Purple Sofa

I’ve put together a playlist of songs of oppression, control, breaking free and freedom.

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Songs include, but there are many more…

A Change Is Gonna Come – Seal

Afraid to Shoot Strangers – Iron Maiden

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan

A New England – Kirsty MacColl

Against the Wind – Bob Seger

All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix

All Things Must Pass – George Harrison

All Right Now – Free

Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd

Anthem – Leonard Cohen

Any Major Dude Will Tell You – Steely Dan

Apocalypse Please – Wolves At the Gate

Bad Medicine – Bon Jovi

Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

Beat It – Michael Jackson

Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil

Black Magic Woman – Santana

Black Magic Woman – Santana

Blackbird – The Beatles

Blake’s Jerusalem – Billy Bragg

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen

Break on Through – The Doors

Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley

Burning Down the House – Talking Heads

Californication – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Changes 2015 Remaster – David Bowie

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Come Together Remastered 2009 – The Beatles

Corruption – Iggy Pop

Crazy – Seal

Crossfire – Brandon Flowers

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – Ultravox

Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police

Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

Downbound Train – Bruce Springsteen

Earth Song – Michael Jackson

Escape Plan – Travis Scott

Every Breath You Take – The Police

Everybody Hurts – REM

Everyone Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears

Exodus – Bob Marley

Eye in the Sky – Remastered – The Alan Parsons Project

Eye of the Tiger – Survivor

Fake Woke – Tom Macdonald

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty

Freedom – Wham!

Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel

Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers

Ghost Town – The Specials

Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones

Give Peace A Chance – John Lennon

Glory (From the Motion Picture, Selma) – John Legend

Go Your Own Way – 2004 Remaster – Fleetwood Mac

Guiding Light – Mumford & Sons

Heal the World – Michael Jackson

High Hopes – Panic! At The Disco

Hey Brother – Avicii

How Soon is Now? – The Smiths

I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkle

I Am Light – India Arie

I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Imagine – John Lennon

Imagine Dragons – Thunder

Injected With a Poison – Praga Khan

I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley

Isolation – John Lennon

I Want To Break Free – Queen

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty

I’ll Find My Way Home – Jon and Vangelis

I’m Still Standing – Elton John

I’m Free – The Rolling Stones

I’m Free – The Who

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next – Manic Street Preachers

Imagine – John Lennon

Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) Remastered 2010 – John Lennon, Yoko Ono

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It – REM

It’s My Life – Bon Jovi

Jerusalema – Master KG

Lahaina Ohana – Jimmy Levy

Land of the Free – The Killers

Land of the Free – Joey Bada$$

Lean on Me – Bill Withers

Let it Be – The Beatles

Let the River Run – Carly Simon

Live and Let Die – Main Title – Paul McCartney, Wings

Mad World – Gary Jules

Masters of War – Bob Dylan

Memories – Maroon 5

Men in Black – Will Smith

Mind Games – Remastered 2010 – John Lennon

Money – Pink Floyd

Money and Corruption/I am Your Man – The Kinks

Money For Nothing – Pink Floyd

Mr Blue Sky – ELO

No More Mister Nice Guy – Alice Cooper

Not Giving In – Rudimental

One Day Like This – Elbow

Panic – The Smiths

People Have The Power – Patti Smith

Perpetual Change Remix 2003 – Yes

Poison – Gary Numan

Power to the People – John Lennon

Pray For Me – (With Kendrick Lamar)

Prayer For the Dying – Seal

Protection – Massive Attack

Psycho Killer – Talking Heads

Pushing Too Hard – Nick Waterhouse

Race Babbling – Stevie Wonder

Rebel Yell – Billy Idol

Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers

Refugee – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Rich Men North Of Richmond – Oliver Anthony

Riders on the Storm – The Doors

Roar – Katy Perry

Rock The Casbah – The Clash

Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to be a Long, Long Time)… – Elton John

Run Run Run – Jo Jo Gunne

Sexuality – Billy Bragg

Shining Star – Earth, Wind and Fire

Ship of Fools – The Scorpions

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Remastered – The Clash

Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel

Stand By Me – Oasis

State of Independence – Donna Summer

Stars and Stripes of Corruption – Dead Kennedys

Stayin Alive – Bee Gees

Still Crazy After All These Years – Live at Central Park – Simon and Garfunkle

Stronger – Kanye

Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones

Take A Bow – Muse

The Big Ones Get Away – Buffy Sainte-Marie

The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkle

The Four Horsemen – Aphrodite’s Child

The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff

The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkle

The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby & The Range

The Zephyr Song – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

This Is a War – Jimmy Levy

Tubthumping – Chumbawamba

Two Tribes – Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Wake Me Up – Avicii

War – Bob Marley

War, What is it Good For? – Ugly Rumours

We Are Young – fun

We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel

We Gotta Get Out of This Place – The Animals

We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister

What’s Going On? – Marvin Gaye

Who Are You? – The Who

Wind of Change – Scorpions

Wishing Well – Free

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive

You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones

You Don’t Own Me – Dusty Springfield

You’re the Voice – John Farnham

You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry and the Pacemakers

Zombie – The Cranberries