Top List: 15 Anti -Trump songs - Rolling Stone
From pop pop, heavy metal hip-hop, the power rise of Donald Trump has caused a new wave of protest songs (and covers).Here is a selection.
By Jon DOLAN, HANK Shteamer, Suzy Exposito and Alma Rota
Billy Bragg-"The Times they are a-changing back"
The British folk singer adapts Bob Dylan's anthem to make a call to resistance, adding words to "Mexicans, Muslims, LGBTQ and Jews".
Carole King – « One Small Voice »
"The Emperor has no clothes," sings King in a new version of his classic ballad which brings balance to his indignation while keeping an underlying radical objective.
A Tribe Called Quest – « We the People »
A few days after the election, Tribe Called Quest clearly expressed his feelings with regard to the new elected president, with a title that takes up the rhetoric of Trump's campaign ("All You Bad Folks, You Must GO").In Grammys, Busta Rhymes added an additional layer to the song with its diatribe "Orange Agent".
Fiona Apple – « Tiny Hands »
Curlyly using a sample of 'the chief pussy attraistent' himself on a walking pace, Apple sings "we don't want your tiny hands/anywhere c." (We don't want your little handson our money).
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CocoRosie feat. Anohni – « Smoke ‘Em Out »
Cocorosia and anohni share their dreams of feminist insurrection - "occupy the White House with a crowd of women and children armed with forks and knives" - in this sparkling pop song.
Ryan Adams – « Karma Police »
This live and acoustic recovery of the anti-authoritarian anti-authoritarian hymn of Radiohead remains the essential feeling of desolation.
Franz Ferdinand – « Demagogue »
The English group makes fun of Trump's IQ, its speeches, its rhetoric, its exacerbated narcissism and its strolls."Those Tiny Vulgar Fingers, on the Nuclear Bomb" ("These vulgar little hands, on the nuclear bomb button")
DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels – « Nobody Speak »
Trump has often been represented in rap songs in flattering terms, as a symbol of success and wealth.This is not the case at all with Killer Mike, who stands out as one of the most impactful voices of American rap.
Eminem - "Campaign Speech"
Accused of sexism and homophobia himself, Eminem signs an 8-minute freestyle for Donald Trump.
Gorillaz – « Hallelujah Money”
The group signed its return after a break of six, the day before President Trump's enthronement with this song which wanted to be a flash of truth in the dark ’.
Arcade Fire – ‘I Give You Power’
Also released the day before Trump's enthronement, the In Butler group teams up with the great Mavis Staples, with a title that wants to carry their feeling of solidarity and fight against that of helplessness in the face of this advent which has deeply impactedAmerica.
Father John Misty – « Pure Comedy »
Josh Tillman hits everyone, not only on Donald Trump: narcissism, corruption, religious sexism, everything goes there.
Angel Olsen- « Fly On Your Wall »
This song was released at the opening of the compilation "Our First 100 Days" in support of associations and organizations threatened by Trump's politics such as family and people planet Movement, a song to arouse hope and change to political threats.
Magne Furuholmen (A-HA)-"This is Now America"
The keyboarder and songwriter of the POP A-HA group composed this title "as a direct response to the Trump administration.This is a kind of lament for an idea of America, which seems to no longer exist."Has he told Rolling Stone
Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky – « That’s What makes us great »Springsteen qualifie le président Trump « d’escroc » sur cette collaboration avec son compère de longue date Joe Grushecky. « Ne me dites pas un mensonge/ Et vendez-le comme un fait/ J’ai déjà vécu cela/ Et je n’y retournerai pas », chante Springsteen, « Ne te vante pas/ Tu n’as jamais lu de livre/ Je n’ai jamais cru ».
