Vietnam War Song Project
This channel looks at Vietnam War songs and spoken-word records. The purpose of this project is for those listening to learn about the Vietnam War, the music and the artists. It also seeks to preserve the records for the future. See playlists for different themes.
To keep up-to-date with the project, you can follow Twitter or the archives site.
Songs are posted for educational use only.
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Vietnam War Song Project
The song "The Viet Nam Blues" written by Kris Kristofferson, anti-protest, patriotic - on 28 August 1965 Billboard reported that "Capt. Kris Kristofferson, 23, of Texas, a Rhodes scholar, got out of the army recently... Kristofferson's first to be recorded is "The Viet Nam Blues"
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Vietnam War Song Project
44 political and Vietnam records picked up on recent road trip
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See list of 25+ answer / response songs to Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction":
rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrummer/barry-mcguires-eve…
Playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
2 months ago | [YT] | 10
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Vietnam War Song Project
So mass murderer Lt. William Calley died back in April. The project has identified 150+ songs to date about the My Lai massacre, most of the war-time songs supported Calley and called for his release. Here is the list:
rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrummer/vietnam-war-my-lai…
YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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Vietnam War Song Project
See list of answer records to Victor Lundberg's "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" (1967), when he declared: "if you decide to burn your draft card, then burn your birth certificate... from that moment on, I have no son": rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrummer/vietnam-war-victor…
YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
3 months ago | [YT] | 10
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Vietnam War Song Project
Images from the insert of Japanese Vietnam War record "戦場の村" ("Battlefield Village) (1968)
6 months ago | [YT] | 13
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Two Vietnam War VHS tapes, "GI Songs and Stories From Vietnam"
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Vietnam War Song Project
New acquisition: from Vietnam, "Lời ca giải phóng" (Liberation Songs), 12 tracks on 10" vinyl, including "Giải phóng Miền Nam" ("Liberate the South"), "Gửi anh Đi Đầu quân" ("For You Who Are Going to the Army") etc. (auto-translate used)
6 months ago | [YT] | 10
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Vietnam War Song Project
"Folksingers for Freedom in Vietnam" - advert posted in UK music publication Melody Maker, 18 March 1967
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Vietnam War Song Project
Pleased to have contributed towards the excellent documentary by @Tu_patrona on the @bbcworldservice called "The Vietnam War soundtrack". Check it out here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct68wc
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