Anti-war prog songs

Dogs of War - SAHB

^I bought this album (in Italy) ca. 20 years ago and I've listened to it countless times since then. Dopo... was an instant classic. A song I could select to play for someone yet unfamiliar with Banco and RPI. I mean to introduce them to both the band - and the regional scene. I suppose it is somewhat a shame that until I let DeepL translate the lyrics for me just now (it's not perfect, but it I've read worse translations in published novels), I've only "felt" the words and been largely indifferent to the poetry, its meaning or "anti-war message". I primarely listen to the human voice as any other instrument, and usually prefer not genuinely understanding the lyrics. Of course I'm missing out of an (for the artist/band) essential part of a word-heavy song like this in particular. And it was interesting to find out that the writing seem to be as deep and sophisticated as the musical experience have always suggested that it was. Maybe knowing the meaning behind the previously unknown words uttered or sung by the great Francesco Di Giacomo will add to the listening experience. It probably will.

-This Pearls Before Swine song about a German ship sunk by the British FAA during WWII brings a tear to my eye just by thinking about it.

"On board were 4,200 Italian prisoners of war captured by the Germans for their refusal to join the Nazi party after the 1943 armistice"*



*Tom Rapp tells a story factually closer to the sinking of Oria in 1944 rather than Rigal in 1943 - but that's beside the point.