Protest Music / Songs

In this protest song from the 1980s, the song says the average age of a soldier in the Vietnam War was 19 as compared to World War II where the average age was 26.  Why might 18 year old soldiers of the time be upset that the legal voting age was still 21?

Paul Hardcastle: 19 Pete Seeger: Bring 'em Home

Barry Maguire: Eve of Destruction

CCR: Fortunate Son

John Lennon: Imagine

Edwin Starr: War

Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.    Black Sabbath: War Pigs     Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth     R.E.M.: Orange Crush     Country Joe and the Fish: I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag   Bob Dylan: Blowin' in the Wind    Dixie Chicks: Travelin' Soldier
  Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcom

  U2: Sunday, Bloody Sunday   Bob Dylan: The Times They Are a Changin'   Marvin Gaye: What's Going On   The Plastic Ono Band: Give Peace a Chance

Cranberries: Zombie

Iron Maiden: The Trooper

Metallic: One

Rise Against: Hero of War 

  

Guns N' Roses: Civil War