What's your favorite anti-war song?

[Downtown Hound]

I'm listening to Metallica's "One" right now, and I think that this is mine. I largely agree with critics that say Metallica sold out, but back in the day they had their moments. This song is one of them.

I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or a dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up I can not see
That there's not much left in me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God wake me

Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God wake me

Now the world is gone I'm just one
Oh God help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see, absolute horror
I can not live, I can not die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Land mine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hair and
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Left me with life in hell.

[RagingInMiami]

1. Fortunate Son

[AFSCME girl]

27. I second that n/t

:hi:

[zann725]

69. One of my two favorites. The other, "Live In the Balance" by Jackson Brown

n/t

[Boswells_Johnson]

79. deleted

[realisticphish]

2. "Boom" by System of a Down

I've been walking through your streets
Where all your money's earned
Where all your building's crying
And clueless neckties working
Revolving fake lawn houses
Housing all your fears
Desensitized by TV

Overbearing advertising
God of consumerism
And all your crooked pictures looking good
Mirrorism
Filtering information for the public eye
Designed for profiteering
Your neighbor, what a guy

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the god your child has born
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Modern globalization
Coupled with condemnations
Unnecessary death
Matador corporations
Puppeting your frustrations
With a blinded flag

Manufacturing consent
Is the name of the game
The bottom line is money
Nobody gives a fuck!
4,000 hungry children leave us per hour from starvation
While billions are spent on bombs
Creating death showers

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the god your child has born
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Why must we kill our own kind?

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the god your child has born
Boom! (X12)

Every time you drop the BOOM!

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[enigmatic]

3. "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"- Phil Ochs

By far...

*******
Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I ain't marchin' anymore

For I've killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I heard many men lying I saw many more dying
But I ain't marchin' anymore

chorus)
It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all

For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brothers
And so many others But I ain't marchin' anymore

For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore

(chorus)

For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning I knew that I was learning
That I ain't marchin' anymore

Now the labor leader's screamin'
when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason,"
Call it "Love" or call it "Reason,"
But I ain't marchin' any more,
No I ain't marchin' any more..

[Mojambo]

13. That's probably my favorite

But in the interest of posting another great Ochs tune...

The Sad and Silent Song of a Soldier

And the flag draped coffins are a sailin' home
And the waves are watching as the engine drones
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier

With a hero's greeting we will welcome him,
With hero's speeches we will honor him,
With a hero's ending we will bury him,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And comfort his family with a telegram,
We regret to inform you we have lost a man,
But we gave him the highest medal of the land,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

We know what an awful price he had to pay,
But the enemy was contained for another day,
We trained him well, but he would have wanted it that way,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

Oh, the weary wounded they wait by his side,
Wondering why they hadn't also died,
the picture of victory on its pride,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And the flag is at half mast wet with foreign rain,
Ignored by the stranger he had helped to train,
To him it was his duty to them a game,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

At Arlington he's lowered down without a pause,
And his native land welcomes him with open jaws,
And the tombstone reads such a noble cause,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

Now a moment of silence for the broken man,
While the president proudly crows "we'll never bend",
And cheers their replacements marching off again,
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier.

And the flag draped coffins are a sailin' home,
And the waves are a watchin' as the engines drone,
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
The sad and silent song of a soldier.

[sleepyhead]

70. I vote for both of those.

Phil Ochs was a genius. His songs still resonate today.

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. Master's Of War by Bob Dylan

But there are tons and tons of great anti-war songs, it's hard to choose. :)

[Mallifica]

47. I second that

[VOX]

86. Yes. The best. n/t

[Dave Sund]

95. Love it

For What It's Worth is another good one, and Fortunate Son.

As for current music, "Holiday" by Green Day is probably my favorite.

[Radical Activist]

5. There are so many I love

War Pigs by Black Sabbath
No Shelter by RATM
Masters of War, With God on Our Side, and John Brown by Dylan
Last Night I had the Strangest Dream by Pete Seeger
Ruby by Kenny Rogers
Zombie by Fela Kuti

There are a lot of great anti-war songs

[Radical Activist]

6. I'm trying to remember the song Richie Havens played at woodstock

I love it. What is that called?

[cyclezealot]

14. Richie Havens did the lead at Woodstock.

It was not the "Great Mandella." ?

[Seabiscuit]

19. Richie Havens at Woodstock sang "Freedom"

[ET Awful]

26. He also did Handsome Johnny (a song written by Lou Gossett Jr. btw)

Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Concord?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand,
Marching to the Concord war, hey marching to the Concord war.

Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Gettysburg?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a flintlock in his hand,
Marching to the Gettysburg war, hey marching to the Gettysburg war.

Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand,
Marching to the Dunkirk war, hey marching to the Dunkirk war.

Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand,
Marching to the Korean war, hey marching to the Korean war.

Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M16,
Marching to the Vietnam war, hey marching to the Vietnam war.

Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist,
Marching to the Birmingham war, hey marching to the Birmingham war.

Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road,
It's a long hard road, before we'll be free.

Hey, what's the use of singing this song? Some of you are not even listening.
Tell me what it is we've got to do: wait for our fields to start glistening?
Wait for the bullets to start whistling?
Here comes a hydrogen bomb, here comes a guided missile,
Here comes a hydrogen bomb: I can almost hear its whistle.

[Radical Activist]

59. That's the one!

There's something I love about the way he performs that song.

[Seabiscuit]

67. Bingo! That was a great song and Havens did a superb job.

[cyclezealot]

54. Pretty darn sure.

I saw Havens interviewed a while back.He talked of Woodstock..They played clips from Woodstock...Havens may have played 'Freedom'.But the lead song by the lead singer( Havens) was "No one left to Crown". Pretty darn sure...

[MJP]

7. Travelin Soldier...serves a dual purpose

By the Dixie Chicks.

This is an awesome song cause it supports the young men and women who don't have a choice and it is anti-war.

Also, Sunday Bloody Sunday, is a great song.

[Bok_Tukalo]

60. I never thought "Travelin Soldier" was anti-war

More of a recognition of the sacrifice made by ordinary individuals using solitary grief (a very effective device) as the context.

Its antithesis:


I fearlessly walk into battle
With a shine on my boots and my teeth
Never flinch, never blink, never rattle
My blood is like ice underneath
Oh, I'm the reincarnation of Patton
And I've got Hannibal's heart in my chest
God told me I would have rivalled
Alexander the Great at his best

(You're a movie)
Quite
(You're a movie)
Yes
(The exception)
That's right
(You're the final kind)
(You're a movie)
More of an epic
(Please include me, send us to the line)
Mm, that's right
Very good

Bullets repel off my medals
And my men are in awe when I speak
All chaos my strategy settles
My mere presence gives strength to the weak
For me it seems really alarming
I'm really just only a man
With five million sheep in this army
I seem to be the only one fit to command

(You're a movie)
I'm quite aware
(You're a movie)
Yeah
(The exception)
Oh, you've noticed
(You're the final kind)
(You're a movie)
Hey, very true
(Please include me, send us to the line)
Mm, if you're lucky
I must go now and save the world
Move aside mere drop of water, let the ocean pass

(You're a movie)
Quite right
(You're a movie)
(The exception)
(You're the final kind)
(You're a movie)
(Please include me)
Mm hmm
(Please include me)
(Please include me)
Possibly
(Send us to the lines)
Good man
(Send us to the lines)
I'll be at the front, please
(Front of the lines)
Oh, alright Follow me
Another day, another victory
Another

Gold, stripe, another star
Really quite boring sometimes
I wish they'd send someone equal to my strategies
What a guy
I'm really quite a guy

[pres2032]

8. One Tin Soldier

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

[MJP]

9. Wait, I forgot, greatest peace song ever...

Written by Stephen Stills....considering the world we now live in, I almost cry when I read the lyrics or hear the song...

For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[apple_ridge]

57. That's the one,

[Bluebear]

10. Army Dreamers by Kate Bush

Our little Army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero
Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer, he is colder
Four men in uniform to carry home
My little soldier

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army Dreamers

Tears o'er a tin box
Oh Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He couldn't win the war with ego
Give the kid the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Now he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army Dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army Dreamers
Army Dreamers
Army Dreamers

[Archae]

11. Fixin' To Die Rag by Country Joe McDonald

Woodstock version with preceding cheer.

[Seabiscuit]

18. "GIMMEE AN F"

"GIMMEE A U"
"GUMMEE A C"
"GIMMEE A K"

"WHAT'S THAT SPELL?" ("FUCK!")
"WHAT'S THAT SPELL?" ("FUCK!")
"WHAT'S THAT SPELL?" ("FUCK!")

(see full lyrics below).

Yes, I was at Woodstock.

[last_texas_dem]

82. I love that one, too

I know there are deeper, more profound antiwar songs, but that one's such an in-your-face, cleverly sarcastic, kickass anti-war song.

[Carrion]

12. The Clash

"The Call Up"

It's up to you not to heed the call-up
'N' you must not act the way you were brought up
Who knows the reasons why you have grown up?
Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up?

It's up to you not to heed the call-up
I don't wanna die!
It's up to you not to hear the call-up
I don't wanna kill!

For he who will die
Is he who will kill

Maybe I wanna see the wheatfields
Over Kiev and down to the sea

All the young people down the ages
They gladly marched off to die
Proud city fathers used to watch them
Tears in their eyes

There is a rose that I want to live for
Although, God knows, I may not have met her
There is a dance an' I should be with her
There is a town - unlike any other

It's up to you not to hear the call-up
'N' you must not act the way you were brought up
Who give you work an' why should you do it?
At fifty five minutes past eleven
There is a rose...
Yeah!

[JimmyJazz]

90. mine, too!

Imagine that :silly:

[cyclezealot]

15. I like the recent CD by Keb Moe..

Great arrangements.

[thecai]

16. WAR

"War" By Edwin Star (?) R.I.P. and "Mercy, Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye R.I.P.

[salin]

34. Thought of the same two

Absolutely Nothing!
Good Gawd....

Also thought of Gaye's song.

Both convey so much emotion - though musically they conjour up such different tones (Rage, vs Grief)

[blondeatlast]

41. "War," definitely--and it's great at marches, since it's call

and response.

[Huckebein the Raven]

89. I like both of those

[Seabiscuit]

17. Country Joe and the Fish: "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag"

Yeah!
Come on all of you big strong men.
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam,
So put down your books and pick up a gun.
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates.
Well, there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopie! We're all gonna die!

Well, come on Generals, let's move fast.
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those Reds.
The only good Commie is the one that's dead.
You know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates.
Well, there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopie! We're all gonna die!

Come on, Wall Street, don't move slow.
Why man, this is war a-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade.
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates.
Well, there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopie! We're all gonna die!

Well, come on, mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on, fathers, don't hesitate,
Send them off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates.
Well, there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopie! We're all gonna die!

[cornermouse]

20. Blowin' in the wind

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

[snacker]

101. That's my favorite too.

[No Mandate Here.]

21. Silent Night, by Simon and Garfunkel

from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.


Brings tears to my eyes every time.


For the kids, it is a straight, beautifully sung version of the Christmas carol, with a radio news anchor reading news of Vietnam and other 60's topics. Absolutely amazing- even 37 or 38 years later.

[saltpoint]

29. Yes. It's a stunning recording. eom

[The Minus World]

22. Dead Kennedys - Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round

Not really a song, but the dialogue is hilarious. Although it was written in the Reagan era, it is still politically relevant.

DEAD KENNEDYS LYRICS

"Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round"

Greetings:This is the Secretary of War at the State Department
of the United States
We have a problem.
The companies want something done about this sluggish
world economic situation
Profits have been running a little thin lately
and we need to stimulate some growth
Now we know
there's an alarmingly high number of young people roaming
around in your country with nothing to do but stir up trouble
for the police and damage private property.
It doesn't look like they'll ever get a job
It's about time we did something constructive with these people
We've got thousands of 'em here too. They're crawling all over
The companies think it's time we all sit down, have a serious get-together-
And start another war
The President?
He loves the idea! All those missiles streaming overhead to and fro
Napalm
People running down the road, skin on fire
The Soviets seem up for it:
The Kremlin's been itching for the real thing for years.
Hell, Afghanistan's no fun
So whadya say?
We don't even have to win this war.
We just want to cut down on some of this excess population
Now look. Just start up a draft; draft as many of those people as you can.
We'll call up every last youngster we can get our hands on,
hand 'em some speed, give 'em an hour or two to learn how to use
an automatic rifle and send 'em on their way
Libya? El Salvador? How 'bout Northern Ireland?
Or a "moderately repressive regime" in South America?
We'll just cook up a good Soviet threat story
in the Middle East-we need that oil
We had Libya all ready to go and Colonel Khadafy's hit squad
didn't even show up. I tell ya
That man is unreliable.
The Kremlin had their fingers on the button just like we did for that one
Now just think for a minute-We can make this war so big-so BIG
The more people we kill in this war, the more the economy will prosper
We can get rid of practically everybody on your dole queue if we plan this right.
Take every loafer on welfare right off our computer rolls
Now don't worry about demonstrations-just pump up your drug supply.
So many people have hooked themselves on heroin
and amphetamines since we took over, it's just like Vietnam.
We had everybody so busy with LSD they never got too strong.
Kept the war functioning just fine
It's easy.
We've got our college kids so interested in beer
they don't even care if we start manufacturing germ bombs again.
Put a nuclear stockpile in their back yard,
they wouldn't even know what it looked like
So how 'bout it? Look-War is money.
The arms manufacturers tell me unless
we get our bomb factories up to full production
the whole economy is going to collapse
The Soviets are in the same boat.
We all agree the time has come for the big one, so whadya say?!?
That's excellent. We knew you'd agree
The companies will be very pleased.
-------------------------------

Don't blame me for the poor transcript, though.

[TexasProgresive]

23. The Great Mandala-PPM

So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth
And do his job like a man.
And he answered "Listen, Father,
I will never kill another."
He thinks he's better
than his brother that died
What the hell does he think he's doing
To his father who brought him up right?

Chorus:
Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you're only losing your life.

Tell the jailer not to bother
With his meal of bread and water today.
He is fasting 'til the killing's over
He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet.
But he's a coward, he's just playing a game
He can't do it, he can't change it
It's been going on for ten thousand years

(Chorus)

Tell the people they are safe now
Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.
Death has gagged his accusations

We are free now, we can kill now,
We can hate now, now we can end the world
We're not guilty, he was crazy
And it's been going on for ten thousand years!

Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you've only wasted your life.

[baron j]

24. "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" John Lennon

I'm not a christian, but I love this one:

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over over
If you want it
War is over
Now...

[ET Awful]

25. 'Lives in the Balance" by Jackson Browne (as recorded by Richie Havens)

I just like Richie's version better. . .


I’ve been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you’ve heard it before
How a government lies to its people
And how nations are driven to war.

There’s a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interests run

On the radio talk shows and the TV
You hear one thing again and again
How the U.S.A. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends--
These governments killing their own?
Or is it the ones who can’t take any more
And they pick up a brick or a gun or a stone

There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

There’s a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
We can’t even remember their names

They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars

I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they’re never the ones to fight or to die

And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

[FlyByNight]

28. "War Pigs" by Sabbath...

is the one that leaps to mind for me.

[coloradodem2005]

96. Seconded.

Though, I would also say "One" by Metallica, "No Shelter" by RATM, "Fortunate Son" by CCR, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2.

[salin]

30. Edwin Starr's "WAR"

War.... HUH!
What's it Good For?
Absolutely Nothin!
.
.
.
.

[brentspeak]

31. Sky Pilot, by the Animals

Used to be a staple on classic rock radio.

[saltpoint]

32. "One Tin Soldier" gets the job done, and so does --

-- Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock":

"...by the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song
And celebration..."

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[blondeatlast]

42. I haven't heard that one, GB, Can you hum a few bars,

give us some lyrics?

[brentspeak]

35. There's also "Blue-Skinned Beast" by Madness

a suprisingly bitter anti-(Fauklands)war song by this normally "jolly" band.

[Feathered Fish]

36. My Uncle - Gram Parsons

[libodem]

78. I second that

My Uncle by Gram Parsons

[4dsc]

37. How about John Lennon's Give peace a chance..

The man..



Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism
Isn't it the most
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters,
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Oh Let's stick to it
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan,
Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

[u2spirit]

38. Live version of Sunday Bloody Sunday

from U2's Rattle and Hum.

[JI7]

39. that one song by Guns N' Roses, Civil War

i like fortunate son also.

[fishwax]

40. Fletcher Memorial Home, from Pink Floyd's worst album

at least, The Final Cut is widely considered the worst Pink Floyd album ever. I happen to love it, though; the entire album is an anti-war concept album. But Fletcher Memorial Home has some great lyrics a lot:

Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home
a little place of their own
The fletcher memorial
Home for incurable tyrants and kings

And they can appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit t.v.
To make sure they’re still real
It’s the only connection they feel

’ladies and gentlemen, please welcome reagan and haig
Mr. begin and friend mrs. thatcher and paisley
Mr. brezhnev and party
The ghost of mccarthy
The memories of nixon
And now adding colour a group of anonymous latin
American meat packing glitterati’

Did they expect us to treat them with any respect

They can polish their medals and sharpen their
Smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for a while
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you’re dead

Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye
With their favourite toys
They’ll be good girls and boys
In the fletcher memorial home for colonial
Wasters of life and limb
Is everyone in?
Are you having a nice time?
Now the final solution can be applied
____________________

No doubt our own gw will one day be added to that number. The album was written in 1983, but contains much that is quite pertinent to today.

[Maestro]

43. Several

The friggin' whole new album by Steve Earl, The Revolution Starts Now.
The Moby/Chuck D (Public Enemy) collaboration Make Love Fuck War
One by Metallica is excellent as was mentioned in the first post.
Folk/Rock Singer Songwriter, Dan Bern, has a whole dedicated to defeating * as well.

[greendog]

44. Dylan's "Chimes Of Freedom"

Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

[flamingyouth]

45. "War Or Hands of Time" by the Master's Apprentice

A great Australian group from the '60s.

[Fenris]

48. What about "2+2=?"

;)

[flamingyouth]

49. Good morning, sleepy head

;) Yes, I love that one too. :D

[Fenris]

50. I'll have to play you my favorite anti-war song sometime.

Belle & Sebatian's "I Fought In A War.";)

[flamingyouth]

52. Yes, you can play it for me over spring break

:D

[Zomby Woof]

53. I ain't sayin' I'm a genius...

But 2+2 is on my mind... :hi:

[Zorro]

46. The Lost Children -- Gordon Lightfoot

It's a very moving song.

Down the hall their voices ring, their feet are on the run
Phantoms on the winter sky, together they do come
Faded lips and eyes of blue they’re carried in the wind
Their laughter filled the countryside but they’ll not laugh again

All the games are ended now, their voices have been stilled
Their fathers built the tools of war by which they all were killed
Their fathers made the uniforms showing which side they were on
And the young boys were the middle men for the guns to prey upon

You’ve seen the fires in the night, watched the devil as he smiles
You’ve heard a mother’s mournful cry as she searches for her child
You’ve seen the lines of refugees, the faces of despair
And wondered at the wise men who never seem to care

Goodbye you lost children, God speed you on your way
Your little beds are empty now, your toys are put away
Your mother sings a lullaby as she gazes at the floor
Your father builds more weapons and marches out once more

Down the hall their voices ring, their feet are on the run
Phantoms on the winter sky, together they do come
Faded lips and eyes of blue they’re carried in the wind
Their laughter filled the countryside but they’ll not laugh again

Lightfoot wrote a number of powerful antiwar songs during the Viet Nam war.

[Zomby Woof]

51. "War Ensemble" by Slayer

From 1990's "Seasons In The Abyss".

[auntAgonist]

55. Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte Marie.

He's five feet two and he's six feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an athiest, a Jain,
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
and he knows he shouldn't kill
and he knows he always will
kill you for me my friend and me for you

And he's fighting for Canada,
he's fighting for France,
he's fighting for the USA,
and he's fighting for the Russians
and he's fighting for Japan,
and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

And he's fighting for Democracy
and fighting for the Reds
He says it's for the peace of all
He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die
and he never sees the writing on the walls

But without him how would Hitler have
condemned him at Dachau
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon to a war
and without him all this killing can't go on

He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him, and you, and me
and brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put an end to war.

[IcyPeas]

80. universal soldier also done by Donovan - great song

[Hans Delbrook]

56. Deja Vu All Over Again

John Fogerty - he's still got it!

[Ron Green]

58. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

[kodi]

61. "Christmas in the trenches" John McCutcheon

My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool.
Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school.
To Belgium and to Flanders, to Germany to here
I fought for King and country I love dear.
'Twas Christmas in the trenches, where the frost so bitter hung,
The frozen fields of France were still, no Christmas song was sung
Our families back in England were toasting us that day
Their brave and glorious lads so far away.

I was lying with my messmate on the cold and rocky ground
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound
Says I, ``Now listen up, me boys!'' each soldier strained to hear
As one young German voice sang out so clear.
``He's singing bloody well, you know!'' my partner says to me
Soon, one by one, each German voice joined in harmony
The cannons rested silent, the gas clouds rolled no more
As Christmas brought us respite from the war
As soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent
``God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen'' struck up some lads from Kent
The next they sang was ``Stille Nacht.'' ``Tis `Silent Night','' says I
And in two tongues one song filled up that sky

There's someone coming toward us!'' the front line sentry cried
All sights were fixed on one long figure trudging from their side
His truce flag, like a Christmas star, shown on that plain so bright
As he, bravely, strode unarmed into the night
Soon one by one on either side walked into No Man's Land
With neither gun nor bayonet we met there hand to hand
We shared some secret brandy and we wished each other well
And in a flare-lit soccer game we gave 'em hell
We traded chocolates, cigarettes, and photographs from home
These sons and fathers far away from families of their own
Young Sanders played his squeezebox and they had a violin
This curious and unlikely band of men

Soon daylight stole upon us and France was France once more
With sad farewells we each prepared to settle back to war
But the question haunted every heart that lived that wonderous night
``Whose family have I fixed within my sights?''
'Twas Christmas in the trenches where the frost, so bitter hung
The frozen fields of France were warmed as songs of peace were sung
For the walls they'd kept between us to exact the work of war
Had been crumbled and were gone forevermore

My name is Francis Tolliver, in Liverpool I dwell
Each Christmas come since World War I, I've learned its lessons well
That the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame
And on each end of the rifle we're the same

I weep when I hear it.

[LeftyMom]

62. "One" would be my choice

The only time I got to see metallica live they didn't play it. Over a decade later, I'm still pissed about that.

[Downtown Hound]

65. Surprising

It's usually a staple at their live shows. The one time I saw them they did play it, and it was right after they released their Metallica album. They played it even them when they had all these new songs to play. Too bad for you.

[ghostsofgiants]

63. Some less well known ones...

Click the links for lyrics.

Desaparecidos - "Pop'n off at the F"
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/desaparecidos/popnoffatthef.html

RX Bandits - "Newsstand Rock"
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/rxbandits/newsstandrockexposition.html

Protest the Hero - "These Colours Don't Run"
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/protestthehero/thesecoloursdontrun.html

Clost Monster - "The Empire Strikes Iraq"
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/closetmonster/theempirestrikesiraq.html

[Atlas Mugged]

64. A neglected, but brilliant, take on wars in the Gulf

We sell 'em missiles, We sell 'em tanks
We give 'em credit, You can call the bank
It's just a business, You can pay us in crude
You'll love these toys, just go play out your feuds
Got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick
We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick

So get up, stand up, out of my way
I want to talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, whose gonna pay
I want to talk to the man right away

We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
Hoping they don't catch the hell fire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
Another Munich we just can't afford
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne

Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay
I wanna talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, outta my way
I wanna talk to the man right away

We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
And hoping they don't catch the shellfire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
Catching the bite on primetime
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Get up! Stand up!
Dealer! Stealer!
Hey!

We walk the highwire
We send all our men into the front lines
We're hoping that we backed the right side
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
We send all the men up to the front lines
And hoping they don't catch the hellfire
With hot guns and cold cold, cold, cold,
cold nights

We walk the highwire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

[Maestro]

66. Go to

Protest Records At least 100 songs that are anti-Shrub for you to download. The songs vary in quality but some of the songs are very, very good.

[Maestro]

76. Up, up and away!

[Downtown Hound]

83. Thanks, I'll check those out!

[Strawman]

68. Mojo Nixon - My Free Will Just Aint Willin

The land of the free
Home of the brave
Trying to put me in a too early grave
I ain't gonna fight in your stinking war
So go ahead and tear down my door
You can't make me kill another man
You can't make me drop bombs on this land
You can't make me a part of all your killing
My free will just ain't willing
The people of Iraq, they ain't my enemy
the Mesapotamians ain't done nothing to me
I hate this murdering, I hate this stinking war
I ain't gonna be George Bush's whore
You can't make me kill another man
You can't make me drop bombs on this land
You can't make me a part of all your killing
My free will just ain't willing
Get the troops out of Haiti cause poverty ain't no crime
They'll never help themselves if we conquer and divide
What they need is vittles, TV and ESPN
They don't need invading just a friend
You can't make me kill another man
You can't make me drop bombs on this land
You can't make me a part of all your killing
My free will just ain't willing

[Starlight]

71. Bad Religion: Let Them Eat War

Let Them Eat War

There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
with long division and writing crop
anybody can feel like a winner
when it's served up piping hot

but the people aren't looking for a handout
they're America's working corps
can this be what they voted for?

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed
declining crime

from the force to the union shops
the war economy is making new jobs
but the people who benefit most
are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts

you never stole from the rich to give to the poor
all they ever gave to them was a war
and a foreign enemy to deplore

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed
declining crime

we've got to kill 'em in the end
before they reach for their checks
squeeze some blue collars
let them bleed from their necks
seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it
at a job site the boss is god like
conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
seasoned vets with their feet in nets
a stones throw away from a rock fight
but not tonight, feed ‘em death

here comes another ration (feed them death)
cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
but there's nothing left to feed them
when it's freedom or it's death

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed

[welshTerrier2]

72. The Big Muddy

by Pete Seeger

or maybe Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie

[Starlight]

73. Steve Earle: Rich Man's War

Rich Man’s War

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

[hickman1937]

74. Eve of Destruction, Barry Maguire.

I've posted the lyrics too many times.

[Starlight]

75. Eminem: Like Toy Soldiers

Like Toy Soldiers

by Eminem

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down
CHORUS
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down, like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
But the battle wages on, for toy soldiers
I'm suppose to be the soldier who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
I ain't never suppose to show it, my crew ain't suppose to know it
But if it means going toe to toe with the Benzino, it don't matter
I'd never drag 'em in battles that I can handle 'less I absolutely have to
I'm suppose to set an example, I need to be the leader
My crew looks for me to guide 'em
If some shit ever just pop off I'm suppose to be beside 'em
Now Ja said I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
It was crazy, this shit be way beyond some Jay-Z and Nas shit
And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it
I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel I'm the one who caused it
This ain't what I'm in hip hop for, it's not why I got in it
That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good
I went through my whole career without ever mentionin'
Now it's just out of respect, for not runnin' my mouth
And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef
So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
While he's all over TV, down talkin' a man who literally saved my life
Like "fuck it I understand" this is business
And this shit just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute 'cause...
Chorus
There used to be a time when, you could just say a rhyme
And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'
But now it's elevated 'cause once you put someone's kids in it
The shit gets escalated, it ain't just words no more is it?
It's a different ball game, callin' names and you ain't just rappin'
We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin'
Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him
And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how we stabbed him
Fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it
Meanwhile my attention is pullin' in other directions
Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk
has an erection for me and thinks that I'll be his resurrection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he's fucked the game up 'cause one of the ways I came up
Was through that publication the same one that made me famous
Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'
Well fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too, fuck him then
But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc.
And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't like either of us mind
We still have soldiers that's on the front line
That's willing to die for us, as soon as we give the orders
Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus
To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is
to have Runyon Avenue soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is
But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered, it ain't worth it
I can't think of a perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that I love y'all too much to see the verdict
I'll walk away from it all 'fore I let it go any further
But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
I'm just willin' to be the bigger man
If y'all can quit poppin' off at your jaws with the knockin'
'cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience 'cause...
Chorus

[AmericanErrorist]

94. I believe the war Slim is talking about

referes to hip-hop feuds, perhaps exclusively.

[Hell in a Handbasket]

77. a tie between war pigs and fortunate son. nt

[B Calm]

81. "WAR PIGS" by Black Sabbath

[mark414]

84. 'Casualities of War'

by Eric B and Rakim

(edited to say that this is about the first gulf war)

Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade
Where's the enemy? Who do I invade?
Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip
Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips
Cause I got a family that waits for my return
To get back home is my main concern
I'ma get back to New York in one piece
but I'm bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets
Sky lights up like fireworks blind me
Bullets, whistlin over my head remind me...
President Bush said attack
Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back
Missile hits the area, screams wake me up
from a war of dreams, heat up the M-16
Basic training, trained for torture
Take no prisoners, and I just caught ya
Addicted to murder, send more bodybags
They can't identify em, leave the nametags
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)

Day divides the night and night divides the day
It's all hard work and no play
More than combat, it's far beyond that
Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack
Area's mapped out, there'll be no, Stratego
Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go
But what are we here for? Who's on the other side of the wall?
Somebody give the President a call
But I hear warfare scream through the air
Back to the battlegrounds, it's war they declare
A Desert Storm: let's see who reigns supreme
Something like Monopoly: a government scheme
Go to the Army, be all you can be
Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me
So I start letting off ammunition in every direction
Allah is my only protection
But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same
and this is Asia, from where I came
I'm on the wrong side, so change the target
Shooting at the general; and where's the sergeant?
Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America
Now it's mass hysteria
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)

The war is over, for now at least
Just because they lost it don't mean it's peace
It's a long way home, it's a lot to think about
Whole generation, left in doubt
Innocent families killed in the midst
It'll be more dead people after this
So I'm glad to be alive and walkin
Half of my platoon came home in coffins
Except the general, buried in the Storm
in bits and pieces no need to look for em
I played it slick and got away with it
Rigged it up so they would think they did it
Now I'm home on reserves and you can bet
when THEY call, I'm going AWOL
Cause it ain't no way I'm going back to war
when I don't know who or what I'm fighting for
So I wait for terrorists to attack
Every time a truck backfires I fire back
I look for shelter when a plane is over me
Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G
Kamikaze, strapped with bombs
No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam
Did I hear gunshots, or thunder?
No time to wonder, somebody's going under
Put on my fatigues and my camoflouge
Take control, cause I'm in charge
When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X

[d_b]

85. Killing Joke - Total Invasion

[lindsayg]

87. That video creeped me out when I was younger

had nightmares.


As for my favorite anti-war song, I'd have to say Monster,Suicide,America by Steppenwolf.

[Emops]

88. "One" isn't an anti-war song.

It's just a song about a guy that steps on a landmine. That's it. They even said it in an interview.

My favorite is "The Gates of Delirium" by Yes.

[4_Legs_Good]

97. Well, isn't it based on "Johnny Got His Gun"?

Maybe it was just the video that used footage from the film. Anyway JGHG is one of the greatest anti-war books EVER!

david

[Downtown Hound]

99. Yes it is.

[Downtown Hound]

98. One is based off of Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun

If that isn't an anti war book, I don't know what is. Whatever Metallica's motives for writing it may have been, I would consider it a decisively anti-war song because it shows the horrible effects of what war did to one man.

[4_Legs_Good]

100. Back to the art debate...

it doesn't really matter what Metallica thinks their song is about. It's what the listener thinks it's about that matters. That's the deal with art. What's one person's anti-war song is another's love balad.

david

[Ophelia Rising]

91. March of Death

by Zack de la Rocha w/ DJ Shadow totally rocks

I was born with the voice of a riot, a storm
lightening the function, the form, far from the norm
I won't follow like cattle, I'm more like the catalyst
calm in the mix of battle
who let the cowboy o­n the saddle? He don't know a
missle from a gavel;
para terror troopin flippin loops of death upon innocent flesh
but I'm back in the cipher my foes and friends, witha verse and a pen
against a line I won't toe or defend, instead I curse at murderous men
in suits of professionals who act like animals
this man child, ruthless and wild
who gonna chain this beast back o­n the leash?
this Texas furor, for sure a, compassionless con who
serve a , lethal needle to the poor, the cure for crime is murder?
on the left, left, right, left
but it's just a march of death
I read the news today, oh boy, a snap shot of a midnight ploy
vexed and powerless, devoured my hours I'm motionless with no rest
'cause a scream now holds the sky, under another high-tech driveby
a lie is a lie this God is an eagle or a condor for war nothing more
Islam peace, Islam stare into my eye brother please off our knees
to beef now we feed their disease, interlocked our hands across seas
what is a flag but a shroud out loud, and outside my window is a faceless crowd
'cause a cowering child just took her last breath, o­n snare in the march of death
on the left, left, right, left
but it's just a march of death
here it comes the sound of terror from above
he flex his Texas twisted tongue
the poor lined up to kill in desert slums
for oil that burn beneath the desert sun
now we spit flame to flip this game
we are his targets taking aim
we're the targets taking aim
all his targets are taking aim

[4_Legs_Good]

92. For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down




Though Peace Train by Cat Stevens and Get Together by the Youngbloods are close contenders...

david

[Ophelia Rising]

93. A Perfect Circle's new album eMOTIVe is pretty kick ass

They do lots of good cover's of songs relating to war and peace and their song "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" is very simple, but I get goosebumps every time I hear it.
I also gotta give kudos to Green Day's "American Idiot" album, "We Want it All" by Zack de la Roca, "Civil War" by Guns n' Roses, hmmmm....so many songs by Rage Against the Machine (a given), oh, and Rise Against also rocks....okay, that's all I can think of right now...

[Boswells_Johnson]

102. Child In Time, by Deep Purple

Sweet child
In time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between
Good and bad
See the blind man
Shooting at the world
Bullets flying
Taking toll
If you've been bad
Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit
By flying lead
You'd better close your eyes
You'd better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet