# Anti-war song ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 12, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443 "2020-09-12T18:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/1 "2020-09-12T18:08:33Z")
Trump’s use of Fortunate Son recently, reminded me of another song. I know what it is, but it’s just not coming to me now. The plot is there’s this young man from a fortunate background who goes to war. I think he might be a Captain, but I don’t remember. He gets killed at the end. English band? '60s? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/2 "2020-09-12T18:16:09Z")
Lucky Man, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/3 "2020-09-12T18:16:16Z")
Stab in the dark … Billy Don’t Be A Hero ? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/4 "2020-09-12T18:16:33Z")
This one? > Captain Walker didn’t come home > His unborn child will never know him > We believe him missing with a number of men > Don’t expect to see him again > He’s believed to be missing with a number of men > Don’t expect to see him again > **[Pete Townshend (Ft. Margo Newman & Vicki Brown) –...](https://genius.com/Pete-townshend-captain-walker-its-a-boy-lyrics)** > > Narrator: / Captain Walker didn't come home / His unborn child will never know him / We believe him missing with a number of men / Don't expect to see him again / He's believed to ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/5 "2020-09-12T18:20:15Z")
Roger Waters with Pink Floyd has a number of anti-war songs dealing with the death of his father. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/6 "2020-09-12T18:20:57Z")
Neither of those. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/7 "2020-09-12T18:22:13Z")
I’ve remembered: Lucky Man, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/8 "2020-09-12T18:48:18Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Lucky Man, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer? Crikey, I skimmed right over that post! Where’s the :smack: smiley? ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/9 "2020-09-12T18:50:41Z")
[Buffalo Springfield - Stop Children What’s That Sound - YouTube - Copy.url| (69 Bytes) link removed by What Exit? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/10 "2020-09-12T19:28:58Z")
The Kinks, “Some Mother’s Son” maybe? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mvh3LoLU7NA/maxresdefault.jpg "the kinks " some mother's son " 2019 stereo.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvh3LoLU7NA) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/11 "2020-09-12T20:01:23Z")
Nitpick. The name of the song is “For What it’s Worth.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/12 "2020-09-12T20:30:43Z")
I’m not sure I’d go as far as to call it an explicitly “ANTI”-war song. It could be interpreted as implying that the subject of the song was heroic for sacrificing his life for his country, despite coming from a background of wealth and privilege - that the listener is initially led to think that the chorus of “what a lucky man he was” is in reference to his material possessions, but in closing, its true meaning is that he was lucky to give his life for his country - the most honorable type of luck. Although “luck” isn’t exactly what most people would say in that situation - probably “destiny”. Or maybe it’s a simpler concept - the idea that he may have been lucky in life up until the point where he got killed, at which point the chorus is supposed to take on an ironic meaning. I’ve always thought it was a great song but that the synthesizer solo at the end greatly detracted from it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/13 "2020-09-12T20:31:50Z")
@rboyce has posted a download link. Don’t click unless you want to download the song. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/14 "2020-09-12T21:14:05Z")
I thought it was “known” that Lucky Man was about JFK. It works the same if that’s just bunkum, though. ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/15 "2020-10-02T22:55:27Z")
[Buffalo Springfield - Stop Children What’s That Sound - YouTube - Copy.url| [Link removed by moderator] ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/16 "2020-10-02T22:58:25Z")
Don’t click on @rboyce’s link unless you want to automatically download the song. Again. (As in post #9,) ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/17 "2020-10-02T23:02:46Z")
Song by Bullalo Springfield Title “_stop whats that sound_” It will not hurt you, it is not propaganda All I ask is listen to the song It is truly relevant in todays time Once you have heard the song; all I ask is for you to post: “I heard it” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/18 "2020-10-02T23:03:27Z")
> [@rboyce](#): > > [Buffalo Springfield - Stop Children What’s That Sound - YouTube - Copy.url| **Moderator Warning** OK, **rboyce** , this is the fifth time you have linked to the same song as a download link. Since I have previously instructed you not to do so, this is an official warning for failure to follow moderator instructions. I am further instructing you not to link to this song, or any other song, since you don’t seem to understand how to do so. Colibri ---
**Author:** ![rboyce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rboyce/32/4066_2.png) [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/19 "2020-10-02T23:06:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Don’t click on @rboyce’s link unless you want to automatically download the song. Again. (As in post #9,) the song does not automatically upload into you computer and if your computer does not support YouTub is won’t run ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/20 "2020-10-02T23:07:50Z")
> [@rboyce](#): > > the song does not automatically upload into you computer and if your computer does not support YouTub is won’t run DO NOT POST THAT LINK, OR A LINK TO ANY SONG, AGAIN. I hope this is clear. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443.md?page=2)