political song they most like