What are some great war protest songs from the 60s?

[southernleftylady]

just wondering i would love to burn a cd :)

[Gloria]

1. I remember singing "The Cruel War" (in a trio) to a group of

"Old Guard" (men's senior group) and having them crying.....

"The Cruel War is raging
Johnny has to fight
I want to go with him"
dah dah dha (forget the words...hell, this was 1967)

[Stephanie]

2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone

All the old folk songs.

[Robbien]

13. The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

The answer is blowing in the wind.

Yup a good one!

[cornfedyank]

3. if i had a hammer by peter paul and mary n/t

[Blind Tiresias]

76. the 5 best antiwar songs

1. War Pigs--Black Sabbath
2. War--Marley
3. Fortunate Son-Fogarty
4. Ohio-CSNY
5. Born in the USA-Springsteen

[Blind Tiresias]

79. dude...

I can't believe i forgot "us and them" by pink floyd oh and cranberries 'zombie'

[SharonAnn]

155. Waist deep in the Big Muddy, and the old fool says to "press on"

Or something like that.

One Tin Soldier.

[Wickerman]

4. Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

Dylan, Masters of War
Fortunate Son - CCR

and the 20 or 30 less obvious ones that will soon be listed.

[TexasSissy]

96. The eastern world, it is explodin...violence flarin', bullets loadin'

You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin’

But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.


:nopity:

[Dancing_Dave]

148. Right On!

I'm a musician so I'll take a shot at covering that one...but a dance mix would be to silly. I'd do it with plenty of blues.

[union_maid]

5. Here are some

Masters of War - Dylan
I Ain't a Marchin' Anymore - made famous by Richie Havens. Don't know if he wrote it.
Fixin' To Die Rag - Country Joe
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Ohio - CSN&Y
Find The Cost of Freedom - CNS
Blowin' In The Wind - Dylan
Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Seeger

[union_maid]

10. ...and

Fortunate Son - Credence
Lucky Man - ELP
War - Edwin Starr

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

147. "Lucky Man" by Emerson Lake & Palmer is one of the great anti-war songs

and so timely now.....


He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door.

Ooo, what a lucky man he was
Ooo, what a lucky man he was.

White lace, and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid.

Ooo, what a lucky man he was
Ooo, what a lucky man he was.

He went to fight wars
For his country and his king
Of his honor and his glory
The people would sing.

Ooo, what a lucky man he was
Ooo, what a lucky man he was.

A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died.

Ooo, what a lucky man he was
Ooo, what a lucky man he was.

[Stephanie]

11. And it's One Two Three, What are we Fighting for?

Don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam.

[TexasSissy]

92. And it's five, six, seven....Open up the pearly gates....

Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

17. I Ain't a Marchin' Anymore-Phil Ochs

He wrote some of the greatest protest/anti war songs of the 60's.

[Stephanie]

6. War! Hunh! What is it GOOD for?

Absolutely NOTHING.

No idea who sang that.

[LisaM]

33. That song is great, but it's not by War

the singer is named Edwin Starr.

[rainy]

42. Blood, Sweat and Tears?

nt

[WillyT]

51. Edwin Starr... I Believe !!!

:hi:

[kittykitty]

62. You got it.

[WillyT]

73. What Do I Win ???

:bounce: ;) :bounce:

[kittykitty]

83. The Good Memory Award

:hippie:

[WillyT]

86. I'd Just Like To Thank All The Little People... In My Head !!!

:bounce::crazy::bounce:

:hi:

[Lefty48197]

7. The Unknown Soldier - The Doors

If Jim Morrison were still alive today, those stupid Republicans would be calling him a traitor. They're idiots.

[kentuck]

77. Also, Five to One by the Doors

Another great song. I used to listen to the Unknown Soldier when I was in the "war"...

[RebelYell]

8. "War" by War n/t

[Robbien]

9. War. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing.

Ugh!

[union_maid]

15. and...

Universal Soldier - Donovan
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo
Give Peace a Chance - Lennon

[Kanary]

19. Alice's Restaurant -- used to play it every morning to get my head

straight for the day.

Good ole Arlo.......and his 8x10's

Kanary

[coeur_de_lion]

114. "War. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing." Edwin Starr

War... (huh!) Yeah!
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Uh huh uh hu-uh.

War... (huh!) Yeah!
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Say it again y'all.

War... (huh!) Look out!
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Listen to me.

Ahhh war...
I despise, cause it means destruction of innocent life.
War means tears to thousands of mothers' eyes,
when their sons go off to fight and lose their lives.

I said, war... (huh!) Good God y'all.
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Say it again.

War... (huh!) Whoa whoa whoa Lord.
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Listen to me.

War...
It ain't nothin' but a heart breaker.
War...
Friend only, to the undertaker.

Ahhh war...
is an enemy to all mankind.
The thought of war blows my mind.
War has caused unrest within the younger generation.
Induction, then destruction. Who wants to die?

Ahhh war... (huh!) Good God y'all.
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Say it, say it, say it.

War... (huh!) Uh huh yeah, huh!
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Listen to me.

War...
It ain't nothin' but a heart breaker.
War...
Its got one friend, that's the undertaker.

Ahhh war...
has shattered, many a young man's dreams.
Made him disabled, bitter and mean.
Life is but too short and precious,
it's been fighting wars each day.
War can't give life, it can only take it away.

Ahhh war... (huh!) Good God y'all.
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Say it again.

War... (huh!) Whoa whoa whoa Lord.
What is it good for?
Absolutely... (nothin'!) Listen to me.

War...
It ain't nothin' but a heart breaker.
War...
Friend only, to the undertaker.

wooo

Peace, love and understanding, tell me
Is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight, to keep our freedom,
but Lord knows there's got to be a better way.

Ahhh war... (huh!) Good God y'all.
What is it good for?
You tell 'em. (nothin'!) Say it, say it, say it, say it.

War... (huh!) Good God now, huh!
What is it good for?
Stand up and shout it. (nothin'!)...

[comradebillyboy]

12. buffalo springfield-for what its worth

waist deep in the big muddy-peet seeger
feel like i'm fixin to die rag-country joe & the fish
talking viet nam blues-i forget who
universal soldier-donovan
where have all the flowers gone-several, incl peet seeger
draft dodger rag, forget who

[Stew225]

16. CSN&Y

"four dead in Ohio"

Bill Schroeder, one of the students killed was a friend of mine with whom I grew up in our neighborhood in Lorain, Ohio. I was in Vermont when I heard he was one of the students killed.

[NMDemDist2]

35. "Find the cost of Freedom" CS&N and I believe the "4 dead" song

was named Tin Soldiers

and "Chicago" by CS&N too

[starroute]

31. "Universal Soldier" was originally Buffy Saint-Marie

Look for her version in preference to Donovan's. It can really rip your guts out.

http://www.creative-native.com/lyrics/univelyr.htm


Another favorite of mine is Country Joe's "Here I Go Again," although only one verse could be called anti-war. (The rest is classic hippie psychedelia.)

http://www.well.com/~cjfish/here.htm

[Green Lantern]

140. Loved BSM's

Universal Soldier-it was playing this evening on Democracy Now following an interview with the Lucey's. ( their son committed suicide after returning from Iraq)

So many songs. I still love "The times they are a changin"

[mr_hat]

14. "My Uncle" by Gram Parsons was great, albeit comparatively obscure >

A letter came today from the draft board
With trembling hands I read the questionnaire
It asked me lots of things about my mama and papa
Now that ain't what I call exactly fair
So I'm heading for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be just my kind of town
Because they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
A sad old soldier once told me a story
About a battlefield that he was on
He said a man should never fight for glory
He must know what is right and what is wrong
So I'm heading for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be just my kind of town
Because they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground, yeah now,
I don't know how much I owe my uncle
But I suspect it's more than I can pay
He's asking me to sign a three-year contract
I guess I'll catch the first bus out today
So I'm heading for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver may be just my kind of town
Because they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground
That tends to keep a good man underground

[starroute]

146. So *that's* what that was about!

I always loved that song, but I was never able to make out any more of the lyrics than "I'm heading for the nearest foreign border" and "that tends to keep a good man underground."

Cool to find out after all these years that it was an anti-Vietnam song.

[TrustingDog]

18. One Tin Soldier & He Ain't Heavy He's my Brother

[merh]

99. One Tin Soldier lyrics - seems appropriate to the war today!

ONE TIN SOLDIER
(The Legend of Billy Jack)
words and music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Copyright © 1969 by ABC / Dunhill Music, Inc.

Listen children to a story that was written long ago
'bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone,
and the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom: "With our brothers we will share
all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword,
and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red,
turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.

(Music at this link)
http://www.thecolefamily.com/onetinsoldier.htm

[Wind Dancer]

142. Love that song!

[H2O Man]

20. I like all of the ones listed.

I'd add "Monster/Suicide/America" by Steppenwolf; "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix (any live version); "Revolution" by the Beatles; and "Give Peace A Chance," by the Plastic Ono Band.

[David Zephyr]

21. Ohio by Neil Young.

"Ohio" -- By Neil Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

[jdj]

91. Soon to be revisited this election year. n/t

[jdj]

93. Joe Hill-Joan Baez

[TrustingDog]

22. Times they are a Changing

Bob Dylan - Times They Are A Changing

Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a changing

Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens
And keep your eyes open, the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon, the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
Oh the loser will be later to win
For the times, they are a changing

Come senators, congressmen, please head the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be her that has stalled
The battle outside ragging will soon shake your windows
And rattle your hall
For the times, they are a changing

Come mothers and fathers all over this land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughter are beyond your command
Your old role is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
For the times they are a changing

The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast
The slow one will later be fast
And the present now will soon be the past
The order is rapidly fading
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a changing

[B Calm]

23. WAR PIGS by Black Sabbath

[maveric]

32. Cool song, but from the 70's. 1971 Lyrics

War Pigs
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave that all to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes

Now in darkness world stops turning
As the war machine keeps burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh Lord yeah

[WillyT]

24. "What About Me?" - Quicksilver Messenger Service !!!

One of the VERY best!!!

Link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000006ZU6/ref=pd_sim_music_2/103-6332599-9059042?v=glance&s=music

Plus, check out this site!!! Too cool!

Link: http://www.penncen.com/quicksilver/

:bounce::hippie::bounce:

[WillyT]

34. Wow... I Finally Found A Copy Of The Lyrics !!! (PLEASE READ !!!)

Tell me these words don't hold true almost 35 years later!!!

I double dare ya!!!

**************************************************************************

What About Me?
Lyrics (by Quicksilver Messenger Service)

(Released December of 1970)

You poisoned my sweet water.
You cut down my green trees.
The food you fed my children
Was the cause of their disease.

My world is slowly fallin' down
And the airs not good to breathe.
And those of us who care enough,
We have to do something.......

(Chorus)
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?

Your newspapers,
They just put you on.
They never tell you
The whole story.

They just put your
Young ideas down.
I was wonderin' could this be the end
Of your pride and glory?

(Chorus)

I work in your factory.
I study in your schools.
I fill your penitentiaries.
And your military too!

And I feel the future trembling,
As the word is passed around.
"If you stand up for what you do believe,
Be prepared to be shot down."

(Chorus)

And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run..........................

An I’m always getting’ busted
And I got to take a stand........
I believe the revolution
Must be mighty close at hand.......................

(Chorus)

I smoke marijuana
But I can’t get behind your wars.
And most of what I do believe
Is against most of your laws

I'm a fugitive from injustice
But I'm goin' to be free.
Cause your rules and regulations
They don’t do the thing for me

(Chorus)

And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live just like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run..........................


And though you may be stronger now
My time will come around
You keep adding to my numbers
As you shoot my people down


(Chorus)
Repeat
lyrics sung during final chorus
I Won’t go
What about me Now.
I ain’t lookin’ for no trouble

**************************************************************************

Still awesome!

:bounce::toast::bounce:

[DancingBear]

41. Hi WillyT

I wore this song out back in '71.... :)

[WillyT]

47. Me Too Brother... Me Too !!!

:toast::hippie::toast:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

67. love that song

also "fresh air"

have another hit of fresh air

[WillyT]

75. Right On !!! - Their 'Anthology' Albumn Is A Must For Any Collection !!!

Link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000011O6/qid=1092190603/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/103-6332599-9059042?v=glance&s=music

Ah... the good old days, LOL!!!

:smoke::hippie::smoke:

[Viking12]

25. Masters of War

Bob Dylan.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[Jacobin]

50. YES. My all time favorite

MUST be on your cd.

:-)

[milkyway]

95. The best. Dylan must have had dick cheney in mind when he wrote it.

[NMDemDist2]

26. There's something happening here

what it is ain't exactly clear
there's a man with a gun over there
telling me I got to beware

stop hey what's that sound? everybody look what's going down....

I can't remember the arist :cry:

Country Joe's "I feel like I'm fixing to Die Rag"

CS&N "Wooden Ships"

[Richard D]

71. Buffalo Springfield

I think.

[fizzana]

27. With God On Our Side

Chimes of Freedom
Times Are A' Changing
Ballad Of A Thin Man

[Jacobin]

56. With God On Our Side.....Lyrics

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.

Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.

Bob Dylan

[Stephanie]

28. Just rent Woodstock

And the Maysles one about the Stones - what was that?

[DancingBear]

29. Here are a few more

songs of the times....

Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens
When I'm Gone - Phil Ochs
Volunteers- Jefferson Airplane
We Can Be Together - Jefferson Airplane
Give Peace A Chance - Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
The Ballad Of Penny Evans - Steve Goodman

[roguevalley]

30. Abraham, Martin and John by Dion

[Keirsey]

38. site with anti-war songs

http://www.lacarte.org/songs/anti-war/


Wouldn't it be great if Springsteen, et al, could get permission to sing some of these songs in the Vote for Change Tour.

[pacalo]

36. A few...

Fortunate Son - Credence Clearwater Revival
Run Through the Jungle - Credence Clearwater Revival
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & the Animals
Turn, Turn, Turn - Byrds
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
War - Edwin Starr
Ball of Confusion - Temptations
Freedom - Richie Havens
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
Ohio - CSNY
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-Ta-Die Rag - Country Joe & the Fish
Get Together - Youngbloods

[NMDemDist2]

54. ahh "fortunate son", that was a great one! n/t

[NMDemDist2]

37. if you burn it, I'll buy one and that's the AZ truth n/t

[against all enemies]

39. Fixin to die rag. Country Joe and the Fish

[southernleftylady]

40. Man I just go to put my baby down to bed and come back to this list

:)I love yall :):yourock:

[B Calm]

43. PEACE TRAIN by Cat Stevens

[B Calm]

44. FORTUNATE SON by Creedence Clearwater Revival

[B Calm]

48. IMAGINE by John Lennon

[B Calm]

55. DRAFT DODGER RAG by Pete Seeger

[bpilgrim]

74. What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye

What's Going On

(Al Cleveland/Marvin Gaye/Renaldo Benson)

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on

In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on

Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on - Uh
Right on baby
Right on baby





listen to him and CCR daily ;->

peace

[Jawja]

45. I know this isn't a WAR song,

put I particularly remember

"It's the dawning of the Age of Aquarius...."

[H2O Man]

49. it was anti-war

the song was about the start of a new era in human cosciousness

[kittykitty]

65. And remember the book, "The Greening of America"?

made you thnk everything would be OK from then on.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

135. Acquarius (Let the Sun Shine In) by the Fifth Dimension

[bobbieinok]

46. later but still good '99 red balloons'

http://www.inthe80s.com/redeng.shtml

site has both original German and English translation (much better in German......in German the balloons are not 'red'

[POAS]

52. So where are

Or what are some protest songs of today?

I guess I'll be getting out the Woodstock DVD as my alternative to the GOP convention.

[hippywife]

68. This is a favorite new one of mine

http://www.sherry-austin.com/new_02.html

Sherry Austin "I Wouldn't Lie to You"

I highly recommend these folks, too.

http://www.kammmac.com/

[BeatleBoot]

53. Power To The People

Lennon

[cushla_machree]

57. i could listen to dylan all day

Being born in the 80s i missed out on the 60s.
My generation has a woodstock and women get raped and fires started.

I don't know, but *something* went wrong after the 80s. maybe its mass commercialism and consumerism. So who is picking up the slack now?

I know willie nelson wrote a song.
Incubus wrote Megalomaniac..but i heard they took the video off MTV
and then of course NOFX wrote idiot son of an asshole.

anything more on the folky side?

I still listen to CCR and the song still rings true.

[PassingFair]

58. Think it's more from the 70's....but

I heard a song on the radio called:

Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore. By John Prine.

It's great and SO appropriate for today.

[fishwax]

84. That's a great song

And yes, it's from the 70s :)

I love John Prine. Another good Prine song in a similar vein (from the same album) is Sam Stone:

Sam Stone came home,
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm....

Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Repeat Chorus:

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.

Repeat Chorus

[Wind Dancer]

145. Great song!

"Hello In There" is another that makes me cry.

[lottie244]

59. What's Goin On (Marvin Gaye)

Bridge Over Troubled Water

[southernleftylady]

60. CRAP :( just asked hubby if we have a membership to a download site

and he said no :(
and we are very tight with money (since being laid off... we got in HUGE debt :( ) so this sucks.. oh well.. maybe others can use this list though :(

[B Calm]

66. Do a Google search

there are still plenty of free download sites, though probably illegal. You will also find legal ones with unlimited downloads for less than a dollar a month.

[bluedog]

61. soldier boy by the Sherelles

Whats going on..Marvin Gaye

Sounds of Silence

We're Not Going to Take it

[dammit905]

63. Bob Dylan had a great one...

I don't remember what it's called, but it outlines the story of a mother proudly sending her son off to war and finding him a changed man when he returns.

[Wind Dancer]

64. "The War"

Lee Michaels

A powerful song!

[chookie]

69. "Handsome Johnny" - Ritchie Havens

The Great Mandella -- Peter Paul and Mary (one of their best)
I'd Love to Change the World -- Alvin Lee
Give Peace a Chance - Lennon
For What Its Worth -- Buffalo Springfield
Wooden Ships - CSNY and Jefferson Airplane
I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Phil Ochs
Draft Dodger Rag" -- Phil Ochs
(He also had one called "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" -- which we should revive :-))
With God on Our Side - Dylan
Zor And Zam -- The Monkees (no kidding)
Universal Soldier - Buffy St Marie
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
"Monster" - Steppenwolf

HEY!! Sounds like a GREAT project! Maybe you'll sell them with proceeds to go to DU!!

[Poiuyt]

70. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy by Pete Seeger

The Smother's Brothers TV show was taken off the air over this song.

Another controversial song (though not a war protest) was Society's Child by Janis Ian. I remember that being banned.

[bemildred]

72. Sky Pilot. nt

[David Zephyr]

119. Great Song.

I love that song.

[spanone]

78. Eve Of Destruction, With God On Our Side, Ohio, Fortunate Son

Blowin' In The Wind, War...Give Peace a Chance (70?), Fixin' to Die Rag, Universal Soldier

[Bush was AWOL]

80. Fortunate Son is a good one

burn the Pearl Jam version from Penn State May 2003. He rips on Bush during the song as well.

[montieg]

81. Country Joe

and the Fish: "Fixin to die rag" and Pete Seeger: "Waist Deep..."

[BensMom]

82. STAND!! Sly and the Family Stone

Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Everybody
Stand, stand, stand

[ContinentalOp]

85. Most of the biggest ones have been mentioned so I'll have to dig a bit.

The first songs that came to mind have all been listed so let me dig into some obscurities for those with more experimental tastes...

Tim Buckley - No Man Can Find The War
The Zombies - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)
Love - Mushroom Clouds, A House is Not a Motel, The Red Telephone
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -
A Child of a Few Hours is Burning to Death,
Suppose They Give a War and Nobody Comes
The Red Crayola - War Sucks
The Who - Tommy Overture
The Fugs - Kill for Peace, War Kills Babies
Pretty Things - Private Sorrow
Captain Beefheart - Dachau Blues, Veteran's Day Poppy

Not so much anti-war as anti-military:
Jacques Brel - "Next" as sung by Scott Walker

Early '70s song about veterans coming home:
Funkadelic - March to the Witch's Castle

[TexasProgresive]

87. Talking Pot luck blues- Tom Paxton

especially with the bayonette rap.
The Great Mandala-Peter,Paul and Mary
War-Chambers Brothers?

[athena]

106. Also Tom Paxton's

• Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
  
• Willing Conscript
  
• Born on the Fourth of July
  

These are all on his "Best of the Vanguard Years" CD. The Lyndon Johnson one is my favorite.

[ralps]

139. I know that you all are looking for anti war songs but

Tom Paxton has some "short shelf life songs" that are free downloads at his website. His web address is
http://www.tompaxton.com/

The songs are:
"Homeland Security"
"In Florida"
and "John Ashcroft & The Spirit of Justice"
ralps

[dbt]

126. Scuse me, cooper82, that would be the Talking VIET NAM Pot Luck

Blues.

"We were campin' out just up the pass and we could tell by the smell that you're smoking trash, so we brought you some of our special stash. Straight from Uncle Ho's Victory Garden."

"Hello, headquarters? We have met the enemy and he has been smashed."

"Now men, what is the purpose o' the bayonet?
We all yelled, 'to kill, to kill, TO KILL!'
And we KILLED HIM!"

"Oh my god, here comes somebody with a bayonet.
What'll I do if he YELLS at me?"

Tom Paxton RULES!

:hippie:
dbt

[SidDithers]

88. You haven't done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder

He wrote it about Nixon...(I think it goes for GWB too)

We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you

But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else

And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when mislead who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice

Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!
Yeah

Sid

[yellowcanine]

89. "Flag Decal Heavan" By John Prine

Well while digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A flag decal, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
So I picked it up and I ran outside
And I slapped on my windowshield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross now
I tell her how good I feel.

Chorus
Oh but your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little wars.
Now Jesus he don't like killin'
No matter what the reason is for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

(Well) I went into the bank this morning
and the teller she said to me,
"If you join our Chrismas club
we'll give you ten of those flags for free."
So I didn't mess around a bit
and I took her up on what she said.
And I stuck those stickers
all over my car And one on my wife's forehead.

Chorus
Oh but your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little wars.
Now Jesus he don't like killin'
No matter what the reason is for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

(Well) I got my car so stickered up
That I couldn't see.
Then I ran it right upside a curb
And then right into a tree.
By the time they called a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing at the Pearly Gates said...

Oh but your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little wars.
Now Jesus he don't like killin'
No matter what the reason is for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

90. Dylan's "Masters of War." Marvin Gayes "What's Going On"....

Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"

[Warren DeMontague]

94. Not all from the 60s, but the Grateful Dead have a few

with a bit of an anti-war theme.

Morning Dew, (which is a cover, originally done by Bonnie someone or other.)
Throwin' Stones.
Standing on the Moon.

I would stick Jack Straw in there, too, since although it's not specifically an "anti-war" song, I interpret the underlying message to be that killing other people is essentially killing yourself.

Wooden Ships by CSNY is another good one, too.
And that 10 Years After song from F911--- I'd Love to Change the World.

[masshole]

97. I'd love to change the world

Ten Years After.

Didn't anyone see Fahrenheit 911? ;-)

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more?

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, Monopoly

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

World pollution, there's no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

[Elwood P Dowd]

98. You probably don't remember this one

Most of my favorites have been mentioned. Loggins and Messina had a live album from their concerts in San Francisco, New York, and Boston called "On Stage" in 1972. There was this song "Golden Ribbons". I had been out of the Army for a couple of years in 1974 when I played this album at a party. This girl there asked me to play something else. Turns out her boyfriend was killed in Vietnam, and she just couldn't handle that song.

[Robbien]

100. Somehow the end should be "A Bridge over Troubled Waters"

or whatever it is called. Simon and Garfunkle.

When you're weary, feelin' small
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all.
I'm on your side, Oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found.
Like a bridge over troubled waters
I will lay me down.

[UdoKier]

101. Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore

"Fortunate Son"
"For What It's Worth"

[enigmatic]

102. 3 songs by Phil Ochs:

"I Ain't Marching Anymore"
"Crucifixion"
"The Power And The Glory"

[Robbien]

103. Yep, Phil Ochs should not be left out of this.

Southernleftylady you are going to need more than just one CD.

[enigmatic]

104. And if you want to get modern...

And listen to a band that talks about how Reaganomics killed alot of small towns and brought on the hoplessness in it's wake, listen to Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" CD..

"This trickle down theory has left these pockets empty"- Jay Farrar

[starroute]

150. Ochs' "Ringing of Revolution" also seems apt, if not exactly anti-war

I particularly love the version by Jim and Jean (under the alternate title, "Rhythms of Revolution") -- Jim Glover had been Phil Ochs' collect roommate.

In a building of gold, with riches untold,
lived the families on which the country was founded.
And the merchants of style, with their vain velvet smiles,
were there, for they also were hounded.
And the soft middle class crowded in to the last,
for the building was fully surrounded.
And the noise outside was the ringing of revolution.

Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs
and searched for a comforting notion.
And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall
As they shook in doubtful devotion.
The ice cubes would clink as they freshened their drinks,
wet their minds in bitter emotion.
And they talked about the ringing of revolution.

We were hardly aware of the hardships they beared,
for our time was taken with treasure.
Oh, life was a game, and work was a shame,
And pain was prevented by pleasure.
The world, cold and grey, was so far away
In the distance only money could measure.
But their thoughts were broken by the ringing of revolution.

And the clouds filled the room in darkening doom
as the crooked smoke rings were rising.
How long will it take, how can we escape
Someone asks, but no one's advising.
And the quivering floor responds to the roar,
In a shake no longer surprising.
As closer and closer comes the ringing of revolution.

So softly they moan, please leave us alone
As back and forth they are pacing.
And they cover their ears and try not to hear
With pillows of silk they're embracing.
Tthe crackling crowd is laughing out loud,
peeking in at the target they're chasing.
Now trembling inside the ringing of revolution.

With compromise sway we gave in half way
When we saw that rebellion was growing.
Now everything's lost as they kneel by the cross
Where the blood of christ is still flowing.
To late for their sorrow they've reached their tomorrow
and reaped the seed they were sowing.
Now harvested by the ringing of revolution.

In tattered tuxedos they faced the new heroes
and crawled about in confusion.
And they sheepishly grinned for their memories were dim
of the decades of dark execution.
Hollow hands raised; they stood there amazed
in the shattering of their illusions.
As the windows were smashed by the ringing of revolution.

Down on our knees we're begging you please,
We're sorry for the way you were driven.
There's no need to taunt just take what you want,
and we'll make amends, if we're living.
But away from the grounds the flames told the town
that only the dead are forgiven.
As they vanished inside the ringing of revolution.

[banana republican]

105. Come gather round children

where ever you roam
and admit the waters around
you have grown
for the time they are a changing.

[nightperson]

107. What Have They Done To The Rain?

Written by Malvina Reynolds about nuclear fallout etc., Joan Baez used to call it the gentlest protest song she knew.

Just a little rain falling all around,
The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound,
Just a little rain, just a little rain,
What have they done to the rain?

Just a little boy standing in the rain,
The gentle rain that falls for years,
And the grass is gone, the boy disappears,
And the rain keeps falling like helpless tears,
And what have they done to the rain?

Just a little breeze out of the sky,
The leaves nod their heads as the breeze flows by,
Just a little breeze with some smoke in its eye,
What have they done to the rain?

In a similar vein, there's Dylan's AHRAGF.

[Gemini Cat]

108. Three:

2+2=?... Bob Seger
Requiem For The Masses... The Association
To Suzy on the West Coast...Donovan

[ralps]

109. Hi you all

After reading some of your suggestions I put together an anti- war playlist in itunes, right now it is 1.8 hours so it won't fit on one CD. Let me know what you all think.
Here is the list.
ralps


Fortunate Son John Fogerty Premonition Rock

War (Alternate Mix) Bob Marley Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) Reggae

Born in the U.S.A. (Live) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band B. Springsteen Live 1975-1985 Rock

Ohio Crosby, Stills & Nash Carry On (Disc 1) Rock

If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary Peter, Paul and Mary Folk

Where Have All the Flowers Gone The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years Folk

I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (Live) Phil Ochs 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs Folk

The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag Country Joe McDonald Country Joe Mc Donald Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (Disc 1) Rock

What's Going On Marvin Gaye Live in Montreux 1980 R&B/Soul

Find The Cost Of Freedom Crosby, Stills & Nash Carry On (Disc 2) Rock

War Edwin Starr 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the '70s Rock

Draft Dodger Rag Pete Seeger P. Ochs A Link in the Chain Folk

Universal Soldier Donovan Summer Day Reflection Songs Rock

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Pete Seeger P. Seeger Waist Deep in The Big Muddy and Other Love Songs Folk

Chicago Crosby, Stills & Nash Carry On (Disc 1) Rock

One Tin Soldier The Original Caste One Hit Wonders Pop

Joe Hill Joan Baez Hayes/Earl Robinson Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (Disc 1) Rock

Handsome Johnny Richie Havens Richie Havens Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (Disc 1) Rock

For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Rock

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) The Byrds Pete Seeger & Words from the Book of Ecclesiastes The Byrds: Greatest Hits Rock

Peace Train Cat Stevens Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits Rock

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore John Prine John Prine Folk

Wooden Ships Crosby, Stills & Nash Carry On (Disc 1) Rock

Fortunate Son Pearl Jam J. Fogerty 06/10/03: North America - #47 Little Rock Alternative

The Willing Conscript Tom Paxton Ramblin' Boy / Ain't That News Country

Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation Tom Paxton Ramblin' Boy / Ain't That News Country

Bridge Over Troubled Water Paul Simon Paul Simon Concert In The Park (Disc 1) Rock

The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (Remastered) Rock

[southernleftylady]

111. sounds great! How can i get in touch with you?n/t

[ralps]

118. I tried to send you

an e-mail or private message, and got a message saying I dont have enough posts. I'm not sure what to do. I do have a .mac account. Maybe you could send me a private message or an e-mail.
ralps

[southernleftylady]

130. just sent you an email :) as a test ;) nt

[ralps]

138. Hi southernleftylady

I just replied to your e-mail.
ralps

[deacon]

110. ALL these songs, and the punks in the WH got upset over the Dixie

Chicks. Shows how tough The Deserter and the chickenhawks are.

[Laughing Mirror]

112. "Black Skin Blue-Eyed Boys"

Ain't Gonna Fight Your Dumb Old Wars
by the Equals (a British group, I think). This 7-inch may be impossible to find, but I can provide you a wav file if you're interested.

Everybody always mentions "War" by Edwin Starr, but his follow-up "Stop the War" is just as good and should not be forgotten.

"Bring the Boys Home," by Freda Payne was also another stirring anti-war anthem.

[phrenzy]

113. Fuck A War

G to the E to the T.O.

Hah. The great thing is, this was written in 1991 and refers to Gulf War 1 - Look at the lyrics they actually apply MORE to the current war.

Geto Boys - Fuck A War
----

Motherfuck a war, that's how I feel
Sendin' a nigga to the desert to get killed
Cause two suckas can't agree on something
A thousand motherfuckers died for nothing
You can't pay me to join an army camp
Or any other motherfuckin' military branch
of this United goddman States of this bitch America
Be a soldier, what for?
They puttin' niggas on the front line
But when it comes to gettin' ahead, they put us way behind
I ain't gettin' my leg shot off
While Bush old ass on t.v. playin' golf
But when you come to my house with that draft shit
I'm a shoot your funky ass bitch
A nigga'll die for a brawl
But I ain't fightin' behind no goddamn oil
Against motherfuckas I don't know
Yo Bush! I ain't your damn hoe
The enemy is right here g, them foreigners never did shit me
All of those wasted lives
And only one or two get recognized
But what good is a medal when your dead? tell Uncle Sam I said

chorus x2 (Willie D)

I ain't goin' to war for a shit talkin' president


(Bushwick Bill)

In Vietnam a lot of niggas died young
P.O.W.'s got hung
What the fuck do I know about a grenade
All I know is the cops and my 12 gauge
And what if that pin gets stuck?
Several more casualties show up
This shit remind me of a drive-by
More motherfuckers die by accident than on purpose, why?
Cause they don't know what they doin'
They see the coast is clear and they start persuin'
And that's when that booby trap springs, BOOM!
Blow a motherfucker to smithereens
They send a sucker to your folks, lookin' stupid
tellin' them you died in the line of duty
Or your ass is missing in action bro
Tryin' to be a damn hero
They bring your folks that duffle bag
The only shit they wanna see is that doggy tag
Hopin' that the worryin' will cease
And your ass will be home in one damn piece
But my mom ain't gotta worry about that there
Cause I ain't dyin' in the middle of nowhere
Another statistic, a body in a drawer
Man! mother fuck a war!

[TrustingDog]

115. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye.

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying
You know we'ver got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, hey

Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

CHORUS #1:

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh what's going on, what's going on
Yeah, what's going on, ah, what's going on
Ahhh....

Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong
Ah but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cos our hair is long
Ah you know we'ver got to find a way
To brind some understanding here today

CHORUS #2:

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
What's going on, yeah what's going on
Tell me what's going on, I'll tell you what's going on

[CityZen-X]

116. Frank Zappas

"I Don't Wanna Be Drafted"

[rsdsharp]

117. I surprized no one has mentioned

Mason Proffit -- Eugene Pratt

"...and when it came time to put his name on the line,
He told them all to go to Hell!"

120. Hendrix! Hendrix Hendrix!!!

Not a single mention of

Machine Gun

or

Iaabella

Sheesh:argh:

[SammyWinstonJack]

121. Not from the 60s

But a good song, Lives in the balance.......Jackson Browne

[theboss]

122. "What's New, Pussycat?" by Tom Jones

Amazing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

123. Six White Horses by Waylon Jenninngs is the ultimate in my opinion.

Plaintive and well written.



Come here and look through the window Marie
Open up the shutters,tell me what you see
Was that his knock that i heard at the door
Or is it six white horses coming down the road


Come here and touch me and say that it's alright
You know that to my eyes the days are as the nights
Read again the letter that tells me where he's gone
To hell with the fighting i want my son home



I taught him to fish and i taught him to be strong
I taught him that killing any man was wrong
But tommorrow in battle i'd run to where he stood
If the help of a blind man would do any good



Last night i went to his room for awhile
I've touched all the things that he used as a child
I rocked the cradle where he used to lay
I found his tin soldiers and threw them away


Come here and look through the window Marie
Open up the shutters,tell me what you see
Was that his knock that i heard at the door
Or is it six white horses coming up the road

[ScreamingMeemie]

124. And Galveston by Glen Campbell. No matter what you think of him

it's a great anti war song.



Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'
I still see her dark eyes glowin'
She was 21 when I left Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston

I still see her standing by the water
Standing there lookin' out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run

Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston

[SammyWinstonJack]

127. Hmm?

I never viewed that as an anti war song. Interesting.

[ScreamingMeemie]

128. It's definitely an anti war song. Check out link

http://members.tripod.com/~ffhiker/index-3.html

and here
http://www.thedavegraneyshow.com/david/jimwebb.html

snip-
(Jimmy wrote "Galveston" as a slow anti Vietnam war ballad and Glen turned it into an upbeat pop hit)
-snip

[SammyWinstonJack]

129. Thanks for the links

See, this is why I love DU! A totally new insight in regards to this song.

[ElementaryPenguin]

143. Jimmie Webb - a great songwriter, wrote that - and it is FANTASTIC!

Indeed, a perfect anti-war song!

[LowerManhattanite]

125. Two songs you MUST have on the CD...

...the still eerie, trenchant and letter perfect "For What It's Worth"
by The Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills first great group)

and (though it's from the 70's, it was the early 70's and truly signaled no fear in the forthrightness of it's title) the soulful, driving "Bring The Boys Home" by the great Freda Payne (of "Band of Gold" fame)

[NNadir]

131. CSNY's" Woodenships." Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" contained this line

"I dreamed I saw the bombers flying shotgun in the sky,
turning into butterflies across our nation..."

It sounds a little dated now, but I loved that image when I was a kid.

[ensemble]

137. Just buy "So Far" by CSN&Y....

This is one of my favorite albums, even without the anti-war songs.

Wooden Ships, Ohio, and Find the Cost of Freedom are all on this album, plus Teach Your Children, Woodstock, Our House and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.

ARTIST: David Crosby
TITLE: Wooden Ships
Lyrics and Chords

If you smile at me
I will understand
'Cause that is something
Everybody everywhere does in the same language

I can see by your coat, my friend
You're from the other side
There's just one thing I've got to know
Can you tell me please, who won

Say, can I have some of your purple berries
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Prob'ly keep us both alive

Wooden ships on the water, very free, and easy
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline let us be
Talkin' 'bout very free, and easy

Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don't need us

Go take a sister, then, by the hand
Lead her away from this foreign land
Far away, where we might laugh again
We are leaving, you don't need us

And it's a fair wind
Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go

[KoKo]

132. "This Land is Your Land" and many Beatle's songs......

I wasn't a fan of the Beatles...but there songs were "A Movement." Bob Dylan was huge and ahead of much..."like a rolling stone" before the "Stones." :D

I was more with the folksingers of that time...but know one here would recognize much. Also: Simon and Garfinkle...they were "protest" for many of us who weren't into the "drug stuff" that Beatles were...

And..On EDIT: Every other song that DU'ers posted on this thread before me were really important and made a "difference." Just gave you MY STUFF...for me.

[LWolf]

133. This is a great list;

I don't have much to add, but out of the very long, great list, some of these stand out for me:

Masters of War--Dylan; eerily TOO descriptive of the Bush administration
Eve of Destruction--Barry McGuire or some good covers
For what it's worth--Buffalo Springfield

And, of course, the ultimate "fixin to die rag." If you google Country Joe & the Fish, you'll find lyrics for a bunch of Iraq versions posted on Joe McDonald's site.

[Unforgiven]

134. All Great Songs

Now what we need next is:


Something in the Air

By: Thunderclap Newman



Anyone remember this?


Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Hand out the arms and ammo
We're going to blast our way through here
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together, now.

[starroute]

151. That's another great one I haven't thought about in 30 years

We just sort of took songs like that for granted, back then. They were all around us, they were the air we breathed, they were the dreams in everyone's heads.

I want those dreams back. I'm tired of thinking about nothing but how to stop the crap -- I want to dream of a better world instead.

[Unforgiven]

154. Yes

We have taken a great many things for granted in the last 20 or so years, and now we are paying the price for inattention to our country and it's political system. :(

And I'll be the first one to step up to the plate and say I'm guilty.

[powergirl]

136. Jetplane

:( Written by John Denver and made famous by PP&M

[southernleftylady]

141. bump :)

[ElementaryPenguin]

144. Many great ones listed here, but "IMAGINE" to me, is the single greatest

:dem:

"What's Goin' On"
"Fortunate Son"
"Eve of Destruction"
"War" (Edwin Starr)

are among the closest contenders.

[B Calm]

149. "TRAVELIN' SOLDIER" by the Dixie Chicks "not 60s but good"

This one will bring a tear to your eye

[southernleftylady]

152. here are the lyrics.. man i just go the chills! ...

Travelin' Soldier
(Performed by the Dixie Chicks)

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming...

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

[kcwayne]

153. The Rock Musical - "Hair"

Aquarius
Easy to be Hard
Let the Sunshine in
Good Morning Sunshine

Bring back hippiedom! It beats the crap out of NASCAR and freepers!

[rlev1223]

156. 3-5-zero-zero --

is specifically about the vietnam war,

I'm not a huge fan of most of the Hair music..some songs are too long and tedious, but the big ones are great, plus several great little pieces ---"Frank Hill" is one of the few songs that can put a lilt back in my cruel heart, and the 3 opening verses to "let the sunshine"
(...timothy leary, deary...) are stone freak superfine.