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Probably not the most appropriate one for these times that I could think of, but I found this emotionally resonant.

Redgum - "I Was Only Nineteen"



Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" (I love the version sung by Robert Wyatt as well as other covers) was the other to immediately come to mind.
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This one is an iconic anti-war song in the Nordic countries. It has English subtitles.



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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

This is no time for "Give Peace A Chance". We need pro war songs to defeat oppressive tyranny.


Right on Daddio! My old Uncle Peter used to say 'Fight fire with fire' (which is why they had to throw him out of the fire service)




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A TON of Pink Floyd, but the best one is "Us And Them"
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This is my favorite version of Eric Bogle's "The Green Fields of France", sung by June Tabor and titled in her case "No Man's Land/Flowers of the Forest"....




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And while I'm on an Eric Bogle kick, here's the Pogues' version of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"...
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a few ideas

Barclay James Harvest  "Song for Dying", "Summer Soldier", and "Child of the Universe" 
Strawbs "New World"
Moody Blues "Question"
Levelers "Another Man's Cause"
Gordon Lightfoot "Sit Down Young Stranger"
The Men they Couldn't Hang mostly attacked British imperialism in songs like "The Colours", "Dover Lights", and "Rosettes"
Oysterband's "Fiddle or a Gun" is wonderful
The Decemberists -"This is Why we Fight", "Sixteen Military Wives", "When the War Came"




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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Probably not the most appropriate one for these times that I could think of, but I found this emotionally resonant.

Redgum - "I Was Only Nineteen"



Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" (I love the version sung by Robert Wyatt as well as other covers) was the other to immediately come to mind.

I love Redgum, though my favourite from them is "The Diamantina Drover", not anti war but a real emotional piece
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:



Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" (I love the version sung by Robert Wyatt as well as other covers) was the other to immediately come to mind.


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Yep, Wyatt's reading for me is exquisitely plaintive and heart warming
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Twelfth Night: "Sequences"!
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Never Thought I would revisit this song in my life time. 
I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams.
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The whole of Pink Floyd's Final Cut album, but in particular:


Alternatively, if the above doesn't work for you...
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

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Thanks, was going to add this, specially since it makes so much sense these days with Ukraine being senselessly raped.

Another song in the same album also deserves a listing ... EPITATH was pretty much the same thing from a victim's point of view. 

And, maybe ... ANGE's Emile Jacotey deserves a mention ... since it was done 20 years before Roger did his copy ... even if we will have a hard time putting the album in perspective. It's still a beautiful album and it did not have to be "topical" like Roger's was later!

Hard to believe no one mentioned Joan Baez! Maybe some thought she was fake ... though I'm not sure that was the case, impulsive maybe, but not fake!


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