First World War

[PeterG]

Rock/pop songs about WWI. Not from WWI.


Elton John - All Quiet on the Western Front

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuA4yBlqU-I

Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hVEdE0O5tA

Iron Maiden - Paschendale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c20-fm_WNew


Iron Maiden - The Legacy ( "...strange yellow gas...")

[Rixx]

PJ Harvey - Words that Maketh Murder.

Beautiful and Brutal. The whole album, "let England Shake"

inspired by WWI

http://youtu.be/-2tGhWVMc2E

[PeterG]

Excellent, I shall check that out. I could only think of the 4 I posted but I was sure there must be many more.

Just thought of another one - Chris de Burgh - "This Song For You", a letter from a soldier at Paschendale back to his girlfriend in England. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0pGOESrBs

[rottersclub]

Not really on topic, but I visited the Canadian Museum of War this past weekend and of course, it is skewed to Canadian participation in war, dating back to the 1500s. But I must say, the section that most affected me was the First World War. Not quite to tears, but pretty damn close.

[PeterG]

But I must say, the section that most affected me was the First World War. Not quite to tears, but pretty damn close.

Same here, whenever I think about or read about war or visit museums

[Big Block 454 part 2]

Two Eric Bogle songs (covered by loads of people):

"And the band played Waltzing Matilda"

"No Man's Land" (also known as "The Green Fields of France")

Terribly sad songs.

[Duncan Glenday]

Not really on topic, but I visited the Canadian Museum of War this past weekend and of course, it is skewed to Canadian participation in war, dating back to the 1500s. But I must say, the section that most affected me was the First World War. Not quite to tears, but pretty damn close.


Same here, whenever I think about or read about war or visit museums

I suppose everyone's different - but I find that having seen action, I have NO interest in war museums.

I don't know why, or how I'd react if I went to one, and I don't really care. All I can say is that wild horses couldn't drag me to any war museum.



Back on topic - Iron Maiden's "Paschendale" was the only one that really sprung to mind...

Quite a few about WW-II, though.

[Zonefish]

John Cale's Paris 1919. Kind of an allegory of the fragile peace using a runaway bride as the central metaphor.

[Pangolin]

Twelfth Night, 'Sequences'. ("Over the top...we go")

Yes, 'Harold Land' ("Harold Land with a wave of his hand said goodbye to all that.")

[mogrooves]

SF Sorrow ~ "Private Sorrow"

[moecurlythanu]

IQ -"Common Ground"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzeeYCxYDl0

IQ -"The Seventh House"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDnQTWQ8Ls

[bigbassdrum]

Children's Crusade - Sting - at least part of it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WOPnJBKiA

[Dave (in MA)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E

I probably haven't heard this in more than 40 years, and it's just as stupid as I thought.