Picture this scenario...

You are sprawled out in the middle of your living room floor, surrounded by colored pens, markers, glue, and poster board, busily putting together your latest protest sign.

To get yourself into your, ''I am going to single-handedly end the War in Iraq with this as-of-yet-unfinished protest sign'' mood, you turn on the radio for inspiration, and hear...

BRITNEY SPEARS?!?!?!

No more, friends!!!

Go to ShockedandAwful.com/Tunes.html, where you'll find such contemporary artists as, the Anti-Britney, P!nk, who teams up with the Indigo Girls to rip George Bush to shreds... Download "Dear Mr. President," or watch the YouTube video of "Dear Mr. President" performed live.

HEAR THIS AWESOME SONG FROM P!NK, PLUS DOZENS OF OTHER CONTEMPORARY ANTI-WAR SONGS @ ShockedandAwful.com/Tunes.html

Is there any truth to the rumor that Britney is going to be the new "music spokesperson" for the Defense of Marriage Amendment?

"Defending the sanctity of 55 hour marriages!"

Hmmmmm?



Mac

http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/ Watch the vid, it speaks volumes.

Thank you for the anti-war song links!!!

TELL OTHERS!!!

More anti-war stuff
Band Song title
System of a Down B.Y.O.B (bring your own bombs)
Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First (let them eat war)
Kayne West George Bush don't like black people
Eminem Soldier
Disturbed 10,000 fists

These are all fairly popular rock/heavy metal bands.
I know of tons more but I can't think of them right now.

Thanks for the links to the other songs, I had heard of the pink song but never heard it before, I am not usually a pink fan but that song is cool as hell. Also the other one posed by zat was great.

Some my fave contemporary tunes:
Rx Bandits: "Overcome (The Recapitulation)"
Billy Bragg: "Bush War Blues," "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward."
NoFX: "Franco Un-American," "The Idiots are Taking Over."
Not an anti war song per se, but Bad Religion's "Kyoto Now!" is some good protest music.

And while we're at it, let's not forget Neil Young's anti-war, anti-establishment, anti-Bush CD, "Living With War."
You can hear the title track, "Let's Impeach the President," and other songs necessary to the valiant protestor, such as "The Confused Consumer" at http://neilyoung.com
Stay away from Britney Spears and Toby Keith, they're waiting for 10 more artists to join them so they can claim to have a brain....
Anti-war songs abound and it's not that hard to find them. Thanks for the suggestions and links from everyone.
May you find peace and prosperity at the end of this long, dark tunnel..... Sallie

James McMurtry: We Can't Make It Here Anymore

Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign
Sitting there by the left turn line
Flag on the wheelchair flapping in the breeze
One leg missing, both hands free
No one's paying much mind to him
The V.A. budget's stretched so thin
And there's more comin' home from the Mideast war
We can't make it here anymore

That big ol' building was the textile mill
It fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
We can't make it here anymore

See all those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They're just gonna set there till they rot
'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
Empty storefronts around the square
There's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere
You don't come down here 'less you're looking to score
We can't make it here anymore

The bar's still open but man it's slow
The tip jar's light and the register's low
The bartender don't have much to say
The regular crowd gets thinner each day

Some have maxed out all their credit cards
Some are working two jobs and living in cars
Minimum wage won't pay for a roof, won't pay for a drink
If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. CEO
See how far 5.15 an hour will go
Take a part time job at one of your stores
Bet you can't make it here anymore

High school girl with a bourgeois dream
Just like the pictures in the magazine
She found on the floor of the laundromat
A woman with kids can forget all that
If she comes up pregnant what'll she do
Forget the career, forget about school
Can she live on faith? live on hope?
High on Jesus or hooked on dope
When it's way too late to just say no
You can't make it here anymore

Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore

Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin
Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in
Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today
No I hate the men sent the jobs away
I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams
All lily white and squeaky clean
They've never known want, they'll never know need
Their shit don't stink and their kids won't bleed
Their kids won't bleed in their damn little war
And we can't make it here anymore

Will work for food
Will die for oil
Will kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
Let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake
Let 'em eat shit, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps
If they can't make it here anymore

And that's how it is
That's what we got
If the president wants to admit it or not
You can read it in the paper
Read it on the wall
Hear it on the wind
If you're listening at all
Get out of that limo
Look us in the eye
Call us on the cell phone
Tell us all why

In Dayton, Ohio
Or Portland, Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down along with the school
And the hospital and the swimming pool
Dust devils dance in the noonday heat
There's rats in the alley
And trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can't make it here anymore

True, too true, and too sorrowful and horrible for the average person to have to contemplate.
What's worse is that many of the motorists who pass the legless vet with cardboard sign, choose to believe he's rich as Midas and wheels his chair away to a penthouse suite at the end of day.... Sallie

I realize that I am dating myself but I always liked The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and, of course, CCR's "Fortunate Son".

Hey man, didn't you read that "Won't Get Fooled Again," is the #1 conservative rock song?

http://www.punknews.org/article/17751

Truth is stranger than fiction.

I was at the local 99c Store in Los Angeles getting some stationary supplies when I noticed a huge pile of fancy coffetable style books. Upon closer look, the stack of identical books' title was "STAGES: Britney Spears". There must have been about 50 of em. The back cover listed a retail price of $29.95. Hmmm, now they are selling for .99 and still they won't leave the shelves.
I think the myspace crowd has ditched Britney for the Dixie Chicks. :-)

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

Another CCR song that has a current message-


Whoa, thought it was a nightmare,
Lo, it's all so true,
They told me, "Don't go walkin' slow
The Devil's on the loose."

CHORUS:
Better run through the jungle,
Better run through the jungle,
Better run through the jungle,
Woa, Don't look back to see.

Thought I heard a rumblin'
Callin' to my name,
Two hundred million guns are loaded
Satan cries, "Take aim!"

CHORUS

Over on the mountain
Thunder magic spoke,
"Let the people know my wisdom,
Fill the land with smoke."

If my memory serves me correctly, that was Valentine Smith's favorite tune in Stranger in a Strange Land.

Robert Heinlein is (IMHO) required reading in America today.

Especially "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "Revolt in 2100" and "Time Enough for Love"

"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" explains why insurgencies are extremely difficult to put down. The communication structure that he details is extremely effective. I doubt that the boys in D.C. would understand Heinlein.

They may say it is a conservative rock song but if anything it deplores politicians who lie and change their spots. I have the feeling that the group that produced "My Generation" and covered "Summertime Blues" is NOT conservative.

Just my opinion.

A quick look at that list shows how truly confused the cons are.

It didn't really dawn on me in Junior High, but the movie Starship Troopers is really an Anti-war movie...is the book the same?

The movie is based on the book. The book is better, in my opinion. I don't know if I'd call it antiwar; it seemed more anti-nationalistic.

PINK FLOYD

"Us And Them"

Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.

Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
But in the end it's only round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside


"I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it?
I mean he get off lightly, 'cos I would've given him a
Thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion,
But really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"


Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me ’till I’m sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There’s someone in my head but it’s not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon

I'll see your's and raise you a video. This is one I picked up online (don't remember where now). On the first page, scroll down and click the "Free" button. On the 2nd page it will show the wait time, usually not long. Download to your computer, play. (Yes there are a couple popups) Link good for 30 days. Share the URL if you wish.

UsAndThemLG.mov (12048 KB) <---<< Link

Kicked...

If anyone knows of any LEGAL anti-war mp3 files that can be found on the net, by all means, e-mail me at OneAngryDemocrat@aol.com, and I will add it to the collection.

I just added a YouTube video of Springsteen performing ''Bring 'em Home,'' live, in San Francisco.

TUNES!!!

Thanks, always did like 'The Boss'. I watched him perform this a couple nights ago on TV. Hope it gets a lot of air play.

Kicked...

Mary Gauthier ~ Mercy Now

Second song on the list...

http://www.umgnashville.com/site/losthighw...yer/player.html

Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man,
His enemies say he's on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He's the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He's criticized and condemned for being alive.
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin,
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He's the neighborhood bully.

The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He's always on trial for just being born.
He's the neighborhood bully.

Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize.
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.
The bombs were meant for him.
He was supposed to feel bad.
He's the neighborhood bully.

Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him,
'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.
He's the neighborhood bully.

He got no allies to really speak of.
What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love.
He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.
He's the neighborhood bully.

Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.
Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly.
To hurt one they would weep.
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.
He's the neighborhood bully.

Every empire that's enslaved him is gone,
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.
He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,
In bed with nobody, under no one's command.
He's the neighborhood bully.

Now his holiest books have been trampled upon,
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on.
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health.
He's the neighborhood bully.

What's anybody indebted to him for?
Nothin', they say.
He just likes to cause war.
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed,
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed.
He's the neighborhood bully.

What has he done to wear so many scars?
Does he change the course of rivers?
Does he pollute the moon and stars?
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill,
Running out the clock, time standing still,
Neighborhood bully.

-- Bob Dylan

This isn't an anti-war song but it'd pretty damn good and I didn't know where else to post the link.

It's called "A Friend of Pat Robertson's". This is the studio recording not yet released but when it comes out, the band can expect to get a LOT of angry righty rhetoric.


http://www.myspace.com/dadatheband

Enjoy

Bless me father I must go away
To save us from the ones who don't believe
Confess me father I have sin but maybe
angels really sing
For The Man Who Would Be King

We laugh at your religion
You people of the sand
We have no superstition
You can read it in our hands

Forgive me father for the change we bring
But it's all for The Man Who Would Be King

Don't leave a body standing
Not the holy not the small
Deliver us from evil
If it's yours we want it all

Lately father I've been wondering
Is the Devil just The Man Who Would Be King

Now can right ever be wrong?
We are glory we are stronger than you

We never got an answer
But it's just too late to ask
The bloody wavy flag was waving
And our hearts just ran too fast

Curse me father for the chains we bring
And don't believe The Man Who Would Be King

We never got an answer
'Cause the question slipped my mind
I've been so busy killing
That I haven't found the right time

c. 2004
written by Ronnie James Dio and Craig Goldy
from the release Master Of The Moon

***I've posted this at least once before, but it fits here as well.***

Check this one out.

http://kriskristofferson.com/news/