# War Song iMix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556 "2007-01-19T04:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/21 "2007-01-19T06:20:01Z")
“World War Pigs” - Julain Cope “Newest Industry”, “Divide And Conquer” or “You’re A Soldier” by Husker Du (though none are exclusively or even explicitly about war) “The Call Up”, “Tommy Gun” or “English Civil War” - The Clash “Orange Crush” - R.E.M. “I Wanna Destroy You” - The Soft Boys “Kill For Peace” - The Fugs “5.45” or “I Love A Man In Uniform” - Gang Of Four “Let’s Have A War” - Fear “16 Military Wives” - The Decemberists “Oliver’s Army” - Elvis Costello “I Fought In A War” - Belle & Sebastian “Viet Nam” or “THe Price Of Paradise” - Minutemen “Living With War” - Neil Young “Masters Of War” - Bob Dylan And let’s not forget (or maybe we should) “The War Song” - Culture Club ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/22 "2007-01-19T06:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=straykat23] [Eve of Destruction](http://artists.letssingit.com/barry-mcguire-eve-of-destruction-s1m88lj) - Barry McGuire (Vietnam era) [/QUOTE] Make sure you use McGuire’s original version. The updated version is watered down and has lost its impact. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/23 "2007-01-19T07:29:04Z")
“Ball of Confusion” I really like the Love and Rockets cover. “Circling Overland” by Front242 “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner, I mean, come on! You _can’t_ have a helicopter scene without it! 😉 “Sympathy for the Devil” I particularly like Laibach’s cover of the song. Not directly related to war, but still mentions it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/24 "2007-01-19T07:32:37Z")
One more: “Dogs of War” by Pink Floyd. Gilmour had a war related song on his _About Face_ album, but I don’t remember what the name of it is. IIRC, Paul McCartney had one as well, at least the music video depicted the “Christmas Peace” which broke out in the trenches during WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/25 "2007-01-19T14:02:43Z")
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3, by Coheed and Cambria, off the same album. 9 minutes of nu-metal/classic rock crossover. ---
**Author:** ![Drake\_Tungsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Drake\_Tungsten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drake_Tungsten)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/26 "2007-01-19T14:17:21Z")
I don’t know where to start, these are all great. The Irish stuff is great, Floyd and Sabbeth, “Eve of Destruction”, Dylan, “Mars”, Decemberists, etc, etc… Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/27 "2007-01-19T17:52:58Z")
“Military Madness” by Graham Nash (Vietnam) “Stop the Cavalry” by Jonna Lewie (WWI, etc.) “Johnnie Cope” esp. Ceolbeg’s cover (Jacobite Rebellion) -bear in mind that the guys actually in the war tend to sing about anything but when they’re there. ``` *They sang of love, and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory: Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang "Annie Laurie."* ``` ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/28 "2007-01-19T17:54:26Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned “Civil War” by Guns ‘N’ Roses. > [@](#): > > We don’t need your civil war > > It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Very topical these days, considering what’s going on in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![e-bow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@e-bow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/e-bow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/29 "2007-01-19T18:13:23Z")
[QUOTE=straykat23] [Eve of Destruction](http://artists.letssingit.com/barry-mcguire-eve-of-destruction-s1m88lj) - Barry McGuire (Vietnam era) [/QUOTE] [hijack] I’m sure it had a big impact on listeners at the time, but this song sounds terribly alarmist now.:“You tell me over and over again you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.” Well, Barry, you’ll be pleased to know, forty years later, that we’re still here. The “You” was right to not believe you were on the eve of destruction. You should have listened to him or her telling you over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/30 "2007-01-19T19:39:48Z")
How about Talking Heads’ _Life During Wartime_? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/31 "2007-01-19T20:20:48Z")
Two suggestions from opposite extremes: [“Green Fields of France”](http://corsairs.com/CDs_Sounds/White%20CD/Green%20Fields%20of%20France.mp3)–The linked sample is by The Corsairs, and is probably my favorite version. It’s very poignant. [“March of Cambreadth”](http://www.heatherlands.com/mpaudio/Midsummer/March%20of%20Cambreadth.mp3)–This is a fiery, bloodthirsty song by Heather Alexander. The link is to a sample of her version, but I may actually prefer [Amberhawke](http://amberhawke.com/)’s cover of it. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/32 "2007-01-19T20:52:07Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] “Willie McBride (No Man’s Land)” and “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”, both of which I think were done by the Pogues. [/QUOTE] Don’t know about The Pogues but Dropkick Murphy’s did a wonderful cover of Willie McBride (aka Green Fields of France, which is the name I know it as). Worker’s Song by Dropkick also has a verse about war, though the song itself is not solely about it. The verse in question is: > [@Dropkick Murphy's - Worker's Song](#): > > And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war > Who’s given a gun and then pushed to the fore > And expected to die for the land of our birth > Though we’ve never owned one lousy handful of earth? There’s also One Tin Soldier by several people and For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield. Couple others off the top of my head have been mentioned, but I’m sure I’ll remember more later. Oh! One more just remembered, Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa (about a soldier, though more humerous than anything else) and Battle of New Orlean’s by Johnny Horton. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/33 "2007-01-19T20:53:15Z")
Emmylou Harris “Bang the Drum Slowly” Joan Baez also has a nice “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” on her “Ring Them Bells”. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/34 "2007-01-19T21:09:58Z")
“Fight Fire With Fire”- Metallica ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/35 "2007-01-19T21:47:34Z")
I should have also included "Blackened"and “Blitzkreig” in my last post. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/36 "2007-01-19T22:05:37Z")
Reminds me, I forgot about Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight by Dropkick Murphy’s. Exactly what the title says it’s about, a blackout. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/37 "2007-01-19T22:19:01Z")
“[The Ballad of Ira Hayes](http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/johnny_cash/the_ballad_of_ira_hayes.html)” - **Johnny Cash** ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/38 "2007-01-19T22:23:47Z")
[Roads to Moscow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CgLT19hmM) by Al Stewart [Brothers in Arms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs) by Dire Straits [1812 Overture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU96Yvk310s) [Sgt Mackenzie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuQBW0FHTs) [Foggy Dew](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUkCcVH0XKg&mode=related&search=) sung here by Sarah McLachlan ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/39 "2007-01-19T22:29:56Z")
_Red Sector A_ by **Rush**. _Sgt. Baker_ by **Primus**. _I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted_ by **Frank Zappa**. _Where Eagles Dare_ by **Iron Maiden**. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/40 "2007-01-19T22:40:55Z")
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