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Soldiers stationed in Vietnam, listening to the song in June 1970, were undecided on whether the song was meant to protest the war itself or was "mocking a 'bad image' that many helicopter pilots and gunners feel they have acquired unfairly in the course of the war." [1] Music historian Justin Brummer, editor of the Vietnam War Song Project ...
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Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) Mission statement "This project is an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music" Type of project: Free, open history, online, and physical archive: Location: Austin, Texas, U.S. Founder: Justin Brummer: Established
The music video, however, depicts a couple torn apart by the war in Iraq, which began in 2003 and continues raging to this day. 40. Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
The protest music that came out of the Vietnam War era was stimulated by the unfairness of the draft, the loss of American lives in Vietnam, and the unsupported expansion of war. The Vietnam War era (1955–1975) was a time of great controversy for the American public. Desperate to stop the spread of communism in South-East Asia, the United ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Songs of the Vietnam War" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.
The Vietnam War Song Project has identified over 100 songs about Lt. Calley and the Mỹ Lai massacre, with music historian Justin Brummer writing in History Today that "The most well-known song defending Calley was the ‘Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley’ (1971), by Terry Nelson, which sold over one million copies". [1]
A brief history of war in the media. Recordings of war for the masses, says Thompson, go back to the Trojan War, when "the medium was epic poetry, written centuries later."Eventually artists would ...