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  2. List of songs about the Cold War - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Eve of Destruction (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, turmoil in the Middle East and the American space program. The American media helped to make the song popular by using it as an example of everything that was wrong with the youth culture of the time. [5]

  4. Cold War (song) - Wikipedia

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    The music video for "Cold War" was released via Vevo on August 5, 2010. It was directed by Wendy Morgan and shot at the black box auditorium in the Palace of the Dogs sanitarium . The video, which Monáe described as an "emotion picture", features a single shot of Monáe against a black wall, expressing various emotions as the song progresses.

  5. List of anti-war songs - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Wind of Change (Scorpions song) - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics celebrate glasnost in the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and speak of hope at a time when tense conditions had arisen due to the fall of Communist-run governments among Eastern Bloc nations beginning in 1989. [1] The opening lines refer to the city of Moscow's landmarks:

  7. List of songs about nuclear war - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Hang Me Up to Dry - Wikipedia

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    "Hang Me Up to Dry" is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. Written and co-produced by all four band members and Matt Wignall, it originally came from their third EP Up in Rags (2006) and is the second track off their debut album Robbers & Cowards (2006). [1]

  9. Masters of War - Wikipedia

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    "Masters of War" is a song by Bob Dylan, written over the winter of 1962–63 and released on the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in the spring of 1963. [1] The song's melody was adapted from the traditional "Nottamun Town." [2] Dylan's lyrics are a protest against the Cold War nuclear arms build-up of the early 1960s. [3]