What makes a great protest song?

In this extract from his new history of the genre, Dorian Lynskey looks at the ingredients needed to make a great protest songThe phrase "protest song" is problematic. Many artists have seen it as a box in which they might find themselves trapped. Barry McGuire, who sang the genre-defining 1965 hit Eve of Destruction, protested: "It's not exactly a protest song. It's merely a song about current events." Bob Dylan told his audience, shortly before performing Blowin' in the Wind for the first time...

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