any anti war songs that u know?

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i’m making a playlist of all the anti-war songs i can find. i started the playlist on the anniversary of the kent state shootings (may 4, 1970) but never finished it…. i have the basics like: unknown solider by the doors, fortunate son by ccr, and ohio by csn&y.

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NormMickDonald

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Ohio - Crosy, Stills, Nash, and Young

Masters of War - Bob Dylan

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

Fortunate Son - CCR

Run Through the Jungle - CCR

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die - Country Joe and the Fish

Bulls on Parade - RATM

Civil War - GnR

Five to One- The Doors

Us and Them - Pink Floyd

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down

One - Metallica

With God On Our Side - Bob Dylan

Give Peace a Chance - Paul McCartney

FreshImagination9735

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First answer = Best answer

Fit-Recognition-2527

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Phenomenal list

Sezu1701

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Wow! Ask and ye shall receive.

Aggressive_Suit_7957

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Country Joe!

suburbanplankton

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Although it wasn't actually written as an anit-war song, it became one: For What it's Worth, by Buffalo Springfield.

No_Solution_2864

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It was originally written about police brutality and overstep. It’s a protest song at the very least

enola007

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Edwin Starr/War

juliohernanz

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What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing

No_Solution_2864

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I see you read Tolstoy

g00g0lig00

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good god yall

PoorMansSamBeckett

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Sorry, I went overboard. Here’s several I could think of.

Bulls on Parade, RATM
Disposable Heroes, Metallica
For What It’s Worth, Buffalo Springfield
Gates of Delirium, Yes
Holiday, Green Day
Holy Wars… the Punishment Due, Megadeth
Too Many Puppies, Primus
Us and Them, Pink Floyd
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, Pete Seeger
War Pigs, Black Sabbath
What’s Goin’ On?, Marvin Gaye

Maximum-Pop3845

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the more the merrier! thank you!!!

lyreofire

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Scorpions -wind of change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

Imaginary-Figure-602

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99 Red Balloons

blqzy

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Zombie - The Cranberries

danskiba777

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Damnit, you stealed mine

GrammarPatrol777

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Vietnam Country Joe and the Fish

SiriusGD

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Don't forget "The 'Fish' Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish

Club_Nothing

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Woopee we're all gonna die

ActiveProgrammer5456

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What are we fighting for?

NormMickDonald

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Don't ask me, I don't give a damn!

MadladMagyar

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Rooster - Alice in Chains

Wet_fetus01

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I thought that song was about Jerry’s father and his time in the war and not anti war.

MadladMagyar

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I don’t see how that makes a difference, it’s about how awful his experience in the war was, seems pretty anti-war to me.

Wet_fetus01

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Oh I just though it was about his time in it and not about the bad things that happened.

BenjaminBoi226

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One Tin Soldier

mwh040904

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Phil Ochs - I Ain’t Marching Anymore

jromansz

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Yes! Phil Ochs doesn't get his dues, he was so incredibly talented and prescient.

Henryy132

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Flower lady gotta be one of the best songs of all time

jromansz

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Pleasures of the Harbour is one of my all time favorite albums. I listened to it a lot growing up. I've had her is one of the most bitter love songs ever written. And Small Circle of Friends is savage. Phil Ochs left us too soon and is overlooked too often.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad

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These are Tom Paxton songs.

jromansz

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Pleasures of the Harbour? Every song written and performed by Phil Ochs.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad

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Your are right I first relied on memory. So thanks for correcting my correction. Love both Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton.

jromansz

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Tom Paxton is a wonderful talent as well, I like him too.

jcowan99

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Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Where Have All The Flowers Gone by The Kingston Trio

Kill For Peace by The Fugs

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy by Pete Seeger

Give Peace A Chance by Plastic Ono Band

Quiet_Ad_7301

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Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore by John Prine

Student Visas by Corb Lund

I Wanna Be In The Cavalry (Reprise) by Corb Lund

ShowUsYourTips

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Born in The USA - Bruce Springsteen

jromansz

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I remember Reagan appropriating that song while obviously never hearing the lyrics. Not a hurrah for the USA song.

louderlove

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No More - Pearl Jam

mjklein32

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I think this is technically an Eddie Vedder solo project/song for the Into The Wild soundtrack. Could be wrong, but sharing in case it makes it easier to find for OP.

SlaveDuck

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Universal soldier by donovan

campatterbury

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Alice's Restaurant- Arlo Guthrie

arthousepsycho

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Was coming to suggest this. Such a great song.

Snakesnead

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Same, Grandpa turned me onto him and was such a great recommendation.

arthousepsycho

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One of my ex girlfriends showed it to me and I loved it immediately. Such a beautiful and funny way to convey such an important point about something so insane as war.

Wet_fetus01

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If I remember correctly some Soad songs are about war

Safe-Transition8618

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Yup. BYOB, War?, Tentative, Soldier Side, Genocidal Humanoidz

Sixx_The_Sandman

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Disposable Heros by Metallica

War Pigs by Black Sabbath

War Ensemble by Slayer

One by Metallica

Architecture of Aggression by Megadeth

War by Edwin Star

sullivanrocks

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Where have all the flowers gone (I specifically like the Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary recordings)

Kate Bush’s Army Dreamers as well

Rxper_RG

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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Harlem Community Choir

jcowan99

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What Have They Done To The Rain by Malvina Reynolds

Handsome Johnny by Richie Havens

The War Is Over by Phil Ochs

miniwhoppers

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21 Guns - Green Day

The General - Dispatch

WaylonGreyjoy

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My favorite. Billy Bragg "Between The Wars"

https://youtu.be/xjUA3RU4B8E?si=gmwM3dXyncGDXl93

5yb11-372

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Absolutely, should be #1

iColorize

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The war song - culture club

KeeganY_SR-UVB76

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West of the Wall, I’ll wait for you! West of the Wall, where our dreams can all come true.

fgsgeneg

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I can't say that I ever thought this song would ever be listed anywhere, ever in any list except maybe "The top ten sappiest songs ever made.

Excellent choice.

KeeganY_SR-UVB76

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I’d say the same, but I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t been stuck in my head for the past 3 years.

kai1986

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Hero of war by rise against.

emmyfrost

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Paschendale - Iron Maiden

gabzilla814

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Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2

Sleep Through the Static - Jack Johnson

thetoerubber

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Industry “State of the Nation”

Human League “The Lebanon”

Don Henley “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”

Kim Wilde “Cambodia”

Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes”

n4snl

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I was only 19

danxy29

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Hero of war - rise against

bluediamond07

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World Wide Suicide - Pearl Jam

Dirty Harry - Gorillaz

Soldier's Poem - Muse

ZazzNazzman

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One tin soldier - The original caste

FreshImagination9735

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SO GOOD!

Serious_Session7574

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Paul Hardcastle - 19

Anti-Vietnam War song from 1985. Seems largely forgotten now but it really stuck with me, especially if listened to with the video.

CoolBamaGuy

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I had the cassette tape of this song

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War? - System of a Down

Blow Me Away You (Niverse) - Gojira

They aren't blatantly anti-war, but really make known the ideologies and nature of war.

5yb11-372

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Nagasaki Nightmare - Crass

Shipbuilding - The Imposter (Elvis Costello)

Orange Crush - REM

My Youngest Son Came Home Today - Eric Bogle

Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues

Little Boy Soldiers - The Jam

Everywhere - Billy Bragg

namehimgeorge

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Tank Park Salute by Billy Bragg as well

highplains_co

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Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythms of the War Drums - A Perfect Circle

Livid_Parsnip6190

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Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie

NotConnor365

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War Pigs by Black Sabbath

jcowan99

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The American Eagle Tragedy by Earth Opera

Orionsbelt1957

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Eight Miles High - The Byrds

teiquirisi23

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Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven any more

Blowing in the wind

Born in the USA

Where have all the flowers gone

Down by the riverside

SilverDifferent3444

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American Teenager by Ethel Cain

Emergency-Jeweler-79

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Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart https://youtu.be/MEbC46YxXlY?si=tcPEgyIB3VyyrW1y

Belinda Carlisle - Summer Rain https://youtu.be/JOlybsZqNlE?si=4dx23uy3YCKwFOiG

Ok-Appeal1176

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4mHPeMGTJM This and love.

Benji_Codis

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Not sure if it's exactly anti war but "Hero Of War" by Rise Against is one of my all time favorites

hufflepuffheroes

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This one seems pretty apt rn

Left-Bag-9478

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Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers

OceanThing

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Crossfire - Stephen

aLIEz - Hiroyuki Sawano (there’s also an awesome remix by DJ Jo)

DinoKea

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Some Definites

War Isn't Murder - Jesse Welles

I Was Only 19 - Redgum

Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel

War - Edwin Starr

More Borderline Options that I think fit

Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Travelin' Soldier - The Chicks

Long Violent History - Tyler Childers

The War was In Color - Carbon Leaf

No_Contribution_5382

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Revolution by the Beatles maybe

lilpinkhouse4nobody

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All You need is Love

UtahUtopia

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For What It’s Worth (my favorite song ever) by Buffalo Springfield

Old-Adhesiveness-697

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One.. Metallica

The Mob Goes Wild .. Clutch

Affectionate_Yak8519

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Hero - Minstry

CaptainDeathsquirrel

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Waste Deep in the Big Muddy, Pete Seger

Readjustment Blues, John Denver, that one surprised me.

ItzNuckinFutz

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American Woman - The Guess Who , although I prefer the version by Krokus

knockatize

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Pour le Monde - Crowded House

Ok-Lavishness-7904

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Modern Day Cowboy, Tesla

_red_hot_kitchen_

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Blood For Poppies - Garbage
21 Guns - Green Day

carlodim

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Melt The Guns - XTC
Generals And Majors - XTC
but yes, it's hard to go past Eve of Destruction sung by Barry McGuire

Funny_Return_8910

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Listen to John Denver

SaltyBarDog

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Specifically, The Box.

Funny_Return_8910

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So much wisdom was lost when John Denver crashed in that test plane.

a_lion_wizard

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Wrong Side of Heaven - FFDP

Holiday_Ad_8988

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Everlast- Letters Home

cocoapebbl

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Not necessarily an anti war song but could be fitting:

All These Things That I’ve Done - The Killers

lilpinkhouse4nobody

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Seaside- Tori Amos

No_Guidance000

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Day of the Lords – Joy Division

The lyrics are haunting.

Farinthoughts

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Everybodys gone to war -Nerina Pallot

scumfuckee

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Realities of War by Discharge

Top_Shoe_9562

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Two Minute To Midnight-Iron Maiden

MrPodocarpus

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Unity - Operation Ivy

English Civil War - The Clash

Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers

bagpipesfart

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Traveling Soldier by The Dixie Chicks

Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen

Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel

All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

Blood_Red5774

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Must.. not.. post... The complete fucking opposite...

PissContest

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Might be a reach but Mama by MCR

fgsgeneg

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Masters of War by Bob Dylan.

Draft Dodger Rag by Phil Ochs.

Talking Vietnam Blues by Phil Ochs.

With God on Our Side by Bob Dylan.

What Did You Learn in School Today by Pete Seeger.

treabelle

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Knocking on Heavens Door

Quotehommel

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FEAR - Let's have a war;
Bad Religion - Let them eat war;
Motörhead - Civil War.

Ambitious_Trifle_645

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Fortunate son-ccr

DAS_COMMENT

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I like a few off Tom Gabel's Heart Burns

rainorshinedogs

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Vietnow - Rage against the machine

CamGuts

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My favorites right now are War isn’t Murder - Jesse Welles For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

StankFartz

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Scarborough Fair

AlpsEnvironmental172

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Set the World Afire by Megadeth

Take No Prisoners by Megadeth

Rust In Peace Polaris by Megadeth

MrA-skunk

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Michael Franti and Spearhead have a whole bunch, but here are a few...

Bomb the World

Bomb the World (Armageddon Version)

Light Up Ya Lighter

Fit-Recognition-2527

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My favorite is Masters of War by Bob Dylan. Such a simple song, musically. But you can feel the disgust and disdain so vividly through his words.

UncleGrako

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Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - It's a Wonderful Life

U.S. Bombs - Ghost Soldier

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

Pink Floyd - Us and Them.... Basically Pink Floyd's whole albums The Wall and The Final Cut

Rancid - New Dress

Metallica - One

Ozzy Osbourne - Thank God for the Bomb

Dropkick Murphys (version of the Traditional) - Green Fields of France

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon

Motorhead - 1916

Megadeth - Holy Wars... Punishment Due

Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers

m00syg00sy

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universal soldier- Donovan

campmonster

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Popn' Off at the F - Desaparecidos

Final-Ad-2033

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Freida Payne - Bring The Boys Home

Jimi Hendrix (Band of Gypsys) - Machine Gun

Prince - Ronnie, Talk To Russia, 1999

Wayward-sherpa-2

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"I've Seen All Good People" Song by Yes

“Black Gold” by Soul Asylum

clgc2000

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16 Military Wives, by the Decemberists.

Aggravating-Advisor9

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I was only 19

Wayward-sherpa-2

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[GIF]

SchemataObscura

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Haillie Sellasse, Up Your Ass

And

stick the fucking flag up your goddamn ass, you sonofabitch

Both by Propagandhi and other songs from their album How to Clean Everything

dovefalconhand

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Here comes the war - New Model Army. Love that song.

Sad_Director5958

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American Teenager - Ethel Cain <3

vis_the_great

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One - by metallica
War pigs - by black sabbath
These colors dont run - iron maiden

raoulmduke

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Nobody’s posting any punk? Dead Kennedys, FEAR, and so many others always write about war. Good stuff to discover!

iam_Krogan

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Thieves - Ministry

Pretty much anything by Ministry that isn't about addiction

panconjamon1996

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Buen Día Señor Presidente - Billy Bond y la Pesada del Rock and Roll

No Bombardeen Buenos Aires - Charly García

Sobreviviendo - Víctor Heredia

Mil Horas (?) - Los Abuelos de la Nada

Trátame Suavemente - Soda Stereo

2 de Abril - Ataque 77

Festering-Boyle

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Disorder! - Slayer

Chaos A.D - Sepultura

Deer Dance - System of a Down

Geurrillas - Nailbomb

Give Peace a Chance - Lennon

kd_008

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Even tho the song ain't it, the music vid implies an anti war agenda- Wake me up when September ends by green day

UniqueJaguar2321

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Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen.

Justforfunn__

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Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

TopTransportation695

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Love Vigilantes - New Order

whatabeautifulherse

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Luang Prabang by Dave Van Rook

Luna_Senshu

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Every single rage against the machine song lol

namehimgeorge

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Island of No Return - Billy Bragg

About the Falkland war.

Fakenerd791

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Hero of War by Rise Against

gadgetsdad

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And it's one two three what are we fighting for? I don't know but I don't give a damn next stop is Viet Nam.

Fell like I am Fixin to Die Rag.

Country Joe and the Fish.

danskiba777

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American Scream - Alkaline Trio

ideknemore

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Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

No_University7832

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California Dreamin - Mamas & Papas

BlackIrish69

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How is this an anti-war song?

No_University7832

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It became an anthem for soldiers in the war that just wanted to go home......... The Song meaning: "It encapsulates the universal longing for escape from the constraints of everyday life and the pursuit of a brighter future."

santareaches

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All the leaves are brown and the sky is blue <——-get it now?

CoolBamaGuy

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Actually it's the sky is gray

santareaches

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Roger that one.

Wooden_Paint8570

Many of the references to the song "One Tin Soldier" indicate that it was sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary, but I cannot find a single recording of it by them on the internet anywhere. Did they actually cover this song? If so could someone please tell where it can be found.