My Favorite Political/Anti-War Songs

With election day being tomorrow, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on some of my favorite political/anti-war classic rock songs. Some of them are very well known, and others are songs I'm scraping off the floor of my music library. Anyway, here's some of my favorites in no particular order:

Graham Nash-Chicago/We Can Change the World (1971) This is arguably Nash's most popular solo song. It is refers to the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial of the Chicago 8.
Edgar Broughton Band-American Boy Soldier (1969) A real deep cut here. The song starts off with conversation between a young male and what seems to be a military recruiter trying to get the boy to go to war. The song then breaks into a 1950's style beat complete with sounds bombs and guns in the background.
Rolling Stones-Street Fighting Man (1968) Street Fighting Man is the Rolling Stones most political song they ever wrote. It is also one of their most powerful. I think it really shaped the tulmotous year of 1968.
The Fugs-Kill For Peace (1966) The Fugs are considered one of the very first underground rock bands, and they were very ahead of their time. Kill For Peace influenced many other protest songs to follow.
Buffalo Springfield-For What It's Worth (1967) The short lived supergroup of Buffalo Springfield released For What It's Worth in 1967 and it is since considered one of the best protest songs of all time.
Elvis Costello-(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (1979) Originally written and recorded by Nick Lowe in 1974, Elvis Costello popularized the song in 1979. This is my favorite Elvis Costello song, even better than Alison and Accidents Will Happen.
John Lennon-Working Class Hero (1970) Lennon has made his share of political songs, but none is better musically then Working Class Hero. The song was controversial when it first came out because of John's use of the f-word and was banned by the FCC.
Barry McGuire-Eve of Destruction (1965) This song absolutely blew me away the first time I heard it. Not just because of the subject matter, but because of how forceful and passionate Barry McGuire was singing this song.
Country Joe & The Fish-I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (1969) Except for Hendrix's performance, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag has to be the musical highlight of Woodstock. Starting with the "F*ck" chant, Country Joe broke into the upbeat, sarcastic song about the Vietnam War with just about everyone in attendence singing along.
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fortunate Son (1969) CCR has a few other political songs, but no other makes the impact that Fortunate Son does. John Fogerty's lyrics about the thoughts of a man getting drafted, combined with the rocking beat make this one of the best songs of all time.
Bob Dylan-Blowin' In The Wind & Masters Of War (1963) Written in 1962, Blowin' in the Wind is the first ever protest song by a classic rock artist and is also considered one of the best songs all time. Masters of War, which was released on the same album as Blowin' in the Wind, is always referred to by music experts as being as good or even better then Blowin' in the Wind.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Almost Cut My Hair (1970) Not the most obvious choice, but CSNY takes the topic of getting your hair cut into an anti-establishment, fly your freak flag anthem. Combined with some of Neil Young's best guitar work, this is one of my favorite CSNY songs.
The Beates-Revolution 1 (1968) Lennon's original slower version of Revolution gets the nod over the faster single version. Complete with the "You can count me out-in" line and the "Shoo-be-doo-wops," Revolution 1 is one of the highlights of the amazing White Album.
Eric Burdon & The Animals-Sky Pilot (1968) Sky Pilot is Eric Burdon's first attempt at a political song, and man does he really hit the mark with this one. The seven minute album version featured a musical interlude that included the sounds of war.