Songs for the American War

[Don K Dyck]

There has been a long tradition of mixing music with battle . . . marching with the swirl of kilts and blare of the pipes . . . singing bar room ballads in the mess after battle . . . all that sort of thing.

On this thread it would be nice if people posted their favourite songs promoting morale for the American troops pushing the missile buttoms and watching their charges fly into buildings and exploding. You know, songs to stir them on in their God-given task of making the world like AmeriKKKa.

 

[loveyamon]

There has been a long tradition of mixing music with battle . . . marching with the swirl of kilts and blare of the pipes . . . singing bar room ballads in the mess after battle . . . all that sort of thing.

On this thread it would be nice if people posted their favourite songs promoting morale for the American troops pushing the missile buttoms and watching their charges fly into buildings and exploding. You know, songs to stir them on in their God-given task of making the world like AmeriKKKa.

That speil was going good until you felt the need to bring " God " into it. Anyways

" Kings of the Wild Frontier " Adam and the Ants

 

[Don K Dyck]

Battle Hymn for the Republic

A friend of mine sent this little offering for the Fundamentalist Christian soldiers of Shrub. It is sung to the tune of that well known hymn, If You're Happy and You Know It .

Come on, all together, from the top . . .


If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think someone has dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

It's "pre-emptive non-aggression", bomb Iraq.
Let's prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's good enough for me
'Cos it's all the proof I need
Bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
(And he tried to kill your dad),
Bomb Iraq.

If your corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy,
Bomb Iraq.

Now . . . doesn't that make you want to . . .

 

[Alvin Brickrock]

Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top
The shiek he drove his Cadillac
He went a' cruisnin' down the ville
The muezzin was a' standing
On the radiator grille
CHORUS
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that craazy Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they brought out
The electric camel drum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the shareef
Had cleared the square
They began to wail
CHORUS
Now over at the temple
Oh! They really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
The temple band took five
The crowd caught a wiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive
CHORUS
The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better eaarn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the shareef was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare
As soon as the shareef was
Outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed
CHORUS
He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it.
You know he really hates it.

 

[medjay]

Bombs Over Baghdad

Well, the chorus at least . . .