Anti-war prog songs
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Topic: Anti-war prog songs
Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Subject: Anti-war prog songs
Date Posted: October 29 2024 at 19:33
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 29 2024 at 23:21
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^I bought this album (in Italy) ca. 20 years ago and I've listened to it countless times since then. Dopo... was an instant classic. A song I could select to play for someone yet unfamiliar with Banco and RPI. I mean to introduce them to both the band - and the regional scene. I suppose it is somewhat a shame that until I let DeepL translate the lyrics for me just now (it's not perfect, but it I've read worse translations in published novels), I've only "felt" the words and been largely indifferent to the poetry, its meaning or "anti-war message". I primarely listen to the human voice as any other instrument, and usually prefer not genuinely understanding the lyrics. Of course I'm missing out of an (for the artist/band) essential part of a word-heavy song like this in particular. And it was interesting to find out that the writing seem to be as deep and sophisticated as the musical experience have always suggested that it was. Maybe knowing the meaning behind the previously unknown words uttered or sung by the great Francesco Di Giacomo will add to the listening experience. It probably will. -This Pearls Before Swine song about a German ship sunk by the British FAA during WWII brings a tear to my eye just by thinking about it. "On board were 4,200 Italian prisoners of war captured by the Germans for their refusal to join the Nazi party after the 1943 armistice"* *Tom Rapp tells a story factually closer to the sinking of Oria in 1944 rather than Rigal in 1943 - but that's beside the point. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 00:11
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"Gates of Delerium." ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 00:31
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TAAB is anti-everything, including war  BTW, War is a great band so no need to be against it.
 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 05:15
But it's also a terrible album. Sorry, but I can't stand U2.
The lyrics on that album are excellent. They add a lot to the experience. ------------- ⋆la faulx⋆ |
Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: daisy1
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 05:23
| Dogs of War - SAHB |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 05:36
| The new pretty much 100% instrumental Godspeed You! Black Emperor album is called "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" by the way. |
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 05:40
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Korni Grupa (aka Kornelyans) – Generation 1942 |
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 05:55
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Big Big Train – Fighter Command |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 06:33
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Echolyn - Georgia Pine |
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: October 30 2024 at 07:35
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Marillion – Gaza |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 31 2024 at 05:57
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Hi, FISH has a pretty strong piece on this subject ... ROSE OF DAMASCUS ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: November 24 2024 at 03:54
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‘We Shall Overcome’ by Roger Waters totally pops into my head! |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: November 24 2024 at 12:24
 Link to album below: https://youtu.be/y4h5L2Ooy5w?si=TfOrTZ6qrcVVc262" rel="nofollow - Watchtower - Control and Resistance |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: November 24 2024 at 12:46
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Possible the ultimate anti-war song. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 24 2024 at 13:32
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IQ : The Seventh house Iron Maiden : Paschendale Marillion : Forgotten sons |
Posted By: Taibhse
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 00:18
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 13:07
| Whenever this subject comes up, the first song I always think of is Twelfth Night's "Sequences". Musically, it's very adventurous. Lyrically, it's HARROWING! |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 13:43
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 13:52
 Though, oddly, it was a completely instrumental piece which Geoff Mann added lyrics to at a later date. 'Breathing' by Kate Bush reflects on the effects of nuclear fallout on an unborn baby.. 'Who's gonna win the war' by Hawkwind doesn't need any explanation. Also the 'B' side of that single was a track called 'Nuclear Toy' which also needs no explanation.. A very different song also called 'Nuclear Toy' by Porcupine tree / Steven Wilson reflects the same post nuclear war scenario; possibly my favourite and most chilling PT/SW song ------------- |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 13:59
It's called Radioactive Toy. Best song on their debut.
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 14:08
Doh yes of course it is.... I wish there was an emoji thing of someone hitting themselves on the head with a hammer!!  i'm afraid the old brain doesnt work as well as it used to.. Thanks for pointing that out  . Yep, 'On the Sunday of Life'... which is kinda where i am too ------------- |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 14:10
No problem. Like this?  |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 11 2024 at 14:12
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 12 2024 at 05:25
 2000: Tim Blake - The Tide of the Century - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nppWW9Pg78EksAva3HcLl13dnhNhCSa3U" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nppWW9Pg78EksAva3HcLl13dnhNhCSa3U Sarajevo (Remember?) Well that old sound of war rings out Once more, in the Balkans In the place where the east and the west Should have met with love And the merchants of cannons grow fat On all the profits While the cries of the innocent drown In the rivers of blood Do you remember? Ah Sarajevoooooo No more Sarajevoooooos! |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 06:51
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My favourites are: Supertramp - Fool's Overture Supertramp - Crime of the Century Yes - Yours is no Disgrace Marillion - Forgotten Sons There are also other good examples http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=133212" rel="nofollow - in this thread.
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Posted By: Tobique
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 10:21
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VDGG - EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM, SCORTCHED EARTH, RONCEVAUX OLDFIELD - KILLING FIELDS ELP - BATTLEFIED, LUCKY MAN GROUNDHOGS - SOLDIER BJHARVEST - SUMMER SOLDIER MASSACRE - KILLING TIME PLACKBAND - AFTER THE BATTLE\ WARM DUST - WRITE A LETTER TOP DRAWER - LIES LEE MICHEALS - WAR SENSATIONS FIX - NUCLEAR WAS IN YOUR ASS HENRY COW - BEAUTIFUL AS THE MOON MASTERMIND - WAR MACHINE W.D.FISCHER - BEGGAR KESTREL - IN THE WAR KAYAK - BACK TO THE FRONT RED CRAYOLA - WAR SUCKS SANDSTONE - TATTERED DRUM FRUMPY - DUTY BIRTHCONTROL - MESSAGE - SOLDIERS JIGSAW - SITING ON A BOMB STRAWBS - WHEN DARK SHADOWS FALL COLIN SCOTT - HETYSANDY GNIDROLOG - I'D NEVER BE A SOLDIER SABBATH - WAR PIGS, ELECTRIC FUNERAL ELECTRIC SUN - ENOLA GAY FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - CHILDREN OF THE MUSHROOM ALEX HARVEY - SOLDIER ON THE WALL FATE - SGT DEATH (function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'8f61c1fb0eacab4c',t:'MTczNDg4Nzc2Ni4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; visibility: ;">
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 10:36
| ^ Can you please stop writing in all caps? It means aggression in net etiquette (I thought it was common knowledge). |
Posted By: Tobique
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 10:54
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war (and death) are the subjects most covered/prominent in progressive rock. ashton,gardner & dyke - don't want no war no more procol harum - war is not healthy strawbs - soldier's tale rare bird - hammerhead front page review - valley of eyes old man & the sea - jingoism henry cow - war fad gadget - under the flag genesis - knife ISBand - battlefield mahogany rush - guitar war thinking plague - wardance colosseum II - wardance stray - son of the father ed's hand - revolution peggy's leg - history tells citadel of cynosure -dungeons |