Songs About War

dwill123 · 09-12-2014, 06:35 PM

AndrewZealand · 09-13-2014, 04:24 PM

WAR PIGS by Black Sabbath (1970)

Bassist Geezer Butler's lyrics about the working class being treated like "pawns in chess" when their country goes to war. Also a "The Warmongers will get theirs in the end!" warning at the end of the song.

Franco Pepe Kalle · 09-13-2014, 04:53 PM

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 09-13-2014, 08:32 PM

Lisnaholic · 09-13-2014, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Corb Lund did a really good album 2007 about war, mostly from a cavalry idea because horses. He started the album off with a really upbeat song about the naive and idealistic vision of war from a young mind, then ends it with a reprise of the same song with some very strong imagery.

I wonder if that`s the album on which his Student Visas song appears? ( The song takes the form of jaded reminicences from a US operative in Central America).

For an album dedicated exclusively to the topic, there is Country Joe McDonald`s album, War,War,War, in which he put the poems of Robert W. Service to music. Deadly serious, occasionally cynical, very spare, it`s an unusual listening experience. What I particularly like about it is that we are hearing the thoughts of a guy who was actually there in the trenches during the First World War, so we hear the genuine, contemporaneous mixture of patriotism and horror in lines like this: "Everywhere thrill the air the maniac bells of war."
Dip into another time, another world, another mindset here:-

Trollheart · 09-15-2014, 02:13 PM

Best. War. Song. Ever!

dsotm · 09-15-2014, 02:49 PM

Pink Floyd-Us and Them. What a beautiful song about a horrific subject.

LoathsomePete · 09-15-2014, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I wonder if that`s the album on which his Student Visas song appears? ( The song takes the form of jaded reminicences from a US operative in Central America).

Yep, track 6.

DwnWthVwls · 09-15-2014, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

No idea how they left RA the Rugged Man off the credits since this claims to be the official version. His verse (the second one) makes this one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. It's actually about his dad's experiences in Vietnam. Can't get through it without getting a little choked up.

Hey! I was gonna post that.

The Clash - London Calling

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AndrewZealand Groupie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 14	WAR PIGS by Black Sabbath (1970) Bassist Geezer Butler's lyrics about the working class being treated like "pawns in chess" when their country goes to war. Also a "The Warmongers will get theirs in the end!" warning at the end of the song.

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