0 a song that expresses disapproval, usually about a political subject
Widespread distress (the song was 'pitiful', the musicians in 'great grief') leads 'everybody' ('the common people', 'the musicians') to rise up in musical protest (the protest song, the burial march).
The song is a protest song on the evils of prejudice and bullying.
It is considered an early example of a protest song.
Rock music inherited the folk tradition of protest song, making political statements on subjects such as war, religion, poverty, civil rights, justice and the environment.
We couldn't really make a protest song out of itwe kind of snuck it in.
The verses refer to the crisis of the 1930, with an early form of protest song and the inevitable appeal to the lunfardo.
This is a protest song, more ironic than angry perhaps, but a protest nonetheless.
On the other hand, once a revolution is established, some of the aspects of protest song may be considered counter-revolutionary.
