Poppy anthem for the musical break at a SCOTUS marriage equality rally?
June 18, 2015 11:21 AM   Subscribe

I am looking for a song for a female vocalist to sing during the middle of a series of speeches at an upcoming marriage equality rally I am planning for SCOTUS decision day. (Music kind of breaks up the monotony of these types of things)

Her thought was "Brave" by Sarah Bareilles or "Roar" by Katy Perry. We've already used Katy Perry's Roar at a different rally, and I thought Brave might be too dated since it came out almost 2 years ago.

Do you have any other ideas? Songs from musicals, newer songs, are preferred. Something that says "We're in this together" and "We've got this" no matter what the outcome is... want to be prepared with that.

Song ideas WELCOME. Thank you.
posted by rabu to Grab Bag (13 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Vienna Teng's "City Hall" might be too literal and/or too outcome-dependent for your taste, but it's a lovely song.
posted by cogitron at 11:38 AM on June 18, 2015 [1 favorite]


Not sure if this has the musical quality you're looking for, but there's a really awesome pro-gay patriotic song that I love - it's called "Me, Too" by SoniA.
posted by corb at 11:56 AM on June 18, 2015 [1 favorite]


h/t to isauteikisa who took my rambling remembered lyrics and found the actual song
posted by corb at 11:57 AM on June 18, 2015


If "Brave" is too old then this might be, too, but people will know it and might sing along: "Everybody" by Ingrid Michaelson
posted by fiercecupcake at 12:04 PM on June 18, 2015


"Brave" is kinda great for this, though, since SB wrote it about a friend's coming out.
posted by fiercecupcake at 12:05 PM on June 18, 2015


Not totally anthemic, but could easily become an anthem because your crowd will know the chorus: Mary Lambert has a full-length version of "She Keeps Me Warm" (aka the chorus to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "Same Love"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhqH-r7Xj0E. Really on-theme and inspiring, though if there's live accompaniment it might be nice to kick it up a few notches tempo-wise.
posted by c'mon sea legs at 12:22 PM on June 18, 2015 [3 favorites]


Real Gone, by Sheryl Crow
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:26 PM on June 18, 2015


If you're accepting country submissions, Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves is lovely.
posted by General Malaise at 12:40 PM on June 18, 2015


I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston.
posted by Oyéah at 2:01 PM on June 18, 2015


Came to recommend Mary Lambert's She Keeps Me Warm. There's a gentle chorus at the end ("love is patient, love is kind") that the crowd could join in on.
posted by JackBurden at 3:46 PM on June 18, 2015


Thirding She Keeps Me Warm. It was the first thing I thought of when I read your question.
posted by KathrynT at 4:33 PM on June 18, 2015


A perennial favorite is "Proud" by Heather Small.
posted by Quaversalis at 7:41 PM on June 18, 2015


So I have a secret (until now at least) pop anthem playlist with just three songs: "Roar," "Brave," and Rachel Platten's "Fight Song". It might be a little more individualistic for what you're going for, but it's current, tremendously sing-along-y, and it's totally, "YES we've got this and we're going to keep going!"
posted by mixedmetaphors at 10:25 AM on June 20, 2015


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