What's your favorite Anti-War song?
What's your favorite Anti-War song? Post in the comments below so we can all enjoy.
My favorite is probably I am the Six O' Clock News by Larry Norman.
Anyone know any good NEW ones? Do they still make anti-war songs?
***Bonus anti-war song***
Simple Song of Freedom by Bobby Darin
Last edited by The Rebel Poet; 12-21-2013 at 01:37 PM.
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"Patriotism should come from loving thy neighbor, not from worshiping graven images" - Ironman77
"ideas have the potential of being more powerful than any army....The concept of personal sovereignty was pulled screaming from the ether into this reality by the force of men believing in a self evident truth, that men are meant to be free." - The Northbreather
"Trump is the security blanket of aggrieved white men aged 18-60." - Pinoy
(I'm partial, though.. my little brother is the lead singer and he wrote and produced the video. Not great quality video, but the song played live is pretty darn good!)
+'These things I command you, that you love one another.' - Jesus Christ
Rand Paul 2016
My Tribute To The MSM: "The Pusher"
Beck's Audience: YouTube - Family Guy - Undecided Voters
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Next Scam: "Cash For Cash"
Regarding Romans 13: "Caesar Is Dead"
How Corrupt Is Your Traitor? http://maplight.org/
Exposing Government Travel Excesses: http://junketsleuth.com/
Track The Bailouts: http://bailoutsleuth.com/
Securities Fraud And Corporate Chicanery: http://sharesleuth.com/
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some great ones.
and the greatest one evah.
The wisdom of Swordy:
On bringing the troops home
Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
On fighting corruption:
Fascism Defined
A recent one from Golden State:
And some great ones from the Viet Nam era:
"Sorry, fellows, the rebellion is off. We couldn't get a rebellion permit."
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,--
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
I gotta go with War , War Pigs & Gimme Shelter....
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
One of my favorites. The image of a windshield so heavily-covered with flag decals that you can't see disaster looming right in front of you is
just an absolutely perfect metaphor for blind "patriotism" ...
John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kTctirEPns
Last edited by Occam's Banana; 12-21-2013 at 07:58 PM. Reason: shield not sheild
The Bastiat Collection · FREE PDF · FREE EPUB · PAPER Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
- "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
-- The Law (p. 54)- "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Government (p. 99)- "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
-- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)- "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
-- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)· tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito ·
Yup.
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” --George Orwell
Who else in public life has called for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea?--Donald Trump
Thirty Seconds to Mars: This is war
Michael Franti & Spearhead: Time to go home
9/11 Thermate experiments
Winston Churchhill on why the U.S. should have stayed OUT of World War I
"I am so %^&*^ sick of this cult of Ron Paul. The Paulites. What is with these %^&*^ people? Why are there so many of them?" YouTube rant by "TheAmazingAtheist"
"We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul
"It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute." -- Ron Paul
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson
There is another song on that album , One World , that is pretty entertaining too....
They all are. Brothers in Arms. One World. Why Worry. And they've got another one that's especially appropriate to this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVdB-UKfxD4
I am just an aging drummer boy and in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune to many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm fading away
Father, please hear my confession
I have legalized robbery and called it belief
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief
Rewritten history with armies and my crooks
Invented memories, I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
[...]
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The Bastiat Collection · FREE PDF · FREE EPUB · PAPER
- "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
-- The Law (p. 54)- "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Government (p. 99)- "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
-- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)- "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
-- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)· tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito ·
A good cover:
Last edited by Matthew5; 12-21-2013 at 09:45 PM.
Thanks! Going to go dust off my DS vinyls.
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the 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 all 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
That 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 over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.
ETA: i think this song wraps it all together for me. Whatever Dylan was as an individual, politically, he is a hell of a song writer.
Last edited by phill4paul; 12-21-2013 at 10:41 PM.
From the last years of the Cold War:
English version:
Anti war song financed by East Germany for West Germany consumption (Title translates as Peace for the Teddy Bears)
And the classic:
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Out of every one hundred men they send us, ten should not even be here. Eighty will do nothing but serve as targets for the enemy. Nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, upon them depends our success in battle. But one, ah the one, he is a real warrior, and he will bring the others back from battle alive.
Duty is the most sublime word in the English language. Do your duty in all things. You can not do more than your duty. You should never wish to do less than your duty.
I forgot about the Luftballoons .
One of the best for sure.
Ant this one to tune of Ballad of the Green Berets - I think there was a tube with an OK English lyric translation
Out of every one hundred men they send us, ten should not even be here. Eighty will do nothing but serve as targets for the enemy. Nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, upon them depends our success in battle. But one, ah the one, he is a real warrior, and he will bring the others back from battle alive.
Duty is the most sublime word in the English language. Do your duty in all things. You can not do more than your duty. You should never wish to do less than your duty.
Oh another of my favorites just popped up.
When I came back from Luang Prabang
I didn't have a thing where my balls used to hang,
But I got a wood medal and a fine harangue.
Now I'm a $#@!ing hero.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
And now the boys all envy me:
I fought for Christian Democracy
With nothing but air where my balls used to be.
Now I'm a $#@!ing hero
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
When one and twenty cannon thunder
Into the bloody wild blue yonder
For a patriotic ball-less wonder.
Now I'm a $#@!ing hero.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
In Luang Prabang there is a spot
Where the corpses of your brothers rot,
And every corpse is a patriot,
And every corpse is a hero.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
Mourn your dead land of the free!
If you want to be a hero follow me.
Slavery-- converted into 'bravery'
What is now Selective service used to be indentured servant.
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” --George Orwell
Who else in public life has called for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea?--Donald Trump
from my favorite anti-war album
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