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This one gets a vote in my book.
Warren Zevon "The Envoy"Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad does whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoyThings got hot in El Salvador
CIA got caught and couldn't do no more
He's got diplomatic immunity
He's got a lethal weapon that nobody sees
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy
Send the envoyWhenever there's a crisis
The President sends his envoy in
Guns in Damascus
Oh, JerusalemNuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel is attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad do whatever she please
Looks like another threat to world peace
For the envoy
Send the envoy . . .
Send for me
[Badfinger]
Follow Ups:
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THE PRICE OF PARADISE (3:31)
(boon)How I remember the history I have seen
I was just a young boy,the horror I couldnt forsee
All the pain that comes with war
All the scars that never heal
Here in paradise the price is cheap
Young men die for greedAcross the ocean in a land they call Vietnam
Young men dying is all it would cost
We were told and proudly believed
They would fight to keep us free
Here in America the price is cheap
Young men die for what?My brother,the soldier was a hero who survived
He'd tell the stories of men who died without dreams
And they fight for men twice their age
The smell of death made his life change
The price of paradise is stained with blood
Why?All pawns and puppets of flesh and bone
Will die for their leaders far from their homes
These are men who died very young
Afraid to see that their cause was unjust
Why couldnt they live for life?
Not die to survive
JUST ANOTHER SOLDIER (1:54)
(boon)Over 300 dead,we still got pride
We've lost all our morals,we still got pride
Should we fight this war in some far corner of the globe
And learn how to die for some unjust causeIs this our future?
Ashes are all that remain
It's easy when you got prideHow much pride does a dead soldier got?
His life so short,no chance to even startThe ones he left behind
The world he'll never see
But no one could deny that the soldier died with pride
NT
"I am a Patriot" by Little Steven. His CDs are terrible sounding but have some great songs. Jackson Brown used to cover this song live; not sure if he ever recorded it.
In the Balance Album. I thought he wrote it, but I guess he covered it.
nt
nt
"We don't torture we're a civilised nation
We're avoiding any confrontation
we don't torture we don't tortureAmerican hostages
In Iran
Heard daily on the news
forget about Vietnam
You can ignore the 32--
there are 32 women in Armagh jail
political prisoners here at home
the British state's got nothing to lose
It's a subject better left alone--we don't torture
we're a civilised nation
we're avoiding
any confrontation
we don't torturealleged crimes withheld information
She gets no sanitation
dries her shit on her cell wall
feeling cold and sick
She gets a couple of valium
Now she's relaxed for the next interrogation
naked spreadeagled on her back
it's a better position for an internal examination
it's a better position for giving informationAn armed guard squad she gets a beating
bleeding and wounded she's stopped eating
has a baby gets nothing for the pain
they came and took, her baby away"Nice vacation spot, no?
Chris
Love that Au Pairs album.For more Irish content, how bout "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six"
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Is a nice pick. You could throw in "Suspect Device"You could also look at That Petrol Emotion or The The for political songs as well.
Yeah it was a toss up....picked Alternative Ulster because of it's catchiness factor, also considered "White Noise".
I always thought the chorus of Alternative Ulster sounded like "I'm tired of law school."
Somebody had to say it.
YECH
Lives in the Balance.
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Any anti-war song that begins with an air-raid siren is ok in my book.
Good choice. Congrats, by the way, DAT. My apologies for not getting around to that sooner. Hope all is & remains well.
I think this is the correct title, although i'm not sure. This was pretty anti-war.
Alvin Lee should be ashamed of this work.
However, the song does tend to sound like it is from the perspective of a "straight" looking in on the cultural upheaval that was going on at the time and being uncertain of what to make of it.
There's a crack up in the ceiling
And the kitchen sink is leaking
Out of work and got no money
A Sunday joint of bread and honeyWhat are we living for?
Two roomed apartment on the second floor
No money coming in
The rent collector's knocking trying to get inWe are strictly second class
We don't understand
(Dead End!)
Why we should be on Dead End Street
(Dead End!)
People are living on Dead End Street
(Dead End!)
Going to die on Dead End Streetetc.
Also see 20th Century Man, Brainwashed, Some Mother's Son, Back In Line, Shangra La, Ape Man, Sitting In The MidDay Sun, Money and Corruption/I'm Your Man, Yes Sir No Sir, Did You See His Name?, When a Solution Comes, Uncle Son, and for those who hate bad decorations: Ducks on the Wall.
...just about all of the 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, though it might be classed more as funk.Biko - Peter Gabriel
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt/Elvis CostelloI'd agree with Billy Bragg - perhaps plumping for 'Between the Wars'
How could I have forgotten it?
Most writers would give a limb to write something so beautiful and so sad without missing a beat of its message.
I'll put this at the top of my list.
everytime we drift into another war to prove we got over vietnam, i hear that song in my head.
nt
;^ -)
by Country Joe and the Fish.Maybe not the most subtle but certainly one of the most memorable.
"Be the first ones on your block
To have your boy come home in a box."And it seems we still haven't learned the lessons of Vietnam.
nt
Morse
check out Steve Earle and Bruce Cockburn for some good, biting political (leftist) brew.Don't forget Jefferson Airplane, either. I cite "Nixon" and Grace's "Mau Mau Amerikan" as two prime examples.
Then there's John Prine and very early Jerry Jeff Walker. Prine's stuff is folkish but very strong. (Who really thinks "The Great Compromise" is really about a runaway love?) Walker's first album jumps up and bites politicians and record company executives right in the ass. Those who think of Walker as "just another 'Texas Outlaw' need to check out that first album! (Yes, it does include "Mr. Bojangles.")
.... No Power Without Accountability.
On the other hand, Tender Comrade makes a very powerful statement about the horrors of war. And that is political.
nt
And have you seen the montage for this song used on the CD ROM of Dylan from the early days of video CD ROMs? Dang if I can remember the title for sure, but Highway 61 is int he title I think. Anyway, excellent montage to MoW.And this is the CD ROM that you search out parts of a special ticket. When you collect all the pieces you can watch a concert video specially prepared for that disc. A real nice package as I recall...
Tough call. Too few rock performers have anything worth hearing about politics or other topical matters, and too many have gone ahead & recorded political songs anyway. This is not to say that musical performers should not or can not work in this area, but most of what's worth hearing tends to cluster in a category I'd say is on the fringe of rock. There is plenty of good singer-songwriter stuff, some of it on the more folky side (Phil Ochs, etc.). Dylan put some good political words together, but he was mostly done with that sort of thing by the time he was making what I personally would consider to be 'rock' music. He's the obvious example among plenty of exceptions. Then there's punk, but too much of the political stuff was too much anger & not enough substance. Again, though, there are plenty of exceptions. The Clash might be the best example there, but no one song in particular stands out for me at the moment.Most of the stuff leans heavily to the left, no problem with that, but most of it is heavily partisan, which does. I can get past the idea of know-nothing (or little) rock stars preaching, if it's a good toon, but when it's coming from a point of view that says that one side is always right about everything, then it's no better than any other partisan nonsense. Me no like. Ultimately I'm always going to like songs that function more as social commentary than outright political statements. Like the Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again,' for instance. Neil Young's 'Greendale' album is a good piece of work, and Springsteen's done plenty of good stuff in this area. I'll never get tired of the Stones' 'Street Fighting Man,' either, or Lennon's 'Give Me Some Truth.' And a damn good piece of work in terms of making a statement about how all the punk shouting about politics & stuff was futile is Husker Du's 'Real World.'
People talk about anarchy
And taking up a fight
Well I'm afraid of things like that
I lock my doors at night
I don't rape, and I don't pillage
Other peoples' lives
I don't practice what you preach
And I won't see through your eyesYou want to change the world
By breaking rules and laws
People don't do things like that
In the real world at all
You're not a cop, or a politician
You're a person too
You can sing any song you want
But you're still the sameI can't think of anything
That makes me more upset
People talk all this rhetoric
Forgive but not forget
I don't rape, and I don't pillage
Other peoples' lives
I don't practice what you preach
And I won't see through your eyes
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