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War Song

Neil Young
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"May 1972: Neil Young writes "War Song" as a gesture of support for the anti-Vietnam War campaign of Presidential candidate George McGovern, and records it on his ranch with Graham Nash (who receives co-billing on the subsequent single), Kenny Buttrey, Tim Drummond and Ben Keith. The single is released to coincide with the Democratic Party's California primary, with proceeds going to help meet McGovern's expenses. This single flopped, and so, at the end of the year, did George."
from the book: Neil Young -- The Visual Documentary by John Robertson

"War Song" is a 1972 single credited to Neil Young & Graham Nash. It was released in support of presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign, who was running against then-president Richard Nixon. Young had already voiced his opinions of Nixon two years prior with "Ohio" while a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash and once again tried to make an impact with a protest song. Despite his intentions, the single failed to make a serious impression. The single itself would soon go out of print and remains unreleased in any other format today. However it is still reletively available on P2P networks. - en.wikipedia
In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

They shot George Wallace down
He'll never walk around
Our mines are sleeping in the sea
Blow those bridges down
And burn that jungle down
And kill those Vietnamese

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

In the morning when you wake up
You've got planes flying in the sky
Flying bombs made to break up
All the lies in your eyes

There's a man says
he can put an end to war

2005/8/28 - 00:30



Language: Italian

Versione italiana di Enrico

Wallace era un democratico in corsa per la nomination. Subì un attentato, cui sopravvisse restando paralizzato. In quelle condizioni riprese la campagna riscuotendo un certo successo anche per il suo stato. In considerazione del passato da convinto razzista di Wallace, non stupisce che N. Young e G. Nash supportassero Mc Govern (che vinse la nomination ma perse poi la presidenza, che ancora una volta andò a Nixon). Il riferimento all'attentato di Wallace a mio avviso è dato dal sospetto che l'autore non fosse un mitomane, come le autorità "accertarono".
CANTO DI GUERRA

Al mattino, quando ti alzi,
hai aerei che volano nel cielo.
Bombe volanti fatte per distruggere
tutte le menzogne nei tuoi occhi.

C'è un uomo che dice
di poter porre fine alla guerra!

Hanno sparato a George Wallace.
Egli non passeggerà mai più (rimase paralizzato).
Le nostre mine stanno dormendo nel mare,
per abbattere quei ponti
e bruciare quella giungla
e uccidere quei vietnamiti.

C'è un uomo che dice
di poter porre fine alla guerra!

Al mattino, quando ti alzi,
hai aerei che volano nel cielo.
Bombe volanti fatte per distruggere
tutte le menzogne nei tuoi occhi.

C'è un uomo che dice
di poter porre fine alla guerra!

Contributed by Enrico - 2012/4/16 - 11:03




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