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Riot Songs

By | The Y! Music Playlist Blog – Sun, Oct 23, 2011 2:06 PM EDT

Thankfully, the Occupy Wall Street protests have been peaceful so far. Unlike the protests over austerity measures in Greece, which have not embraced non-violence to the same degree. Let's hope our domestic protests can continue to follow their non-violent path, and that we do not see them devolve into rioting. After all, a riot is never a good thing, and if you understand history, you know that non-violent resistance has had much more success in bringing change. In music, the riot is an irresistible subject for songwriters, especially in rock and roll. Rock music has always been the music of rebellion, and the riot is a pinnacle act of rebellion, so it make perfect sense that there are a lot of "riot songs" to be found in rock and roll. This playlist includes 24 of them. 

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Songs About Wall Street

1. I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs

2. White Riot - The Clash

3. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth

4. Anarchy In The U.K. - The Sex Pistols

5. Panic - The Smiths

6. We Had To Tear This Mothaf*cka Up - Ice Cube

7. Conspiracy To Riot - Sage Francis 


8. Motor City Is Burning - MC5

9. Reclaim The Street - U.K. Subs 

10. Riot - Three Days Grace

11. Start The Riot! - Atari Teenage Riot

12. Never Been In A Riot - The Mekons

13. Riot Riot Upstart - Agnostic Front

14. Gonna Have A Riot - Quiet Riot

15. Riot - Sugarcult

16. Riot Of Violence - Napalm Death

17. Riot Starter - Cypress Hill

18. Riot - Dead Kennedys 

19. Race Riot - D.O.A.

20. Lets Start A Riot - Major Disappoinment

21. Riot - The Oppressed

22. A Riot - Gregory Isaacs

23. Police And Thieves - Junior Murvin

24. Burnin' And Lootin' - Bob Marley

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