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37. The Call: "The Walls Came Down"

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 07:58 PM

Aug 2013

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
And the walls came down
They just stood there laughing
They're not laughing anymore
The walls came down

Sanctuary fades
The congregation splits
Nightly military raids
The congregation splits
It's a song of assassins
Ringin' in your ears
We got terrorist thinking
Playing on fears

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
But the walls came down
I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
playin' with tanks

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Could we get a thread going of political and anti-war music suggestions? [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

I don't think we'e going, but a good excuse to post Sam Stone anyway BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #1

I hope you're right. I fear you're wrong. cali Aug 2013 #2

+1000 kentuck Aug 2013 #17

For mockery of jingoistic douchebags, go for America! Fuck Yeah! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #3

I can't stop laughing cali Aug 2013 #5

I used to hang out at this piano bar and I'd get them to play that every time. Initech Aug 2013 #73

"I Ain't Marching Anymore"- Phil Ochs enigmatic Aug 2013 #4

This is completely brilliant. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #63

We had this great thread back in 2007 malaise Aug 2013 #6

"King Of The Hill"- Minutemen enigmatic Aug 2013 #7

oohh that was good limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #53

Ministry's good if you're into industrial metal backscatter712 Aug 2013 #8

chemical warfare: KittyWampus Aug 2013 #9

Suicide - Rocket U.S.A. BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #10

thanks. that's new to me. cali Aug 2013 #11

And of course, by the same guys, there's always "Frankie Teardrop": nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #46

From WWI chieftain Aug 2013 #12

That was written by a guy I played a festival with in 1975 DFW Aug 2013 #58

I love Eric Bogle. chieftain Aug 2013 #75

Ineffective response, but it can warm the heart . . . Journeyman Aug 2013 #13

Green Day, American Idiot. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #14

done catnhatnh Aug 2013 #15

Here's an original song Zorra Aug 2013 #16

that's lovely, thank you. cali Aug 2013 #18

Thanks, glad you like it. Zorra Aug 2013 #29

"Wooden Ships" - Crosby, Stills & Nash lastlib Aug 2013 #19

"We Can't Make it Here" - James McMurtry IDemo Aug 2013 #20

Excellent choice! nt adirondacker Aug 2013 #60

Anything by Utah Phillips, and his collabs with Ani DiFranco HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #21

Jackson Browne Lives In the Balance Ptah Aug 2013 #22

a couple more cali Aug 2013 #23

Traveling solider: easttexaslefty Aug 2013 #24

This is really good. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #57

The Ballad of Penny Evans struggle4progress Aug 2013 #25

Devils and dust easttexaslefty Aug 2013 #26

Masters of War... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #27

War. What is it good for? easttexaslefty Aug 2013 #28

Sting ~ This War Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #30

Neil young easttexaslefty Aug 2013 #31

Monster / Steppenwolf annabanana Aug 2013 #32

Every time I think of an anti-war song Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #76

Universal Soldier ~ 1964 Zorra Aug 2013 #33

Against Me! From her lips to God's ears a la izquierda Aug 2013 #34

American Idiot alarimer Aug 2013 #35

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by the Pogues WilliamPitt Aug 2013 #36

The Call: "The Walls Came Down" VOX Aug 2013 #37

"Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #38

"The Cruel War" and "The Times They Are a Changing" gopiscrap Aug 2013 #39

Machine Gun - Hendrix (warning....graphic pictures of war in video) livetohike Aug 2013 #40

Blowing in the Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #41

Eve of Destruction pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #42

Marvin Gaye...What's Goin' On ? kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #43

Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #44

The band Op-Critical, it's all they do HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #45

Cabaret Voltaire - "Sensoria" nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #47

CCR PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #48

Eddie Vetter's No More - the theme song for the movie Body of War, which is about kas125 Aug 2013 #49

perfect. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #52

Thanks. I love it, too. What has been done to Tomas and so many other kids kas125 Aug 2013 #66

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Barlow says he wrote Throwing Stones after meeting Cheney and that it's about him. kas125 Aug 2013 #64

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I guess what they always said is true - kas125 Aug 2013 #67

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LOL, we had a lot of them. But to be serious for a second, do you realize just how lucky we are? kas125 Aug 2013 #69

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Some from The Clash MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #51

More Anti-flag - 911 For Peace limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #54

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-Joan Baez Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #55

"Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges,"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"RAMONES, "Dead Heroes".Red Rockers Tikki Aug 2013 #56

When Johnny Comes Rolling Home Again (Iraq, Iraq) by The Freedom Toast DFW Aug 2013 #59

War Pigs covered by Cake... adirondacker Aug 2013 #61

Several by Phil Ochs, of course: Ken Burch Aug 2013 #62

Thumbs up! Heidi Aug 2013 #72

A few: Heidi Aug 2013 #71

System Of A Down Initech Aug 2013 #74

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker "WAR" notadmblnd Aug 2013 #77

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda zipplewrath Aug 2013 #78