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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.
Pages in category "Anti-Iraq War songs" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
An earlier version of the song, criticizing Winston Churchill, was included on their 2002 studio album Readymades, but in response to the incipient Iraq War, the group rewrote the song as a broader criticism of war. It has been described as an anti-war song, and incorporates folk influences as well as sampling. The song was released as a CD ...
Anti-Iraq War songs (16 P) Pages in category "Songs of the Iraq War" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The songs here are lyrically explicit in their denunciation of a particular war or war in general. Songs here may also have been designated anti-war songs by their authors. See also: Category:Peace songs
For the music video, the band worked with filmmaker Michael Moore. The video uses footage from the anti-war protests on February 15, 2003. The video also shows a cartoon of George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, and Osama bin Laden riding rockets over a city, referencing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The song was written as a protest against the U.S. government's actions in the Iraq War. Waits has also covered increasingly political subject matter since the advent of the Iraq war. In "The Day After Tomorrow", Waits adopts the persona of a soldier writing home that he is disillusioned with war and thankful to be leaving.
Pages in category "Songs written by John Denver" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.