Rise Against--Hero of War / Audience of One / Ready to Fall / Architects--Live @ LA Rising 2011-7-30

Rise Against begins a set of two with the band's showcase piece of stark irony at L.A. Rising in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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Q. How would you like to see the war ultimately come to an end?

A. Yeah, obviously Afghanistan and Iraq are two way different conflicts. Our government went after Afghanistan because they wanted to stamp out the Taliban which they thought was supporting [Osama] bin Laden, but I think as far as Iraq goes, my viewpoint is get out as soon as possible. I don't think we're making as much progress over there as the Republican side keeps saying we are. It's a mess over there. At our show last night we had some soldiers from the IVAW, Iraq Veterans Against the War. They were tabling at our show last night and they're going to be tabling throughout this tour. These are kids that were over there; kids that were in the city streets of Iraq and they're saying they're not doing any good. They're kicking down doors of strangers, ransacking homes, flipping over furniture, digging through all their shit and when they don't find anything? Next house. I mean, imagine that. Just imagine in your town, soldiers and tanks going house by house and just digging through shit. And they don't see that much of a change. They don't see anything getting better. These are kids that were over there just recently. These are people who aren't anti-military. Many of them are still in the military and proud to be in the military. They're just saying, 'We're not doing anything over there.' Like, what's the mission? And when is it going to end? There is no mission now. The only mission now is to save face. Oh, we can't lose; we've got to win. That's not a reason to continue the bloodshed.

Link to the complete Rise Against interview by Eric Mitts on Recoil:
http://recoilmag.com/interviews/?1165

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Link to playlist of all videos of this day's event (Rise Against, Muse, Rage Against the Machine): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD9E15C5054570483

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Hero of War lyrics:

He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."

Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends

They took off his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away

The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow

A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rise Against
• Hero of War
• Audience of One
• Ready to Fall
• Architects
• Live
• LA Rising
• Los Angeles
• Coliseum
• July 30 2011

[Panthersfan226]

They also played Ready to Fall and Architects in this video, just so you know. Thanks for the upload!

[backpackdave2011]

@Panthersfan226 Thanks for viewing and helping. I just managed to squeeze all the titles in by eliminating the words "Los Angeles" in the title line. :)

[2007GoingOn1984]

I'm a member of IVAW, was working our booth yesterday

I was in the pit for this song - that shout-out totally blew my mind.

Thanks for posting.

[Pietraas]

Architects 11:45

[afsosiam]

HERO OF WAR !!!!!!! :'D EPIC SONG

[RiseAgainstPETA]

this is a first class example of wh rise against is the best band in the world, that audience of one improv was amazing

[LyaHelena]

Interview:

Reporter: Warum wills du singen?

Justin Bieber: Die Götter haben mich geschickt, um zu singen

*Rise against erscheint*

Haben wir nicht! :o

[00Powell]

@backpackdave2011 LOL do you just, like, follow rise against around the world? im pretty sure i saw some live videos of them at edgefest in toronto by you too?

[00Powell]

YOU ROCK

[InoFan01]

Thank you for uploading! This concert was fantastic. <3 I love going to Rise Against concerts, they always do their very best and put on a great show. Thanks again for letting me relive the moment, and show off to others~ =D

[george24rock]

@rockwizclown You have to thank this guy for uploading this amazing thing on YT, not to say shit!

[rockwizclown]

why couldn't you have been on the opposite side?!!

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