the best anti-war songs

[Jeremy Blackman]

I'll start with an obvious one: Edwin Starr's "War"...

War. Huh. Good God, y'all...

[Pedro]

Marvin Gaye
"What's goin on"

[MacGuffin]

"For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield

[ShanghaiOrange]

Revolution by the Beatles

[neatahwanta]

Who'll Stop The Rain - CCR

Wooden Ships - CSN

[Sigur Rós]

Bob Dylan - Hard rains gonna fall

.....I think that's what it's called  

[Cecil]

"bring the boys back home," "vera," "the day the tigers broke free" (on the film pink floyd: the wall), and the entire album "the final cut" by pink floyd.

[AlguienEstolamiPantalones]

I'll start with an obvious one: Edwin Starr's "War"...

War. Huh. Good God, y'all...

in a weird ironic twist edwin starr the guy who sang this song died right after the war in iraq started creepy

[RegularKarate]

While that's sad, it's not really worthy of the title "Ironic"

[polkablues]

While that's sad, it's not really worthy of the title "Ironic"

Not like rain on your wedding day, or a black fly in your chardonnay.  That's ironic.  Don't you think?


Sorry.  I'm done now.

[RegularKarate]

Right, as I'm sure you're aware, almost nothing in that song is actually ironic (Poor Allanis, You Oughta Know what Irony is)...

I get tired of the misuse of that word sometimes, but under my skin lately is that Car commercial with the Celine Dion song where she says "Don't you find it IRONICAL"... don't fucking say that... while the dictionary has accepted it as an actual word, it's only because people refuse to stop saying it...

[polkablues]

but under my skin lately is that Car commercial with the Celine Dion song where she says "Don't you find it IRONICAL"...

Thank god, someone else is as bugged by that as I am.  Same thing with the Incubus song "Drive", where he says "waver" (or "waiver") where he means "waive".

And now... back to the topic.

[Sleuth]

Wait, one more post on that ironic business

Is the fact that almost nothing is ironic in the song "Ironic" ironic in itself?  Maybe that was her intention

[AlguienEstolamiPantalones]

its ironic in that he may of had a chance to have a comeback amongst phoney rich college kids who are yellin " down with war"

he could of been the new thom yourke :: removes tounge from cheek::

[ShanghaiOrange]

"Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones