# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/61 "2007-01-20T21:21:45Z")
No one mentioned: Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel? ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/62 "2007-01-20T22:22:15Z")
The track _The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range_ on Roger Waters’ solo album _Amused To Death_ is a solid war song with that’s both musically and lyrically competent. Others have mention Pink Floyd’s _When The Tigers Broke Free_, a deeply moving war song. As for _The Dogs Of War_, I believe it to be one of Pink Floyd’s worst, and lyrically trite. Say what you want about Waters’ ego, but he knew how to write lyrics that leapt right out at you. Also, he’s more qualified than most singers to comment on war - his pacifist father was killed in action in Anzio during WWII. Most of the Floyd album _The Final Cut_ is about war (heck, it was subtitled _A Requiem for the Post War Dream_). ---
**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:** [January 21, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/63 "2007-01-21T03:24:07Z")
\*\*_ME 262_ \*\*by Blue Öyster Cult. I love the lines: > [@](#): > > Me-262 prince of turbojet > Junkers jumo 004 > Blasts from clustered r4m quartets in my snout… ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/64 "2007-01-21T06:07:32Z")
How about “Gettysburg”, “The Seige” and “Warriors Son” by The Brandos. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/65 "2007-01-21T07:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=Drake Tungsten] I’m looking to put together a playlist or mix tape or iMix - whatever the kids are calling it made up of songs about war. I’m looking for a mix of songs from a variety of eras, perspectives, and music styles. I will start the list with the fantastic “Day After Tomorrow” by Tom Waits. [/QUOTE] Pick up the original sound track for Iron Eagle Declan ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/66 "2007-01-21T09:51:51Z")
Another vote for Heather Alexander’s March of Cambredth. Two Brothers (On Their Way) - not sure who wrote or performed it Roll Alabama, Roll - trad. Powder Monkey by Schooner Fare My Youngest Son Came Home Today by Mary Black (I believe it’s a modern adaptation of a much older song - hers is very clearly about modern Ireland. A similar song is My Son John from Boiled in Lead, which is a more general gunpowder/Napoleonic era song.) Crusader by Chris deBurgh Prince of Darkness by Indigo Girls (Not exactly a war song, but it often ends up on my martial playlists.) The Grave by Don McLean Sending the Old Man Home by Jimmy Buffett The Grey Funnel Line, trad. I’ve got a copy from Silly Sisters. Not precisely a war song, but a song about life in the Royal Navy, after they went to steam - and I think dating to the post-_Dreadnought_ era. and, of course, you need to end with a bagpipe version of Amazing Grace. Oh, don’t forget Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky suite. Another great classical war piece. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/67 "2007-01-22T13:28:26Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Billy Joel’s “Goodnight Saigon” [/QUOTE] Wow, how did I forget that. Must be included! Steve Earle [“Rich Man’s War”](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/earle-steve/rich-mans-war-13681.html)☹ ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/68 "2007-01-22T16:05:40Z")
Someone already mentioned everything off of War, by U2. Some more U2 would be: Bullet the Blue Sky Love and Peace or Else Love is Blindness (anti-nuclear war) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556/69 "2007-01-22T16:28:31Z")
**"Danny Boy"** could fit, I suppose, since it seems to be sung by a parent sending a son off to war (“the pipes, the pipes are calling”). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-song-imix/388556.md?page=3)