Songs with the word war, fight etc (watching the news and feeling a bit 90s grunge angst today)

[Dan Murphy]

Ohio--CSNY

 

[tony67]

Wargasm - seems to get used quite a bit

Wargasm\Wargasm - Metal\Thrash band from RI that I was friends with one of the members in the early 90s - they got really done over by the label. Well known around the Boston scene

Guardian of the great war machines keeper of pain destroyer of dreams

L7\Wargasm

Wargasm, Wargasm one, two, three...

There is also a new band using the name Wargasm...They play here as Wargasm UK
Not sure what I think of them yet - need to listen to them a bit more.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Jokerman--Dylan

 

[Dan Murphy]

Universal Soldier--Donovan

 

[Dan Murphy]

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?--Pete Seeger

 

[tony67]

Probably one of the best "war" songs ever.

The Green Fields Of France (Willie McBride) - there are numerous versions.

Did they really believe that this war would end war

 

[NYCgrrl]

Masters of War--Dylan

Excellent choice. Probably the start of his path to the Nobel.

BS, CSN, CSN+Y - it’s all good.

The words are not stated but certainly implied in this song:

 

[tony67]

The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains

Right proudly high in Dublin town
Hung they out a flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath that Irish sky
Than at Sulva or Sud-El-Bar

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[LuvOrlando]

Think he can add quite a bit if he wanted

 

[LuvOrlando]

Of course

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"From A Distance," Nanci Griffith
From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I can't comprehend
What all this war is for...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Down By The Riverside," Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside study war no more...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Does "battle" count?

"Battle Hymn Of The Republic," Odetta

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Battle Of New Orleans," Johnny Horton

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Start With The Ending," David Wilcox
After all the expectations
Shatter on the kitchen floor
You just see another human suffering
And wonder what the war was for...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Russians," Sting
There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the president?
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"The Queen And The Soldier," Suzanne Vega
The soldier came knocking upon the Queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
...
And while the Queen went on strangely in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"Alexander's Ragtime Band," The Andrews Sisters
They can play a bugle call
Like you never heard before
So natural that you want to go to war
That's just the bestest band what am, Honey Lamb...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

"I Wish I Were In Love Again," Frank Sinatra
The sleepless nights, the daily fights
The quick toboggan when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again...