EXTENDED RESPONSE DRAFT TALLICA
Protest music first originated in America 1776. These protest songs were about the black slavery at the time. But protest music occurred more often in the 1800’s because of slavey and temperance to women’s rights to abolitionism. Protest music is songs that are associated with a movement for social change, injustice, War and civil rights. Music Artists use protest themes in their music to convey issues that are occurring in that current point of time or issues from the past. Two songs that highlight protest themes are “The trooper” by Iron Maiden and “One” by Metallica. These two songs speak about two different wars and how war is senseless and stupid.
Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” uses protest music to tell the story of the Crimean war of 1853-1856. The song tells the story about how the Brittan and Russian troops would not give in, this is shown through these lyrics “You'll take my life but I'll take yours too you’ll fire fire your musket but I'll run you through”. These lyrics represent the true brutality of war and what the soldiers would have gone through. Rhyme is used in the following lyrics “So when you're waiting for the next attack, You'd better stand there's no turning back”. A metaphor is shown through the lyrics “And as we race towards the human wall” as the British troops are running towards there enemy’s front line. Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” is an anti war song that warns against nationalistic arrogance and overall tells a story of great suffering and death.
Metallica’s “One” uses...
