Anti-War Songs

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[GD Fan]

Holy Irons by Grant Lee Phillips. A song about the American Civil War in 2016? Bravo, Mr. Phillips.

 

[DonR]

we are fools to make war on our brothers in arms

 

[astr0b0y]

 

[DanielT]

Songs that depict real events...Now also, playlist on Spotify

I hope someone mentioned The Ballad of Charles Whitman by the great Kinky Friedman.

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In Linköping, the Ukrainian flag was hoisted outside the city hall.
(Linköping medium-sized city in Sweden, where I live)

 

[JSmith]

So if one follows the lyric story, Earth is destroyed by nuclear war and we're "heading to Venus"... there are still enough nuclear weapons on Earth to destroy it a few times over;

JSmith

 

[DanielT]

So if one follows the lyric story, Earth is destroyed by nuclear war and we're "heading to Venus"... there are still enough nuclear weapons on Earth to destroy it a few times over;

JSmith

Ian Haugland, drummer in Europe, now a radio presenter. He plays various rock songs. He does not usually play Europe's own songs, but he now made an exception and played ... yep you guess the right song ..

"Ian Haugland
Ian Haugland gives you the best rock from the 70s, 80s, and 90s!"

Ian Haugland på Rockklassiker

Lyssna på det senaste avsnittet från Ian Haugland. Lyssna igen på dina favoritavsnitt.

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Incidentally, he made an another exception (it is not a direct rock song, the style of that song does not fit into that channel) and also played:

"1944" is a song written and performed by Ukrainian singer Jamala. It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and won with a total of 534 points.[1][2]"

1944 (song) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[iMickey503]

I really don't like seeing cemeteries anymore.

 

[Madeintooting]

Anti war songs are probably as old as war itself, here's one from a couple of hundred years ago.

 

[Foxenfurter]

You have to include Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt

 

[xaviescacs]

Maria del Mar Bonet - Què volen aquesta gent lyrics + English translation

Translation of 'Què volen aquesta gent' by Maria del Mar Bonet (Mari

lyricstranslate.com

 

[dasdoing]

party-songs are anti-war imo.
So here are two great songs about Moskow to make the russians change their guns for hip of a girl

 

[bloodshoteyed]

so, it was all for nothing, huh

and i know it's not a song, but this pic (supposedly of a guitar pedal board) came to mind:

 

[EB1000]

What about a pro-war song?

And if you're really want to show support for the Ukrainian people, then you should play a song that goes after the root cause of this war, perhaps a popular rap hit by Loza Alexander?

 

[fordiebianco]

Billy Joel: Leningrad.

Sting: Russians

 

[raif71]