Anti-war songs


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What anti-war songs do you know? i know just one, probably the most banal of them all :/ guns n'roses - civil war :D. And probably john lennon - imagine too.

Name, please, the ones you know :)

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Freedom Rock a late 80's Sessions Records compilation had a great selection of protest songs. You can check out the classic TV commercial here.

Freedom Rock Track Listing / Playlist

Various Artists / Freedom Rock (Disc 1)

Label: Sessions Records

Year: 1987

Track Title

1. Turn, Turn, Turn -- The Byrds

2. I'd Love To Change The World -- Ten Years After

3. Locomotive Breath -- Jethro Tull

4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -- Joan Baez

5. War -- Edwin Starr

6. Black Magic Woman -- Santana

7. Jump Into The Fire -- Nilsson

8. Smoke On The Water -- Deep Purple

9. United We Stand -- Brotherhood Of Man

10. One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack ) -- Coven

11. Somebody To Love -- Jefferson Airplane

12. Going Up The Country -- Canned Heat

13. Reach Out Of The Darkness -- Friend And Lover

14. A Horse With No Name -- America

15. Free Bird -- Lynyrd Skynyrd

16. Ramblin' Man -- The Allman Brothers Band

17. Share The Land -- The Guess Who

18. Friends -- Elton John

19. Put Your Hand In The Hand -- Ocean

20. Black & White -- Three Dog Night

Various Artists / Freedom Rock (Disc 2)

Label: Sessions Records

Year: 1987

Track Title

1. Layla -- Derek & The Dominos

2. The Story In Your Eyes -- The Moody Blues

3. Signs -- Five Man Electrical Band

4. Sunshine -- Jonathan Edwards

5. Love Train -- The O'Jays

6. White Room -- Cream

7. White Rabbit -- Jefferson Airplane

8. Both Sides Now -- Judy Collins

9. We May Never Pass This Way Again -- Seals & Crofts

10. In The Year 2525 -- Zager & Evans

11. Eighteen -- Alice Cooper

12. Hush -- Deep Purple

13. Get Together -- The Youngbloods

14. The Beat Goes On -- Sonny & Cher

15. Abraham, Martin & John -- Dion

16. Lay Down -- Melanie

17. I Got A Line On You -- Spirit

18. Fire And Rain -- James Taylor

19. Me And You And A Dog Named Boo -- Lobo

20. Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay -- Otis Redding

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There's alot of anti-war songs,

System of a Down-War, Soldier Side(Going to leave it at two for now)

Remeber google is your friend, just google anti-war songs and you'll get this nice big list. First link that came

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Iron Maiden - Paschendale

Okay, it's not that much of a anti-war song, but it describes all the pain and sorrow ( specifically WWII )...

In a foreign field he lay

lonely soldier unknown grave

on his dying words he prays

tell the world of Paschendale

Relive all that he's been through

last communion of his soul

rust your bullets with his tears

let me tell you 'bout his years...

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Anti-Flag - Red, White And Brainwashed

Anti-Flag - You've Got To Die For The Government

Anti-Flag - Anatomy Of Your Enemy

Anti-Flag - A New Kind Of Army

most of there other songs as well.

Rise Against - Blood-Red, White & Blue

Rise Against - State Of The Union

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John Lennon (covered well by The Alarm) Happy Christmas (War is Over)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (and War, originally a Bruce Springsteen tune... I believe)

Culture Club - The War Song

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Slayer, Mandatory Suicide.

Murder at your every foot step.

A child's toy sudden death.

Sniper blazes you thru your knees

Falling down can you feel the heat,

Burn!

Ambushed by the spray of lead

Count the bullet holes in your head.

Offspring sent out to cry,

Living mandatory suicide.

Suicide. [x 4]

Holes burn deep in your chest,

Raked by machine gun fire.

Screaming soul sent out to die,

Living mandatory suicide.

Suicide. [x 4]

[spoken:]

Lying, dying, screaming in pain.

Begging, pleading, bullets drop like rain.

Mines explode, pain sheers through your brain,

Radical amputation, this is insane.

Fly swatter stakes drive through your chest.

Spikes impale you as you're forced off the crest.

Soldier of misfortune

Hunting with bated breath.

A vile smell, like tasting death.

Dead bodies, dying and wounded

Litter the city streets

Shattered glass, bits of clothing and human deceit.

Dying [in] terror,

Blood's cheap, it's everywhere.

Mandatory suicide, massacre on the front line.

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