Songs about humanity

[nwhoopfan]

I’d Like to Give The World A Coke And Keep It Company. This has been playing in my head all morning. I know it’s a commercial but I think it fits the bill.
Imagine by Lennon.

For some reason that made me think of this. Pretty much everybody from the 80s was involved.

 

[Yorkeez4]

https://youtu.be/qfZVu0alU0

Eve of Destruction

 

[Woof 101]

Scary one here.......What we listened to when aired may never be heard by humans in the future years they sing about....

 

[calpedaler]

Truly Brave

 

[Scud49]

Justin Hayward's voice on this one - amazing:

 

[uconnfan68]

Bruce Cockburn, “If I had a Rocket Launcher”.

 

[pinotbear]

Humanity is over-rated. Embrace yer inner b'ar....

 

[bantamlaker]

Simon and Garfunkel - Old Friends
“How terribly strange to be seventy” (not something any of us youngsters on the BY can relate to)

 

[JordyG]

Mr. Jeffrey, the voice.

 

[JordyG]

Mr. Michael. Another voice.

 

[JordyG]

One of my favorite break up songs. There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys.

 

[JordyG]

If anyone has, as I have,. been in this position then you'll understand.

 

[JordyG]

How a song can be a warning, and an uplifting spiritual at the same time.

 

[Bama fan]

Here is one of my favorites:

 

[Hope]

you bring out the devil in me

 

[Hope]

Bruce Cockburn, “If I had a Rocket Launcher”.

Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher - 1994

 

[FairView]

This is a great category. I bet we can come up with thousands of songs if we think it through.

 

[FairView]

RIP Walter Becker



If you're into Steely Dan go to Youtube and check out their Letterman appearance from the '90s. I loved it because it features Walter Becker predominantly on guitar. In concert (and I've seen them 8-9 times) he rarely played lead. In reality, he is not a great guitarist. I'm not saying he's bad, he's just not great. They usually leave the solo guitar work to the hired hands. In fact, on the first few albums he played bass - not that that's easy. He didn't play guitar for Steely Dan until Pretzel Logic. Okay, back to listening.

 

[Bigboote]

 

[Bigboote]

Here’s one about the human condition that’s unfortunately even more appropriate today than it was almst 50 years ago:

 

[Bigboote]

While we’re tripping down Memory Lane:

 

[Ozimoto]

Mary Black's version of a song about the affects of the North Sea oil rush on the people of Scotland and the Shetland Islands.

 

[Ozimoto]

Another Mary Black song about the loss of innocence and childhood in the UK coal fields.

 

[FairView]

Couldn't decide on Collins or Mitchell, so I went with the writer.

 

[Bama fan]

Couldn't decide on Collins or Mitchell, so I went with the writer.

It is great to have a choice where you can't go wrong!

 

[Bama fan]

here is an old standard:

 

[Bama fan]

Another contribution from Peter, Paul, and Mary that reflects the age old dilemma:

 

[FairView]

Unfortunately from Billy Joel's cheesy video period

 

[Bama fan]

One from Woodstock:

 

[Bama fan]

Another Mary Black song about the loss of innocence and childhood in the UK coal fields.

Bone and blood is the price of coal