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18
Tom Robinson- War Baby
Bit obvious but great song
youtu.be/ArGNB5M3Kg4
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17
Steely Dan- Third World Man
“Johnny's playroom
Is a bunker filled with sand
He's become a third world man
Smoky Sunday
He's been mobilized since dawn
Now he's crouching on the lawn
He's a third world man”
youtu.be/XGQtq9PD9iA
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16
Jackson Browne- Lives In The Balance
“There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interests run”
youtu.be/o_8UAYJLU98
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15
Pete Wingfield- 18 With A Bullet
Always loved this. One hit wonder but multi-talented writer/ producer.
youtu.be/LV0rZQMXRKA
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14
Beach Boys- Heroes and Villains
“And she was right in the rain of the bullets
That eventually brought her down
But she's still dancing in the night
Unafraid of what a dude'll do
In a town full of heroes and villains
youtu.be/v3GPRIZw_J0
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13
Graham Nash- Military Madness
youtu.be/l6URSGGKHZY?si=OmMh…
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12
Glen Campbell- Galveston
“I still hear your seawaves crashin
While I watch the cannons flashin'
I clean my gun, and dream of Galveston”
Bona fide Jimmy Webb classic and groovy video
youtu.be/iDRXADEJuKo
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11
Gordon Lightfoot- Don Quixote
“See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired”
youtu.be/MUjAYV8I6To
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10
James Taylor- Slap Leather
“Take all the money that we need for school
And to keep the street people in and outta the cold
Spend it on a weapon you can never use
Make the world an offer that they can't refuse”
Nice rock & roll
youtu.be/WcXlXrr0xBI
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9
Don Henley-All She Wants To Do Is Dance
“Wild-eyed pistols wavers who ain't afraid to die..
To keep the boys from sellin'
All the weapons they could scrounge…
They still can sell the army
All the drugs that they can do”
youtu.be/eud5AurOxm0?si=4SzO…
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8
Donovan- Universal Soldier
Buffy Sainte-Marie song
youtu.be/UC9pc4U40sI
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7
Status Quo- In The Army Now
Interesting, un-Quo like, melancholy
youtu.be/EIxsPBbZ_b8?si=jkkg…
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6
XTC- Merely A Man
“Gaddafi Duck propelled from Jimmy Swaggart's tommy gun”
youtu.be/oNcCh10H6CA
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5
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition- Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town
“It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore”
youtu.be/fHG9GIzlJq0
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4
Randy Newman- Ghosts
Touching song about growing old
“Once I flew in a plane
And I fought in a war
We lived in a castle
And slept on the floor
And I don't want to be
All alone anymore I'm sorry”
youtu.be/Xn1adoNaJcA
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3
Ben Folds Five-Army
Also contains a favourite lyric:
“Grew a mustache and a mullet,
Got a job at chic-fil-a.
Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May,
And in June reformed without me”
youtu.be/eh30qfzi0fY
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2
Tom Waits- 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
“Plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought six”
youtu.be/jPOaicwzq4A
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1
Sparks- Reinforcements
“I'm on guard again but unprepared to fend for myself in a battle
You wont tell me why the shrubbery moves
Or why there always has to be subterfusion
You wont even say "at ease"
After waging a costly siege”
youtu.be/AVD5oJDuXTA
#BeginningsAndEndings
17
70s outro
Sparks - Complaints
Fabulous guitar rock out from about the 2 minute mark
youtu.be/iofQGkUfASg
#MrAndMrsMusic
14
James Taylor- Is That The Way You Look?
“Excuse me. Excuse me, Miss?
Is that the way you look.”
youtu.be/kHvqrxUUJe4?si=XNor…