Anti-War Songs
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Topic: Anti-War Songs
Posted By: tigerfeet
Subject: Anti-War Songs
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 03:53
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Sometimes we cannot post our views in words or explain politics or comprehend the deeds of human kind. Let's STOP the madness... it's 2022 not 1939 !! ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 05:13
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Former Nottingham resident and Soul legend Edwin Star with the anti-war song, "War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!" |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 05:25
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I reccomend Pearls Before Swine's beautiful anti-war album Balaklava, but here's one from my favorite of album theirs: The Use of Ashes ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 05:52
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Hi, I would take an entire album from ROY HARPER ... but I'm not sure we want to go past a pop song, and we haven't even listed Country Joe McDonald yet, and Jefferson Airplane! Heck ... war, was is it good for ... and redone later by Frankie Goes to Hollywood! The names in America alone, are almost impossible to list! For a foreign one that none of you will ever wish to hear, try Maria Betania's Carcara ... the visual of it, was totally ripped off and put into a Coppola film. Still an insane visual, but the idea and visual from Maria Betania's voice was far stronger and valuable ... ------------- 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: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 06:35
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The Batman villain Riddler's exploitation of this enduring classic for his own nefarious ends somehow seems hideously apt at this juncture ------------- 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 13:28
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 15:23
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IQ The seventh house |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 15:29
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 16:04
| Iron Maiden Paschendaele |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 19:35
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Us And Them by Floyd and War Pigs by Sabbath came to mind right away, two of my absolute favs. That Bushman's Revenge 8 minute cover of War Pigs is amazing. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 20:43
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------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 21:09
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This is no time for "Give Peace A Chance". We need pro war songs to defeat oppressive tyranny. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 26 2022 at 23:59
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Many favorites already named. The Edwin Starr and Black Sabbath are among my favorites to "crank up.* This one too. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 00:11
Right on Daddio! My old Uncle Peter used to say 'Fight fire with fire' (which is why they had to throw him out of the fire service) -------------
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SteveG wrote:Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 00:36
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This one is my favourite. Here's a part from its lyrics: "Investing your money in guns The infinite fun Of the warlord you saved From a rusty grave" |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 01:21
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Peter Hammill's take on a rather tired platitude i.e. war is futile maaan is always worth some of everyone's time. Especially those enjoying the peacetime that wars others fought in helped to deliver. Van der Graaf Generator - the Emperor in his War Room -------------
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Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 02:53
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http://https://genius.com/Jamala-1944-lyrics" rel="nofollow - https://www.lyrics.com/track/32852680/Jamala/1944
------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 04:43
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Jeanne Added - War Is Coming: ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 05:56
| IQ Common ground |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 07:29
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This means something else to me now than before -------------
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Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 07:29
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 07:42
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Probably not the most appropriate one for these times that I could think of, but I found this emotionally resonant. Redgum - "I Was Only Nineteen" Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" (I love the version sung by Robert Wyatt as well as other covers) was the other to immediately come to mind. ------------- Just a music fan passing through trying to fill some void. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am into now: a youtube playlist |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 07:47
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------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 12:44
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This one is an iconic anti-war song in the Nordic countries. It has English subtitles. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 12:55
------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 13:55
| The Zombies : Butcher's tale |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 14:26
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A TON of Pink Floyd, but the best one is "Us And Them"
------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 15:14
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This is my favorite version of Eric Bogle's "The Green Fields of France", sung by June Tabor and titled in her case "No Man's Land/Flowers of the Forest".... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 15:17
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And while I'm on an Eric Bogle kick, here's the Pogues' version of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 16:04
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------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 16:21
| Metallica : For whom the bell tolls (and lot of other in their repertoire) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 21:24
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a few ideas Strawbs "New World" Moody Blues "Question" Levelers "Another Man's Cause" Gordon Lightfoot "Sit Down Young Stranger" The Men they Couldn't Hang mostly attacked British imperialism in songs like "The Colours", "Dover Lights", and "Rosettes" Oysterband's "Fiddle or a Gun" is wonderful The Decemberists -"This is Why we Fight", "Sixteen Military Wives", "When the War Came" |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 21:48
I love Redgum, though my favourite from them is "The Diamantina Drover", not anti war but a real emotional piece
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 27 2022 at 22:22
[/QUOTE] Yep, Wyatt's reading for me is exquisitely plaintive and heart warming -------------
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: February 28 2022 at 13:38
| Twelfth Night: "Sequences"! |
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: March 01 2022 at 01:34
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Never Thought I would revisit this song in my life time. ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: March 01 2022 at 06:41
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The whole of Pink Floyd's Final Cut album, but in particular: Alternatively, if the above doesn't work for you... ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 01 2022 at 07:21
Hi, Thanks, was going to add this, specially since it makes so much sense these days with Ukraine being senselessly raped. Another song in the same album also deserves a listing ... EPITATH was pretty much the same thing from a victim's point of view. And, maybe ... ANGE's Emile Jacotey deserves a mention ... since it was done 20 years before Roger did his copy ... even if we will have a hard time putting the album in perspective. It's still a beautiful album and it did not have to be "topical" like Roger's was later! Hard to believe no one mentioned Joan Baez! Maybe some thought she was fake ... though I'm not sure that was the case, impulsive maybe, but not fake!
------------- 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: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 01 2022 at 08:36
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------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: March 02 2022 at 12:52
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 02 2022 at 13:24
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Love this of course And this feels as - or more relevant than ever -------------
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 02 2022 at 13:45
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: March 02 2022 at 14:13
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Some rather obvious choices missing: The Doors - The Unknown Soldier Gnidrolog - I Could Never Be A Soldier Metallica - Disposable Heroes Metallica - One ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 02 2022 at 15:19
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: March 03 2022 at 19:39
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The whole underrated Roger Waters album Radio K.A.O.S. was pretty much all about anti-war and the Powers That Be. The song Four Minutes scared the hell out of me at the time. As a bonus find this evening, I stumbled across a partial RW and the Bleeding Hearts Band concert from 1987. The re-mastered sound on this video really gives you the experience of being there. https://youtu.be/VYNju9jFGdM" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/VYNju9jFGdM ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: March 04 2022 at 01:00
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I see it as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk combined to take over all the radio waves and satellites and create world peace. Maybe i'm crazy. I read once that Elon had contacted aliens and they gave him super powers/technology to stop world annihilations. My very fav Roger Waters song was Two Suns in the Sunset from Final Cut. Here is his last take from 2020 - not bad at all ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 04 2022 at 12:02
Although "21st Century Schizoid Man" was released during the Vietnam war in protest of that war, the main significance of that song to me is that it is called "21st Century Schizoid Man", which seems very appropriate to the current situation. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 04 2022 at 13:50
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'Nuff said............. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: April 29 2024 at 08:01
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Gentle Bump Any other good prog protest songs? ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: April 29 2024 at 08:42
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first anti-war song I know... (banned off most radio stations, if not all at that time, early 1968) The Doors - The Unknown Soldier ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: April 29 2024 at 13:39
| Edwin Starr : War |