Question

Perform research online for another song with a social conscience. In about two hundred words, introduce the song you found. Use two or more sources. Make sure to cite the song, the artist, the social cause, and the sources you researched.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Public Enemy – Fight the power

Arguably Public Enemy’s most famous song, “Fight the Power” was produced for Spike Lee’s 1989 film Do the Right Thing. Speaking to the social and psychological struggles being experienced by the American youth, the song decried racism and a lack of social progress, encouraging people to fight back.

Released: June 1989

Record label: Motown Records

Most poignant lyric: Our freedom of speech is freedom or death

Interesting fact: “Fight the Power” was used in another film, 2005’s US military movie Jarhead

2.Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson

Released in 1988, Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” is an inspirational song about personal redemption and making a positive impact on the world. The catchy song tells us that not only is it possible to change the world, it’s possible for us – as individuals – to do it.

Released: January 1988

Record label: Epic

Most poignant lyric: I’m Gonna Make A Change | For Once In My Life | It’s Gonna Feel Real Good | Gonna Make A Difference | Gonna Make It Right

Interesting fact: Following Jackson’s death in 2009 the song became the number one single on iTunes in both the US and the UK

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Answer 2

Answer: Song :Testify. Artist: Rage against the machine. Social cause : Media influence on society. Source:songfacts.com; rollingstone.com

Explanation:

Song :Testify. Artist: Rage against the machine. Social cause : Media influence on society. Source:songfacts.com; rollingstone.com

This song is about misrepresentation of world events by the US media. News anchors relay lies into the homes of Americans because that's all the Americans, being empty people whose only concerns are the media's showcase of glamour and gossip, can handle. The only way for people to survive is through the opiates that they partake of every day in the form of celebrities and media. It uses the party slogan for the Oceania government in the book 1984: "Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.”

"We found your weakness and it's right outside your door, now testify" - In the first part, Zack is trying to be coy about saying what he thinks the government's weakness really is. So think about it this way, what's right outside your door? The world and all the people in it. And if all those people would come together, what powerful tool of revolution we would be?

The first three songs of  “the battle of los angeles “ abum (“Testify,” “Guerrilla Radio,” “Calm Like a Bomb”) are near-perfect fusions of spit and fury.