Songs about war

[Nick Hessens]

Vietnam War - The Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil" - YouTube



Regards

[Rudolf Karl]

Jimmy Hendrix ... Machine Gun and this youtube has some good pictures.
Vietnam War ( Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix ) - YouTube

Also Black Sabbath ... War Pigs

Rudy

[Adrian]

Two choices from me at each end of the spectrum:

Motörhead - 1916

Status Quo - In The Army Now

[davesap250]

Brothers in arms -dire straits. Its about the Israel/palestine conflict after they toured there.

[ozzaroo]

i like johhny horton songs- sink the bismark and battle of new orleans.
also vietnam era songs- eve of destruction by barry maguire,only nineteen by redgum ,smiley by ronny burns and khesan by cold chisel
best of all eric bogles tribute to anzac soldiers- the band played waltzing matilda
for ww2 lille marlene ,we will meet again and bless them all.

[Danmark]

Bringing up this old thread at the end of 2012 and adding another song of my youth - Aussie band Midnight Oil's " Forgotten years"
Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years - YouTube

Ostensibly about WW1 it is also about the debt we owe that we can only repay by NEVER forgetting what hardships they endured to enable us to live the lives we do!!.........do yourselves a favour and have a listen....

Happy and safe New Year everyone!
Dan

[sandgroper]

The band played waltzing Matilda , a terrific song that has quite a bit of meaning to those of us old enough to remember seeing the old first war blokes, as a kid they were easy to spot, they were the old fellas missing arms and legs.

Lilly Marlene, a beautiful song.

Redgums, I was only nineteen, another terrific song, like many Aussie war songs it doesn't speak of glory etc...but of pain, suffering and futility. I like them.

[Jerry B]

Has to be Men of Harlech.

Zulu Film - Men Of Harlech + Final Battle Scene - YouTube

[davesap250]

Muse a Soldiers Poem
Soldier's Poem - Live at Wembley Stadium - YouTube

and Radiohead Harry patch (in memory of).

Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory Of) - YouTube

Radiohead one is quite haunting with the music and the way Thom Yorke sings you really have to listen to the words. Probably not everyones cup of tea

[KriegMann]

I know a few about many wars.

One-Metallica
War After the War-Street Dogs
Sorrow-Bad Religion
The Fighting 69th-Dropkick Murphys
Broken Hymns-Dropkick Murphys
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya-Various Artists
Last Letter Home-Dropkick Murphys
The Lads Who Fought and Won-The Real McKenzies

Hope I helped.