Top Ten... Declares WAR!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Pick 6 - let's visit D-Day

Iron Maiden - The Longest Day

I really like this one from A Matter of Life and Death, I presume it was inspired by the film of the same name.

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Old School Saxon gonna fire the MACHINE GUN!

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Ugh Matter Of Life And Death has been mentioned! Instantly brings a bad taste in my mouth!


ZZZ clearly did NOT adhere to the 1 song per band rule!



I on the other hand will.

This will be my 3rd Thrash metal song on the list...Thrash bands sure like their war songs don't they...

I knew Holy Wars would be chosen so I did not even consider it, but I thought the opening track of the ENDGAME album would be fitting. It's about getting ready to fight the enemy.
It's called THIS DAY WE FIGHT!

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ooops, yeah, I just posted my third Saxon tune...

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Had some songs about the outcome/aftermath of war. This one, "Back to the World" by Curtis Mayfield is about soldiers coming home from Vietnam to face mental health issues, unemployment, and prejudices. That's the theme of the whole album, of which this is the title track. It's a strong album, with some potent lyrics and moments in it.

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My second replacement for my gratuitous Saxon posting, this one is The Dictators doing a ripper of a cover of the Stooges' "Search and Destroy". While I like Iggy Pop, Handsome Dick Manitoba delivers the goods on this version.

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Having done my makeup work for extra Saxonification of my list, this is my post for today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5x6pbJMyU (embedded playback not allowed)

Fela Kuti - "Zombie"

This is about how the Nigerian government called out soldiers against its own people to prop itself up in defiance of the law. Fela compares the soldiers to zombies because of the way they blindly followed orders without thinking about what they were doing, exactly. The song infuriated the government, which ordered over 1000 soldiers to attack Fela's family compound. They burned it to the ground, raped the women there, and threw Fela's mother from a second-story window. She died later on as a consequence of the injuries received. Fela recorded a tribute to his mother's murder in "Unknown Soldier".

When a leader orders troops against his own people, O! Na joro, jara, joro! That is a war nobody wins, everyone only loses.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Seventh Pick, and the eternal question...

Hawkwind - Who's Gonna Win The War

Haven't listened to this in ages, but it was one of the first songs I thought about when the topic came up.

[Zzzptm]

Yeah, that's a great one from Hawkwind.

I just thought of another Megadeth - "Set the World Afire". But one artist per list, so I am leaving that one on the table, if anyone wishes to claim it.

Time for Deep Purple's monster entry in this category: "Child in Time"

Cold Wars between the superpowers meant hot wars at the fringes and psychosis for people waiting for the other shoe to drop... it never did, but the threat never went away, either. This is a song that ages well, especially the live version.

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^^^
Anyone who says that live version ain't pure HEAVY METAL has some stuff in his ears. FAN-fuckn-TASTIC!


My Number 8 comes from my favourite BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album that is pretty much all about war. But the one that I'm gonna choose is about soldiers on the battlefield.
It's called GRAVEYARD DISCIPLES!

And hey I found a killer live version too!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Rats, forgot to post yesterday... so my 8th pick is

The Stranglers - A Soldiers Diary

Off of theur 2006 album Suite XVI quite possibly their best album since 1979!

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Wow, I'm already on my 9th/12th pick, depending on how one counts...

Well, I got a Gospel song, "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" and Elvis' version is really fun with the Jordannaires backing him up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKxSgKhb9U

But that ain't the hard stuff, so I'll make that my /13th pick. 

For my 9th pick, I'd like to have Saxon's oh wait nope already did enough Saxon... ummm...

Hey, there was another band that hung out a lot with Motorhead in the late 70s / early 80s! Girlschool!

Here's Girlschool doing "Bomber", and I quite like this take on the Motorhead classic:

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Well for my 9th pick I'm gonna use my one time SAXON pick!

This from the AMAZING Hell Fire And Damnation album and this is about the Battle of Hastings...and those events took place in 1066!!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Pick 9... so let's bring a little more up to date

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon

I'm not the biggest Billy Joel fan, but for every lacklustre pop song there's something special like this one covering the Vietnam war fiasco.

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For my final / 14th pick, I'll go with Saxon's English Man o War oh wait hold on already done Saxon here and I used it in another thread...

BUT IT IS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63uwERG_fws so that's my 14th pick.

Now for my final / 15th pick I will choose...

Tang Dynasty - "Dream of Doomsday" (唐朝 - 世纪末之梦)

Chinese heavy metal track about the Final War. Kinda has Ragnarok, Zombie Apocalypse, and nuclear destruction all rolled in together, from what I understand from the lyrics. Excellent guitar work, solo is some great stuff to enjoy.