Enola Gay is not only one of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's most memorable tracks, it is one of the most poignant, bittersweet and perhaps contradictory pop songs ever written. It’s an incredibly ...

John Denver was known for songs about sunshine, mountains and the simple pleasures of life. But in 1986, the singer-songwriter released one of his most politically pointed songs and soon found himself ...

Time and time again, anti-war songs have cemented their place in history. Here are three anti-war rock anthems that feel like a peek into the past. In 2020, CCR vocalist John Fogerty took to social ...

Any songwriter can make some sort of general statement in a song condemning war. But we believe that the most effective anti-war songs are those that manage to tell personal stories that really bring ...

Every generation needs an artist who is willing to speak up for their people. When there is moral strife and political upset, music is an offering of unity, a method of saying what’s right in a way ...

Country Joe McDonald, whose performance at Woodstock — in which he led a crowd of 400,000 through a subversive cheer before starting his satirical anti-war song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” — ...

“File:Countryjoe 79.jpg” by Rtsanderson is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. “Country Joe” McDonald, the band leader who fronted Country Joe and the Fish, and the voice that captured the frustration of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enola Gay is not only one of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's most memorable tracks, it is one of the most poignant, ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...