I've Known No War

I've Known No War

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Name = I've Known No War


Artist = The Who
Album = It's Hard
Released = September 4, 1982
track_no = 7
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Rock
Length = 5:46
Writer = Pete Townshend
Label = Polydor Records (UK)
Warner Bros. (U.S. original)
MCA Records (U.S. reissue)
Producer = Glyn Johns
[ Chart position = ]
prev = "Eminence Front"
prev_no = 6
next = "One Life's Enough"
next_no = 8"I've Known No War" is a song by the British rock band The Who, originally released on their 1982 album "It's Hard". Written by guitarist Pete Townshend, the song reflects personal thoughts on the Cold War, and contains lyrics referring to the end of World War II.

cquote|"Galbraith took his pen to break down the men of the German army defeated "On the nineteenth day of a spring day in May, Albert Speer was deleted "And as soon as the battle was over, I was born in victorious clover "And I've never been shot at or gassed never tortured or stabbed "And I'm sure - I'll never know war"

Townshend felt confident about the song, even stating that he felt it was one of the best tracks The Who ever did. [ [http://www.thewho.net/linernotes/It'sHard.htm The Hypertext Who › Liner Notes › It's Hard ] ]

Parke Puterbaugh of "Rolling Stone" magazine stated that the song was the key to the album, as he wrote in his 1982 review of "It's Hard": "'I've Known No War,' [is] a song that could become an anthem to our generation much the way 'Won't Get Fooled Again' did a decade ago. 'I've Known No War' is one conscientious objector's statement of defiant opposition, tempered by the realities of the present day. To wit, that a nuclear war, despite our best pacifistic inclinations, is in the hands of a few men who will simply decide to push a button, and that the ensuing annihilation will be sudden, certain and eternal" [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/259022/its_hard It's Hard : The Who : Review : Rolling Stone ] ]

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