Whats THE song, that makes you think of the Vietnam War?

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If you wanted good sound.....

gunship said:
Layla, of course. I can still see those big reels going around.
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The best place to get good sound back then without records was out of those two big reels at 7 1/2 "/ sec. with Ampex Tape and the TEAC that could probably be had at a great price at the PX along with the Pentax camera.
 
All my favorites have already been posted...The End, Fortunate Son...
It's pretty tough to come up with something different at this point but who else remembers "Tribes"???? 'God surely knows....each lonely soldier.....

How about "One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack"???

Some songs of that era just stick in your head..."Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones or "Penny Lane" by the Beetles. I was just a kid but I still remember the very first time I heard either song.
 
rwsmith said:
Didn't "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oad Tree" take on some meaning for returning Vets even though the basis was different (returning convict)?

It could ALMOST be interpreted to represent returning Vets but the line "and put the blame on me" doesn't apply to soldiers, many of whom were drafted. Of course if somebody VOLUNTEERED to go instead of staying with wife/girlfriend it could kinda sorta by construed that way. But I never liked the link to Vets but the Vets probably didn't mind.
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A yellow ribbon traditionally meant a sweetie in the Cavalry.
 
"One Tin Soldier" - Coven

"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
 
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Gamecock said:
War! What is it good for?
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The only possible way to make that song any worse is to have the burn out Bob Dylan try to sing it!!!!!!
He might have wrote a lot of great songs but the dude couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
 
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Was listening to the 70's run on XM in the few minutes I drive lately, and they were in a program that talked about "tie a yellow ribbon" being for a vet on his way home. I had always thought the convict story, but based on the band interviews, not so!
 
During that same period it seem most of us had to purchase a reel to reel sound system with turntable to spin those vinyls. It usually came with very large speakers, tweeters, woofers etc. you could blow the windows out. One of the best lines I heard was " turn the volume up and rip the knob off". Wish I still had mine, that tape reel could hold a lot of tunes.
Seems we are mostly rock and rollers here. One album sticks in my mind, probably because she was a cutie and I young, was a 16 yr. old named Tanya Tucker, release a album around 71-72 as I recall. Can't remember time frame for Delta Dawn but still hear her singing that song.
 
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