I remember when the radio was scared to play

[moniss]

"Masters of War" because they knew it was truth and they knew that more and more people were getting wise to the military/industrial game. If they did play songs like this they got major heat from the government and advertisers. Once again the money and greed went after the truth but the truth is still the truth even if people try to keep it from being heard. Here's the 4th verse:

"You fasten all the triggers for the others to fire
Then you set back and watch while the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion while the young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies and is buried in the mud"

Likewise the 4th verse of the PF Sloan song "Eve of Destruction". The powers that be went out of their mind when this verse shoved the truth and their hypocrisy right into their faces:

"Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace."

Ozzie on "War Pigs" the 1st and 2nd verses sums it up:

"Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh, Lord, yeah"

"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that all to the poor, yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah."

The truth by the poets of our youth. Still the truth today and will be forever. Regardless of the propaganda media the truth will always be written, spoken and sung somewhere in the world and it will always grow and pass down because it is the truth.

[msongs]

1. forward he cried, from the rear, and the front ranks died - Pink Floyd

[moniss]

6. Also

Bobby Darin from "Simple Song of Freedom"

"Now, no doubt some folks enjoy doin' battle
Like presidents, prime ministers and kings
So, let's all build them shelves
Where they can fight among themselves
Leave the people be who love to sing."

"Come and sing a simple song of freedom
Sing it like you've never sung before
Let it fill the air
Tell the people everywhere
We, the people here, don't want a war."

The radio and people who thought of Bobby Darin as just a '50's pop record guy lost their minds when he came out with this song. Written by Darin , Tim Hardin put it out first and mainstream radio and TV was ignoring Tim Hardin so there was not really a push-back. But when Darin sang it on TV it did ruffle the feathers of many of the folks who thought of him as the pop idol.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Re: Barry McGuire and "Eve of Destruction":

McGuire's single hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_of_Destruction_(song)

Whoops. I mean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_of_Destruction_%28song%29

Because

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220141335#post32

[moniss]

3. Yes despite radio censorship his rendition of the PF Sloan song

sold like hotcakes because people knew it was the truth and it made us stronger in resisting the war.

[Wounded Bear]

4. The protest songs from the Era of Rock & Roll are still very pertinent...nt

[SheltieLover]

5. Same with Stevie Wonder's Someday at Christmas!

"Someday At Christmas"

Someday at Christmas, men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December, our hearts will see
A world where men are free

Someday at Christmas, there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth

Someday, all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas, we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning, people will share
Our world where people care

Someday at Christmas, there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shining moment, one prayer away
From our world today

Someday, all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas, man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart

(Someday all our dreams will come to be)
(Someday in a world where men are free)
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/steviewonder/somedayatchristmas.html

?si=g4UPImJugq9d0igN

They have been hiding this one since 1967!

[moniss]

7. Thanks for this. nt

[SheltieLover]

8. Yw! Beautiful song & on avg, I only hear it on FM once / year

They'd rather play sleighbells, roasting chestnuts, & white christmas bs than something real like this!

[moniss]

9. Yes the "music biz/media/distribution"

pigeonholes artists and doesn't want to give visibility to works that are considered "not the usual stuff" for an artist or group.

[lastlib]

10. I have one small objection to Ozzy's "War Pigs"---

As a chess-player, I treat my pawns VERY. WELL. As does every other chess-player worthy of the name. They can be powerful weapons if used well. Generals should take heed.

But I get the idea--war pigs/tRump think human life is cheap. As Hawkeye (M*A*S*H) once asked a bloodthirsty colonel, "How many bodies in an 'insignificant'?"