Protest for Sensory Sensitivity

Protest leans intense. 15 of the 35 songs analyzed hit hard — but 1 calm anchors exist for sensory-friendly entry points.

6.8
Avg Intensity
1
Safe
19
Moderate
15
Intense

Safe for sensitive ears (1)

The Times They Are a-Changin'
Bob Dylan
safe

Controlled — moderate intensity (19)

Desolation Row
Bob Dylan
moderate
So Much Trouble in the World
Bob Marley & The Wailers
moderate
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen
moderate
Youngstown
Bruce Springsteen
moderate
With God on Our Side
Bob Dylan
moderate
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Bob Dylan
moderate
License to Kill
Bob Dylan
moderate
I Shot the Sheriff
Bob Marley
moderate
Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
moderate
Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone
moderate
Cuyahoga
R.E.M.
moderate
The Rape of the World
Tracy Chapman
moderate
The Space Program
A Tribe Called Quest
moderate
Chimes of Freedom
Bob Dylan
moderate
Hurricane
Bob Dylan
moderate
When the President Talks to God
Bright Eyes
moderate
Four Women
Nina Simone
moderate
People Have the Power
Patti Smith
moderate
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
moderate

Intense — proceed with awareness (15)

Masters of War
Bob Dylan
intense
The Kids
Lou Reed
intense
Strange Fruit
Nina Simone
intense
Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
intense
(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
Curtis Mayfield
intense
White America
Eminem
intense
We Almost Lost Detroit
Gil Scott-Heron
intense
Nina Cried Power
Hozier
intense
They Don't Care About Us
Michael Jackson
intense
Southern Man
Neil Young
intense
Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
intense
Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young
intense
White Elephant
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
intense
The Star-Spangled Banner
Jimi Hendrix
intense
Call to Arms
Sturgill Simpson
intense

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