It’s songs about war this week on A Symposium of Popular Songs—plus, I play some listener suggestions. Send your suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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Dixie Chicks, “Travelin’ Soldier” (Home, 2002)
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7:35
Jeff Edgerton, Don Chastain, and Ensemble, “The Old Red Hills of Home” (Parade OBCR, 1998)
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14:01
Leonard Cohen, “The Partisan” (Songs from a Room, 1969)
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17:52
Reading: Mark Twain, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
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20:19
Edwin Starr, “War” (War and Peace, 1970)
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23:33
XTC, “Generals and Majors” (Black Sea, 1980)
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27:28
Roberta Flack, “Compared to What?” (First Take, 1969)
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33:45
Reading: Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
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36:12
Sturgill Simpson, “Sea Stories” (A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, 2016)
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39:29
Laura Nyro, “Save the Country” (New York Tendaberry, 1969)
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45:29
Reading: Dwight Macdonald, “The Pacifist’s Dilemma”
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46:44
Reading: Dwight Macdonald, “I Choose the West”
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48:15
New Order, “Love Vigilantes” (Low-Life, 1985)
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53:31
Vigilantes of Love, “Tokyo Rose” (Slow Dark Train, 1997)
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57:46
Lee Hazlewood, “No Train to Stockholm” (Cowboy in Sweden, 1970)
