Contents: Anti-War Anthology #6, 11-12-2022, ANTI-WAR MUSIC

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology

CONTENTS

Google Search

Sabaton

Dylan

Ochs

#5 Anti-War Newsletter #5, December 19, 2016

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html

TEXTS FOR ANTIWAR ANTHOLOGY #6:  MUSIC

GOOGLE ANTIWAR SONGS 11-12-22

Google organizes them into 9 categories:

1980s, Vietnam, 2000s, 2010s, 1960s, 1970s, modern, WW2, and reddit.

Also see:

The Water’s Edge » The Twenty Best Vietnam Protest Songs – Blogs

blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2015/03/05/the-twenty-best-vietnam-protest–songs/

31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War – Music Industry How To

https://www.musicindustryhowto.com › songs-about-war  31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War · “War” by Edwin Starr · “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath · “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones · “Give Peace A Chance” by Plastic …
Plea for peace: 30 songs about war – NME

https://www.nme.com › blogs › nme-blogs › plea-peace… 

Jan 4, 2019 — Plastic Ono Band – ‘Give Peace A Chance‘ · The Supremes – ‘Stoned Love’ · Elvis Costello And The Attractions – ‘Oliver’s Army’ · The Cranberries –

SABATON
The War to End All Wars (album) – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_War_to_End_All…

The War to End All Wars is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, released on 4 March 2022. The War to End All Wars. The War to End All …  Length: 45:21  Released: 4 March 2022

Videos

The End of the War to End All Wars

YouTube · Sabaton – Topic  4 minutes, 46 seconds  Jul 18, 2019

The Most Powerful Version: Sabaton – The End of the War to …

YouTube · Song Breaker Workbench   4 minutes, 48 seconds   Aug 19, 2020

Trivium – At The End Of This War (AUDIO)

YouTube · Roadrunner Records

4 minutes, 50 seconds

Oct 15, 2013

Feedback

The War Song – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_War_Song

“The War Song” is a song by British band Culture Club, featuring background vocals from Clare Torry. It was released as the lead single from the band’s …

Released: 24 September 1984

Images for song End of War

Response to an earlier version of my “Anti-War songs.”

Hi Dick, 

I like your inclusion of antiwar music. I recently did Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” for karaoke with a friend… My favorite antiwar song is Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War,” especially covered by Pearl Jam (despite the end being a little harsh). Lyrics & video below.

In peace,  Abel

Video: https://youtu.be/fEPAx37GsU0

Masters of War

Bob Dylan

Lyrics

Come you masters of war
You that build the big guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
While the young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
By the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand o’er your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Pearl Jam – Masters Of War (Live)

Preview YouTube video Time will Tell, by Redhill. An Anti-War Protest song for Afghanistan and Iraq, released on 9-11.
d Iraq, released on 9-11.

Preview YouTube video Another Crusade, Anti War Song, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan

Crude, Anti War Song, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan

PHIL OCHS

RICHARD JUST. (Washington Post).  “Protest Songs: Rebellious Music Regaining Relevance.” Illust. John Deering.  NADG (Feb 5, 2017), 1H.

A Biographical Note by Sonia “Sonny” Ochs, his sister  http://www.sonnyochs.com/philbio.html   Phil Ochs was born in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 19. 1940. He grew up in a non-political middle class family. While in college at Ohio State University, he met Jim Glover who became his roommate and whose father was Phil’s political teacher. It was during this time, while he was majoring in journalism, that Phil formed his political beliefs and started putting them to music. After 3 years of college, Phil dropped out and went to New York City. This was during the early ’60’s when things were booming in Greenwich Village. Phil started out singing at open mikes and passing the hat. By 1964 he was well enough established to release his first album, “All the News That’s Fit To Sing”. His second album, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”, was released in 1965, and by 1966 he was able to sell out Carnegie Hall for his solo concert. Most of Phil’s songs were very political, some humorous and some very serious. He wrote about the topics of the day – civil rights, Viet Nam, hungry miners, and personalities such as Billy Sol Estes, William Worthy and Lou Marsh. In 1967 he signed with A&M Records where his first release was “Pleasures of the Harbor” in which he used heavily orchestrated arrangements for the first time. Some fans criticized this change, while others accepted it. Phil continued to perform and to travel around the world. While in Dar Es Salaam, he was mugged and lost the top three notes of his vocal range. This event seemed to send him on a downward spiral. His last years were troubled ones. He suffered from manic depression plus an affinity for the bottle. He committed suicide on April 9, 1976 at the age of 35. Many of Phil’s songs have been covered by other artists. Some of his best known songs are: “Changes”, “There But For Fortune”, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”, “Draft Dodger”, “Small Circle of Friends”, Crucifixion” and “When I’m Gone”. There have been 2 biographies written about him. Death of a Rebel by Marc Elliot was written in 1977, and There But For Fortune – The Life of Phil Ochs by Michael Schumacher was published in 1996. Rhino Records released a 3-cd compilation titled Farewells and Fantasies in 1997 which includes all of his best known works plus some previously unreleased tracks. Sliced Bread Records released a double cd of covers of Phil’s songs performed by 28 artists in 1998 entitled The Songs of Phil Ochs. For more on Phil, visit the Phil Ochs Web Page and Hugh Blumenfeld’s Phil Ochs Page.

“PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE,” film, First Run Features, 2010, 97 min.  Tribute to songwriter Ochs, a leading voice of Vietnam War protest. 

PUT THE FOLLOWING AT END OF #6

Contents:  Anti-War Newsletter #5, December 19, 2016

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html

Organizations

World Beyond War

War Resisters League

ANSWER Coalition

Veterans for Peace

Individuals

Eleanor Roosevelt

Daniel Berrigan

Veterans

Rory Fanning, Worth Fighting For

Tomas Young

Congress

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

History

Book on War Resistance 1914-1918

OMNI Newsletters on Militarism and Imperialism 2007-2014

END ANTI-WAR NEWSLETTER #6 on anti-war music

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology

CONTENTS

Google Search

Sabaton

Dylan

Ochs

#5 Anti-War Newsletter #5, December 19, 2016

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html

TEXTS FOR ANTIWAR ANTHOLOGY #6:  MUSIC

GOOGLE ANTIWAR SONGS 11-12-22

Google organizes them into 9 categories:

1980s, Vietnam, 2000s, 2010s, 1960s, 1970s, modern, WW2, and reddit.

Also see:

The Water’s Edge » The Twenty Best Vietnam Protest Songs – Blogs

blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2015/03/05/the-twenty-best-vietnam-protest–songs/

31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War – Music Industry How To

https://www.musicindustryhowto.com › songs-about-war  31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War · “War” by Edwin Starr · “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath · “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones · “Give Peace A Chance” by Plastic …
Plea for peace: 30 songs about war – NME

https://www.nme.com › blogs › nme-blogs › plea-peace… 

Jan 4, 2019 — Plastic Ono Band – ‘Give Peace A Chance‘ · The Supremes – ‘Stoned Love’ · Elvis Costello And The Attractions – ‘Oliver’s Army’ · The Cranberries –

SABATON
The War to End All Wars (album) – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_War_to_End_All…

The War to End All Wars is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, released on 4 March 2022. The War to End All Wars. The War to End All …  Length: 45:21  Released: 4 March 2022

Videos

The End of the War to End All Wars

YouTube · Sabaton – Topic  4 minutes, 46 seconds  Jul 18, 2019

The Most Powerful Version: Sabaton – The End of the War to …

YouTube · Song Breaker Workbench   4 minutes, 48 seconds   Aug 19, 2020

Trivium – At The End Of This War (AUDIO)

YouTube · Roadrunner Records

4 minutes, 50 seconds

Oct 15, 2013

Feedback

The War Song – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_War_Song

“The War Song” is a song by British band Culture Club, featuring background vocals from Clare Torry. It was released as the lead single from the band’s …

Released: 24 September 1984

Images for song End of War

Response to an earlier version of my “Anti-War songs.”

Hi Dick, 

I like your inclusion of antiwar music. I recently did Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” for karaoke with a friend… My favorite antiwar song is Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War,” especially covered by Pearl Jam (despite the end being a little harsh). Lyrics & video below.

In peace,  Abel

Video: https://youtu.be/fEPAx37GsU0

Masters of War

Bob Dylan

Lyrics

Come you masters of war
You that build the big guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
While the young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
By the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand o’er your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Pearl Jam – Masters Of War (Live)

Preview YouTube video Time will Tell, by Redhill. An Anti-War Protest song for Afghanistan and Iraq, released on 9-11.
d Iraq, released on 9-11.

Preview YouTube video Another Crusade, Anti War Song, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan

Crude, Anti War Song, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan

PHIL OCHS

RICHARD JUST. (Washington Post).  “Protest Songs: Rebellious Music Regaining Relevance.” Illust. John Deering.  NADG (Feb 5, 2017), 1H.

A Biographical Note by Sonia “Sonny” Ochs, his sister  http://www.sonnyochs.com/philbio.html   Phil Ochs was born in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 19. 1940. He grew up in a non-political middle class family. While in college at Ohio State University, he met Jim Glover who became his roommate and whose father was Phil’s political teacher. It was during this time, while he was majoring in journalism, that Phil formed his political beliefs and started putting them to music. After 3 years of college, Phil dropped out and went to New York City. This was during the early ’60’s when things were booming in Greenwich Village. Phil started out singing at open mikes and passing the hat. By 1964 he was well enough established to release his first album, “All the News That’s Fit To Sing”. His second album, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”, was released in 1965, and by 1966 he was able to sell out Carnegie Hall for his solo concert. Most of Phil’s songs were very political, some humorous and some very serious. He wrote about the topics of the day – civil rights, Viet Nam, hungry miners, and personalities such as Billy Sol Estes, William Worthy and Lou Marsh. In 1967 he signed with A&M Records where his first release was “Pleasures of the Harbor” in which he used heavily orchestrated arrangements for the first time. Some fans criticized this change, while others accepted it. Phil continued to perform and to travel around the world. While in Dar Es Salaam, he was mugged and lost the top three notes of his vocal range. This event seemed to send him on a downward spiral. His last years were troubled ones. He suffered from manic depression plus an affinity for the bottle. He committed suicide on April 9, 1976 at the age of 35. Many of Phil’s songs have been covered by other artists. Some of his best known songs are: “Changes”, “There But For Fortune”, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”, “Draft Dodger”, “Small Circle of Friends”, Crucifixion” and “When I’m Gone”. There have been 2 biographies written about him. Death of a Rebel by Marc Elliot was written in 1977, and There But For Fortune – The Life of Phil Ochs by Michael Schumacher was published in 1996. Rhino Records released a 3-cd compilation titled Farewells and Fantasies in 1997 which includes all of his best known works plus some previously unreleased tracks. Sliced Bread Records released a double cd of covers of Phil’s songs performed by 28 artists in 1998 entitled The Songs of Phil Ochs. For more on Phil, visit the Phil Ochs Web Page and Hugh Blumenfeld’s Phil Ochs Page.

“PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE,” film, First Run Features, 2010, 97 min.  Tribute to songwriter Ochs, a leading voice of Vietnam War protest. 

PUT THE FOLLOWING AT END OF #6

Contents:  Anti-War Newsletter #5, December 19, 2016

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html

Organizations

World Beyond War

War Resisters League

ANSWER Coalition

Veterans for Peace

Individuals

Eleanor Roosevelt

Daniel Berrigan

Veterans

Rory Fanning, Worth Fighting For

Tomas Young

Congress

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

History

Book on War Resistance 1914-1918

OMNI Newsletters on Militarism and Imperialism 2007-2014

END ANTI-WAR NEWSLETTER #6 on anti-war music