Originally Posted by Wysha Thorne-Anderson
This planet would benefit more if the whole idea of going to war was scrapped and everything was settled over a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits. As for songs, John Denver wrote Let Us Begin (what are we making weapons for) and I'd recommend that song to anybody and everybody. Same with Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream, and many other songs, and in the writing department, could do with anti-war/protest songs (and I know that John and Pete would agree 100%)


There was another song writer named John, who, I Imagine, would agree with you.

Topical songs, detailing a specific incident, may have a short shelf-life(Although I still hear "Ohio" sung fairly often in coffee houses and street corners), but songs that are either deeply personal, or else universal, fare a bit better. Sticking strictly to anti-war songs, here is just a starter list that I've heard more than 30, 40 & 50 years after they were written.

Blowin' in the wind
With god on our side
Where have all the flowers gone
Universal soldier
War(What is it good for)
Born in the USA
Alice's Restaurant
For what it's worth

And that's just off the top of my head....As song writers, that ability to make it universal or deeply personal, would be our challenge.

Or, we can simply follow the guidance offered in Train's song, "Meet Virginia":

We just like to sit at home
and rip on the President.

Midnite

Satchel was right. Something is gaining on me.

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