What is Protest song?
A '''protest song''' is a song of [[protest]] that is part of a movement to [[social reform|change]] [[society]]. Many protest songs have [[lyrics]] that directly call for change, while others use [[humour|humor]], [[irony]], or the [[ballad]] form to make their point. Protest songs can come from just about any type of music. In the 1960s in the [[United States]], many [[folk music]]ians such as [[Phil Ochs]], [[Joan Baez]] and [[Bob Dylan]] made protest songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balladtree.com/folk101/a_60s2a.htm|title=夕方のお金の借り方|website=www.balladtree.com|access-date=2011-02-04|archive-date=2010-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119180959/http://balladtree.com/folk101/a_60s2a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some of these songs were [[anti-war movement|against fighting]] of the United States in the [[Vietnam War]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Protests|song]] {{music-stub}} [[Category:Political songs]]