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Original Desmond 08-29-07 07:15 AM

Best Anti War Song ?
 
My vote

Human League - The Lebanon

JCWBobC 08-29-07 07:17 AM

War, good God, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

Bob

auto 08-29-07 08:06 AM

Bob Dylan: Masters of War

Decker 08-29-07 08:49 AM

There really should be no argument here : Bob Dylan : Blowin' In The Wind. It's the one song that will be just as familiar in a hundred years as it is today. It's almost hard to believe that there was a time not that long ago when the song didn't exist.

Buttmunker 08-29-07 09:10 AM

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

rings true today as it did in 1965.

Josh-da-man 08-29-07 09:18 AM

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

wendersfan 08-29-07 09:43 AM


Originally Posted by Decker
There really should be no argument here : Bob Dylan : Blowin' In The Wind. It's the one song that will be just as familiar in a hundred years as it is today. It's almost hard to believe that there was a time not that long ago when the song didn't exist.

That would be my answer too.

nodeerforamonth 08-29-07 11:01 AM

"Disposable Heroes" - Metallica

Nesbit 08-29-07 03:10 PM

What's Going On

Music 08-29-07 04:26 PM

Imagine - John Lennon

cactusoly 08-29-07 08:40 PM

BYOB - System of A Down

inri222 08-29-07 09:09 PM

Wasted Life - Stiff Little Fingers

her34 08-29-07 09:24 PM

buffalo springfield - for what its worth

dhmac 08-29-07 09:49 PM

I'll throw in "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Written by Eric Bogle but (IMO) best recorded by The Pogues

TimJS 08-29-07 10:10 PM


Originally Posted by dhmac
I'll throw in "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Written by Eric Bogle but (IMO) best recorded by The Pogues

Don't know if it's the best, but I do love that song. Another decent OZ antiwar song was 'I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk In The Light Green)' (nam).

One of my favorites was 'I'm Your Flag' by the English Beat.

I always considered Blowin in the Wind to be more of a protest song w/pacifist overtones, whereas Masters Of War was like an old testament thunderbolt and therefore my "best" anti-war song.

7Keys 08-29-07 10:17 PM

My favorites:

Gods of War – Bruce Dickinson
The Call Up – The Clash
Zombie – Cranberries
2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
Afraid to Shoot Strangers - Iron Maiden

* Iron Maiden has a lot of great songs about war, but they are not necessarily anti-war (nor pro-war, just about war).

rw2516 08-30-07 07:58 AM

CCR-Run Through The Jungle

superdeluxe 08-30-07 08:49 AM

Fortunate Son - CCR and covered wonderfully by pearl jam

prp2 08-30-07 09:29 AM

Jackopierce - March
Don McLean - The Grave (the original version, not the George Michael cover)

Easy 08-30-07 10:38 AM

Many good songs, but this is what sprang immediately to mind:

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe and the Fish

Fielding Mellish 08-30-07 11:38 AM

Viet Nam by Jimmy Cliff
Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello

joeblow69 08-30-07 12:26 PM

There's a couple of good anti-war songs on the latest Machine Head album:
Clenching the Fists of Dissent
A Farewell to Arms

7Keys 08-30-07 01:01 PM

I forgot about...

Rust In Peace - Megadeth

Ranger 08-30-07 06:48 PM

John Mayer - Waiting for the world to change.

Edit: Another one I just thought of - Billy Joel / Michael Cavanaugh - Goodnight Saigon.

Jason 08-30-07 07:07 PM

Belle And Sebastian - I Fought In A War
Metallica - One


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