War...good gawd...what is it good for

[greenbriar]

just played on the radio!

yea, I listen to the "classics"


man I feel old when the music I grew up to is labeled classics

[TexasProgresive]

1. What's the name of that movie

where the guy holds up in the college radio staion and plays War over and over again?

[DenverDem]

2. Tens of Billion$ to busholini inc.

more money than those sick bastards could spend in a hundred lifetimes.

[soup]

3. right there with you.

better a classic than an oldie. :hi:

[greenbriar]

4. true

so true

[soup]

5. My 17 yr old son often plays my anti-war cds

That's the first track on the most played one. Powerful song - and yes, a classic.

[Ithuilwen]

6. He must have good taste in music.

I love listening to my own mom's albums from the seventies. Good stuff, that. Infinitely better than today's "music".

[greenbriar]

8. no kidding

right thurr


and magic stick are lacking


me, I am on a temptations kick right now!

[Ithuilwen]

9. Hmmm.

I've been on a James Taylor/Seals & Crofts/America groove lately. It's sad when I talk with other teenagers and they have no idea even who JAMES TAYLOR is. *shakes head sadly*

[greenbriar]

14. James Taylor

is awesome


seals and Crofts good too


you might want to check out loggins & messina too

[soup]

10. Not so sure about good taste

But, I'm a classic, what do I know? :D

When I was looking for new anti-war music, he introduced me to AntiFlag? anti-flagg? - not sure if I have the name correct. Some of their lyrics are really strong, but as an antique - um, er, I mean classic - I can't understand most of what they're saying, so he interprets for me.

[greenbriar]

7. now its the

aquarious.


thats a little older than me, but fits...

[LizW]

11. Induction, then destruction -- Who wants to die?

My sons love that song.

I also love "Find the Cost of Freedom" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Daylight again, following me to bed
I think about a hundred years ago, how my fathers bled
I think I see a valley, covered with bones in blue
All the brave soldiers that cannot get older been askin' after
you
Hear the past a callin', from Armegeddon's side
When everyone's talkin' and noone is listenin', how can we
decide?

(Do we) find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground
Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground
Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down.

[greenbriar]

12. Ohio

Tin soldiers and Nixon's army..


When I teach about the 60/70 protests...I bring that song in

[Hailtothechimp]

13. Edwin Starr died when the Iraq war was getting started

I thought some radio stations would play "War" in tribute, but I never heard one that did. I'm certain it would have worked up the anti-Dixie Chicks crowd even more than they already were. What a fucked up time that was (and to some degree still is).

[greenbriar]

15. I dig the Chicks

they are cool


Gretchen Wilson is awesome too

[Gregorian]

20. They did. Oh, they did.

You just didn't listen to the awesome stations. Hint- the younger generation plays a variety of fantastic music in juxtapostion to the newer stuff.
Edwin Starr was greatly disturbed by war. I almost think that's why he died when he did.
I've been spontaneously hearing that tune, at the oddest times, lately.

And then there's Marvin Gaye. What's Goin' On....

Man, I cannot believe how we ever got to where we are right now.

[bigbillhaywood]

16. What is "Absolutely Nothing"? Potent Potables for 500, Alex.

[greenbriar]

17. War

good Gawd y

[JohnOneillsMemory]

18. I play that at concerts all the time. Picked up 'Best of Edwin Starr'

I'm a live concert engineer so I get to play what I want before and after the show alot.

I refused to go with my band to the NAACP's tribute to the US military on June 9 in DC. Colin Powell was there. When I heard this from my buddies I was furious that I missed a chance to give him what for in person.

I definitely would've played Mr. Starr's hit on a loop for the generals in attendance. But I quit the band instead. Fucking war boosters.

[greenbriar]

19. sounds like a cool job

If I were a DJ, I would be bringing out all the classics from the vietnam era...

[Still_Loves_John]

21. I have bizarre experiences with that song

because it's so well known, people treat it like a generic song and don't listen to it's message. I've seen some of the most hardcore, scary, southern republicans dancing on tables to that song.

[greenbriar]

22. Alice In Chains...Rooster

is another good one!!!



Ain't Found A Way To
Kill Me Yet
Eyes Burn With Stinging
Sweat
Seems Every Path Leads Me To
Nowhere
Wife And Kids And Household Pet
Army Green Was No Safe Bet
The Bullets Scream To Me From Somewhere

Here They Come To Snuff The Rooster
Yeah Here Come The Rooster
You Know He Ain't Gonna Die

Walkin' Tall Machine Gun Man
They Spit On Me In My Homeland
Gloria Sent Me Pictures
Of My Boy
Got My Pills 'Gainst
Mosquito Death
My Buddy's Breathin'
His Dyin' Breath
Oh God Please Won't You Help
Me Make It Through