[aceofhicks]

Many (myself included) think war is a nasty business. Which song that is against war do you like the most?

For myself, it's Phil Ochs' "I Ain't Marching Anymore"

[trip]

Oh sh*t...really? I could sit here all day since the bulk of what I listen to is from the era of anti war songs.




Pretty hard to not think about this one when it comes to anti war songs.

[SlickSpencer8]

I'm surprised this wasn't on the list first...

Anyways, my favorite is: Why Can't We Be Friends - War

[aceofhicks]

QUOTE (trip @ Saturday, Jul 28 2012, 23:57)

Pretty hard to not think about this one when it comes to anti war songs.

Great song! One that I really like as well is

[AlexGTAGamer]

I have quite a few favourites, but the one that I would choose for this topic would be none other than:



And just for the sake of it all:

[trip]

Good stuff guys.

I was actually prepared to go downstairs and get my copy to rip into a video. I was very shocked to see this available on YT




Edit:
and how in the hell has this thread gotten a few posts and no one posted Edwin Starr's "War"


This post has been edited by trip on Monday, Jul 30 2012, 01:52

[Laura91]

The Dicks "No f*cking War"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4DjTidP4KI

[Marlowe.]

Masters of War - Bob Dylan

I can't find it on Youtube for some reason.

[Kmeto 2]

Country Joe And The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag

(preformed on Woodstock '69)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7-ngmO_p8

[Tyler]

Obvious props to Marvin Gaye's biggest single, and half of Dylan's late 60s repertoire. I liked a lot of stuff from that era, but I'll keep it modern with a Rise Against song I particularly enjoy.

[trip]

I've already posted in here and I really do try to avoid posting a bunch of Dead stuff...but since you said "favorite".

[DOOM!]

One of the most powerful rap songs I've heard.

[El_Diablo]

favorite anti-war song?
that's easy.

[trip]

My wife mocked me for playing this song earlier...even though I know she secretly enjoyed it.

Yup...hard to believe that it is an anti-war song.

[El_Diablo]

QUOTE (trip @ Tuesday, Aug 7 2012, 17:17)

hard to believe that it is an anti-war song.

that's because it's not an anti-war song

QUOTE

The writer/performer, Ivan Doroschuk, has explained that "The Safety Dance" is a protest against bouncers stopping dancers pogoing to 1980s New Wave music in clubs when disco was dying and New Wave was up and coming. New Wave dancing, especially pogoing, was different from disco dancing, because it was done individually instead of with partners and involved holding the torso rigid and thrashing about. To uninformed bystanders this could look dangerous, especially if pogoers accidentally bounced into one another (the more deliberately violent evolution of pogoing is slam dancing). The bouncers did not like pogoing so they would tell pogoers to stop or be kicked out of the club. Thus, the song is a protest and a call for freedom of expression. Other lyrics in the song include references to the way pogoing looked to bouncers, especially "And you can act real rude and totally removed/And I can act like an imbecile". Doroschuk disagrees with two common interpretations of the song. Firstly, he notes it is not a call for safe sex. Doroschuk says that is reading too much into the lyrics. Secondly, he explained that it is not an anti-nuclear protest despite the nuclear imagery at the end of the video. Doroschuk says that he considers Men Without Hats "a punk band with one hit song" and that as such they were "anti-everything".

[trip]

QUOTE (El_Diablo @ Tuesday, Aug 7 2012, 21:03)

QUOTE (trip @ Tuesday, Aug 7 2012, 17:17) hard to believe that it is an anti-war song. that's because it's not an anti-war song QUOTE The writer/performer, Ivan Doroschuk, has explained that "The Safety Dance" is a protest against bouncers stopping dancers pogoing to 1980s New Wave music in clubs when disco was dying and New Wave was up and coming. New Wave dancing, especially pogoing, was different from disco dancing, because it was done individually instead of with partners and involved holding the torso rigid and thrashing about. To uninformed bystanders this could look dangerous, especially if pogoers accidentally bounced into one another (the more deliberately violent evolution of pogoing is slam dancing). The bouncers did not like pogoing so they would tell pogoers to stop or be kicked out of the club. Thus, the song is a protest and a call for freedom of expression. Other lyrics in the song include references to the way pogoing looked to bouncers, especially "And you can act real rude and totally removed/And I can act like an imbecile". Doroschuk disagrees with two common interpretations of the song. Firstly, he notes it is not a call for safe sex. Doroschuk says that is reading too much into the lyrics. Secondly, he explained that it is not an anti-nuclear protest despite the nuclear imagery at the end of the video. Doroschuk says that he considers Men Without Hats "a punk band with one hit song" and that as such they were "anti-everything".

Oh sh*t!!!!you just f*cked up my life. When did that song come out? I want to say like '81 '82...I was always told it was an anti-war song.

ahwell

[El_Diablo]

personally I love Safety Dance. I think it's an underrated song.
my friends and I have been blasting that track since middle school.

I can easily see why people believe that it's an anti-war song. and not just because of the nuclear bombs at the end of the video. you can definitely read into the lyrics in a way that makes it sound like a protest song.
but unfortunately the man who actually wrote it says that it's not. and I'll take his word for it

[Torcidas]

It's almost hard to imagine this is Protest the Hero. I remember listening to this sh*t when they were still just a local band. Nonetheless, great anti-war song.

[universetwisters]

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. I've got it on vinyl and I love the intro bit

[darthYENIK]

QUOTE (trip @ Sunday, Jul 29 2012, 18:43)

Edit: and how in the hell has this thread gotten a few posts and no one posted Edwin Starr's "War"

YES! I don't know how many times, I've jumped into a chopper and rained hell on people while playing this song on Battlefield Vietnam. I know, it's kind of the opposite of the message of the song, but how can I resist?

And got to agree with El Diablo and Fortunate Son, also in Battlefield Vietnam.

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