# Help me with this list about songs relating to 9/11 & Iraq/Afghanistan **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873 "2004-02-18T21:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/1 "2004-02-18T21:22:51Z")
I’m making a CD for a foreign friend just to show her how popular music is covering our “terrorism” situation. Here’s what I have so far: \*\*“Have you Forgotten” \*\*–Darryl Worley **"The Angry American (Courtesy of the Red,White & Blue)"** --Toby Keith **"To Washington"** --John Mellencamp **The Price of OIl"** --Billy Bragg **"Self-Evident** --Ani DiFranco **"In a World Gone Mad"** --Beastie Boys Help me fill in the missing parts… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/2 "2004-02-18T21:52:46Z")
Either “The Rising” or “Worlds Apart” by Bruce Springsteen. Hell, just send her the whole “The Rising” CD! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/3 "2004-02-19T04:20:24Z")
[John Walker’s Blues](http://www.songfacts.com/jwblues.html) by Steve Earle. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/4 "2004-02-19T08:19:31Z")
**Where Were you When the World stopped Turning** –Alan Jackson **Hey Bin Ladin Shove It** –Hank Williams Jr.? **America Can Survive** –Hank Williams Jr. **This Ain’t no Rag It’s a Flag** –Charlie Daniels Band Patriotic, and coming after 9-11, but not specifically about 9-11 are: **Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly** –Aaron Tippin **Only in America** –Brooks and Dunn **American Child** –Phil Vassar ---
**Author:** ![herwono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@herwono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herwono)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/5 "2004-02-19T09:07:40Z")
[Where is the Love](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/b/blackeyedpeaslyrics/whereisthelovelyrics.html) - Black Eyed Peas ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/6 "2004-02-19T15:04:58Z")
> [@\_bec\_](#): > > **Only in America** –Brooks and Dunn This was one was out before 9-11 and got a lot of airplay subsequent to it. I hate to mention it because I find it horrible, but Iraq and Roll by Clint Black (“our troops take out the garbage for the good ol’ USA” ) ☹ A mix tape of all these country songs (with a few exceptions) would give the listener something of a one-sided view!! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/7 "2004-02-19T15:06:05Z")
I’ll second the entire cd of The Rising by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Great album and it was pretty much completly inspired by 9/11. He did include one of his earlier songs, City of Ruins, which was about economic collapse but it works well for the post 9/11 listener. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/8 "2004-02-19T15:20:02Z")
a female-sung version of Bryan Adams “Heaven” interspersed with a little girl reading a letter to her daddy who died in 9-11. Almost made me weep like the tubby b\*tch I am. Yes, that’s a Jay-ism. _L_ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/9 "2004-02-19T15:27:34Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > a female-sung version of Bryan Adams “Heaven” interspersed with a little girl reading a letter to her daddy who died in 9-11. Almost made me weep like the tubby b\*tch I am. > Yes, that’s a Jay-ism. _L_ OK- I guess it’s called “Heaven (September 11th remix)” by DJ Sammy, who also has done a dance remix and a “candlelight” music remix of it (the Sept 11th one uses the latter music but with the little girl’s voice added). ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/10 "2004-02-19T15:45:02Z")
R.E.M.'s “PSA (Bad Day)” started out in 1986 and was later written into “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”. They brought it back last year on their greatest album as “Bad Day” and rewrote it again to be about the Bush administration and the Iraq War and such. They also wrote a brand new song specifically about the Iraq War, but the title of it slips my mind right now (they played it on tour and hosted it on their web site but never officially released it). A choice cut from the new “Bad Day”: We’re dug in deep the price is steep the auctioneer is such a creep The lights went out, the oil ran dry we blamed it on the other guy The video is great too, the R.E.M. guys play news anchors/reporters and the screen has a crawl and other news graphics. ---
**Author:** ![Astra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Astra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/11 "2004-02-20T08:34:28Z")
Some guy (Dusty Drake?) came out with a song called “One Last Time” right after 9/11 that didn’t directly refer to it, but seemed to have a connection. Guy calls wife from a plane, telling her he loves her and he should have been a better man, etc., then the last verse is about how the passengers tried to take control of the plane, IIRC. It was a real downer of a song. I heard “I Raq and Roll” exactly once on the radio. Absolutely horrible. There were a couple lines that might have passed for a jody if your flight wasn’t too picky, but as a song, ewwww. Clint Black needed to be punished severely for it. Also, Toby Keith has a new one called “American Soldier.” I like it a lot better than “The Angry American.” That song was a good way of getting out the anger over 9/11, but then it just stirred up more. Eventually you have to move past the “Nuke the raghead, USA! USA! USA!, God Bless America” anger. A lot of people I knew chose to dwell on it instead, and “Angry American” got adopted as their rallying cry. Sucked all the enjoyment out of the song for me. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/12 "2004-02-20T14:27:40Z")
Neil Young - “Let’s Roll” Hmmm… Every other one I can think of has already been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/13 "2004-02-20T15:51:17Z")
Toby Keith also released “The Taliban” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/14 "2004-02-20T16:12:31Z")
Of course, you can’t leave out good old **Iraqi Top.** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/15 "2004-02-20T16:32:52Z")
“David Makalaster” by the Les Claypool Frog Brigade, dealing with the media’s role in the transition between a public mood of apathy and one of vengeance. Also a great tune. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/16 "2004-02-20T18:15:48Z")
**Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning** by Alan Jackson. This one was read into the Congressional Record, and I can’t listen to it without bursting into tears. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/17 "2004-02-20T19:59:52Z")
Both of these are on **Fleetwood Mac** ’s CD “Say You Will” **Peacekeeper** by Lindsay Buckingham (this I believe is more inspired by Afghanastan) > [@](#): > > Peacekeeper take your time wait for the dark of night > Soon all the suns will rise > Peacekeeper don’t tell why don’t be afraid to fight > Love is the sweet surprise > > When the night is cold and still when you thought you’d had your fill > This is not a test it’s not a drill take no prisoners only kill **Illume** by Stevie Nicks (Stevie was in N.Y.C. on 911) > [@](#): > > What I saw on this journey > I saw history go down > I cannot pretend > That the heartache falls away > It’s just like a river > Ooh, it’s never ending… > I cannot pretend > That the heartache falls away ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/18 "2004-02-20T20:30:22Z")
I do a college radio show called “The Spandex Years,” which features 80s music. SOme DOpers helped me come up with some 80-ish songs that would fit. Hope this helps: The Star Spangled Banner Jimi Hendrix Dear God XTC Exquisite Corpse Bauhaus Moments of Pleasure Kate Bush Love is Stronger Than Death The The Try to Remember Jerry Orbach Mad World Tears For Fears Ball of Confusion (Live) Love and Rockets So Much Trouble in the World Bob Marley Sunday, Bloody Sunday U2 Who Was That Man Nick Lowe Is This the World We Created? Queen Pipes of Peace Paul McCartney Voices of America Asia Peace Train 10,000 Maniacs You’re Missing Bruce Springsteen Miami 2017 (See the Lights…) Billy Joel New York City They Might Be Giants Eve of Destruction Red Rockers Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) The The Monkey in the Whitehouse Magadog Bombs Away The Police What’s So Funny About … Elvis Costello Kaddish Ofra Haza ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/19 "2004-10-04T23:41:21Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > Toby Keith also released “The Taliban” Even though my politics are completely different than **TK** ’s (which is a completely different thread altogether), I think that [The Taliban Song](http://www.geocities.com/islandlyrics/tobykeith/toby101.txt) is freakin’ hilarious. BTW, the album has “sons of b\*tches” where “knuckleheads” is, and in the last line he says “flip a big boner to” instead of “flip a couple fingers to”. Didn’t perform this one in concert on Saturday, darn! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873/20 "2004-10-05T00:18:33Z")
Well, if you want to avoid more country, here a a few more suggestions: “The Innocent” by Mest, Good Charlotte, and Goldfinger. Lyrics are [here](http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=33152) “Overcome” by Live. Not written as a 9/11 song, but released shortly thereafter and kind of turned into a tribute. There’s a version that has cuts to news clips of the day and days after 9/11 that I like. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-list-about-songs-relating-to-9-11-iraq-afghanistan/229873.md?page=2)