Fav anti-war song(s)?

Everyone's got one! I have Peace frog by The Doors and Luke's wall/war pigs by Black Sabbath. What about you??

 

Nice choices, brainstew. I love the way Joan Baez sings the song "We Shall Overcome." I adore so many anti-war songs, but that one is certainly one of my favorites.

 

War pigs is one of my favourites as well. What a song!

 

The eastern world it is explodin',
Violence flarin', bullets loadin',
You're old enough to kill but not for votin',
You don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
Handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
And marches alone can't bring integration,
When human respect is disintegratin',
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Tehn take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
But when your eturn, it's the same old place,
The poundin' of the drums, th pride and disgrace,
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
Hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.


a old one that still holds true , it's eva of destruction by barry mcguire

 

my fav anti war song is "war" by edwin starr (motown 1970)

 

War - Bob Marley

 

my favorite is Edwyn Starr - War

 

'Universal Soldier' -- Donovan

 

Imagine - John Lennon
Revolution - The Beatles

I know, that's two, but their both great anti-war songs.

 

Each Dollar A Bullet - Stiff Little Fingers

Generals - GBH
Spirit Of The Falklands - New Model Army
Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round - Dead Kennedys

 

I like 99 Luftballons/Red Baloons by Nena

 

Military Madness
by Graham Nash

In an upstairs room in Blackpool
By the side of a northern sea
The army had my father
And my mother was having me
Military Madness was killing my country
Solitary Sadness comes over me

After the school was over and I moved
To the other side
I found a different country but I never
Lost my pride
Military Madness was killing the country
Solitary sadness creeps over me

And after the wars are over
And the body count is finally filed
I hope that The Man discovers
What's driving the people wild
Military madness is killing your country
So much sadness, between you and me
War, War, War, War, War, War

 

I don't really have a favorite.

"For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield
"Peace Frog" - The Doors
"Revolution" - The Beatles
"Imagine" - John Lennon
etc.

 

Imagine - John Lennon

 

Imagine - John Lennon, Peace Frog - The Doors

 

Feel like in fixin' to die rag- country joe and the fish!

 

Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees

 

When They Come/Cripple Crow by Devendra Banhart - not the most rousing anti war song, but beautiful and effective nonetheless.

 

any bob dylan anti war songs

fortunate son - CCR