Videos – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Daily Dose of Protest: The Beatles Wrote Protest Songs

This is an AI-generated tune. I use a snippet of it as the intro for my video 11 Protest Songs of The Beatles. You can also check out the article on which the video is…

CJ Baker June 16, 2025

Interviews Podcast Videos

Interview with Chris Dowd of Fishbone (Video + Transcript)

Fishbone Press Photo, Credit: Matt Dessner I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Dowd, founding member of the legendary genre-bending band Fishbone. We discuss the band's upcoming new album,…

CJ Baker June 10, 2025

Videos

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s According To Rate Your Music (RYM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGKgKVnnHEQ I recently republished the list of the top 100 protest albums of the '90s, so I was curious to see how it stacked up in comparison to RYM. Here…

CJ Baker June 6, 2025

Songs Lists Videos

11 Protest Songs of The Beatles (Video)

https://youtu.be/MFuimhVFI8Q?si=6OffMrWobWDE1crr I recently wrote an article on 11 Protest Songs of The Beatles. I've decided to record a video version of the article as well.

CJ Baker June 4, 2025

Songs Lists Videos

Top 25 Protest Songs of All Time (Video)

https://youtu.be/pADVUncx2wY?si=Xa_9Q2MlEoO_a2TO Check out the complete 100 Best Protest Songs list.

CJ Baker March 18, 2025

Songs Lists Videos

Reaction To Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Protest Songs Of All Time List

https://youtu.be/-vgllumInTA?si=BZ0TrKcSxwO7Nefy Rolling Stone recently published their list of 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time. This video is my real-time response.

CJ Baker January 29, 2025

Videos

Reaction to Rolling Stone’s List of the 250 Greatest Albums of 21st Century (So Far)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRZTVx3PRxE Rolling Stone recently published its list of the 250 greatest albums of the 21st Century (so far). I decided to record a live reaction video. Initially, I was going…

CJ Baker January 14, 2025

2024: The Year In Protest Music Videos

100 Best Albums of 2024

https://youtu.be/VhHyd2GwSMY?si=JwGLzDNgcijNvX0w Even though this site primarily focuses on protest music, not every album I listen to explicitly meets the definition of a protest album. So because of this, I decided…

CJ Baker December 27, 2024

Videos

Comparing Rolling Stone’s 74 Best Albums of 1974 With My List

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5waVepH_w I recently listened to 186 albums from 1974. I posted a video of my top 25 albums, along with publishing my list of 74 albums. With Rolling Stone now…

CJ Baker December 2, 2024

Videos

My Epic Soundtrack: The Trinity Session – Cowboy Junkies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_gtNZTBM-0 I recently changed the name of my YouTube channel from Ongoing History of Protest Music to My Epic Soundtrack to A Mundane Existence. Although it will still periodically focus…

CJ Baker November 11, 2024