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"This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitars in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943. [1] The idea originated from a sticker that American machinists affixed to metalworking lathes and drill presses to support the war effort. [2]
The original lyrics [9] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...
United States: Mocks the insincerity of liberalism in the United States. [11] Fortunate Son: Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1969 United States: An anti-war song made to protest against the Vietnam War and the American establishment in the 1960's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott-Heron: 1971 United States
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.
The original music video, now taken down by Youtube, contained footage of the attacks. The song was released on 9/11 of 2012, its music video on 9/11 of 2015, and was brought back to streaming sites 9/11 of 2021 after being taken down in August of that year. Lily Kershaw "Ashes Like Snow" Midnight in the Garden 2013
They include hymns, military themes, national songs, and musical numbers from stage and screen, as well as others adapted from many poems. [2] Much of American patriotic music owes its origins to six main wars — the American Revolution, the American Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, and the ...
The first protest song to reach number one in the United States was P.F. Sloan's "Eve Of Destruction", performed by Barry McGuire in 1965. [43] [44] The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s often used Negro spirituals as a source of protest, changing the religious lyrics to suit the political mood of the time. [45]
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