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Anti-war songs
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:56 pm
by stonemaybe
Too many to post, really! But here are some of my favourites. It's a genre I find fascinating, and if anyone has any to share, I'd be grateful....
The best anti war song ever written, by Eric Bogle
No-Man's Land
another Eric Bogle song, but performed by The Pogues
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Ocean Colour Scene
Profit in Peace
Re: Anti-war songs
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:11 pm
by lorin
My favorite is the Dylan song Blowing in the Wind, but I like it better with Peter, Paul and Mary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4g_1VoGw4
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:28 pm
by dANdeLION
What, no mention of 'Billy, Don't Be A Hero"? I am shocked!
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:31 pm
by Menolly
Well...
I can't find a version of the song I'm happy with, but this sure does look interesting. Perhaps one day I'll come across the whole thing...
Alice's Restaurant Thanskgiving
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:36 pm
by lucimay
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:54 pm
by Menolly
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:20 pm
by stonemaybe
Gee! Luci beat me to For What It's Worth! First time I heard that song it was on one of those history documentaries about specific years, and they played it over some stunning imagery of anti-vietnam protests. Can't find it on youtube though
This one's more pro-peace or anti-terrorism than antiwar...
Zombie
and back on topic
Another Man's Cause
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:21 pm
by Kaydene
The Decemberists - "Sons and Daughters"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5H8DwJI0uA
When we arrive
Sons & daughters
We'll make our homes on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now
These currents pull us 'cross the border
Steady your boats
Arms to shoulder
'till tides are pulled
Hold our grounds
Making this cold harbor now home
Take up your arm
Sons and daughters
We will arise from the bunkers
By land, by sea, by dirigible
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now
When arrive
Sons and daughters
We'll make our homes on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our mouths cinnamon
Here all the bombs fade away
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:29 pm
by Kaydene
Oh! and I almost forgot
The Decemberists - Sixteen Military Wives
(I love the video, a definite nod towards the movie Rushmore by Wes Anderson)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK3Ce9md96g
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:21 am
by StevieG
Man, I haven't heard that in a long time - it's a great song! I guess most of Waters' catalogue is anti-war.
Here's one that I saw while listening to "The Bravery of Being Out of Range".
The Gunner's Dream
And one other for now!
Fiddle and the Drum
And Stone, "No man's land" and "Watzing Matilda" are real tear-jerkers!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:49 am
by lucimay
here's a nifty thing...
Find the Cost of Freedom
and here's the whole thing proper, stevie's fiddle and drum put me in mind of it...
Daylight Again
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:19 am
by The Dreaming
For some reason, I can't stop thinking of
Two Minutes to Midnight
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:53 am
by dANdeLION
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:28 pm
by Waddley
Does John Lennon's "Imagine" count as an anti-war song? Or is it just a "stop being jerks, you guys, and get the hell along" kinda song?
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:43 pm
by lucimay
heh. wow. i can't believe i didn't think of either of those!!
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:33 pm
by StevieG
This one chokes me up:
I was only 19
Here's a version of Imagine that I like, but I'm not sure if it's for everyone - it has a minor feel to it (as in minor chord thingy
):
Imagine
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:09 pm
by onewyteduck
Hello all!
It has been ages since I logged in, let alone posted anything. Every once in a while, I might "lurk" through the postings but that has been about it. Don't ask me what compelled me to jump in now!
Anyway, a contribution......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN4crpOPi_4
I don't really care for the vid but this was always my favorite anti-war song. Perhaps someone will enjoy.
Duck out.
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:11 pm
by lucimay
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:42 am
by drew
For a different perspective on wars;
Warchild is a song written by someone who survived being a child soldier in two different wars in Sudan.
Emma is his tribute song about the Missionary worker who rescued him.
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:51 pm
by Cagliostro
Everywhere - Billy Bragg
Dig in boys for an extended stay
Those were the final orders to come down that day
Waiting to be saved in the Philippines
You'll wait forever for the young Marines
Now I believe to be here is right
But I have to say I'm scared tonight
Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand
What comes first the country or the man
Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill
Catching us by surprise, it's time to kill or be killed
Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere
A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home
All my life I wanted to be
As clever and strong as my best friend Lee
We grew up together along Half Moon Bay
Lee was Japanese, born in the USA
When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine
Me and Lee wanted to do the same
Then they bombed Pearl Harbour at the break of day
I was headed for these islands while Lee was hauled away
They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be
Sent here as enemy spies to sabatage the Land of the Free
I never got home, my platoon was never saved
That little fox hole became my island grave
Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain
And they said Oh Little Slanted Eyes can't you forgive and forget
And he said, Oh Mr Friendly Ghost
Can you catch water in a net?
