What are the names of all your vietnam era songs?

[onebigbadwulf]

Having been born in the 80s I always hear them but never know who sang them or the names of them.

One I recently found was Buffalo Springfield - Stop, what's that sound (at least I think it's about Vietnam).

However, the one I'm trying to find sounds like Jimi Hendrix and the lyrics are "there must some way out of here"

There are a ton of others... I'd like to find. So show me what you got DU!

[Crunchy Frog]

1. My favorite is Alice's Restaurant

by Arlo Guthrie.

I was born in 1963, so I was around for Vietnam, but not really aware of it. I didn't really begin learning about it until the late 70's.

It took me awhile to actually figure out that Alice's Restaurant was about Vietnam.

I think the one you're referring to is Jimi Hendrix, at least in one version, though I think it was actually written by Bob Dylan. I'm not certain that it was about Vietnam, but I really don't know.

[Skarbrowe]

2. Try watching China Beach

Heck, I don't even know if that show is on cable anymore. Anyway, it was great for catching all that late mid to late 60's music. This was my "era", but it's too early for me to remember anything but, ah geez, the title song to China Beach just left me. That was a great time for music. Come to think of it, it was more like a sound-track for an era. Haunting.

Skarbrowe

[dancing kali]

3. All of them?

There were many. Are you talking about songs that were specifically about war or just the music of the era in general.

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth and Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower are the two you mentioned.

Country Joe and the Fish - Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag
Tom Paxton - Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young - Ohio - Wooden Ships - Chicago
Donovan (lots of people did this one) - Universal Soldier
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Coven - One Tin Soldier
The Cast recording of Hair
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers

These are ones I can come up with off the top of my head at 4am.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Blowin' In The Wind

or anything else by Bob Dylan or anything by Peter, Paul and Mary.:-)

Yes, that is an excellent one by Buffalo Springfield. But the best is by Pete Seeger. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." He is the consummate anti-war song poet.:-)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. You refer to "All along the watchtower" written by Dylan

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

[TexasProgresive]

6. dancing kali has a good list and I would add-

"Leaving on a Jet Plane", Peter, Paul and Mary. While not an overtly anti war song it was achingly real to those of us leaving for military training.

"The Great Mandala" bu PP&M ranks at the top for me as antiwar songs.

VietNam and the war was so pervasive in the youth culture of my salad days that it affected our interpretation of many songs. We saw the world through Nam glasses. We all knew someone there and many of us were sent there, too many came back in an aluminum case.

Once a week, Thursdays I think, a Red Cross airplane landed at Keesler AFB with bodies aboard. August,1969 Hurricane Camille devastated the Biloxi area, there was water on the runway and yet the flying hearse still landed against the advise of the air traffic controllers. We were all sure that we were gonna die. Country Joe's song was true and real for us as was "The House of the Risin' Sun."

There was a lot of good things going on then but we've yet to see any real results from my generation that wanted to change the world. We met the world and the world changed us-how sad.

A slogan from those days- Draft Beer-not Students!"

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. Also, don't forget that Vietnam ran from the early 60's to the

mid-70's

That is a lot of music, man.


It ranges from late doo-wop to immediately pre-disco.

[JLuckey]

8. 49 Bye-Byes/Amreicas Children,- Crosby ,Still, Nash and Young..........

Off 4way Street Album. This song just gets me rolling.

[jonnyblitz]

9. all along the watchtower is the hendrix song you speak of n/t

[SummerGrace]

10. What's Going On?

Marvin Gaye

[pagerbear]

11. I loved it when the Muppets did that song!

[ET Awful]

12. Actually, that song is called "For What It's Worth" and. . .

while written during the Vietnam era, it actually wasn't about Vietnam itself. It was written as a response to the military response to rioting in Los Angeles.

The song you're looking for other than that is "All Along the Watchtower" performed by Hendrix, written by Bob Dylan.

If you like "For What It's Worth," by the Buffalo Springfield, I highly recommend checking out the Byrds, the Hollies and Crosby, Stills and Nash (which was formed by members of the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds and the Hollies).

If you like that folk-rock/country-rock sound, I'd also recommend the Band.

You really can't get a true sense of the music of the era without also checking into bands that were never really played heavily on the radio either, the Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, etc. The Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane are also necessary :).

I could go on for hours.

[rasputin1952]

15. Those were the Golden Years of Live Bands/Groups...

During the late '60's all of the did the Filmore's E & W, sat in a small bar in the Village in NY, and saw Dylan do his thing. No cover, 50 cent drinks....JEEEZZZ.

The Byrds, McGuinn w/ that 12 string Rickenbacker...:)
The Airplane, Slick with that raw power and range of her voice...:)
The Animals, Stone Pony, the Band, Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, the Allman Bro's, It's a Beautiful Day, Peter Paul & Mary, Cat Stevens, ...the list could go on, but my brain is getting older now, and I'd have to research.

I have an extensive collection of vinyl back in NY, about 1200 miles from here in Nebraska....:(

The thing about the music of the '60's early '70's is that people could actually get on stage and plat w/o all of the gadgets they have now that synthesize everything from a C Chord to a fart. But the real thing about that era was that people weren't afraid to show their raw emotion, the power behind the words and music offered hope and a future; which sadly did not pan out....:(

I think the two quintessential forces, (in music), that drove that era, were Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Many of their songs were performed by other and a lot of people never really knew who came up w/the words or wrote the song...The Byrds did an excellent job w/Dylan songs..."My Back Pages" is one of my favorites of all times.

Carole King should not be left out either, she has written many pieces that she didn't actually perform, and rarely gets the credit she deserves.

And how could I forget Judy Collins? The voice of an angel wisping through the air......:)


"But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..." refrain, My Back Pages...:)

[Autumn]

13. Sky Pilot

I think it was by Eric Burden and the Animals.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Masters of War.

On edit: The Times They Are a Changing.

[argyl]

16. "Time Has Come Today" the Chambers Brothers.

[Old and In the Way]

17. Two songs come to mind-

Simple Song of Freedom (written by Bobby Daren (believe it or not)-

Come and sing a simple song of freedom
Sing it like you've never sung before
Let it fill the air, tell the people
Everywhere, that we the people here
Don't want no war.

Hey there, Mr. rich man do you hear me?
I don't want your money nor your games,
I'm just trying to be someone
Known to you as ME, and I just bet my
Life you want the same.

Some folks enjoy fighting battles,
Like presidents, prime ministers and kings,
So let us build them shelves where
They might fight among themselves
And let them be the ones to sing.
This little song....


Pretty appropriate for today, no?



Also, "My Uncle" by the Flying Burrito Brothers

My Uncle
Words and Music by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman


A letter came today from the draft board
With trembling hands I read the questionnaire
It asked me questions about my mama and papa
Now that ain't what I call exactly fair


So I'm heading for the nearest foreign border
Vancouver might be just my kind of town
'Cause they don't need the kind of law and order
That tends to keep a good man underground


A sad old soldier once told me a story
About a battlefield that he was on
He said a man should never fight for glory
He must know what is right and what is wrong


Now, I don't know how much I owe my uncle
But I suspect it's more than I can pay
He's asking me to sign a three-year contract
I guess I'll catch the first bus out today
Copyright 19?? Irving Music, Inc. BMI