# Is "Cold War Rock" a genre? Looking for other examples. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047 "2016-09-27T17:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/21 "2016-09-27T19:30:58Z")
Heck, REM’s Radio Free Europe could certainly be considered a Cold War song. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/22 "2016-09-27T19:51:13Z")
Prince’s 1999. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/23 "2016-09-27T20:06:11Z")
Black Sabbath, _War Pigs._ ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/24 "2016-09-27T21:15:54Z")
Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the Balance”. Bruce Cockburn’s “If I had a ROcket Launcher”. Just off the top of the head. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/25 "2016-09-27T21:35:40Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the Balance”. Bruce Cockburn’s “If I had a ROcket Launcher”. Just off the top of the head. “Rocket Launcher” is actually about the Guatemala Civil War; however it arguably that was linked to cold war manipulation by superpowers. I have already added it, because I love Bruce Cockburn. I’ve seen him live about 5 times, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Interestingly I grew up with his records in the house, my dad liked Cockburn’s music until “he became a commie pinko.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/26 "2016-09-27T21:49:14Z")
Josh Ritter’s _“The Temptation Of Adam”_ > [@](#): > > If this was the cold war we could keep each other warm > I said on the first occasion that I met Marie > We were crawling through the hatch that was the missile silo door > And I don’t think that she really thought that much of me ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/27 "2016-09-27T21:56:46Z")
Pink Floyd’s Two Suns in the Sunset. (The second sun being a nuclear explosion.) Europe’s “The Final Countdown.” Sent from my adequate mobile device. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/28 "2016-09-27T22:00:17Z")
“We will all go together when we go” by Tom Lehrer. 😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/frAEmhqdLFs/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/29 "2016-09-27T22:04:31Z")
Fishbone’s [Party At Ground Zero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCaFe1yamg) _Party at ground zero A “B” movie starring you And the world will turn to flowing Pink vapor stew_ ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/30 "2016-09-27T22:04:49Z")
Ozzy’s [Thank God For The Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4kzCBQg-qQ) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/31 "2016-09-27T22:06:42Z")
Is [New Frontier?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBruAooXPNU) Then there’s [Land of Confusion-Genesis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmH1xQ2Pf4) And Sting’s [Russians](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs) Fishbone [Party at Ground Zero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCaFe1yamg) Edit: Coke to mix ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/32 "2016-09-27T23:14:38Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Prince’s 1999. Thank you! “Everybody’s got a bomb, we could all die any day.” Also, Ray Gun Omics by Project Future (1984?) had lyrics such as: “Ray gun omics, more atomics! Fight inflation, with taxation!” All She Wants To Do Is Dance is another possible contender about Cold War US involvement in poor countries with questionable regimes, isn’t it? ymmv… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/33 "2016-09-27T23:18:05Z")
[Found it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW6NJ_N3ZWQ) 1983 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/34 "2016-09-27T23:44:22Z")
“[California](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y05evk6sEgc)” by Flash and the Pan. Another Tom Lehrer: “[So Long, Mom.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklr0UD9eSo)” ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/35 "2016-09-28T02:05:10Z")
There was an alternative version to Radio Clash with apocalyptic lyrics going something like: This is radio Clash and we count your thoughts When lightning splits the sky in half sharper than a sword And in the thunder cloud you see another cloud Bones as big as sticks Even angels go to Hell on the morning of the 6…66 My attempts to find that version of Radio Clash have proven futile at this moment but it’s on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/36 "2016-09-28T02:18:32Z")
Thanks everyone. Many of these I know and have forgotten, or never associated with war. Some are new. This is going to be quite the play list. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/37 "2016-09-28T02:25:44Z")
Iron Maiden, [_2 Minutes to Midnight_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IfM6HM2rRs) ---
**Author:** ![IT\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@IT\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IT_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/38 "2016-09-28T03:08:34Z")
Let’s move back to the 60’s: [The Sun is Burning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgNx-fPHNYM)- Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/39 "2016-09-28T03:43:35Z")
99 Luftballons and Eve of Destruction are great examples… Not gonna look up YouTube links on my phone, but: Russians, Sting Land of Confusion, Phil Collins (esp. the video) Two Tribes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047/40 "2016-09-28T03:51:39Z")
Well, um, how about “[War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0)” by Edwin Starr? [Dancing With Tears in my Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuUTJz2pcVU) - Ultravox [For No One](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8GBCCrCRY) - Barclay James Harvest [Heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G_CAYf-itw)- Psychedelic Furs [I Was Only 19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXaczfR_lo0) - Redgum [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cold-war-rock-a-genre-looking-for-other-examples/767047.md?page=3)