The theme I chose for my playlist is "War." I chose this theme because it plays an essential role in history and in all people who have experienced conflict at some point in their lives. In my playlist, I want to show the war from different perspectives. I believe that wars are not good, especially when innocent people die. On the other hand, we must recognize that some wars were necessary to maintain the sovereignty of nations and the freedom of their peoples.
The songs I have chosen for my playlist are:
- I'll Be Seeing You, by Sammy Fain. (1938)
- We'll Meet Again, by Dane Vera Lynn. (1939)
- We Gotta Get Out of This Place, by The Animals (1965)
- Fortunate Son, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
- When the Tigers Broke Free, by Pink Floyd (1982)
- Run to the Hills, by Iron Maiden (1982)
1. I'll Be Seeing You, by Sammy Fain
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InX4QynGNZE
Released in 1938, 'I'll Be Seeing You' became one of the most popular songs of the World War II era. This song is about missing a family member, with Sammy Fain's music and Irving Kahal's lyrics. The genre of the song is jazz, whose central theme had a significant influence on the soldiers. This song is characterized by the fact that it was much loved and listened to during the Second World War when its lyrics became an anthem for British and American soldiers serving overseas.
2. We'll Meet Again, by Dame Vera Lynn
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5C4meGkNyc
Released in 1939, 'We'll Meet Again' is a British song composed by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles and sung by Dame Vera Lynn. It found its fame during the Second World War. This song has a soft, soothing rhythm that gave people hope, particularly soldiers who had to leave their families and fight for England. The words 'We'll Meet Again' speak to the hope we should all have during these troubling times. The song served a great purpose during the war and gave soldiers what they probably needed the most: hope to keep fighting through their emotional and physical pain due to the war.
3. We Gotta Get Out of This Place, by The Animals
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpBSvN1a50
We Gotta Get Out of This Place, whose genre is blues-rock, was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 single by The Animals. It has become an iconic song and was immensely popular with soldiers in the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.
4. Lucky Son, by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I
Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" is a rock and roll tour de force released in 1939. Doug "Cosmo" Clifford opens the song with a simple drum line, closely followed by John Fogerty with what may be one of the more discreet but powerful guitars. Lines in the history of rock music. It has a loud sound that resonates in your ears for days. the song itself is an apt metaphor for the United States' role in the Vietnam War. "Fortunate Son" represents what might be called a great growl from below: a perfect anthem for the growing number of Americans in the late 1960s who saw the war in Vietnam as a terrible mistake. Creedence Clearwater Revival, even more than other anti-war musicians of the time, gave voice, above all, to the class grievances unleashed by the Vietnam War. "Fortunate Son" was a protest song against the Vietnam War, for sure. But it was also an anthem of the working class.
5. When the Tigers Broke Free, by Pink Floyd
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5DRKZI1Ow
The song is about the death of Roger Waters's father, Eric Fletcher Waters, during the war. One of the most poignant songs from this time in his discography was the 1982 single 'When The Tigers Broke Free', which celebrates the death of his father, with 'Tigers' referring to the German tanks that were used in the Anzio campaign during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War.
6. Run to the Hills, by Iron Maiden
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86URGgqONvA
Run to the Hills is a song by Iron Maiden's English heavy metal band. The melody documents the colonization of the Americas, first by Europeans and later by Americans, from the perspective of a Cree Indian and an American cavalryman. The opening verse is from the perspective of the Cree, describing their troubles as European Americans "crossed the sea," bringing the Cree "pain and misery." The song is written from both perspectives. The second verse is from the perspective of an American cavalryman, describing his involvement in the American Indian Wars, "chasing the redskins into their warrens." The third verse is not from the perspective of any single individual. It harshly condemns the effects of US expansionism on Native Americans, resulting in "Americans raping women and wasting men" and "enslaving the young and destroying the old.
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