A threadful of anti War songs

[Norman Potting]

"Flowers of the Forest" - June Tabor

 

[looney]

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[Lord Bracknell]

"Flowers of the Forest" - June Tabor

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[Bwian]

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[Superphil]

War Pigs by Black Sabbath.
1916 by Motorhead.
Why by Discharge


pretty stonewall anti war songs, perhaps not automatic considerations, but powerful nonetheless.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Not sure if it's been on as half of them won't show on my iTouch, but this is the most poignient I think. Nearly 20 years old and more relevant than ever.

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[London Calling]

Nothing by Killing Joke ?

 

[Superphil]

The 2006 album titled 'Killing Joke' Had a couple

 

[Bwian]

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[xenophon]

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[Lord Bracknell]

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[Elegia]

Hey Ma by James

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[Elegia]

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[Spanish Seagulls]

I can't believe this one hasn't been done yet................

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I love this almost as much as I love Gus

 

[Austrian Gull]

I don't think any artist has ever encapsulated the sheer futility of war better than these geniuses.

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[Trufflehound]

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A surprisingly late entry for Eric Bogle's other classic.

Also surprising that I couldn't find a decent Men They Couldn't Hang version of it, so here are the Fureys doing it:

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[Brovion]

Oh Truffs I was looking for TMTCH and Green Fields of France. I think their's is the definitive cersion.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Jona Lewie wrote this as an anti war song but his record company latched on to the "wish I was at home for Christmas" line and promoted it as a Christmas single. The rest, as they say, is history, earnt both parties a small fortune.

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[Acker79]

The original is by garth brooks, but he doesn't like his stuff being on youtube, so here's someone singing a cover of it:

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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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Beat me to it dammit!

I've got a friend, he's a pure-bred killing machine,
He said he's waited his whole damn life for this,
I knew him well when he was seventeen,
Now he's a man who'll be dead by Christmas.

And, so...
Everybody's going to war,
But we don't know what we're fighting for,
Don't tell me it's a worthy cause,
No cause could be so worthy.