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...Folk singers and rappers are weighing in, predictably, with a chorus of pro-peace songs, while at least one country crooner is primed to search and destroy. Here's a roundup of the war tunes in the air. - By Josh Tyrangiel John Mellencamp To Washington Available at: Mellencamp.com Sample lyric: "What is the thought process to take a human's life?/ What would be the reason to think that this is right?" Review: Spare folk arrangement fits the simple, evocative lyrics...
...Billy Bragg The Price of Oil Available at: Billybragg.co.uk Sample lyric: "If it's freeing the Iraqi people you're after/ Then why have we waited so long?" Review: A slow, Guthrie-esque delivery makes the history lesson palatable...
...beastie boys In a World Gone Mad Available at: Beastieboys.com Sample lyric: "We need health care more than going to war/ You think it's democracy they're fighting for?" Review: With overexplicit lyrics and an unmelodic backing track, it's the Super Bowl Shuffle of antiwar songs...
...Clint Black I Raq and Roll Available at: Clintblack.com Sample lyric: "It might be a smart bomb; they find stupid people too/ If you stand with the likes of Saddam, one just might find you" Review: Belligerence that makes you long for the subtlety of Toby Keith...
From there, the album travels nowhere if not up. Like the instrumentation, the lyrics focus on being playful—they are simple, upbeat and irreverent. Occasionally, the band does away with them entirely, as in the ambient, obviously Air-influenced “Sunshine,” whose only lyric is the song’s title. And just for kicks, they follow up with the energetic and fun “A Minha Menina,” which is sung in Portuguese...