New Anti-War Music!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it came out in early May, I believe.

Ben Harper (and his band the Innocent Criminals) is one of my fave artist and I just purchased his new double CD, "Both Sides of the Gun" and a bunch of the songs on it are very anti-war, anti-bush*, progressive, etc. Ben did the Vote For a Change tour back in 2004. I think I have everything he has done. I highly recommend it all. One of the best releases of 2004 was his CD with The Blind Boys of Alabama.

Go listen and buy here: <http://www.benharper.com>

Here's some of the stuff on the new CD:

Better Way

i'm a living sunset
lightning in my bones
push me to the edge
but my will is stone

I believe in a better way

fools will be fools
and wise will be wise
but i will look this world
straight in the eyes

I believe in a better way

what good is a man
who won't take a stand
what good is a cynic
with no better plan

I believe in a better way

reality is sharp
it cuts at me like a knife
everyone i know
is in the fight of their life

I believe in a better way

take your face out of your hands
and clear your eyes
you have a right to your dreams
and don't be denied

I believe in a better way

Both Sides Of The Gun

Written by: Ben Harper

living these days is making me nervous
archaic doctrine no longer serve us
now we're left as silent witnesses
we don't know quite what this is
other than a war that can't be won

i feel like i'm crowded, i can't get out
world keeps on filling me up with doubt
when you're trapped you got no voice
where you're born you got no choice
other than to go and take you some

one dimensional fool
in a three dimensional world

politics, it's a drag
they put one foot in the grave
and the other on the flag
systems rotten to the core
young and old deserve much more
than struggling every day until you're done

tension
too much to mention
living on both sides of the gun

Black Rain

Written by: Harper/Yates

you left them swimming for their lives
down in new orleans
can't afford a gallon of gasoline
with your useless degrees
and your contrary statistics
this government business
is straight up sadistic

you don't fight for us
but expect us to die for you
you have no sympathy for us
still i cry for you
you may kill the revolutionary
but the revolution you can never bury

don't you dare speak to us
like we work for you
selling false hope like some new dope
we're addicted to

i'm not a desperate man
but these are desperate times at hand
this generation is beyond your command

it won't be long till the people flood the streets
and take you down
one and all

a black rain is gonna fall

Gather 'Round The Stone

Written by: Ben Harper

you're too young to know
that you're too young to go
there's no freedom to be found
lying face up in the ground

ashes from an unfinished life
are all that's left
in a tear-drop-shaped locket
hanging from his mother's chest

you whip the back of freedom
‘till it bleeds an oil stream
then you sail down upon it
in your killing machine

old men who send children
off to die in vain
they will hear death's constant whisper
call remember my name

gather 'round the stone

Better Way is an AMAZING song!!!

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/virg001/ben_harper/video/both_sides_of_the_gun/ben_harper_better_way_hi.asx?siteid=artistsite


Go to this page and you can stream the video.


"I believe in a better way"

Thanks for the link. I want to go see him so, so bad on this tour, but none of the dates work out for me because I would have to travel at least 5-6 hrs one way!

I'm hoping he will schedule some more US dates, but I kind of doubt it will be anytime soon.

I like the "Black Rain" lyrics!

"you don't fight for us
but expect us to die for you
you have no sympathy for us
still i cry for you
you may kill the revolutionary
but the revolution you can never bury

don't you dare speak to us
like we work for you
selling false hope like some new dope
we're addicted to

i'm not a desperate man
but these are desperate times at hand
this generation is beyond your command

it won't be long till the people flood the streets
and take you down
one and all

a black rain is gonna fall"

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

of bush* every time I hear it.

Excuse Me Mr.

Written by: Harper/Plunier

excuse me mr.
do you have the time
or are you so important
that it stands still for you

excuse me mr.
lend me your ear
or are you not only blind
but do you not hear

excuse me mr.
isn't that your oil in the sea
and the pollution in the air mr.
whose could that be

excuse me mr.
but i'm a mister too
and you're givin' mr. a bad name
mr. like you

so i'm taking the mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

and i've seen enough to know
that i've seen too much

excuse me mr.
can't you see the children dying
you say that you can't help them
mr. you're not even trying

excuse me mr.
take a look around
mr. just look up
and you will see it's comin' down

excuse me mr.
but i'm a mister too
and you're givin' mr. a bad name
mr. like you

so i'm taking the mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

and i've seen enough to know
that i've seen too much

so mr. when you're rattling
on heaven's gate
let me tell you mr.
by then it is too late

cause mr. when you get there
they don't ask how much you saved
all they'll want to know, mr.
is what you gave

excuse me mr.
but i'm a mister too
and you're givin' mr. a bad name
mr. like you

so i'm taking the mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

life into it one more time.

:dem: