Anti war songs

Neil Young shock and awe

floyd wrote:

Neil Young shock and awe

That whole album, Living With War, is great. Took a crusty 60-year old to make the boldest anti-Iraq album.

Thanks for reminding me about the WAR Floydo,

I had kind of forgotton about that, floating on a time bomb in the middle of the ocean;)

Love Neil and Pink grey haired....!

here's some of my favorites;

I could rattle another 20 off, but hey.........

CRASS - Sheep Farming In The Falklands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLIxTFNLIk

That's a mighty fine list there Sheepdog

Cheers, floyd.... Hard to pick 1 song from the clash, oils, DKs etc..... Straight to hell, Armistice day, chemical warfare......

stunet wrote:

CRASS - Sheep Farming In The Falklands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLIxTFNLIk

Crikey, my head hurts Stu

Yeah, I liked 'em when I was younger. Think I'd prefer Woody and his fascist killing machine these days.

...and now for something completely different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

Strange but true?1980 or 2014.

I do like a country song.......thought his one doesn't come out so country when I do it.

OMG stu...!
One thing to the next. You do have a great sense of humor thats for real.

Watching 99 luft ballons brings back some memories ;) Chubby on stuff at that age....?

Geez she is sexy eh;...

BB, I liked the advert a lot more.

wellymon wrote:

OMG stu...! One thing to the next. You do have a great sense of humor thats for real. Watching 99 luft ballons brings back some memories ;) Chubby on stuff at that age....? Geez she is sexy eh;...

99 Luft Balloons is an anti war song, Welly. Something about the air balloons drifting over the Berlin Wall, being mistaken for incoming missiles and all out nuclear annihilation ensuing.

But I agree with you, Nena is fucking hot.

And that synthesiser line...woah! Not enough synthesiser solos these days.

NENA you fucking 80s sexkitten xxx
@Welly have a look at Luftballoons 2009 new version on u tube.

Ha welly, it was that opening lyric that grabbed me.

I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes held up in the middle of the night
Shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand there in the pale moonlight

I just changed the key and revved it up.

lyrically i think below is right on the money ........
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"

When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son
It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli

How well I remember that terrible day
How the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again

Now those that were left, well we tried to survive
In a mad world of blood, death and fire
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive
But around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda
All around the green bush far and near
For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs
No more waltzing Matilda for me

So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away

And now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving old dreams of past glory
And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore
The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men answer to the call
But year after year their numbers get fewer
Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong
Who'll go a waltzing Matilda with me?

lyrically i think below is right on the money ........
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"

When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son
It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli

How well I remember that terrible day
How the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again

Now those that were left, well we tried to survive
In a mad world of blood, death and fire
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive
But around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda
All around the green bush far and near
For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs
No more waltzing Matilda for me

So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away

And now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving old dreams of past glory
And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore
The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men answer to the call
But year after year their numbers get fewer
Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong
Who'll go a waltzing Matilda with me?

Yeah, bishman.... Check my links above.... it's in there....Great song.....

Here's something a bit more "moshy"... "Ayatolla!!! Let the hostages go!! Ayatolla!!! You make me sick!!!!"

I remembered Stu mentioning XTC the other day and then remembered this thread.

Not as dark as some of the other songs above but a bit of a toe tapper.