edna Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 "Masters of War", Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalynn Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 If you like something a bit harder, there's a song called Holiday by Green Day...speaks out about todays war. Otherwise, I've always cried and associated Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones with war...maybe because it was a theme song for an old TV show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin35336 Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 This is from The Saw Doctors. I love the sentiment. All Irish musicians are asked why don't they write a political song blaa, blaa.. this is their response. Freedom Fighters When a man walks out of his house one day Looks up to the deep blue sky Thinks about his past And looks to the future And then the answer sparkles in his eye Oh yes we?re freedom fighters with mandolins We?re not here for to blow you away We?ve got songs in our hearts And guitars in our hands And we?re looking for peace Some fine day If you?re goin' up north or way down south Or west to Galway bay Keep an open heart With lots of love Then you?ll find people on your way They?ll be freedom fighters with mandolins They won?t be here for to blow you away They?ll have songs in their hearts And guitars in their hands And they?re looking for some peace Some fine day Well he found the answer it was short and sweet Crystal for anyone to see That if your soul is free And your heart is in the right place Then you know you?re headin? down the right street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wouldn't you love to sing ' Iimagine' while pushin the BIG ONE ....(Diggs--piss off on this one, eh ? !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wouldn't you love to sing ' Iimagine' while pushin the BIG ONE Kevin, tss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James31524 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 If you like something a bit harder, there's a song called Holiday by Green Day...speaks out about todays war. Otherwise, I've always cried and associated Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones with war...maybe because it was a theme song for an old TV show? I remember that show - China beach, wasn't it? Let me check my library... Somebody already mentioned War by Edwin Star, that's a great one. Two Tribes - Frankie goes to Hollywood Ordinary day - Duran Duran (I'm not sure it's about war, but a some of the imagery speaks of war and grief) One of the living (technically more of postwar desolation than war itself - from the opening of mad max 3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 "Londonderry Air" aka "Danny Boy" is one of the more lacrymose songs about the cost of war. As I've read, this is a father, addressing his just-KIA son on a beautiful spring day. Eva Cassidy's version can really "make grown men cry" in this context. For those who saw Ken Burns' "The Civil War," "Ashokan Farewell" is used as a backdrop for a letter written by Sullivan Ballou just before Bull Run/First Manasas, where he tries to ready his wife for a premonition of death and assurance that he will always be near when needed, though no longer seen or felt. I've always associated "I'll Be Seeing You" and I'll Be Home For Christmas with death in World War II, probably because movies of the 1940's played these songs when "The Letter" or "the two sad-faced soldiers came calling." Then there's "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)," which also suggested uncertainty and sudden changes for worse. As for later/current wars, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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