Trump’s First 100 Days Songs Playlist | #ProtestSongs to March for Change

By Martie Hevia | Blue Beach Song™

Today is Saturday, April 29, 2017, and it marks Donald Trump’s first 100 Days in office as President of the United States. (No, it’s okay, I needed a moment, too.)

It is hard to believe that it has been one-hundred days. It really feels like, oh, I don’t know…years!

So, meandering from thought to thought in a nonsensical run-on sentence, as our “winning” leader is wont to do, because he is “a very, very smart person” who “knows all the best words,” as he has told us so many times, despite his small ego and bigly hands the better to grab us by the…oh, (unintelligible)…and, so, to conclude, below is a YUUUGE collection I have compiled of 100 songs to mark Trump’s first 100 days…and to celebrate us surviving him and his kleptocratic kakistocracy of merry Russian men, billionaires, generals, and family members.

So, as I was saying…It is the best 100-Song Playlist in the world. Everybody says so. Believe me. Cross my heart and hope NOT to die while a couple of insecure guys try to settle whose nuclear missile is bigger, yes, Trump & North Korea, I’m talking to you…oh, and you Syria, and ISIS, and Russia, and…God help us!

On a serious note…

Seeing the humor in difficult situations can help us navigate through difficult times, which can also serve as a form of resistance and community. So, I hope you will understand that my attempt at humor in this post does not diminish how seriously I take the current state of our politics.

#TheResistance movement has been busy online and in real life uncovering and sharing information; actively organizing, marching and protesting; as well as coping through humor and music with the incredulous insanity of Russia’s interference in our 2016 election resulting in the election of Donald Trump.

A few days ago, the hashtag #TrumpsDay100Songs was trending on Twitter as people shared song titles to mark Trump’s first 100 days. I was no exception.

My mind flooded with countless songs relevant to Trump, about Trump, relevant in title only, or in meaning, relevant to the Resistance movement, to peaceful protesters, to the times, to specific issues and struggles. So, I wrote them down and below are my meager offerings to the effort, an eclectic collection of 100 songs – across genres and decades.

(If you need a little motivation and inspiration, listen to them today as you participate in the Climate Marches taking place across the country.)

On a personal note, if you follow me on Twitter @BlueBeachSong, you’ve probably noticed that since the election, like so many others, I have been focused more on news, information, commentary, resources, activities, efforts, and issues related to Trump, our government, and #TheResistance. It feels pressingly important and urgent. However, I do look forward to the day when we have resolution on all-things Trump, we get answers to our questions, and we can all go back to some version of normalcy.

In the meantime, I hope you, too, will get involved, join the conversation, educate yourself on the issues, and stay informed – every day – about what’s going on in our country, our government, in the White House and in Congress. And don’t ever stop. Stay engaged, so this does not happen again. We lose our democracy when we allow foreign powers to manipulate our elections.

In the end, the power we have is to make ourselves educated voters and then…vote! And if you can, run for office. Find your way – big or small – to take back control, seek the truth, and hold our politicians accountable. So, tweet, march, run, organize, protest, call, write, create, vote, and sing protest songs. Given the enormous sacrifices the founding fathers and mothers of this democracy made, isn’t active citizenship a small price to pay to keep it safe?

#Resist. #Insist. #Persist. And keep on marching! –Martie | Blue Beach Song

NOTE: Artists listed are those performing the songs in the videos, and not necessarily the songwriters.

Trump’s First 100 Days 100 Songs Playlist

1. A Change Is Gonna Come
   by Sam Cooke
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4

2. America
   by Simon & Garfunkel
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAoWwUwknc

3. American Idiot
   by Green Day
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI

4. Another Brick in the Wall
   by Pink Floyd
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U
   

5. Asshole
   by Dennis Leary
   (Warning Graphic Language)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

6. Back in the USSR
   by The Beatles
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5_EQgbuLc

7. Bad
   by Michael Jackson
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4SJVsTulc

8. Bad Reputation
   by Joan Jett
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg

9. Beat It
   by Michael Jackson
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0

10. Believe Me
    by Usher
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD56VwKi91Y

11. Big Yellow Taxi
    by Joni Mitchell
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJIuP7zEVeM

12. Blowin’ In The Wind
    by Bob Dylan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA

13. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
    by Green Day
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c

14. Born in the U.S.A.
    by Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR4d3FJQ

15. Bridge Over Troubled Water
    by Art Garfunkel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrcwRt6J32o

16. Bye Bye Bye
    by*NSYNC
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s

17. Chain of Fools
    by Aretha Franklin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmKZ5v1D778
    

18. Crazy
    by Britney Spears
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4VK9_CfOLQ

19. Crazy
    by Patsy Cline
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnrdCS57d0

20. Dear Mr. President
    by Pink
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmMS9XVIa00

21. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
    by Joan Jett
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sky1tt8vLA

22. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
    by Boy George/Culture Club
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik

23. Don’t Let Me Down
    by The Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

24. Draft Dodger Rag
    by Phil Ochs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFOUkipI4U

25. End Of The Line
    by The Traveling Wilburys
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

26. Eve of Destruction
    by Barry McGuire
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIcwjFB1PY

27. Every Breath You Take
    by The Police
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

28. Everybody Plays the Fool
    by The Main Ingredient
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb46mJmppN4

29. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
    by Tears For Fears
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zA0xnBEJU

30. Fight Song (for Hillary)
    by Elizabeth Banks & Friends (A Capella)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttscNOoAjA

31. For No One
    by Paul McCartney
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuphFPEqJqw

32. For What It’s Worth
    by Buffalo Springfield
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

33. Friends in Low Places
    by Garth Brooks
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om4pFpfrK2g
    

34. From Russia with Love
    by Matt Monro / James Bond film
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scTDEj0yYUQ

35. FDT PT 2 (F*ck Donald Trump)
    by YG featuring G-Eazy & Macklemore
    (Warning Graphic Language)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ja3i9u2Og
    

36. God’s Away on Business
    by Tom Waits
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mhsW5aWJM
    

37. Good Riddance
    by Green Day
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc

38. Goodbye To You
    by Patty Smyth & Scandal
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc

39. Goodnight Saigon (We will all go down together)
    by Billy Joel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzjhl-QztE

40. Handle With Care
    by The Traveling Wilburys
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

41. HELP!
    by The Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q_ZzBGPdqE

42. Highway to Hell
    by AC/DC
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPmA3USJdI
    

43. I Keep Forgettin
    by Michael McDonald
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqOsYRQI0o

44. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
    by U2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE
    

45. I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke (Hilltop)
    from Coca-Cola 1971 Commercial
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VM2eLhvsSM
    

46. If I Only Had A Brain
    from The Wizard of Oz
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs

47. I’m a Loser
    by The Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70Z3cvrQd0

48. I’m Goin’ Down
    by Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdZWbIsrFk

49. I’m No Angel
    by Gregg Allman
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEP_dPN3Haw

50. It’s the End of the World As We Know It
    by R.E.M.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
    

51. Karma Chameleon
    by Boy George/Culture Club
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw
    

52. Lips Are Movin
    by Meghan Trainor
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s

53. Lyin Eyes
    by Eagles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTEqZURh4o

54. Man In The Mirror
    by Michael Jackson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps

55. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
    by Marvin Gaye
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Kr1YB2cs4

56. Money for Nothing
    by Dire Straits
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoaBjHYsDAg

57. My Hometown
    by Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg

58. Nasty Man
    by Joan Baez
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7N9lEl_E

59. No Surrender
    by Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKhQ9cbhgo

60. Nowhere Man
    by The Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93rSXA8aeG4
    

61. Old Man
    by Neil Young
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2a1_Do_fc

62. Oops!…I Did It Again
    by Britney Spears
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow

63. Our Lips Are Sealed
    by The Go-Go’s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M

64. Release Me
    by Wilson Phillips
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNyk54b3ZU

65. Revolution
    by The Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

66. Rise Up
    by Andra Day
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNKu1uNBVkU

67. Send in the Clowns
    by Judy Collins
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6KGuTr9TI
    

68. Simple Man
    by Lynyrd Skynyrd
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQ_aTjXObs

69. Slip Slidin’ Away
    by Simon & Garfunkel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNt5FnMK2sM

70. Smooth Criminal
    by Michael Jackson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4

71. Still Crazy After All These Years
    by Paul Simon
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVK3tTBJze4

72. Super Freak
    by Rick James
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M

73. Sympathy for the Devil
    by The Rolling Stones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXGsPBUV5g

74. Takin’ It To The Streets
    by Michael McDonald/The Doobie Brothers
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o_umKOTXIs

75. Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
    by Tracy Chapman
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=721JQZw6Spg

76. The Fool on the Hill
    by Paul McCartney
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hlw_9ldThs

77. The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum
    by Fun Boy Three
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzSXzwbwIc
    

78. The Times They Are A-Changin’
    by Bob Dylan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M4DTGhGF4k

79. These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
    by Nancy Sinatra
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

80. This Is Not America
    by David Bowie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUliUWMrMZA
    

81. This Land Is Your Land
    by Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnvCPQqQWds

82. Toxic
    by Britney Spears
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU

83. Toy Soldiers
    by Martika
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdLovAaYzM

84. Troubled Times
    by Green Day
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cVJr3eQfXc

85. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
    by Wham!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A
    

86. War
    by Bruce Springsteen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn91L9goKfQ

87. We Didn’t Start the Fire
    by Billy Joel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

88. We’re Not Gonna Take It
    by Twisted Sister
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9AbeALNVkk

89. What A Fool Believes
    by Michael McDonald/The Doobie Brothers
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2ZgA3S_rc

90. What Have I Done To Deserve This
    by Pet Shop Boys
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg

91. What’s Going On
    by Marvin Gaye
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo-5MI9-yjU

92. What’s Love Got To Do With It
    by Tina Turner
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs
    

93. What’s the Matter Here?
    by 10,000 Maniacs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m39DWVFK-Bw

94. Where Have All the Flowers Gone
    by Joan Baez
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ly8cyWvkw

95. Where Is The Love?
    by Black Eyed Peas
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc

96. With A Little Help From My Friends
    by Joe Cocker
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3LQ-FReO7Q

97. Yesterday
    by Paul McCartney
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgmdOz227I

98. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
    by The Rolling Stones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxU5Y9lCS8

99. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Trump
    by College Humor a Grinch Parody
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-5DJhBh6M

100. You’re So Vain
     by Carly Simon
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M

Please feel free to share your own “Trump 100 Day” songs in the comments section below! -Martie

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