Vietraq

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:53 pm

I realize the futility of this sort of question, but are there any bands doing anti-war songs and the like that came out of the Vietnam era, or are they too busy watching TV and rebelling for a corporate cause?

In the rare event that this is happening, are there any decent bands? AKA, not rap and Popsa?

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:58 am

Completely irrelavent, but Sabaton did manage to produce a WW2 concept album.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:58 am

Oh, wait, one just came to mind.. Ozzie did a song called War Pigs.

theScarletStandard · Post by **theScarletStandard** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:45 pm

i know system of a down has a few anti war songs, but none come to mind.

the subhumans (u.k., not canada) have alot of great anti-war songs from the reagan-thatcher era to now. there new song "this years war" is specifically about iraq and afganistan. but as the subhumans dont record any new stuff anymore, you might also want to check out a band called Citizen Fish, which is basically the subhumans with like one different member.

DOA (which, ironically, is made up of various members of the Canadian subhumans band) made an album of covers old vietnam protest songs. DOA is a punk band with a little bit of a hair metal sound.

trust me, im probably the biggest stereotype of a teenaged rebel with radical politics on the org.

DeinReich · Post by **DeinReich** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:56 am

Yea, System of a Down has a TON of anti-war songs (BYOB, Boom, Soldier Side, just to name a few)

Machinae Supremacy's "Seventeen" comes to mind, and so does "Worldwide Suicide" (IMO) by Pearl Jam does too.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:20 am

read or specify guys, he wants songs from vietnam era.

Also, John Lennon seems to be a glaring oversight.

theScarletStandard · Post by **theScarletStandard** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:06 pm

speaking of John Lennon, i was just listeing to imagine and i just realized something: John Lennon must have been a communist. think about it: imagine a world without a government, without god, without property...?

my god! that guy must have gotten all his lyrics directly from Nikita Kruschev!

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:32 pm

nailz wrote:read or specify guys, he wants songs from vietnam era.

Also, John Lennon seems to be a glaring oversight.

"Vietraq" is a reference to his beloved "whitehouse.org" where the term is commonly used as a derogatory description for the Iraq 'war'.

my god! that guy must have gotten all his lyrics directly from Nikita Kruschev!

Khruschev was a bureaucrat. Let's not overestimate the communism-ness of the KPSS.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:18 pm

I suppose I should have been more specific in the first post, and given my own topic some more attention. The site picks up where Fox news misses to let you know MISSION EVEN MORE ACCOMPLISHEDER! I re-discovered this song/amv which, besides the lack of unquestioning patriotism, is a fine example of what I'm after.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:54 pm

Then you need KMFDM. World War III sounds up your alley, and I believe Amazon has a full MP3 of the title track from that album.