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Barry McGuire, Diana Krall, Dire Straits, Donovan, Edwin Starr, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Glen Campbell, Graham Nash, John Lennon, Noel Coward, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Redgum, Robert Wyatt, Ronnie Burns, Simon & Garfunkel, The Dead Kennedys, The Dixie Chicks, The Moody Blues, Yes
Blood And Bone Grows Good Stone
War is Hell by Warrigal Mirriyuula
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg
Edwin Starr, WAR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zvFnVa03g
Eric Burdon & The Animals, Sky Pilot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHUgpSxMoI
Glen Campbell, Galveston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbcAQ9SqmM
Ronnie Burns, Smiley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6T9qp9XbRY
Robert Wyatt, Shipbuilding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czUx2gvjdJk
Graham Nash, Military Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4oy1IRTh8
Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBsdHoTdOmc
The Moody Blues, Question
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r89Sm-DckVc
YES, Yours Is No Disgrace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA
The Dead Kennedys, Holiday In Cambodia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCJC5wIFbA
Phil Ochs, I Ain’t Marching Anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUTV6F6IyM
Noel Coward, Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo
Barry McGuire, The Eve Destruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY
Redgum, I Was Only 19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBgmbXBOb8
The Dixie Chicks, Travelin’ Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34
Pete Seeger, Where Have All The Flowers Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A50lVLtSQik&feature=fvst
Donovan, Universal Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pf_DntbQ8Y
Simon & Garfunkel, Last Night I had The Strangest Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZC7sqImaM
John Lennon, Give Peace A Chance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18No22_j_bM
Diana Krall, Lets’s Face The Music And Dance (Or is there something more we could do?)
Keywords: Edwin Starr, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Glen Campbell, Ronnie Burns, Robert Wyatt, Graham Nash, Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, Yes, The Dead Kennedys, Phil Ochs, Noel Coward, Barry McGuire, Redgum, The Dixie Chicks, Pete Seeger, Donovan, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Diana Krall,
Window Dresser's Arms, Pig & Whistle 
War! takes me back to the seventies. I had a girlfriend (in the old fashioned sense of the word) who got paid to dance in an Adelaide disco. Actually she was quite stubby and pretty average looking, but with big ones. Anyway …she dragged me to the disco one night and that was one of the things they played. A good song to showcase your disco dancing.
[ I was pretty clueless on the disco dance floor. Whatever.]
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Voice, you have so many admirable qualities that you cannot dance is irrelevant 🙂
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Another great selection, Warrigal, especially, ‘Question’, ‘Yours is No Disgrace’ and the ‘Eve of Destruction’… Donovan’s ‘Universal Soldier’ also made me a small fortune when I was busking… although in fact it wasn’t written by Donovan, but by Buffy St Marie…
🙂
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I’ll throw this one in too.
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Not strictly an ant- war song, though it was used as one during the Vietnam war.
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Absolutely right Algy. The list isn’t complete without this track.
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PIty… YouTube seem to have disabled the embedding on this track…
😐
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Wonder why they do that, still you can go to youtube to view it.
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Where have all the flowers gone is nice,sung by Marlene , and Pete Seeger will do too.
Noel Coward was wonderful, his England was a different place to today’s chaos; ‘only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun’ was not about looting…
Dire Straits, Simon and Garfunkel (but not this song), laconic Aussie Redgum,all cool, the others I still have to listen …leave them till tomorrow.
Ah, the lovely Diana Krall, we need more of those and we will have no more wars…
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I was only 19, by Redgum. Beautifully sad..
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Bye the bye, I did p;lay last weeks selection. I did it all in one go.
It was very moving really. I imagine that you (Warrigal) were being a bit reflective.
The only one that I truncated was The Corrs, although I do like them. that song was a toch Abba-ish. having said that I like Abba: who doesn’t.
I like the theme and sat enraptured.
I think that it must be harder to pick out those sort of numbers, since with rock, anything will do. But some love songs are tounge iin cheek and some are tear jerkers.
….
Just in case you missed it on The Dot Warrigal (I wouldn’t blame you, we had a bit of a rave up), I’ve booked tickets for Rod Stewart next Feb @ Brisbane.
As I’ve mentioned before I knew him way back, but have had no contact for…aprox…thinking..thinking..late 70s. However I plan to fire off an email to remind him. I might get a pic with a PIGS TEE 🙂
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The Animals contribution here is right on with the theme. I couldn’t remember it until I started listening. Of Course Burdon had a band called War, I have it on vinyl, but not played it for years.
It must be great to be a popular musician and be able to get something of one’s chest, no matter what it is.
One would feel as if one had made a difference…A definite satisfaction.
Yes, I think any old excuse to put Diana Krall in 🙂
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Yours is No Disgrace, classic, even Lord Funston will like that one but what’s this love affair with Diana Krall?
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You’re spot on there HOO. Jon Anderson’s voice is divine. Jon & Vangelis is a fav of mine.
This track is fantastic, with Rick manically flinging his hair around (I’m guessing, cos there’s no video) and all that YES elements are there.
PS, got my new 5.1 sytem set up (yesterday), but most of my CDs..and ALL of my vinyl is in my lock up at Fort Knox. I went up there yesterday to collect a subwoofer that have had in storage: Australian made actually ….Anyway I took pity on a Yamaha subwoofer, that I also had (in storage)so decided to put them both in the same room.
The Accusound has a pre-amp out to link another subwoofer, so I ran a coax through the roof and back down a side wall, giving me double oomph. To be honest I’m not sure that it adds anything. I’ve tried it switch them off, alternately, and the difference is hardly perceptible. Oh well, I had them anyway.
Playing Warrigal’s selection on my PC, I have a TDK cube, that is a stereo (each side) and a small port at the back. It is powered of course, since the PC amp ASUS, is very basic. My son gave me tha cube as a birthday pressie about 2 years ago. It’s not great….but it’s adequate.
I’ve only just got the cube out of storage too, so I can give Warrigal’s selections more respect.
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Who wouldn’t want to have a love affair with DK?
I won’t mention the cold spoon, this time!
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But you did!
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Sorry!
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Just an add on here Hung.
In deference to your good self, I whacked a Steve Miller Band, ‘Greatest Hits’, on the sound system.
It did you proud old son…Complete with hairstyle. Shame you’re not here to hear it 🙂
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Thank you your worship 🙂
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Oh and by the way something is heading your way by post, should have it in the next week or so ( via Michael)
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What’s that, a wooden spoon?
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Lovely pic of the bone orchard. My old man used to always say that everyone’s dying to get in there. Best we all try to stay out as long as possible.
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Yes… and wherever they’re situated, Big M, they’re always the ‘dead centre’ of town…
😉
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People are just dying to get in there…
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