Peace songs by other artists

[lennonfan]

(Maybe I should have posted this in the 'other music' board but its about peace, so...)

What other peace songs do you like apart from John and Yoko's? I can't really think of very many, but I',m sure there must be lots.

[nocturnalquadruped]

One of my favourite all time peace songs was played at Woodstock by John B Sebastian. John Lennon opted to Imagine, John B Sebastian opted to dream and in the song I had a Dream he said:

I had a dream last night
What a lovely dream it was
I dreamed we all were alright
Happy in a land of Oz

Why did everybody laugh
when I told them my dream
I guess they all were so far
from that kind of scene
Feeling mean

I heard a song last night
What a lovely song it was
I thought I´d hum it all night
Unforgettable because

All of the players were playing together
And all of the heavies were light as a feather
All I remember is a feeling tomorrow
And as I recall the rest will just follow

I had a dream last night
What a lovely dream it was
I dreamed we all were alright
Happy in a land of Oz
Happy in a land of Oz

[nowheregirl]

I like Universal Soldier by Donovan (written by Buffy Sainte-Marie).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrPB8TPgs9U

He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.

He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.

And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.

And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide,
Who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.

But without him,
How would Hitler have condemned him at Labau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone,
He's the one who gives his body
As a weapon of the war,
And without him all this killing can't go on.

He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put the end to war.

[givepeaceachance]

The Unknown Soldier by the Doors

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdfkYe3c5XI

[nowheregirl]

peaceandlove said:

The Unknown Soldier by the Doors

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdfkYe3c5XI

I love that song. Thanks.

[starshyne]

Eve of Distruction by Barry McGuire is an anti-war song that I really enjoy.
He was my brother by Simon and Garfunkel

For some reason I always thought the song Abraham, Martin and John was about peace, but maybe not....

[givepeaceachance]

starshyne said:

Eve of Distruction by Barry McGuire is an anti-war song that I really enjoy.
He was my brother by Simon and Garfunkel

For some reason I always thought the song Abraham, Martin and John was about peace, but maybe not....

I like Eve of Destruction...I don't think I know the second one.

[lennonfan]

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ESOKkU1ho

He Was My Brother - Simon and Garfunkel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z84EHpKkI

[nowheregirl]

I mentioned Universal Soldier, but I forgot another Donovan song called The War Drags On (a cover of a song by Mick Softley).


Let me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan.
Went out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam,
Went out to fight for peace, liberty and all,
Went out to fight for equality, hope, let's go,
And the war drags on.

Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones,
Millions without faces, without hope and without homes.
And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones
That the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes,
And the war drags on.

They're just there to try and make the people free,
But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me.
Just more blood-letting and misery and tears
That this poor country's known for the last twenty years,
And the war drags on.

Last night poor Dan had a nightmare it seems.
One kept occurring and re-occurring in his dream:
Cities full of people burn and scream and shoutin' loud
And right over head a great orange mushroom cloud.
And there's no more war,
for there's no more world,
And the tears come streaming down.
Yes, I lie crying on the ground

[nowheregirl]

Some Mother's Son - The Kinks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKnCJQvpvu8

Some mother's son lies in a field
Someone has killed some mother's son today
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
While all the mothers stand and wait

Some mother's son ain't coming home today
Some mothers son ain't got no grave
Two soldiers fighting in a trench
One soldier glances up to see the sun
And dreams of games he played when he was young
And then his friend calls out his name
It stops his dream and as he turns his head
A second later he is dead

Some mother's son lies in a field
Back home they put his picture in a frame
But all dead soldiers look the same
While all the parents stand and wait
To meet their children coming home from school
Some mother's son is lying dead

Somewhere someone is crying
Someone is trying to be so brave
But still the world keeps turning
Though all the children have gone away

Some mother's son lies in a field
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
As on the day he went away
They put his picture on the wall
They put flowers in the picture frame
Some mothers memory remains

Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - The Zombies

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMhemzN7sTc

A butcher yes that was my trade
But the king's shilling is now my fee
A butcher I may as well have stayed
For the slaughter that I see

And the preacher in his pulpit
Sermon: "Go and fight, do what is right"
But he don't have to hear these guns
And I'll bet he sleeps at night

And I can't stop shaking
My hands won't stop shaking
My arms won't stop shaking
My mind won't stop shaking
I want to go home
Please let me go home
Go home

And I have seen a friend of mine
Hang on the wire
Like some rag toy
Then in the heat the flies come down
And cover up the boy
And the flies come down in
Gommecourt, Thiepval,
Mametz Wood, and French Verdun
If the preacher he could see those flies
Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns

And I can't stop shaking
My hands won't stop shaking
My arms won't stop shaking
My mind won't stop shaking
I want to go home
Please let me go home
Go home

[nocturnalquadruped]

Two songs I have heard recently, one was Masters Of War by Bob Dylan, this is more of an anti war song rather than a Peace song (does that make sense, as surely they are one and the same)

Bob Dylan - Masters Of War

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

The second song was The Miracle by Queen which concentrates on the positive rather than the negative. Lennon's message of Peace is especially present in the part at the end.

Queen - The Miracle

Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all
It's a miracle
All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal
That's a miracle
Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers dead and gone
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth, mother nature does it all for us
The wonders of this world go on, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Captain Cook and Cain and Abel, Jimi Hendrix to the Tower of Babel
It's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle

The one thing we're all waiting for, is peace on Earth - an end to war

It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle we're all waiting for today
If every leaf on every tree, could tell a story that would be a miracle
If every child on every street, had clothes to wear and food to eat
That's a miracle

If all God's people could be free, to live in perfect harmony

It's a miracle, we're having a miracle on Earth
Mother nature does it all for us
(the wonders of this world go on)
Open hearts and surgery, Sunday mornings with a cup of tea
Super powers always fighting
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling
It's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle

(The wonders of this world go on)

Well it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle

The one thing (the one thing)
We're all waiting for (we're all waiting for)
Is peace on Earth (peace on Earth) and an end to war (end to war)

It's a miracle we need, the miracle, the miracle

Peace on Earth and end to war today
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends

[peterb]

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore
youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE

[lennonlegend]

I hate to be a wet blanket, but nobody does it better than John. It is a deep shame that the best artist of our times is behind us. The rest are just imitations.

[onolennon]

May 29, 2008 9:07:16 GMT 1 lennonlegend said:

I hate to be a wet blanket, but nobody does it better than John. It is a deep shame that the best artist of our times is behind us. The rest are just imitations.

I agree. John did an amazing job, although there are some great peace songs out there.

[lovely7rita]

Pipes of Peace, Tug-Of-War, and Tug-Of-Peace by Paul McCartney. Michael Jackson wrote one too, but I can't seem to remember what it's called...*bothered by the fact I can't remember something by Michael Jackson*