Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' and the New Shape of Protest Music
Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' and the New Shape of Protest Music
What's New · SpokenLayer
May 10, 20188m 1s
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Show Notes
In 2014, a Rolling Stone poll declared Bob Dylan’s "Masters of War" the best protest song of our time. Recorded in April of 1963, during that fierce spell of racial and economic tumult, Dylan, in his folksy pragmatism, rages against the Cold War and the military industrial complex. "You play with my world/ Like it’s your little toy," he sings.
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