# Anti-war song ID

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443>\
**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:** 3\
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**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/21 "2020-10-02T23:09:23Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> 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.
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> Colibri

Sorry, I did not realize that it would “automatically down load”.

Forgive me, it will not happen again

I just love the song and wanted to share it

Again, please forgive me

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**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/22 "2020-10-02T23:09:48Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> DO NOT POST THAT LINK, OR A LINK TO ANY SONG, AGAIN.
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> I hope this is clear.

Yes Sir

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-war-song-id/920443/23 "2020-10-06T14:53:54Z")

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Greg Lake wrote it when he was 12 (in 1960) so you can scratch the JFK reference. A quote from Greg Lake:

“I did write “Lucky Man” when I was 12. My mum bought me a guitar and I was very lucky in that sense, the answer was yes instead of no. There was the first bit of luck because had the answer been no, my life would have probably been totally different. I got the guitar and I learned the first four chords that were D, G, A Minor and E Minor and with those chords I wrote “Lucky Man”. I truly cannot remember everything about writing it other than I think it struck me as being a sort of minstrel type of event with these chords, G, D, E Minor and A Minor, gave me this sort of minstrel feeling. “Lucky Man” has kind of an almost medieval element tone to it. It is like a medieval folk song in a way. That was the essence of the idea. I wrote the song in its entirety and I finished it and I remembered it. As far as its significance regarding me and how lucky I was, I suppose it does really. You cannot disassociate the tune, the song has been very lucky for me. It came about because of a piece of good fortune, which was my mother giving me the guitar and it has been lucky for me ever since. I would say if I was going to be honest, I have been very lucky in life. I certainly have been.”

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