[Imc] songs about War and oil

[Vivek Srikrishnan]

How about "Die for Oil Suckers?" It's a Jello Biafra song.

At 09:24 PM 1/28/2002 -0600, Jay Morris wrote:
> > Who knows of some tunes that have to do with U.S. energy interests
>leading
> > to war, or about (the negative effects of) U.S energy consumption in
> > general?
> >
> > I'm doing a show on this subject, and would like some relevant
>music.
> >
> > Pauline
>
>Hey Pauline,
>
>How about the Gulf War Song by Moxy Fruvous.  I can drop the cd by if
>you want it, or it looks like you can download the mp3 here:
>
>http://mberman.res.cmu.edu/mp3/Moxy%20Fr%FCvous/Bargainville/
>
>Have fun,
>Jay
>
>
>Gulf War Song
>
>We got a call to write a song about the war in the Gulf
>But we shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings
>So we tried, then gave up, 'cause there was no such song
>But the trying was very revealing
>What makes a person so poisonous righteous
>That they'd think less of anyone who just disagreed?
>She's just a pacifist, he's just a patriot
>If I said you were crazy, would you have to fight me?
>
>Fighters for liberty, fighters for power
>Fighters for longer turns in the shower
>Don't tell me I can't fight, 'cause I'll punch out your lights
>And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me
>
>So we read and we watched all the specially selected news
>And we learned so much more 'bout the good guys
>Won't you stand by the flag? Was the question unasked
>Won't you join in and fight with the allies?
>What could we say...we're only 25 years old?
>With 25 sweet summers, and hot fires in the cold
>This kind of life makes that violence unthinkable
>We'd like to play hockey, have kids and grow old
>
>Fighters for Texaco, fighters for power
>Fighters for longer turns in the shower
>Don't tell me I can't fight 'cause I'll punch out your lights
>And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me
>That us would fight them for we
>
>He's just a peacenik and she's just a warhawk
>That's where the beach was, that's where the sea
>What could we say...we're only 25 years old?
>And history seems to agree
>that I would fight you for me
>That us would fight them for we
>
>Is that how it always will be?
>
>
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Vivek Srikrishnan
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"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, 
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, 
it multiples it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot 
murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the 
hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases 
hate... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper 
darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out 
darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can 
do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.