Blue Moon Playlist Review Club - Season 2 - Episode 32 - threespires - Could have been a Contender (pg 472)

[Mancitydoogle]

Sorry been that busy moving and working I nearly forgot about this thread!

Great theme btw Mr Grumpy,
Jason Isbell ‘Dress Blues’ written about one of his school friends killed in Iraq.

 

[Coatigan]

Great theme btw Mr Grumpy,

Yeah, but what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

 

[Mancitydoogle]

Yeah, but what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

Say it again!

 

[Mancitydoogle]

This one sums up most modern war.

Steve Earle ‘Rich Man’s War’

 

[Coatigan]

Got a few to pick from for my last one. Dilemmas.

Rob, can I have a 4th bonus song if I promise to make it an americana number with a banjo? ;)

 

[RobMCFC]

Got a few to pick from for my last one. Dilemmas.

Rob, can I have a 4th bonus song if I promise to make it an americana number with a banjo? ;)

I don't see why not. We're not inundated with songs and thread runners should be allowed a few perks for their efforts. Feel free to make it with or without banjos.

 

[stonerblue]

 

[RobMCFC]

"Johnny Come Lately" - Steve Earle

 

[Coatigan]

Take Heart - Glen Hansard

One of his tamer efforts truth be told, but a relevant song about a current and very relevant war surely deserves a place here.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Pretty sure I put this up somewhere before,……. But what a song!
I knew the lyrics off by heart back in the day.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

This was going to be my last pick.

 

[Out on blue 6]

REM - Orange Crush

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Thing about this theme is, there is any number of Irish Rebel Songs that would fit here, but I don’t think they’d be appreciated.

Know your audience!

 

[RobMCFC]

Pretty sure I put this up somewhere before,……. But what a song!
I knew the lyrics off by heart back in the day.

You did, and I enjoyed it.

I feel certain we must have had a war theme before the new format, but we definitely had a “historic people/events” theme that a few war songs appeared in.

 

[Out on blue 6]

The Clash - Spanish Bombs

 

[Coatigan]

'Times are hard and the bombs keep dropping, showing no signs of stopping, anytime soon.'

Not for adding to the playlist, just humming out loud, while relevant. Great song though.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Another song i considered for the list to give it a lighter feel :)

 

[RobMCFC]

Another song i considered for the list to give it a lighter feel :)

That's a great song, I remember that well.

 

[Out on blue 6]

Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform