Protest songs

[theliquor (Lost but not fo 50595]

I got an overseas call last night around 3 a.m. from the wife (now widow) of a man who was the principal at an international school my son taught at a couple of years ago, they became friends, and the family visited Canada, Ottawa and Toronto specifically.

The phone call was from a desperate distraught woman, who just lost her husband, along with eight students who were trying to flee Syria, who thought they were safe travelling in a Red Cross convoy. Not so much.

Hezbolah, Syrian troops, Syrian Rebels, who knows who was responsible.

Couldn't get back to sleep after the telephone call, so pulled out some of the old LP's, cd's and blasted songs protesting war in general. In the 60's it was Vietnam, then Grenada, African nations with oil, African nations without oil, the 'Stans, the Middle East.

When will the killing of the innocents end?

If you give a shit about such ramblings, let me know what your favourite anti-war songs are.

Some of mine are:

Edwin Starr: War

Micheal Franti: Can bomb the world to pieces but you can't bomb the world to peace

The Doors: Apocolypse Now- The End

CCR: Fortunate Son

Donovan: Universal Soldier

Animals: We Got to Get Out of this Place

Country Joe & the Fish: Vietnam Song

Barry Maguire: Eve of Destruction

[Peachka 4334]

War Pigs- Black Sabbath

[Guest ***nsut***jr]

That's a truly sad story and it hits closer to home when you hear it from a person and not the media.

What can you say... it's just a waste in too many ways.

 

Bob Dylan's Masters of War is a pretty timeless message addressed to all those who create and profit from war.

 

http://www.bobdylan.com/ca/node/26147

[Peachka 4334]

Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones

 

And another Stones war song....Paint it Black

 

Additional Comments:

Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2

[cyclo 30131]

Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding

 

http://wyszukiwarkamp3.eu/video/IuPrrdRzlxc/elvis-costello-shipbuilding

[Guest jake_cdn]

The best and I believe the most poignant is Buffy Ste. Marie's

 

Universal Soldier

 

Unfortunately it still rings true today.

[Guest Ot**w***og****n]

This is "the" protest song.

 

 

Buffalo Sringfield's "For What It's Worth" (1967)...seems like yesterday.

[canuckhooker 19202]

The Workers song or The Fields of Athenry - The Dropkick Murphy's

[Johnny Canuck 5347]

Scorpions - Wind of Change (Cold War)

Europe - The Final Countdown (Cold War)

 

John Lennon's Imagine is a song that could be used to protest against any act of violence and to me is an anthem for peace.

[stevecurious 42059]

99 Luftballons by Nena

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9whehyybLqU

 

Graceland by Paul Simon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvliMzAFWHM

 

RESPECT by Aretha Franklin

 

Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen

 

Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine

[conquistador 18487]

The Dears - summer of protest ..

protest song, perfect for the Montreal protest last summer, remember being in that, crazy

[Peachka 4334]

Going Down In Flames - 3 Doors Down

[Frank7 3939]

In the name of God by Sabaton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU91h959WsM

 

A lot of there songs refers to war.

[Jhena Grey 25615]

A few of my favs:

 

Strange Fruit- Bille Holiday

 

Times They Are A Changing- Bob Dylan

 

Front Line- Stevie Wonders

 

 

Fallsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash

 

Get Up, Stand Up, - Bob Marley & The Wailers

[thedriver 6179]

Having spent my childhood in the US during the Viet Nam war all the songs mentioned have a special place in my heart and I could not think of another old song to mention.

 

But then I thought of the new generation living with war today and this is the song that came to mind.

 

Wavin' Flag by K'naan

 

[JHova 270]

Vietnow by Rage Against the Machine

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ckcsFZx-xA

 

Uncommon Valor By R.A. The Rugged Man

 

[Kathryn Bardot 99339]

Rise Against - Hero of War:

[stevecurious 42059]

But then I thought of the new generation living with war today and this is the song that came to mind.

 

 

On that note.

 

Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day

 

 

One by Metallica

[Ms.Samantha 11568]

John Lennon: Give Peace a Chance

[Eric Northman 16522]

The Gunner's Dream - Pink Floyd

 

[Guest Ot**w***og****n]

The Byrds "I Wasn't Born to Follow" from the motion picture "Easy Rider."

 

[stevecurious 42059]

B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down

 

Boom by System of a Down

 

Civil War by Guns 'N' Roses

 

Now You've Got Something to Die For by Lamb of God

[Guest ***nsut***jr]

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

 

[GH26 117]

Dogs of war by Pink Floyd

[conquistador 18487]

The Clash - The Call Up

 

 

NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing