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.
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…
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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.
“Green Fields of France”–The linked sample is by The Corsairs, and is probably my favorite version. It’s very poignant.
“March of Cambreadth”–This is a fiery, bloodthirsty song by Heather Alexander. The link is to a sample of her version, but I may actually prefer Amberhawke’s cover of it.
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:
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.
