„Give Peace a Chance“: 21 große Anti-Kriegs-Songs der Musikgeschichte
Diese 21 Songs handeln vom schrecklichen Ausmaß des Krieges und dem Willen, die Menschheit ein Stück näher zusammenzubringen.
1. Bob Dylan – „Masters of War“
„Come you masters of war/
You that build the big guns/
You that build the death planes/
You that build all the bombs/
You that hide behind walls/
You that hide behind desks/
I just want you to know/
I can see through your masks“
2. Udo Lindenberg – „Wozu sind Kriege da?“
„Keiner will sterben, das ist doch klar/
wozu sind denn dann Kriege da?
Herr Präsident, du bist doch einer von diesen Herren/
du musst das doch wissen/
kannst du mir das ‚mal erklären?
Keine Mutter will ihre Kinder verlieren/
und keine Frau ihren Mann/
Also warum müssen Soldaten losmarschieren?
3. Fleetwood Mac – „Peacekeeper“
„We make all of our sons the same/
Every one will suffer the fire we’ve made/
They all explode just the same/
And there’s no going back on the plans we’ve made.“
4. John Lennon – „Give Peace A Chance“
„All we are saying is give peace a chance“
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZC7sqImaM
5. Band für Afrika – „Nackt im Wind“
„Nur ’n paar Breitengrade tiefer/
paar Längengrade dann nach links
stößt unsere Phantasie an Grenzen/
dort wo die stummsten Schreie sind
im Labyrinth unvorstellbar/
eiskalter Höllenlavastrom/
der keine Gnade kennt, nur zuschlägt/
der selten zögert, nie verschont/
hier fordern Sünden unsrer Ahnen/
unsere Stumpfheit ihren Tribut
6. Queen – „Hammer to Fall“
„For we who grew up tall and proud/
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud/
Convinced our voices can’t be heard/
We just wanna scream it louder and louder.“
7. Emerson, Lake & Powell – „Lay Down Your Guns“
„Lay down your guns I come in peace/
No need to run my friend into the trees/
We’ve been through this so much before/
But still we get it wrong.“
8. Graham Nash – „Military Madness“
„Military madness was killing my country/
Solitary sadness comes over me.“
9. Bob Dylan – „Blowin‘ in the Wind“
„How many years must one man have/
before he can hear people cry/
How many deaths will it take till he knows/
too many people have died.“
10. Cat Stevens – „Peace Train“
„’Cause out on the edge of darkness/
There rides a peace train/
Oh, peace train take this country/
Come take me home again.“
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaNtV_iU61U
11. Metallica – „One“
„Now that the war is through with me/
I’m waking up, I cannot see/
That there is not much left of me/
Nothing is real but pain now.“
12. Creedence Clearwater Revival – „Fortunate Son“
„Some folks are born made to wave the flag/
ooo, they’re red, white and blue/
And when the band plays ‚Hail to the Chief’/
ooo, they point the cannon at you, Lord.“
13. The Ramones – „Commando“
„They do their best, they do what they can/
They get them ready for Vietnam/
From old Hanoi to East Berlin/
Commando involved again.“
14. Stevie Nicks – „Soldier’s Angel“
„I am a soldier myself and no one walks away from this battle.“
15. U2 – „Sunday Bloody Sunday“
„And the battle’s just begun/
There’s many lost, but tell me who has won/
The trenches dug within our hearts/
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters/
Torn apart.“
16. Bob Marley – „War“
„That until there no longer/
First class and second class citizens of any nation/
Until the colour of a man’s skin/
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes/
Me say war.“
17. Michael Jackson – „Earth Song“
„Did you ever stop to notice/
All the blood we’ve shed before/
Did you ever stop to notice/
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?“
18. Black Sabbath – „War Pigs“
„Politicians hide themselves away/
They only started the war/
Why should they go out to fight/
They leave that role to the poor.“
19. John Lennon – „Imagine“
„Imagine there’s no countries/
It isn’t hard to do/
Nothing to kill or die for/
And no religion, too.“
Marvin Gaye – „What’s Going On“
„We don’t need to escalate/
You see, war is not the answer/
For only love can conquer hate/
You know we’ve got to find a way/
To bring some lovin‘ here today.“
21. Black Eyed Peas – „Where is the Love“
„People killin‘, people dyin’/
Children hurt can you hear them cryin’/
Can you practice what you preach/
And would you turn the other cheek?“
