Hace más de una década, publicamos una pequeña lista de canciones protesta o "Anti-War Songs". Nosotros las denominamos "Peace Songs".
Lo puede ver aquí.
En esta ocasión, hacemos una nueva lista con 20 canciones pero, guiados por su letra y fecha de lanzamiento.
1.- Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
"Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes / They send you down to war / And when you ask 'em How much should we give? / They only answer, "More, more, more"."
2.- Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones (1969)
"Oh, see the fire's sweepin' /Our streets today / Burns like a red coal carpet / Mad bull lost its way."
3.- War - Edwin Starr (1970)
"War, I despise / 'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives / War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes / When their sons go off to fight / And lose their lives."
4.- Love Train - The O'Jays (1973)
"People all over the world / Join hands / Start a love train, love train."
5.- Harvest For The World - The Isley Brothers (1976)
"Dress me up for battle, when all I want is peace / Those of us who pay the price, come home with the least / Nation after nation, turning into beast / When will there be a harvest for the world."
6.- Invisible Sun - The Police (1981)
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life / Looking at the barrel of an Armalite / I don't want to spend the rest of my days / Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say."
7.- It's A Mistake - Men At Work (1982)
"Tell us commander, what do you think? / Cause we know that you love all that power / Is it on then, are we on the brink? / We wish you'd all throw in the towel."
8.- For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica (1984)
"Make his fight on the hills in the early day / Constant chill deep inside / Shoting gun on they run through the endless gray / On they fight for their right, but who's to say?."
9.- The War Song - Culture Club (1984)
"War is stupid and people are stupid / And love means nothing in some strange quarters / War is stupid and people are stupid / And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers."
10.- Land Of Confusion - Genesis (1986)
"I must have dreamed a thousand dreams / Been haunted by a million screams / But I can hear the marching feet / They're moving into the street / Now, did you read the news today? / They say the danger's gone away / But I can see the fires still alight / They are burning into the light."
11.- I Don't Want To Be A Hero - Johnny Hates Jazz (1987)
"Send me off to war / With a gun in my hand / But I won't pull the triger / Our destiny is here / Beneath the red, white and blue / So lead me to the slaughter."
12.- The Dogs Of War - Pink Floyd (1987)
"The dogs of war don't negotiate / The dogs of war don't capitulate / They will take and you will give / And you must die, so that they may live."
13.- When The Children Cry - White Lion (1989)
"What have we become, just look what we have done / All that we destroyed you must build again / No more presidents and all the wars will end / One united world under God."
14.- All Together Now - The Farm (1990)
"A spirit stronger than war was at work that night / December 1914 cold, clear and bright / Countries' borders were right out of sight / They joined together and decided not to fight."
15.- Civil War - Guns N' Roses (1990)
"I don't need your civil war / It feeds the rich while it buries the poor / Your power hungry sellin' soldiers / in a human grocery store / Ain't that fresh / I don't need your civil war."
16.- Something To Believe In - Poison (1990)
"Lord, I think I sinned, yeah / Twenty two years of mental tears / Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet / Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore."
17.- Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1991)
"We could fly so high / Let our spirits never die / In my heart I feel you are all my brothers / Create a world with no fear / Together we cry happy tears / See the nations turn their swords into plowshares."
18.- Too Young To Die - Jamiroquai (1993)
"All gone when they drop the bomb / Can the politicians reassure? / 'Cause here I am presuming that / Nobody wants a war."
19.- Zombie - The Cramberries (1994)
"In your head, in your head, they are fighting / With their tanks, and their bombs / And their bombs, and their guns / In your head, in your head, they are crying."
20.- Where Is The Love - The Black Eyed Peas (2003)
"Man, we gotta set it straight / Take control of your mind and just meditate / And let your soul just gravitate to the love / So the whole world celebrate it."
