Songs inspired by real life tragedy, injustice, violence, and misery

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Hint	Artist	Answer
Murdered South African activist	Peter Gabriel	Biko
Excessive wealth and extravagance	Eagles	Hotel California
Lake Geneva hotel fire	Deep Purple	Smoke on the water
Vietnam War	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the USA
Abuse of authority	Public Enemy	Fight the power
North American Indian Wars	Iron Maiden	Run to the hills
Lost love	Blondie	Heart of glass
Northern Ireland Troubles	U2	Sunday bloody sunday
Caribbean Slavery	Bob Marley	Redemption song
Student who shot himself in front of class	Pearl Jam	Jeremy
The narcisist's [futile] search for fulfilment	Rolling Stones	Satisfaction
Lynching of American Blacks	Billie Holiday	Strange fruit
Life crisis	REM	Losing my religion
Prostitution	Lou Reed	Take a walk on the wild side
Forced relocation of aborigines	Midnight Oil	Beds are burning
Marilyn Monroe's tragic life	Elton John	Candle in the wind
Brenda Ann Spencer's murder rampage	Boomtown Rats	I don't like Mondays
Lake Superior marine disaster	Gordon Lightfoot	The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Wrongful murder conviction of a boxer	Bob Dylan	Hurricane
Syd Barret's mental health problems	Pink Floyd	Shine on you crazy diamond

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