Songs before shrub that are (sadly) waaay too appropiate today

[indy_azcat]

inspired by:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3539670

includes War Pigs and Fortunate Son

Mine:

Dylan - Masters of War

any DK album

and Tricks of the Shade - The Goats

[MajorFlaw]

1. Elvis Costello--The Imposter.

[indy_azcat]

2. Late 90's right?

I don't know who that was in reference to though... US or UK?

[MajorFlaw]

4. 1980, and I don't know either.

Edit to add:

Elvis Costello
The Imposter

trying to be too bad
trying to talk too tough
trying to jack the lad
you think you've had enough

CHORUS:
but he's not the man you think that he can be
I just don't know why you can't see
that he is only the imposter
that he is only the imposter

never been this far
always been too smart
and you know how all boys are
they're really girls at heart

chorus

when I said that I was lying
I might have been lying
never let me hear you say you're not trying

this is your big decision
hope you're not disappointed
he's got double-vision
when you want him double-jointed

and he's not the man you think that he can be
I just don't know why you can't see
he'll only bring you souvenirs
it's only going to end in tears
and he is only the imposter
and he is only the imposter

[indy_azcat]

7. sadly I only have a few tracks of his on mix tapes

although I did catch him on SNL breaking up the besatie boys...

Hey Brass Monkey works! :smoke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Rush's 2112 comes quickly to mind

[indy_azcat]

6. wow! rock opera! I'll need to read those liner notes closer now

I love listening to rush... but i've never really 'heard' them... ya know?

[onager]

5. John Prine

"Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore."

Oh, and "Sam Stone," about a veteran of an earlier war:

Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain, and the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
And Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.

Sam Stone's welcome home, it didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing when he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit, without overtime.
But the gold rolled through his veins, like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While his kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes.

Repeat Chorus:

Sam Stone was alone, when he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, they played his last request, while the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun, and there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local Heroes' Hill.

[nytemare]

8. "Fortunate Son"

It was a song that could have been written about him then, but we only know how much it applies to him now.

:)