May Day 2010: The 20 Greatest Protest Songs

8. Buffalo Springfield: 'For What It's Worth' – One of two Stephen Stills entries on the list, while many musicians were embracing the hedonistic love of the sixties Stills was dealing with much grittier subject matter. Essentially an ode to the violence, social paranoia and brutalities of the Vietnam War, what differentiates 'For What It's Worth' from the vast majority of other protest songs is it's overtly positive chorus - “stop killing, what's that sound? everyone look what's going down.” If only the leaders of the world would pay notice.

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