Wanted: Political/ Anti-War/ Protest Songs
I'm interested in making a play list with songs having lyrics of a political or anti-war nature. If you know of any, on VS, please leave a link in the comments.
Thanks, Eric
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/eric3579/Political-Anti-War-Songs
Thanks, Eric
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/eric3579/Political-Anti-War-Songs
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http://vintage.videosift.com/video/Censored-by-CBS-Pete-Seeger-Waist-Deep-In-The-Big-Muddy
http://blog.videosift.com/video/Pete-Seeger-American-Master
http://blog.videosift.com/video/Pete-Seeger-What-Did-You-Learn-In-School-1
http://www.videosift.com/video/Chickenhawk-Hilarious-Political-Satire-about-NeoCons
http://www.videosift.com/video/Insightful-Political-Satire-That-Is-the-War-on-Terror
Normally I wouldn't link one of my own sifts, but since you're asking:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Country-Joe-I-Feel-like-im-fixin-to-die-Woodstock-1969
Here's a few:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Jimi-Hendrix-Machine-Gun
http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Masters-of-War
and of course: http://www.videosift.com/video/Give-Peace-a-Chance
I much prefer the original Tom Waits version (I think findable on YT but with a crappy slideshow only), but here's this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Joan-Baez-The-Day-After-Tomorrow
Oh and this, I think anti-Vietnam War:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Alice-Cooper-18
http://www.videosift.com/video/Waiting-For-The-Great-Leap-Forward-Billy-Bragg
http://www.videosift.com/video/Billy-Bragg-Waiting-for-the-Great-Leap-Forward
Ummm, http://www.videosift.com/video/War ,maybe?
MLX has a great playlist full of protest songs. http://www.videosift.com/playlists/mlx/This-is-how-I-protest-the-war
http://www.videosift.com/video/Black-Sabbath-War-Pigs-Iraq-footage
http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Masters-of-War
I sifted this just so I could add it to the list:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ministry-Lieslieslies
I always liked "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" as a 'pro-peace in the time of war' song.
Even though the official track was directly about a gunfighting, wild-west lawman talking to his mother while he lays dying, the lyrics were written to work for a dying soldier, or one just tired of the fighting...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Knockin-On-Heavens-Door
"Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door."
Dylan also sang different lyrics every other time he played it live for a
time, either replacing one or two lines ("Mama put my guns in the ground, I'm sick and tired of the war") or changing the whole song;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHJBOOEkZ4o
"Mama wipe the blood off of my face
I cant see threw it anymore.
Need someone to talk to at my new hiding place
feels like I'm looking at heaven's door.
Mama I can hear that thunder roar
echoing down from God's distant shore.
I can hear them calling for my soul
feel I'm knocking on heaven's door."
Okay... for fun I'm sifting my favorite version.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Im-sick-and-tired-of-the-War-Knockin-on-Heavens-Door
http://www.videosift.com/video/TELL-THE-TRUTH-Mos-Def-Immortal-Technique-Eminem
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marlene-Dietrich-Where-Have-All-the-Flowers-Gone
http://www.videosift.com/video/Counting-Bodies-Like-Sheep-to-the-Rhythm-of-the-War-Drums by A Perfect Circle is a good song, not a lovey-dovey pro-peace one, but a rather disturbing one.
Glad to help, I wrote this post eons ago, but could help you.
Ten Protest Songs - http://www.internetresearchleague.com/?p=245
The Doors, Peace Frog
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Doors-Peace-Frog
Nobody CAN...(just)like and AmeriCAN..
opening cans of worms
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