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Part 3: Curtis Mayfield to The English Beat (1970-1980)PopMatters Picks: Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest SongsCurtis MayfieldCurtis(Curtom) US release date: 1 September 1970 UK release date: Available as import [18 July 2007] by PopMatters StaffPopMatters Picks: Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest Songs"Just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine, go down .." Julie Andrews sang in Mary Poppins. Indeed, a bitter dose of angry words in need of saying, and set to a beat, quite effectively gets heard.
PopMatters Picks: Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest SongsWhen Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed” was released as a single, it bore the abridged title “Only Women” (which is how it is listed in the official Billboard singles book). Anyone know why this was? Did the record company think the word “bleed” would be too much for listeners and disc jockeys? Comment by Tony S — July 21, 2007 @ 2:51 am Where is X-Ray Spex’s Oh Bondage, Up Yours! Peter Gaberiel’s Biko? come on. at least an explanation for these ommissions. Comment by todd x from San Francisco — July 24, 2007 @ 5:48 pm Great list but I gotta agreed, not having BIKO on the list is a HUGE screw-up. Comment by Scott R from Los Angeles — July 25, 2007 @ 12:16 am — PopMatters sponsor —
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One can only assume Peter Gabriel’s “Biko”, from Peter Gabriel 3 (1980) was left off the list through clerical error. Steven Van Zandt credits the song and the singer for the idea of Artists United Against Apartheid.
Comment by Emily from Portland, OR — July 20, 2007 @ 5:42 pm