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Anti-War Songs

They usually rule. List your favorite Anti-war songs (each with a short description) and I'll put them on the list!
1Creedence Clearwater Revival
Willy and the Poor Boys

"Fortunate Son"

All about how the upper class sends the poor and middle class to war... but don't really go themselves.

-Added by me.
2Red Krayola
The Parable of Arable Land

"War Sucks"

Self-descriptive.

-Added by me.
3The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed

"Gimme Shelter"

Preaches love as an alternative war and warns that war "is just a shot away."

-Added by me.
4L7
Bricks Are Heavy

"Wargasm"

Fetishizes war ironically to make warhawks look like they get off to war.

-Added by me.
5Primus
Frizzle Fry

"Too Many Puppies" / "Sgt. Baker"

The puppies are young soldiers who are brainwashed to fight for a cause and then die for that cause. Sgt. Baker is one of the brainwashing sergeants...

-Added by me.
6Black Sabbath
Paranoid

"War Pigs" / "Electric Funeral" / "Into the Void"

Paints wars as a horrible death fest caused by the corrupt. The latter two specifically discuss nuclear war.

-Added by me.
7Frank Zappa
You Are What You Is

"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" / "Drafted Again"

Makes fun of the reinstatement of the Draft in the late 70s.

-Added by me.
8Kate Bush
Never for Ever

"Army Dreamers" / "Pull Out the Pin"

First one: Could have been a rockstar, could have been a politician, could have been a father...went to war and died young instead. Second One: About the Vietnam war from the a Vietnamese man's perspective.

-Added by me.
9John Lennon
Live Peace In Toronto 1969

"Give Peace a Chance" / "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" / "Imagine" / so many other fucking songs.

We can end war if we really want to... (Disclaimer: yes, I know John Lennon was a terrible person and a poser, but this still counts.)

-Added by me.
10R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant

"Swan Swan H." / "Orange Crush"

First one is about the about the American South after the Civil War. Second one is about agent orange in the Vietnam war.

-Added by me.
11The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle

"Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"

The butcher is a WWI soldier who murdered a lot of people and suffers from his past.

-Added by me.
12The Guess Who
American Woman

"American Woman"

Canadian criticism of American war hawks during Vietnam.

-Added by me.
13King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King

"21st Century Schizoid Man" / "Epitaph"

Details a bloody war of the future.

- First one -Added by me, Second one suggested by RikRoach7
14The Doors
Waiting for the Sun

"The Unknown Soldier"

The soldier died senselessly in war, but to most people, he never anything other than a number anyway.

-Added by me.
15Marvin Gaye
What's Going On

"What's Goin' On?"

Gaye comes to defend the Vietnam war protesters who suffer from police brutality.

-Added by me.
16Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonders Original Musiquarium I

"Front Line"

All about veterans trying to glorify war, when they've mostly suffered because of it.

-Added by me.
17Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

"Masters of War" / "Blowin' in the Wind"

-First one suggested by BigHans, second one suggested by p4p
18Toxic Holocaust
An Overdose of Death...

"War is Hell"

-Suggested by BigHans
19Edwin Starr
War and Peace

"War"

-Suggested by EyesWideShut
20Green Day
American Idiot

"Holiday"

-Suggested by SowingSeason
21Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.

"Born in the U.S.A."

-Suggested by 2ham49
22Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss

"War Ensemble"

-Suggested by BigHans
23Metallica
Master of Puppets

"Disposable Heroes" / "One"/ "For Whom the Bell Tolls" / others maybe

-Suggested by BigHans
24Ramones
Leave Home

"Commando"

-Suggested by wham49
25Iron Maiden
Dance of Death

"Paschendale"

-Suggested by BigHans
26Anti-Flag
For Blood and Empire

Entire album is a war concept album

-Suggested by onionbubs
27The Cure
Pornography

"One Hundred Years"

-Suggested by onionbubs
28U2
War

"Sunday Bloody Sunday"

-Suggested by onionbubs
29Rise Against
Appeal to Reason

"Hero of War"

-Suggested by dfevil085
30The Cranberries
No Need to Argue

"Zombie"

-Suggested by BigHans
31Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon

"Us and Them" / "Two Suns in the Sunset" / "In the Flesh" / many more...

First one suggested by RadicalEd, others Added by me.
32Talking Heads
Fear of Music

"Life During Wartime"

-Suggested by LPFTW
33Steppenwolf
Monster

"Monster"

-Suggested by Anthracks
34Fear Factory
Obsolete

"Hi-tech Hate"

"Leaders of our time just stand behind
An arsenal to end us all!
Fighting a war, we can't ignore
Destined to fall, cowards to all!...
We are losing, weapons controlling
This is the hour of your reckoning"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
35Megadeth
Rust in Peace

"Rust in Peace (Polaris)" / "Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due"

-First one suggested by DoofusWainwright, second one suggested by 3NCrypt3D
36Senser
Stacked Up

"No Comply"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
37Sepultura
Roots

"Territory" / "Dictatorshit"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
38Fugazi
The Argument

"The Argument"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
39Orphaned Land
All Is One

"Let Truce Be Known"

-Suggested by RikRoach7
40Ween
Craters of the Sac

"The Pawns of War"

-Added by me.
41NOFX
The War on Errorism

Entire album is a war concept album

-Suggested by Shemson
42System of a Down
System of a Down

"War?" / "P.L.U.C.K." / "Soldier Side" / "B.Y.O.B." / some others

-First one suggested by onionbubs, second and third one added by me, fourth one suggested by 3NCrypt3D.
43The The
Mind Bomb

"Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)"

"But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hijacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave
Islam is rising, the Christians mobilizing
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds

It's war, she cried, it's war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good Lord for raising the union jack
You'll watch the ships sail out of harbor
And the bodies come floating back"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
44Dangers
Dangers

"War? What War?"

-Suggested by YetAnotherBrick
45Dead Kennedys
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

"When Ya Get Drafted"


-Suggested by YetAnotherBrick
46Radiohead
Amnesiac

"You and Whose Army?"

-Suggested by YetAnotherBrick
47Yes
The Yes Album

"Yours Is No Disgrace"

-Suggested by SharkTooth
48Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine

"Freedom" / "No Shelter" / "Tire Me" / "Bulls on Parade" / maybe other tracks (I think some Rage tracks are pro-war though...like "Take the Power Back")

-First one suggested by onionbubs, second and third added by me, fourth suggested by anarchistfish
49Avenged Sevenfold
City of Evil

"M.I.A."

-Suggested by onionbubs
50Deep Purple
Deep Purple in Rock

"Child in Time"

-Suggested by MrSirLordGentleman
51Grand Funk Railroad
We're An American Band

"Creepin'"

-Suggested by MrSirLordGentleman
52Los Jaivas
Los Jaivas

"La Conquistada" (Known as The Conquerer in English)

-Suggested by MrSirLordGentleman
53Rainbow
Down To Earth

"Eyes of the World"

-Suggested by MrSirLordGentleman
54Richie Havens
Mixed Bag

"Handsome Johnny"

-Suggested by YetAnotherBrick
55Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West

"Cowboy Dan"

-Suggested by YetAnotherBrick
56Enter Shikari
Common Dreads

"Fanfare for the Conscious Man"

"Our gracious queen should grasp her crown
And take a good fucking swing at Blair and Brown
For leading her countries to illegal warfare
And trying to pass it off that we're doing 'cause we care"

-Suggested by Mort.
57Manners
Pale Blue Light

"Boiling Point"

"I fly this flag above my head
like my father and his father before him,
but these days I cant seem to fight
wars for causes that I just don’t believe in
Our children are born singing
the same old songs of confusion and hate
and we sit by idly
and let the dead crop rise to feed this country."

"Don’t tell me I’m no patriot

just because I don’t believe the lies they’re telling"

-Suggested by Mort.
58Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II

"Civil War"

-Suggested by DoofusWainwright
59Sodom
Agent Orange

"Ausgebombt"

-Suggested by 3NCrypt3D
60Thy Art Is Murder
Holy War

"Holy War"

-Suggested by 3NCrypt3D
61Ministry
Rio Grande Blood

"Gangreen"

-Suggested by 3NCrypt3D
62Scorpions
Love At First Sting

"Still Love You"

-Suggested by MrSirLordGentleman
63Motorhead
Sacrifice

"Sacrifice" / "1916"

-Suggested by manosg
64Bob Marley and The Wailers
Rastaman Vibration

"War" / "No More Trouble"

-Suggested by manosg
65Phil Ochs
I Ain't Marching Anymore

"I Ain't Marching Anymore" / "Draft Dodger Rag" / "Men Behind the Guns"

-First one suggested by manosg, second one added by me, third one suggested by ParanoidAndroid96
66Savatage
Dead Winter Dead

Entire album is a war concept album (about Bosnia)

-Suggested by manosg
67The Web
Fully Interlocking

"War or Peace"

-Suggested by CL0VER
68Nine Inch Nails
Year Zero

Okay... so it's an anti-war concept album, but involves a dystopian future with an alien race called "The Presence" Only sort of counts, but oninobubs suggested "Capital G" sooo

-Added by me
69The Clash
London Calling

"Guns of Brixton" / "Spanish Bombs" / "The Call Up" / "London Calling" / "Rock the Casbah"/ and many more!

-First one suggested by LPFTW, second and third one suggested by onionbubs, fourth one by Big Hans, fifth by me.
70Urinals
The Urinals

"Ack Ack Ack Ack" (read the lyrics and they were kind of vague, but...yeah.)

-Suggested by jagride
71Flipper
Gone Fishin'

"Sacrifce"

-Suggested by jagride
72Manowar
Gods of War

"Die for Metal"/ "Hail and Kill"

-First one suggested by altertide0, second one suggested by BigHans
73Gorillaz
Demon Days

"Kids with Guns"

"Drinking out (is she real, is she)
Pacifier (is she real, is she)
Vitamin souls (is she real, is she)
The street desire (is she real, is she)
Doesn't make sense to (is she real, is she)
But it won't be long (is she real, is she)
Kids with guns
Kids with guns
Easy does it, easy does it, they got something to say no to
And they're turning us into monsters
Turning us into fire
Turning us into monsters
It's all desire
It's all desire
It's all desire"

-Suggested by theNateman
74PJ Harvey
Let England Shake

"On Battleship Hill" / "The Glorious Land" / "The Wheel"

-Added by me
75The Pogues
Rum Sodomy & the Lash

"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"

-Suggested by Archelirion
76CunninLynguists
Oneirology

"Murder"

-Suggested by ConcubinaryCode
77Paper Lace
And Other Bits of Material

"Billy Don't be a Hero"

-Suggested by Nazzadon
78Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms

"Brothers in Arms"

-Suggested by Archelirion
79Bear Hands
Songs From Utopia Volume One

"What I've Learned"

"IM IN THE FINEST ARMY, IM A WORKIN MAN, DROPPIN BOMBS ALL OVER NORTHERN VIETNAM"

-Suggested by ForthReich
80Eminem
Encore

"Mosh"

-Suggested by Shemson
81Machine Head
The Blackening

"A Farewell to Arms"

-Suggested by DoctorJackal
82Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
So Far

"Ohio"

-Added by me.
83Digital Mystikz
Haunted/Anti War Dub

"Anti War Dub"

-suggested by p4p
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