War | 5ive Songs

1. Foo Fighters, “Waiting on a War”

💿 Medicine at Midnight • 🏷 Roswell / RCA • 📅 2021

Question: “Is there more to this than that?” 🎵 “Waiting on a War” ranks among the most thoughtful records from 💿 Medicine at Midnight, the tenth studio album by 🎙 Foo Fighters. On this particular record, front man 🎙 Dave Grohl reflects on the state of world and the effect that it has on the young, who are often adversely affected by the happenings of the world.

Inspired by his own childhood during the 80s and a conversation with his daughter, he perfectly captures the sentiment of feeling like war is imminent when that shouldn’t be the case.  Perhaps the lyric that stands out the most is, “Every day waiting for the sky to fall,” which is both metaphorical but also quite literal in some cases.     

2. Roddy Ricch, “War Baby”

💿 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial • 🏷 Atlantic • 📅 2019

🎙 Roddy Ricch concludes his successful debut album, 💿 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (best known for mega-hit “The Box”) with 🎵 “War Baby.” “War Baby” finds Ricch reflecting on an arduous past.  On the first verse, he asserts, “I’m from the bottom of the bottom, check your sources baby / I’m a war baby, but I can’t divorce the pavement.” He goes on to say, “It was hell in the projects, I survived the storm / Got brothers in the sky, they die ‘fore they born.” Essentially, he makes it clear he’s been through a lot, he’s rough-n-tumble, but he’s made it – he’s a success story.  The centerpiece, of course, is the chorus

“...Survived in the trenches, I’m a war baby
Had to slide on the sliders, that ain’t normal, baby.”

Call “War Baby” the ‘hood gospel.’ 🎛 Sonic stitches up gorgeous production for Ricch to spit over, led by lush piano and anchored by robust bass and a hella rhythmic beat.  Another lovely touch? The choral vocals, straight out of the black church.

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3. Tamar Braxton, “Love and War”

💿 Love and War • 🏷 Epic • 📅 2013

“We stay on the front lines / Yeah but we’re still here after the bomb drops.” Wow, now that is definitely intense! 🎵 “Love and War” can be accurately characterized as 🏆 Grammy-nominated R&B singer 🎙 Tamar Braxton’s ‘ace in the hole.’ Not only the crowning achievement of her 2013 album, 💿 Love and War, “Love and War” also ranked among the best R&B tracks of 2013.

The chorus, excerpted above, is clearly the biggest, most memorable moment of the record.  Braxton continues singing, “We go so hard, we lose control/ The fire starts then we explode / When the smoke clears, we dry our tears / Only in love in war.” What she’s saying is definitely a realistic picture of a relationship.  The record is well-produced (🎛 DJ Camper) with a nice, nuanced vocal from Braxton.

4. Bullet For My Valentine, “You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)”

💿 Venom • 🏷 RCA • 📅 2015

“Your words cut deep / Your lies are fueled by your need for deceit / Too scared to speak / You’re only alive when you torture the weak / now hear me roar.”  Woo! Those are some angry lyrics there 🎙 Bullet for My Valentine!  Likewise, the backdrop behind those lyrics and passionate vocals on 🎵 “You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)” is intense.  The guitars are heavy and driving, while the drums pummel hard AF.  This epic standout appears on BFMV’s 2015 album, 💿 Venom.

So, the big question is, what has got the band ready for a full-fledged war? Bullying, so it seems:

“We will not take this anymore
These words will never be ignored
You want a battle
Here’s a war!”

What better way to express angst than music? Furthermore, what better genre to do so than metal? HYFR! 🤘

5. Lana Del Rey, “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing”

💿 Lust for Life • 🏷 Interscope • 📅 2017

The nine-word-titled ‘war’ song at hand, 🎵 “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing,” finds 🏆 Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter 🎙 Lana del Rey perturbed about the state of America.  “When the World…” appears as the 11^th track on her 2017 studio album, 💿 Lust for Life.

On the chorus, Del Rey asks a series of questions: “Is it the end of an era? / Is it the end of America?” Of course, such questions need answers, and Ms. Del Rey provides them as a good patriot should, well, sort of:

“No, it’s only the beginning
If we hold onto hope, we’ll have a happy ending
When the world was at war before
We just kept dancing.”

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