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DJ Z-Trip recorded a powerful anti-war mix (Live @ Rootdown 02-27-03), right before the Iraq war started. The whole set is about an hour long, but there are definitely some good clips in there that could be used as bumper music. It's posted up at http://vlad.crohoster.com/, but here's the direct link:
http://ztrip.jeffool.com/Z-Trip-TheAnti-WarMix-Live@Rootdown-02-27-03.mp3
Enjoy!
Rest In Peace-Extreme
Let's talk of peace, sounds so cliche
A novelty, catch phrase of the day
Middle, index
Sign of the time
Just as complex as water to
Someone said give peace a chance
And that's all that we're saying
While we're sitting on the fence
Pretending
Our hearts are in the right place
But your face shows a trace of
Hypocrisy, don't tread on me
Now you can see
Make love not war, sounds so absurd to me
We can't afford to say these words lightly
Or else our world will truly rest in peace
Let's not pretend to justify
Rather amend where treasures lie
Straight through the heart
Peace can be found
That's where you start, not all around
Someone said give peace a chance
And that's all that we're saying
While we're sitting on the fence
Pretending
Our hearts are in the right place
But your face shows a trace of
Hypocrisy, don't tread on me, boy
Now you can see
Make love not war, sounds so absurd to me
We can't afford to say these words lightly
Or else our world will truly rest in peace
Battlefield from the Album "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Clear the battlefield and let me see
All the profit from our victory.
You talk of freedom, starving children fall.
Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?
Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?
Did you stand beside the spectral torch?
Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face,
Scattered on the ashes of disgrace.
Every blade is sharp; the arrows fly
We're the victims of your armies lie,
Where the blades of grass and arrows rain
Then there will be no sorrow,
Be no pain.
Of course the original by Black Sabbath is classic... but the remakes of "War Pigs" by Faith No More and Cake are excellent too!
"The Grave" by Don MacLean...
I Had No Right by Dar Williams ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxWaV_QZAzA Great protest song written about the Berrigan Brothers.
Brothers in Arms. Dire Straits.
That was the Guess Who, by the way. :)
Two songs by John Trudell:
Rich Man's War
Bombs over Baghdad
Thom... Regarding the 'Comcast' issue you are having. Please consider moving over to Qwest. I want to tell you a quick story:
My brother is a huge computer nerd. He loves them and has for the last 15 to 20 years. He told me months ago that Netflix was about 80% of bandwidth usage after 8pm. Or something to that accord. But the same day the Net-Neutrality Act passed, Comcast already had some type of update created (THEY HAD TOO!) to interrupt to flow of Netflix over their network. Literally the day after the Act passed, my brother commented on how he was not able to watch Netflix without constant interruption and download speed reductions (seemingly random). However, once I commented on this to his, we came to realize that Comcast has commercials for Hulu. and since the act, a $7.99/mo version called Hulu Plus has emerged. This is selective censorship of the free market by those who sell the control of internet bandwidth to private interests who are willing to pay more for money for more bandwidth; but the long-term cost of the investment is repaid by the only revenue source... the public who has no say in the price they pay for the services.
Comcast is reaching a bandwidth cap. The copper-wire infrastructure they have aggressively purchased in the last 20 years or so is out-dated. However, Qwest Communications has built a nation-wide, fiber-optic network capable of facilitating data-flow at a rate far superior to that of Comcast.
I believe that Comcast is using political influence to regulate the internet so they can continue to maintain a revenue stream (from people like you and me) from the copper-wire network. However, to increase a flow, either a company needs to find more customers or find a way to charge more... Thus a financial incentive is evident in the attempt to charge not only for access, but for bandwidth consumption via the internet... this would be like paying for gas on the public roads. The proposed and current Net-Neutrality laws are fundamentally a way to legalize a method of extortion of the public: like ringing a wet cloth a little tighter.
-Adam.
How about:
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain), Melanie
Sky Pilot, The Animals
...UNION MAN! Neil Young
Heck! ANYTHING from
Working Man's Dead!
I cant believe nobody has said
U.S. BLUES
by the Grateful Dead!?!?
For next week...
"I Can Help" - Billy Swan
"Uneasy Rider" - The Charlie Daniels band
It's not a war song but does mention a peace sign, hippie-types, and espionage.
Ah-ha! You can get to the song request page, just not from here. You have to click on "Radio Show" on the menu, then click the link to the song request on the page that comes up.
PLAY MY ANTI WAR SONG "CON TRAIL"
THESE ARE DARK AGES
WE’RE WALKIN THRU THE STAGES
THERE ARE WORDS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY AND THERE ARE GAMES YOU SHOULD’NT PLAY
THERE ARE THINGS YOU SHOULD THINK THRU
OR THIS OLD WORLD WILL SWALLOW YOU
THESE ARE DARK AGES
HISTORYS BURNIN PAGES
I SAW YOU COUNTING GRAINS OF SAND
A PERFECT WORLD OF BEST LAID PLANS
I SAW YOU PRAYING TO YOUR HANDS FROM PYRAIMIDS TO MODERN MAN
THESE ARE DARK AGES
WE’RE BURNIN THRU THE STAGES
DEMONIZE THE PLANETS HIDE WE’RE ALL JUST ON IT FOR THE RIDE
EVERY DAYS A CHANCE TO SCORE TO SAVE A LIFE TO START A WAR
THESE ARE DARK AGES MAN O WAR DARK AGES DARK AGES.
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"Buy War Toys for Christmas" (or whatever it's title is) by the Foremen from their album Live at Luna Park. It has lines such as "...have a very merry military day." and "oh by golly, let's be jolly, deck the hall-ocaust" topped off with "singing happy happy birthday to the Prince of Peace." It's very sarcastic.
I just want to clarify... by DNA do you mean agenda? Because the real privatization of America is part of a generational agenda that is synonymous with historic blood wars - but this context you speak of has me questioning the lexicon in your paradigm. Would you please explain the metaphorical connotation you wish to me to perceive?
"Holiday" by Green Day.
I know 2 labor songs, I think both have been done byCash.
16 Tons
Big John, or Big Bad John? not sure if this is the actual title
VOLLUNTEERS - Jefferson Airplane!
Hello PLEASE check out My Anti War songs "CON TRAIL" Last verse "MAN O WAR DARK AGES" And "TRICKLE DOWN" www.myspace.com/ajohnsmith
Spot on Thom! Way to call out the TRUTH about Regan and his fiscal policy right in the face of Mark Williams to end that segment. Seriously, what is with the tea parties?
-Adam.