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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 ...
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]
The song reflects on those who served in the Vietnam War and whose names are forever etched in stone at the Vietnam War Memorial. As of this writing, the wall currently has 58,000 names and counting.
"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.
Walking on a Thin Line (song) War (The Temptations song) The War Is Over (Phil Ochs song) We Gotta Get Out of This Place; What the World Needs Now Is Love; What's Going On (song) Where Are You Now, My Son? Where Do We Go from Here? (Chicago song) The Windows of the World (song)
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
[1] AllMusic writes that "2 + 2" is "a frightening, visceral song that stands among the best anti-Vietnam protests." [ 2 ] Music historian and editor of the Vietnam War Song Project Justin Brummer comments that by 1968 "songs began to emphasise the war’s length, military failures and growing fatality rate.