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A protest song on the futility of war, written in response to the Vietnam War. Later also covered by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel (1989) – a cleverly structured list of historical events of the Cold War period from the 1950s–1980s, making special mention of the "communist bloc". "Weeping Wall ...
Country music has a long tradition of upholding conservative values and patriotism, and by the 1950s, with the Cold War heating up, several country singers had already recorded pro-American, anti-Communist songs.
A smooth, tender ballad, “In the Still of the Night” is one of the most recognizable love songs from the 1950s. The song was written by Fred Parris, the lead singer of The Five Satins, and has ...
Written during the Great Depression and popular among socialists in the late Weimar Republic. [29] Der heimliche Aufmarsch: Wladimir Vogel: 1930 Germany: Lyrics are from a 1929 poem by Erich Weinert. The most famous version was arranged by Hans Eisler. In 1957, the words were rewritten in East Germany for the Cold War, renamed as "Der offene ...
For the remainder of the 1950s, Seeger continued to appear at camps and schools and to write songs and pro-labor union and anti-war editorials, which appeared in his column in the folk music magazine Sing Out! under the pen name of "Johnny Appleseed". The Weavers were temporarily silenced but returned to sing before a rapturous crowd of fans in ...
Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War. [1] "4 Minute Warning" By Radiohead (2007) "137" By Brand New (2017) "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix "1999" By Prince (1982) "2 Minutes to Midnight" By Iron Maiden (1984) "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" by Fear ...
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
I. I Almost Lost My Mind; I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell; I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine; I Need You So; I Overlooked an Orchid; I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat