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Anti-war protest songs of the '60s and '70s
The Vietnam war was a dominant musical theme in the '60s and '70s. Anti-war songs were much in evidence at the Woodstock festival in 1969, and were an integral part of virtually ever anti-war protest march and rally.
Many of these songs were banned from mainstream radio stations, but found the perfect audience on the the so-called "underground" or "alternative" FM stations that played the albums that became what we know today as classic rock.
I think these are some of the best examples of the many anti-war protest songs of the era. You're invited to add yours to the list.
"2 + 2 = ?" - The Bob Seger System
Capitol Records
All I know is that I'm young and your rules they are old
If I've got to kill to live
Then there's something left untold
I'm no statesman I'm no general
I'm no kid I'll never be
It's the rules not the soldier
That I find the real enemy
Allmusic calls it "a ferocious antiwar song." Released as a single in 1968, then included on The Bob Seger System's Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1969, "2+2=?" speaks unflinchingly from the perspective of someone whose high school buddy went to Vietnam and is now "buried in the mud" in "foreign jungle land."
"21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson
Discipline Us
Blood rack barbed wire
Politicians' funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty first century schizoid man
The lead track on King Crimson's 1969 debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King made a powerful ani-war statement using a series of disconnected phrases which, taken together, formed an image of the Vietnam war: a conflict started and perpetuated by politicians, in which many innocent civilians died.
"Bring 'Em Home" - Pete Seeger
Appleseed Recordings
If you love your Uncle Sam
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Support our boys in Vietnam
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
It'll make our generals sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They want to tangle with the foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Pete Seeger is one of those artists who crossed genre lines with his strong anti-war sentiments, and was welcomed with open arms on the "alternative" stations that would play songs mainstream radio wouldn't touch. "Bring 'Em Home" is just one example of many anti-war protest songs written and/or recorded by Seeger.
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