During Portugal's dictatorship, music quietly resisted. With its subtle (or not) critiques, protest songs from provided a vehicle to voice dissent. "Grândola, Vila Morena" by Afonso became an anthem of the Carnation Revolution - but that's for another episode.
Protest music flourished, with artists like Adriano Correia de Oliveira and Fausto Bordalo Dias confronting censorship sometimes through metaphor, sometimes overt critique. Even Eurovision became a stage for protest.
These songs persisted, shaping our collective memory. Listen to our episode and then listen to the songs here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AoVErI96AWi30zQZC2shN?eml=April20%2F4303205%2F6010182&etsubid=156220226
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1974 Revolution: 25. A New Dawn
1974 Revolution: 24. Celeste and Her Carnations
1974 Revolution: 23. Radio Waves and Signal Songs
1974 Revolution: 22. MFA and Salgueiro Maia
1974 Revolution: 21. Interlude
1974 Revolution: 20. Marcello Caetano
1974 Revolution: 19. Falling Chair
1974 Revolution: 17. Deviants
1974 Revolution: 16. Radio
1974 Revolution: 15. Tarrafal Concentration Camp
1974 Revolution: 14. Colonial War
1974 Revolution: 13. WWII & Salazar's Neutrality
1974 Revolution: 12. The Blue Pencil Censorship
1974 Revolution: 11. Women before the Revolution
1974 Revolution: 10. Emigration
1974 Revolution: 09. State Art & Propaganda
1974 Revolution: 08. Portuguese Youth & Portuguese Legion
1974 Revolution: 07. God, Fatherland and Family - Fatima, Fado and Football
1974 Revolution: 06. PIDE - The Political Police
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