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Rock Songs About History

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What songs tell a story about historic events, places or people.

I'll start with a true favorite: Roads to Moscow- Al Stewart

From his 1973 Past, Present and Future album

This song tells the story of the German invasion of Russia in WWII. Each verse beautifully captures the different aspects of the conflict as seen through the eyes of a Russian soldier. When you listen, you can almost see the aspects of the campaign happening.

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Impi (Johnny Clegg)

From Wikipedia: "The album's lead single, "Impi", with its pointedly political lyrics about a defeat of the colonial British army by the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana, was banned by South African radio"

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Catherine Howard's Fate - Blackmore's Night

Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, and the second to be executed for "treason" (adultery).

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

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Bring Back Those Do Wops - the Bagdads

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The Ballad Of Ira Hayes: Dylan

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The Green Fields of France (No Man's Land) - Eric Bogle (Scottish singer-songwriter) and recorded by various artists, especially Irish singers and folk bands

It's about the WWI cemeteries found in the "no man's land" of Flanders and Northern France, and a young soldier, Willie McBride, who died and was buried there.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - the Band

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Warsaw 1943 (Johnny Clegg)

Note by Johnny Clegg : Inspired by the writings of Czeslaw Milosz, this song is about friendship that survives the ultimate betrayal. There is much we still need to understand and remember from those who died as well as from those who survived the fascist and stalinist terror