We begin with Gil Scott-Heron's musical reference to President Eisenhower's 1961 warning about the formation of a military industrial complex, then we go back and explore the history and ongoing relevance of wartime era songs of the past, in particular the first commercially successful anti-war song, I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier, from 1915.
Work For Peace | Gil Scott-Heron | 2001
Madison Avenue | Gil Scott-Heron | Secrets | 1978
I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | Morton Harvey | 1915
Let Us All Speak Our Minds | Elizabeth Knight | Songs of the Suffragettes | 1958
I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | John Kirkpatrick | Tunes From The Trenches | 2015
I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | Rana Choir | 2018
Stay Down Here Where You Belong | Tiny Tim | God Bless Tiny Tim | 1968
Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition | Eli Radish Band | I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | 1969
Over There | Eli Radish Band | I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | 1969
When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Eli Radish Band | I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier | 1969
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