Whats THE song, that makes you think of the Vietnam War?
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White Rabbit does it for me, and Paint it Black is a close second . . .
ky wonder
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the animals house of the rising son was one I liked back then
but my favorite was Ralph Stanley's where the river bends
I would play it with my granddad
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_yl...UTF-8&p=ralph stanley bend of the river movie
but my favorite was Ralph Stanley's where the river bends
I would play it with my granddad
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_yl...UTF-8&p=ralph stanley bend of the river movie
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It's not unlikely that at some level we were fighting EAST Germans.
THE PILGRIM
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We know there were Russians and Chinese there, among others.
And Spanish speakers , believed to be Cubans , messing with the POWS.
So why not some East Germans?
ky wonder
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I should add another since this is about songs that make us think about Vietnam
I was helping a neighbor haul hay back in 1968 and we were at his house for lunch when they received the visit that told them about the lost of their son
there are two things that always bring me to tears making me remember that (even now my eyes are tearing up)
1. the scene in saving private Benjamin were the farm wife is in the kitchen watching the car pull up, I had to walk out of the theatre that night when we went to see it
2. the Statler brothers song "more than a name on the wall"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1p8SlhEsI[/ame]
and another I just found " the wall song"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y64zTRlrmo[/ame]
an
I was helping a neighbor haul hay back in 1968 and we were at his house for lunch when they received the visit that told them about the lost of their son
there are two things that always bring me to tears making me remember that (even now my eyes are tearing up)
1. the scene in saving private Benjamin were the farm wife is in the kitchen watching the car pull up, I had to walk out of the theatre that night when we went to see it
2. the Statler brothers song "more than a name on the wall"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1p8SlhEsI[/ame]
and another I just found " the wall song"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y64zTRlrmo[/ame]
an
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For me, Sky Pilot and Hendrix version of Watchtower.
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I must have listened to that song a thousand times in the 70,s. The flip side to that record was, The "A" Team. I got into a fight with an older brother once, over which song was the best. I picked The Ballad of the Green Berets.
In 68 I got to see Ten Years After at the Paramount Northwest. Alvin Lee was so fast on his guitar that his fingers were just a blur. One of my all time favorite shows.
Dad met Country Joe MacDonald once, got a couple autographed albums from him for us kids. Saw him live at the UW.
Dad met Country Joe MacDonald once, got a couple autographed albums from him for us kids. Saw him live at the UW.
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I'm sorry, but he is one I can't give a like for. reason being, is and I don't know if true or not? but is what I've heard anyway, is that bruce dodged his duty by going to Canada. If I'm wrong? apologies but, till proven so, he's lower than a snakes belly.
Green, Green Grass of Home.
I like the Porter Wagoner version although I first remember Tom Jones.
I like the Porter Wagoner version although I first remember Tom Jones.
He didn't go to Canada but he did dodge the draft
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We had a low power radio station in High School. Played Beatles Motown and bubblegum. I loaned my copy of Big Brother and the holding company to one of the DJs who played the whole album. Mr. Kehrt the Dean of Boys told me I would never amount to much listing to that kind of stuff.
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I've been married for 40 years quite happily, have a son who should be in medical school next year, am an engineer and have a great church to attend so looks like he missed it a bit. I'm not bragging just blessed not to have taken some wrong paths.
This thread is awesome. It has spurred me to create a Vietnam playlist on my iPhone, which I expect to play loudly the next time I'm standing at the bench working on a gun . . .
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I got drafted April,1965 when LBJ was escalating the war in Viet Nam after he got re-elected Pres. in '64. The Army didn't send me to Nam but many of my besties went. For me, CCR's Favorite Son and Run Through the Jungle instantly call up the war and the '60s.
Just FYI...the senator's son is Al Gore. His daddy, Senator Albert Gore, kept him out of Nam by sending him to divinity school. However, they changed their minds later and young Al went to Nam as an Army correspondent. Two of my first cousins did the same thing. One of them lost the calling as soon as he turned 26; the other is still a pastor. I have the last laugh though....my brother and I who served are infinitely more successful than the two sky pilots(that's a Nam era song too).
Of the close friends who went to Nam, they are still paying the price. One just got new knees due to jumping out of Hueys; another has PTSD so bad he can't hold a job. Another is still haunted to this day but outwardly rich and successful. Now that we're in our 70's we can talk about stuff.
I still hate LBJ, McNamara, Rusk and the rest of those *******s who sent more and more young men over to not lose Viet Nam!
That's all I'm going to say about that!
Just FYI...the senator's son is Al Gore. His daddy, Senator Albert Gore, kept him out of Nam by sending him to divinity school. However, they changed their minds later and young Al went to Nam as an Army correspondent. Two of my first cousins did the same thing. One of them lost the calling as soon as he turned 26; the other is still a pastor. I have the last laugh though....my brother and I who served are infinitely more successful than the two sky pilots(that's a Nam era song too).
Of the close friends who went to Nam, they are still paying the price. One just got new knees due to jumping out of Hueys; another has PTSD so bad he can't hold a job. Another is still haunted to this day but outwardly rich and successful. Now that we're in our 70's we can talk about stuff.
I still hate LBJ, McNamara, Rusk and the rest of those *******s who sent more and more young men over to not lose Viet Nam!
That's all I'm going to say about that!
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I'm 40 so I'm a child of the alternative music scene of the early 90's, for me it's gotta be Alice in chains song rooster. For a alot of guys my age it hit home with what our dad's talked about.
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