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What is it good for?
Created by:	johnny_luddite
Tracks:	18
Length:	01:15:27
Keywords	1. War 2. protest 3. War
Created on	9/23/06 12:56am
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description:

I have always been interested by music that has a message, of songs of protest. Whether they be of the subtle variety or the hit you over the head with a mallet kind. There are examples of both here. There will be those who agree with the overall sentiment of these tunes and those who don't. Me, I am very much in the Edwin Starr camp, but I present this mix primarily as interesting thematic music.

tracklist

1	Edwin Starr : War
	This says it as elonquently as anything does, and on top of that, it is a stonking good record! SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Involved Length: 00:03:27 Year: 1971
	Track Description: This says it as elonquently as anything does, and on top of that, it is a stonking good record! SHOW LESS
2	Frankie Goes To Hollywood : Two Tribes
	"When two tribes go to war, one is all that you can score." Frankie did their taqke on Edwin STarr's classic too on the "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" album SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Length: 00:03:28 Year: 1984
	Track Description: "When two tribes go to war, one is all that you can score." Frankie did their taqke on Edwin STarr's classic too on the "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" album SHOW LESS
3	Peter Gabriel : Games Without Frontiers
	Now here is a strange one. Gabriel sings of "Games without frontiers, war without tears." In the sixties, there used to be this truly awful game show on TV in England called "It's A Knockout" in which teams from different British towns would battle it out against each other doing a host of silly games that mostly involved wearing stupid costumes, throwing stuff at each other and getting very wet. (You had to be there I suppose.) After a few years, the show expanded, so that the teams represented European countries. The games were sillier, and the contestants got wetter. The French name for this contest was "Jeux Sans Frontierres" (Games Without Frontiers.) I suppose the thinking from Gabriel was that maybe this was a better way of settling international disputes. Or maybe he just liked weird gameshows and girls in wet T shirts. (By the way, Kate Bush sings on this as well as Gabriel!) SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Peter Gabriel (Melt) Length: 00:04:06 Year: 1980
	Track Description: Now here is a strange one. Gabriel sings of "Games without frontiers, war without tears." In the sixties, there used to be this truly awful game show on TV in England called "It's A Knockout" in which teams from different British towns would battle it out against each other doing a host of silly games that mostly involved wearing stupid costumes, throwing stuff at each other and getting very wet. (You had to be there I suppose.) After a few years, the show expanded, so that the teams represented European countries. The games were sillier, and the contestants got wetter. The French name for this contest was "Jeux Sans Frontierres" (Games Without Frontiers.) I suppose the thinking from Gabriel was that maybe this was a better way of settling international disputes. Or maybe he just liked weird gameshows and girls in wet T shirts. (By the way, Kate Bush sings on this as well as Gabriel!) SHOW LESS
4	Joan Baez : And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
	In World War One, British Lord Of the Admiralty Winston Churchill favoured a troop landing and assault on Gallipolli. Anzac troops, men from Australia and New Zealand, were sent on the mission, which was a disaster with most of the troops being cut down before they could leave the beaches. This is the story of that action. SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from Ring Them Bells Length: 00:05:49 Year: 1995
	Track Description: In World War One, British Lord Of the Admiralty Winston Churchill favoured a troop landing and assault on Gallipolli. Anzac troops, men from Australia and New Zealand, were sent on the mission, which was a disaster with most of the troops being cut down before they could leave the beaches. This is the story of that action. SHOW LESS
5	Elvis Costello and The Attractions : Shipbuilding
	One of the more subtle songs in the mix, a cover of a Robert Wyatt song. At times of War, there is properity and employment in ship building towns... SHOW MORE
	Track 5 from Punch The Clock Length: 00:04:54
	Track Description: One of the more subtle songs in the mix, a cover of a Robert Wyatt song. At times of War, there is properity and employment in ship building towns... SHOW LESS
6	Neil Young : Shock and Awe
	And now something from 2006. Recorded in a hurry. Maybe all records should be made that way! SHOW MORE
	Track 6 from Living With War Length: 00:04:53 Year: 2006
	Track Description: And now something from 2006. Recorded in a hurry. Maybe all records should be made that way! SHOW LESS
7	system of a down : War?
	"We will fight the heathans" indeed! SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from system of a down Length: 00:02:44 Year: 1998
	Track Description: "We will fight the heathans" indeed! SHOW LESS
8	The Fall : War!
	Mr Smith with his views on the subject. I think there will be a version of the Fall around in fifty years time. I hope so! SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from The Twenty Seven Points Length: 00:03:27 Year: 1995
	Track Description: Mr Smith with his views on the subject. I think there will be a version of the Fall around in fifty years time. I hope so! SHOW LESS
9	Black Sabbath : War Pigs
	Ozzie in pre-Sharon, pre-incoherent mood. A calssic, if you can accept rhyming 'masses' with, er, 'masses'! SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from Paranoid Length: 00:08:07 Year: 1970
	Track Description: Ozzie in pre-Sharon, pre-incoherent mood. A calssic, if you can accept rhyming 'masses' with, er, 'masses'! SHOW LESS
10	Bob Dylan : Masters of War
	An essential for this collection. I am so glad Dylan is making such good music these days as well! SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Masterpieces (disc 2) Length: 00:05:34 Year: 1987
	Track Description: An essential for this collection. I am so glad Dylan is making such good music these days as well! SHOW LESS
11	Jethro Tull : Queen And Country
	In the Victorian era, British troops were called to fight in some pretty dubious wars that had everything to do with land and mineral acquisition and not very much to do with morality. The soldiers were told that they were fighting for Queen and Country. SHOW MORE
	Track 11 from War Child Length: 00:03:01 Year: 1974
	Track Description: In the Victorian era, British troops were called to fight in some pretty dubious wars that had everything to do with land and mineral acquisition and not very much to do with morality. The soldiers were told that they were fighting for Queen and Country. SHOW LESS
12	Marvin Gaye : What's Going On?
	Marvin sings that "War is not the answer" as he lays down Motowns finest moment! SHOW MORE
	Track 12 from What's Going On? Length: 00:03:53 Year: 1971
	Track Description: Marvin sings that "War is not the answer" as he lays down Motowns finest moment! SHOW LESS
13	Frank Zappa : I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
	Uncle Frank with some light relief on the subject. having said that, I don't think anyone wants to get "shot in the foxhole!" SHOW MORE
	Track 13 from The Lost Episodes Length: 00:03:24 Year: 1996
	Track Description: Uncle Frank with some light relief on the subject. having said that, I don't think anyone wants to get "shot in the foxhole!" SHOW LESS
14	The Turtles : Eve Of Destruction
	Not the original of this song, but I thought that it would be nice to segue Zappa with his two ex band mates. I almost went with The Dickies version, but I didn't! SHOW MORE
	Track 14 from 20 Greatest Hits Length: 00:02:42 Year: 1990
	Track Description: Not the original of this song, but I thought that it would be nice to segue Zappa with his two ex band mates. I almost went with The Dickies version, but I didn't! SHOW LESS
15	Sting : Russians
	In those long lost days when all we had to worry about were cold war dreams of the East and West blowing each other up in mutually assured destruction, Mr Sting offered us this allegory where he thought that the one fact that might save us was that our potential enemey "Love their children too!" SHOW MORE
	Track 15 from The Dream Of The Blue Turtles Length: 00:03:58
	Track Description: In those long lost days when all we had to worry about were cold war dreams of the East and West blowing each other up in mutually assured destruction, Mr Sting offered us this allegory where he thought that the one fact that might save us was that our potential enemey "Love their children too!" SHOW LESS
16	Mad Season : I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier
	Lennon songs had to make an appearance here. This is a MAd Season cover of the frenetic cut from "Imagine" SHOW MORE
	Track 16 from Working Class Hero: A Tribute To John Lennon Length: 00:05:13
	Track Description: Lennon songs had to make an appearance here. This is a MAd Season cover of the frenetic cut from "Imagine" SHOW LESS
17	John Lennon : Gimmie Some Truth
	This seems an apt song for our time or any time, this time with Lennon's own voice. SHOW MORE
	Track 17 from Imagine Length: 00:03:15 Year: 1971
	Track Description: This seems an apt song for our time or any time, this time with Lennon's own voice. SHOW LESS
18	Elvis Costello and The Attractions : (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
	The second song from The Imposter, and the second cover. This was written by Nick Lowe for the fairly dreadful Brinsley Schwarz. The sentiment however laudable, is often laughed down, sometimes even by me. Foolish humans! SHOW MORE
	Track 18 from Armed Forces Length: 00:03:32 Year: 1993
	Track Description: The second song from The Imposter, and the second cover. This was written by Nick Lowe for the fairly dreadful Brinsley Schwarz. The sentiment however laudable, is often laughed down, sometimes even by me. Foolish humans! SHOW LESS