# Songs with an ecological message **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977 "2019-06-03T20:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/41 "2019-06-04T14:28:14Z")
I don’t have the lyrics, but here is “Save the Earth” from the 1971 movie “Godzilla vs the Smog Monster”, by Adryan Russ. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kC1CGrVuGV8/maxresdefault.jpg "CMM: GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER "Save The Earth" theme! -- Adryan Russ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1CGrVuGV8) Weird, wild, trippy stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/42 "2019-06-04T14:31:59Z")
Soundgarden’s “Hands All Over” Hands all over the coastal waters The crew men thank her Then lay down their oily blanket Hands all over the inland forest In a striking motion trees fall down like dying soldiers Yeah like dying soldiers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sQOOgQtLI4M/maxresdefault.jpg "Soundgarden - Hands All Over (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOOgQtLI4M) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/43 "2019-06-04T15:41:29Z")
Part of the lyrics in The Doors song “When the Music’s Over”: > [@](#): > > What have they done to the Earth? > What have they done to our fair sister? > Ravaged and plundered > and ripped her and bit her > Stuck her with knives > in the side of the dawn > and tied her with fences > and dragged her down. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/44 "2019-06-04T15:45:29Z")
Another I just thought of: “Nature’s Way” by Spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/45 "2019-06-04T15:55:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > OK everyone. Here’s a pet peeve of mine. > > If you’re going to just link to a YouTube video can you at least quote which portion of the song you’re referring to? In some cases, including the ones I posted, it’s the song as a whole that qualifies, not just one particular portion. But still, a sample of the lyrics might be helpful. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [Save the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuindk2y804) - George Harrison > [@George Harrison (1981)](#): > > Rain forest chopped for paper towels > One acre gone in every hour > Our birds and wildlife all destroyed > To keep some millionaires employed > [@](#): > > [The Trees Are All Gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRKHTXCoJOk) - Roger McGuinn > [@Roger McGuinn (1991)](#): > > The glaciers near the polar camp > Have all begun to melt > Temperatures are on the rise > Far from the southern belt > Water levels shifting tides > On every changing land > Rain forests in the Amazon > Have vanished from our hand > [@](#): > > [Don’t Go Near The Water](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZES3_SSYA) - The Beach Boys See post #30 by **Meurglys** ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/46 "2019-06-04T15:57:19Z")
Good News - The Saw Doctors Touches on environmental issues amongst other things ...and its a great song too ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/47 "2019-06-04T16:00:37Z")
Thought of another one: [Men In Helicopters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiFdrepnhX4) - Adrian Belew > [@Adrian Belew (1990)](#): > > Men in helicopters fly > Shooting rhinos from out of the sky > Why do we always assume > The planet is ours to ruin? ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/48 "2019-06-04T16:01:57Z")
“Face the Fire” by Dan Fogelberg (anti-nuclear power) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAp2v3r-QZc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAp2v3r-QZc) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/49 "2019-06-04T16:02:18Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > In some cases, including the ones I posted, it’s the song as a whole that qualifies, not just one particular portion. > > But still, a sample of the lyrics might be helpful. Same here, but I’ll provide some sample lyrics, as well. From Jeff Lynne’s “[Save Me Now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VChiKsQo534)”: One day the Earth woke up, said: Boy, it’s getting hot And remember all those trees I had? But now there ain’t a lot And my ice caps slowly trickling Down to where the party’s at And if everybody’s a-going there Well, that’s the end of that From Yes’s “[Don’t Kill the Whale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NO8h_uTkdU)”: You’re first I’m last You’re thirst I’m asked to justify Killing our last heaven beast Don’t hunt the whale ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/50 "2019-06-04T16:09:22Z")
_Beautiful Day_ by **U2** “See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you See the canyons broken by cloud See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light and See the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood all the colors came out” _Rocky Mountain High_ by **John Denver** “Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more More people, more scars upon the land” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/51 "2019-06-04T16:36:21Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Another I just thought of: “Nature’s Way” by Spirit. I prefer the[This Mortal Coil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVgB1g4Lzas)cover. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/52 "2019-06-04T16:38:54Z")
French headbangers Gojira didn’t even flirt with subtlety on 2008’s [Toxic Garbage Island](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKAi11MtJY). [Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7wntm7QVXQ) > [@Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass](#): > > Slightly insane, the type of greed > That makes a world unfir for life > Toxic wastes destroy the seas > While poison gas pollutes the air > A waste of life, while no one cares > The earth becomes a giant tomb > Critical mass will be achieved > And ruins will be all that’s left (quick sidenote: Dan Lilker is a metal god; he totally fucking rocks!) There’s loads of hardcore punk and metal songs about environmental & ecological subjects. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/53 "2019-06-04T17:52:16Z")
Courtney Barnett’s [Dead Fox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njb3JTZ1ibY) (the whole thing) “More people die on the road than they do in the ocean Maybe we should mull over culling cars instead of sharks Or just lock them up in parks where we can go and view them There’s a bypass over Holbrook now Paid for with burgers no doubt I’ve lost count of all the cows” Also, Courtney Barnett’s [Kim’s Caravan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-TDyc83g3o) “I see a dead seal on the beach The old man says he’s already saved it three times this week Guess it just wants to die I would wanna die too With people putting oil into my air But to be fair, I’ve done my share Guess everybody’s got their different point of view” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/54 "2019-06-04T18:39:16Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I prefer the[This Mortal Coil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVgB1g4Lzas)cover. That’s nice, but I miss Randy California’s guitar! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/55 "2019-06-04T19:02:21Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Is Bubble Up still being sold today? As of a couple years ago, they were selling Bubble Up at Cracker Barrel. I have no more recent info than that, but I doubt they’ve stopped since then. I don’t know if it counts as “ecological” per se, but The Bottle Rockets song [Manhattan Countryside](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7t6MBjco0Q) is a lament over real estate and highway development encroaching on once rural and wilderness areas. “I used to love these hills they flattened For that highway 4-lanes wide They’re making a Manhattan Out of my countryside” ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/56 "2019-06-04T19:03:49Z")
[“Earth Song”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU) - Michael Jackson (1995) “In the socially conscious track, Jackson issues a wakeup-call about the dire situations that mankind has caused and is facing, ranging from war to devastation to animals and earth itself.” [Wikipedia] ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/57 "2019-06-04T20:25:27Z")
Oh yeah - the most recent one is[Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuN_WvF1to) by Lil’ Dicky! (April 18, 2019) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977/58 "2019-06-04T20:38:24Z")
Bernard Bolan’s “ **Not Many Fish in the Harbour Today** ” circa late 60’s early 70’s. From Mortlake to Mosman for thirty-five years In a twenty-six footer I’ve sailed, It paid for me grub and a couple of beers But not now since the fishing has failed. There used to be Blackfish there used to be Bream And there used to be Jewies to tame. But now there’s old beer cans and polythene bags And things too repulsive to name. \* But the sun is still shining and the sky is still blue You can still taste the salt on the spray Me lines are all baited and me net’s over too But there’s not many fish in the harbour today.\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-ecological-message/834977.md?page=2)