Favorite anti-war songs

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Topic: Favorite anti-war songs

Posted By: AreYouHuman
Subject: Favorite anti-war songs
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 20:19

With the emphasis on prog, though they are many great non-prog ones that scream out as well:

Van Der Graaf Generator – The Emperor in His War-Room

Family – Lives and Ladies

Yes – The Gates of Delirium

ELP – Battlefield

Pink Floyd – Us and Them

VDGG – The Emperor in His War-Room

Barclay James Harvest – Summer Soldier

Pearls Before Swine – Uncle John

Colosseum – Three Score and Ten, Amen

Ultravox – All Fall Down

Donovan – The Universal Soldier

Tim Buckley – No Man Can Find the War

U2 – Seconds

Galliard – Blood

Strawbs – New World

Big Country – Where the Rose Is Sown

Midnight Oil – Put Down That Weapon

Pink Floyd – Us and Them

Eric Burdon & the Animals – Sky Pilot

Black Sabbath – War Pigs/Luke’s Wall

Billy Bragg – Everywhere

The Byrds – Draft Morning

Bob Dylan – Masters of War

Chicago – It Better End Soon

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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 20:54

Van Der Graaf Generator – The Emperor in His War-Room

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VDGG – The Emperor in His War-Room ... Hm?

On my list: "Lucky Man", "Tarkus", "Masters Of War", "Blowing' In The Wind". I'm not that really into anti-war songs - a theme that's been touched many, many, many, many times.

Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 21:14

I compiled that list over two different days, so I managed to overlook that repeat listing. Waaa.

If you mean the theme’s been touched many times in this forum, I found only two old threads, both locked now:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8075&KW=anti%2Dwar

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34365&KW=anti%2Dwar

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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 21:17

Hendrix's crazed covers of "The Star Spangled Banner", especially the one from Woodstock. Listen in at "and the rocket's red glare": he manages to make his guitar sound like bombs, screams, and machine guns... and then he plays part of "Taps". Wow.

Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 21:33

AreYouHuman wrote:

I compiled that list over two different days, so I managed to overlook that repeat listing. Waaa.

If you mean the theme’s been touched many times in this forum, I found only two old threads, both locked now:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8075&KW=anti%2Dwar

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34365&KW=anti%2Dwar

No, I mean there are so many anti-war songs that deliver the same point. A lot of them are about what the war is, but do not examine in-depth what it can do.

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 21:50

The Henry Cow/Slapp Happy song "War" was the first to spring to mind when I saw the topic, but it's not much of a war song.

My favourite is Redgum's "I Was Only Nineteen" (partially for sentimental reasons). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY

Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 23:45

There are many that I like, and Pink Floyd indeed has many of them. But I guess few can rival the awsomeness of "The Gates of Delirium", by Yes.

Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:43

My favourite anti-war song is Metallica's "Disposable Heroes". I always think about it when my current students (members of the US military) tell me about some of the things they have been through.

Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:48

Call me crazy but I've always thought of Bird is the Word as a very powerful anti-war tune. May have something to do with the way it's implemented in Full Metal Jacket, but the words truly sound like Burn is the Word....and then coupled together with the images of Nam and young US soldiers it makes perfect sense.

As for a prog tune?

I'm blank...

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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 05:33

i probably can't think of my favorite of an anti-war song, but i can tell you another example of one in a prog sense: Yours Is No Disgrace by Yes. it wasn't until just recently that i found out that it was a protest song, their first one in fact! im a HUGE Yes fan for my age and i DID NOT know that until not too long ago. Some of you probably didn't know that too, i reckon.

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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 05:55

I've always been partial to this Hawkwind track, the use of post-apocalyptic dystopian imagery striking me as more creative and thoughtful than straight-up soapboxing. I wonder if them being from the UK also gave their anti-Cold War sentiment an extra urgency since in the eve of nuclear exchange they'd probably be toast quicker than the US.

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 06:02

in no particular order:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn8Qw4WCeS8" rel="nofollow - Lysistrata by Utopia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjUkjpJa6bY" rel="nofollow - Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3-VBHBWXxo" rel="nofollow - The Day Before War by Asia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSPqGVOjeQ" rel="nofollow - After The War by Asia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwVPQW_EOfY" rel="nofollow - Copii Romania (Children of Romania) by Barclay James Harvest

Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 08:46

Dellinger wrote:

...I guess few can rival the awsomeness of "The Gates of Delirium", by Yes.

Most definitely unrivaled! Just because it has not been mentioned yet, however, I would also add "Forgotten Sons" by Marillion...

Posted By: 'PiphanyRambler
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 09:24

I don't know many anti war songs, beyond those already mentioned. "Four Egos, One War" by The Tangent and "Winning a War" by PoS are two of my favourites.

Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 09:35

Black Sabbath: War Pigs

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Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 10:12

Deep Purple - Child In Time

Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 10:35

I prefer "Child of the Universe" by Barclay James Harvest to Summer Soldier

Posted By: 'PiphanyRambler
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 12:38

Oh, I forgot about TSMZ with "God Bless our Dead Marines".

Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 12:44

The The - Sweet Bird of Truth

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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 12:47

WAR! dududu

hmph!

What is it good for?

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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 12:48

akamaisondufromage wrote:

WAR! dududu

hmph!

What is it good for?

Good God, y'all!

Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 12:53

Lear'sFool wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

WAR! dududu

hmph!

What is it good for?

Good God, y'all!

Listen to me!

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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 13:19

Peter Hammill - The Comet, The Course, The Tail

Into finding and preserving enemies, is that the only way we know that we're alive?

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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 14:06

addictedtoprog wrote:

Deep Purple - Child In Time

i LOVE that song (my personal favorite of theirs) and i didn't know of this until now!!

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Posted By: Friday13th
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 14:30

I'm gonna have to second War Pigs. GENERALS GATHERED IN THEIR MASSEEEEEEEEEEES!

Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 15:40

Best song on IQ's weakest album Nomzamo - Common Ground. Paul Menel did a great job with the lyrics (second world war motif). Also worth a mention is another IQ song The Seventh House.

Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 17:51

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was an album released during the high racial tensions of the mid 1960's. I don't intend to get into a discussion of civil rights, but you could call it an anti-war album, with its goal of promoting love and peace from the racially oppressed.

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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 17:55

Happy Christmas (war is over) by John and Okinawa.

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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 18:20

Southampton Dock

Hell, the whole Final Cut album is a beautiful piece on the subject.

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:19

(in no particular order)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuNBBGWz6k" rel="nofollow - What Am I Doing Here by Moody Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWjaQ1MKg1A" rel="nofollow - Military Man (acoustic) by Asia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMaOV5KHT3s" rel="nofollow - For the Greater Glory by Pallas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPq-zAlLc_A" rel="nofollow - Song For Palestine by Roger Waters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tePXLNLGztE" rel="nofollow - Moja Generacija by Korni Grupa

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:21

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:23

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:29

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:35

I wish Palestine and Israel could solve their differences once and for all!

Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:41

^ If David and Roger could, anything is possible Smile

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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:41

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:44

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:46

Finnforest wrote:

^ If David and Roger could, anything is possible Smile

you are too awesome really, Finnforest! Thank you xxx

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:51

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:55

Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:01

John Lennon "Imagine"

The Doors "Unknown Soldier"

Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"

Uriah Heep "Lady in Black"

Pink Floyd "Goodbye Blue Sky" and "The Gunner's Dream"

Banco "R.I.P."

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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:04

Beautiful song very personal to me by BunChakeze vocalist Joey Lugassy, singer songwriter, this song was Emmy Nominated done for Amnesty International

This is a song for Amnesty International and is dedicated to the women of Afghanistan.

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:06

Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:08

Kati wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

^ If David and Roger could, anything is possible Smile

you are too awesome really, Finnforest! Thank you xxx

Cheers Sonia! Hug

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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbFaxvTRWw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbFaxvTRWw Culloden's Harvest by Déanta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhOO9Q323Y" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhOO9Q323Y No Man's Land/Flowers of the Forest by June Tabor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues

Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix

Masters of War by Bob Dylan

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

Sky Pilot by The Animals

Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel

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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:23

Posted By: Kazza3
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:28

Kati wrote:

Huh, I'd never heard of this before.

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:31

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:33

Kazza3 wrote:

Kati wrote:

Huh, I'd never heard of this before.

Oh wow, nice! It's a special song, very good really, Kazza3

hugs

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:42

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:47

Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 00:52

Al Stewart - Roads to Moscow

King Crimson - Epitaph

Pink Floyd - Us and Them

Strawbs - New World

Uriah Heep - Wake Up (Set Your Sights)

Uriah Heep - Come Away Melinda

Crosby Stills & Nash/Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships

Groundhogs - Soldier

Edgar Broughton - American Boy Soldier

Pretty Things - Private Sorrow

I would add Wally - The Reason Why, but I can't find the lyrics and am not sure if it is actually anti-war or simply a reference to Tennyson's famous poem. Great song either way.

Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 01:57

ten years after wrote:

Al Stewart - Roads to Moscow

Love that song. Thumbs Up

Al Stewart did a whole album based on the 'cold war' called Russians and Americans. I would recommend the song Rumours Of War especially.

Another brilliant song on the theme of war by Al is Fields Of France

Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 02:08

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Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 09:27

And a funky cover by a definitely not-prog band....

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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 09:42

A lot of 'anti-war' songs over the years in the non prog arena.....but for me I'm surprised no one mentioned Crimson's Epitaph about global conditions and possible apocalyptic war. As far as prog one of my favorites about the horrors of wars in general.

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 12:05

"I've Known No War" is a song by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow - British rock band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" rel="nofollow - The Who , originally released on their 1982 album http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Its_Hard" rel="nofollow - It's Hard . Written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend" rel="nofollow - Pete Townshend , the song reflects personal thoughts on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" rel="nofollow - Cold War , and contains lyrics referring to the end of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow - World War II .

“

Galbraith took his pen to break down the men of the German army defeated/On the nineteenth day of a spring day in May, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer" rel="nofollow - Albert Speer was deleted/And as soon as the battle was over, I was born in victorious clover/And I've never been shot at or gassed never tortured or stabbed/And I'm sure - I'll never know war.

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Townshend felt confident about the song, even stating that he felt it was one of the best tracks The Who ever did.^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ive_Known_No_War#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow - [1]}

Parke Puterbaugh of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="nofollow - Rolling Stone magazine stated that the song was the key to the album, as he wrote in his 1982 review of It's Hard: "'I've Known No War,' [is] a song that could become an anthem to our generation much the way ' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wont_Get_Fooled_Again" rel="nofollow - Won't Get Fooled Again ' did a decade ago. 'I've Known No War' is one conscientious objector's statement of defiant opposition, tempered by the realities of the present day. To wit, that a nuclear war, despite our best pacifistic inclinations, is in the hands of a few men who will simply decide to push a button, and that the ensuing annihilation will be sudden, certain and eternal".^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ive_Known_No_War#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow - [2]} Despite the review, it remains one of the lesser-known tracks in the group's canon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ive_Known_No_War" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Known_No_War

Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 16:21

A forgotten song from an overlooked album: Yes - Harold Land (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqKZGJtgZs&spfreload=10" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqKZGJtgZs&spfreload=10

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Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 19:40

Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 20:08

Not directly about war but actually about its consequences: "I come and stand at every door".

Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Byrds and others recorded the English version. The original poem is in Turkish language by Nazim Hikmet.

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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 20:49

How about this one.

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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 04 2014 at 23:57

Not prog, but one of my favorite anti-war songs! Great Aussie band!

Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 00:54

dr wu23 wrote:

A lot of 'anti-war' songs over the years in the non prog arena.....but for me I'm surprised no one mentioned Crimson's Epitaph about global conditions and possible apocalyptic war. As far as prog one of my favorites about the horrors of wars in general.

You didn't read my post then?

Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 03:00

"After the Fire" is a song from the solo album http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_a_Raging_Moon_%28album%29" rel="nofollow - Under a Raging Moon released by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" rel="nofollow - Roger Daltrey of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" rel="nofollow - The Who . The song was written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend" rel="nofollow - Pete Townshend , also of The Who. It was considered a hit for Daltrey receiving extensive play on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" rel="nofollow - MTV . The song was played during the second season finale of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice" rel="nofollow - Miami Vice during a flashback scene.

The song was originally planned to be played by The Who at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid" rel="nofollow - Live Aid . However the band committed last minute and was unable to rehearse the song. So it was given to Daltrey to record for Under a Raging Moon.

The recording was produced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shacklock" rel="nofollow - Alan Shacklock and recorded at RAK Recording Studios and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Studios" rel="nofollow - Odyssey Studios , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="nofollow - London . The album Under a Raging Moon was released on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records" rel="nofollow - Atlantic label (81269-1) in the U.S. in 1985,^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fire_%28song%29#cite_note-disc-1" rel="nofollow - [1]}and singles were also released in other countries in the same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fire_%28song%29" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fire_%28song%29

Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 03:03

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 03:08

Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 07:12

ten years after wrote:

You didn't read my post then?

Must have missed it, but I did scan the thread....sorry.

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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 07:13

Kati wrote:

Now you're talkin'......

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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 07:28

Pink Floyd - Us and Them, Corporal Clegg, The Gunner's Dream

IQ - Common Ground

Country Joe & the Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 07:56

This is classic

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Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: December 05 2014 at 23:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEiNb91prY

FRANCE GALL ☮ - DON'T MAKE WAR CAPTAIN, MAKE LOVE

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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 04:02

The whole catalogue of British contemporary prog band called FREEDOM TO GLIDE is antiwar oriented.

Great albums indeed.

http://freedomtoglide.bandcamp.com/album/sick-to-death-ep" rel="nofollow - http://freedomtoglide.bandcamp.com/album/sick-to-death-ep

Sick To Death is our new 4 track concept EP tackling the subject of 'shell shock' and it's consequences during WW1.

There's a subtle but conscious shift in musical style yet still very much the Freedom To Glide our fans have come to know. Lyrically, the songs are as poetic and image evoking as ever. It's a story that we felt had to be met head on and with the respect and sensitivity it deserves.

With 'Sick To Death' EP we continue our theme of 100 years of war and conflict and it is released ahead of our next album in 2015.

This tragic chapter in our military history came to the forefront of our minds when we spent an afternoon at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. We sat speechless looking at the memorial to those who were ‘Shot At Dawn’. A lot of those who were executed were front line seasoned soldiers that just couldn’t go on any more, they'd given everything they had. They weren't cowards, they were suffering from 'Shell Shock' or 'Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' as we now know it to be. Months of research opened our eyes to the kangaroo court proceedings of the time where there was little or no legal representation or even medical examination for the accused. Shell Shock was a poorly understood phenomenon and dealt with in the most extreme way.

So many boys and young men were ‘made an example of’.....Lest we forget.

released 05 November 2014

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Being a military historian and a fan of pacifism, (no it's not a contradiction), I always get a kick from any album that deals with the two cataclysmic catastrophes of our time, the grim and unjust WW1 and its evil cousin, the vile and hideous WW2. Strangely, prog war epics are not that plentiful, outside of Floyd's the Wall being utterly obvious, there was a Big Big Train recording that dealt with the Battle of Britain and the glory of the RAF, so has Vienna Circle and its impressive debut, 'White Clouds' and Xang's grim "The Lasts of Lasts" dealing with the Verdun tragedy and an outright military holocaust, because slaughter is too tame a word for what happened there!

(...)

Impressive story of that Great Horrible War, a history lesson that still fails to convince the world that strife is NOT the answer, foolishly repeating the same distasteful errors of the past, like some Dennis the Menace brat that refuses to listen to reason. From Luxembourg to the Channel coast, endless streams of military cemeteries remind too few 21st century humans of the millions of lives lost in the brutal siege of Verdun, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, Ypres, Cambrai and those two river battles, the Marne and the Somme. Little territorial change occurred yet millions died, senselessly.

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The seeds of this British project were set in 2010, when Pete Riley asked some help with the recording of a song from his bandmate Andy Nixon.They both played in the Pink Floyd tribute band ''Dark Side of the Wall''.A collaboration on original material started between the two musicians with ideas being sent via internet and Freedom to Glide were originally born in 2012 with the release of their first EP ''Rain'' in May.Soon after Riley and Nixon started working on the concept mini-album ''The wait'', dealing with the life of a soldier of World War 1 and his inability to capture the meaining of a war.The album was released independently in November 2012. (...)

Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 16:07

All the Prog ones I can think of have been mentioned so:

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Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 22:46

In the 90s I put together an antiwar-themed mix tape which concluded with Family’s Lives and Ladies. I thought it would serve as an adequate Last Word on the Subject:

I love my lady and baby

And I’m sure that you love yours

We want to care for each other

That’s what we’re here for

I love my lady and baby

And I’m sure that you love yours

So don’t go quoting your scriptures

We don’t need your wars

Neil Young’s version of Blowing in the Wind (from the live album Weld) was recorded as the first Gulf War broke out, and his delivery really served as an effective angry statement on the situation, as if he were screaming with both voice and guitar, “How many f***ing times, already????”

In the who-knew department, Bobby Goldsboro, of “Honey” infamy, recorded an honest-to-goodness antiwar song, “Broomstick Cowboy,” in 1965, no less! I’ve only heard it a couple of times, but in it a dad looks at his young son playing and ponders a future in which he could be drafted and sent off to war.

And a few more:

Procol Harum – Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)

Rare Earth – If I Die

Spirit – Soldier

Robbie Robertson – Showdown at Big Sky

Moving Hearts – Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette

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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 23:31

Morse Code - La Marche des Hommes

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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 23:54

dr wu23 wrote:

Kati wrote:

Now you're talkin'......

hihihihi

mhwoaaahhxxxxxxx to you dr wu23

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Date Posted: December 06 2014 at 23:57

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 07 2014 at 03:17

Kati wrote:

Yep another of my favourites Thumbs Up

Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 11:58

Kati wrote:

That's my #1 followed closely by:

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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 13:12

Bill Fay : Gentle Willie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMjY6sYI96Q

Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 13:46

Kati wrote:

can't believe that poster actually exists... does it?

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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 15:58

The Battle: Strawbs.

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Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 17:59

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Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 19:40

I know it's been mentioned,but i have to go with Black Sabbath War Pigs.

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Posted By: Kazza3
Date Posted: December 08 2014 at 21:55

Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: December 09 2014 at 00:11

Deep Purple--Child in Time

Gogira--Global Warming (if you stretch the lyrics a bit)

Voivod--Empathy for the Enemy

Rush--Hemispheres

Black Sabbath--War Pigs

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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: December 10 2014 at 14:34

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore - "It's always the old to lead us to war, it's always the young to fall..."

Kate Bush - Pull Out the Pin

Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain

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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 10 2014 at 15:13

^Good calls Clem, but I would also add The War Is Over by Phil Ochs. Seems two artists named John and Yoko snagged that phrase. (no harm, Phil and John were friends)

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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 10 2014 at 17:01

Totally forgot Sequences by Twelfth Night...my fave anti war song by a prog band Wink

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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 10 2014 at 23:36

Michael678 wrote:

Kati wrote:

can't believe that poster actually exists... does it?

hahahaha...

the picture does exist indeed, I added to text

hugs

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 10 2014 at 23:50

bhikkhu wrote:

How about this one.

Bhikkhu, just heard your track above, I had no idea what I was listening to, starting with tinny bells while changing into many layers. Love it! I did lol hihihi

This I dedicate to you because YOUR NAME REMINDED ME OF THIS TOO

Hugs

Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 11 2014 at 00:13

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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:14

Hi,

There are many ... and not all of them are well known, but one of them should be here right off the bat!

Creedence Clearwater Revival ... and that anthem is strong with Fortunate Son ... showing up in many films and opening the Krautrock Special by the BBC! Should tell you one thing or two about the time. There were many angry folks!

Edgar Broughton Band ... more than one song ... what is the one about the mother and the child?

Ange ... Emile Jacotey ...preceeded Roger Waters by 20 years almost and is much prettier and neat

Amon Duul 2 ... much more subtle, but it is hard to not see/think that most of "Made in Germany" is about war and its sentiments, to the point of it being a game! In general this band stuck to the "inner self" and not the public sentiment!

War ... and then later the same song done by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. However, War's version was much more with it, specially at the time.

Iron Butterfly ... there is more than one song about war ...

Jefferson Airplane ... Crown of Creation album and many other albums! What do you think Volunteers of America is about? Cookies?

Roy Harper ... so many war songs it's not funny! Album "Unknown Soldier". And what a beaut that album is!

Barclay James Harvest ... more than once!

Much more subtle, but not exactly an anti-war song, but something totally different is the last song in "Tango Fango" by Guru Guru ... which is funny, weird and changes the tune so that the "inspiration", or "deity" would be rock music! The story telling in this is very funny, weird and so with it, that all of us progressive folks don't even have the courage to listen to it and find out what it is about ... and remember, this was done BEFORE the wall came down .... way before!

(will update as I can and remember!!!)

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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:19

Kati wrote:

I was sure this was an album cover from the sixties. But then again, I don't remember much of the sixties due my dedication to expanding my consciousness!

Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 17:59

moshkito wrote:

Creedence Clearwater Revival ... and that anthem is strong with Fortunate Son ...

Probably the greatest anti-war song of all time!

If you really want a tear-jerker, read the book of the same name by Lewis B. Puller, Jr.

For those who don't know, he was the son of Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. Chesty may not be known to many, but for U.S. Marines he is a legend. When I was in boot camp we said a prayer for Chesty every night before we went to bed. Not sure if they still do that today but I'm guessing they do.

Anyway his son was very seriously wounded in the Vietnam War, lost both legs, parts of both arms, several internal organs. After the war he was one of the people who led the effort to establish the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the book, which is the story of a guy who actually was the proverbial Fortunate Son (his father was a war hero, his family is American blue-blood from Virginia). Shortly after the book was published he committed suicide. A very emotional read, but I think an important book for everyone, regardless of your views on war.

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Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 04:40

I would vote for "War Dance" by XTC from Nonsuch, 1992. Very strong lyrics and one of my most played

songs on SPACE PIRATE RADIO shows during Memorial and Veterans Day holiday programs.

I might also suggest Thunderclap Newman and "Something In The Air" for that Revolution Theme, heard in

the 1969/1970 film "The Magic Christian" with Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.

Also worth checking out is Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Coincidence and Likely Stories." The songs work on many levels but contain the same elements and sentiments.