Songs about the Vietnam War
Never in American culture has a war been given such spectacular attention in media. We've had 20 other dust-ups since then, some of them every bit as bloody, and yet Vietnam is the one that sticks.
Vietnam stands out in history for a number of reasons: First, it was the first war to have the attention of the golden age of media, bringing the daily news to everyone's living room in color. Second, it marked the turning point in American history when the innocence of the 1950s at last faded away and we had to be confronted with the brutal reality of the Cold War era. In fact, many would argue that everything America has become by now has proven most of the Vietnam protesters right, and yet it still doesn't turn out that bad after all.
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Paul Hardcastle -
King Crimson -
George Jones -
Big & Rich"He was dropped in the jungle
Where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air.
The the sergeant said
Look up ahead" -
Statler Brothers, The"Took a turn for the worse in the 60s
Saw some real people die on TV" -
Arlo Guthrie -
Bob Dylan -
Jimi Hendrix -
Guess Who -
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods -
Bob Dylan -
Bruce Springsteen"I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms" -
Pink Floyd"Bring the boys back home.
Bring the boys back home.
Don't leave the children on their own, no, no.
Bring the boys back home." -
Jethro Tull -
Deep Purple -
Guns N' Roses -
Steve Earle -
Phil Ochs -
Elton John"Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I" -
Pink -
Metallica -
Phil Ochs -
Johnny Cash -
Buffalo Springfield -
Creedence Clearwater Revival"Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, lord,
And when you ask them, 'how much should we give?'
Ooh, they only answer 'more! more! more!' yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son." -
Mekons, The"It's just a small step for him
It's a nice break from Vietnam" -
John Lennon -
Billy Joel -
John Lennon -
Phil Ochs -
Country Joe and the Fish -
Bob Dylan -
Ben Folds Five -
Statler Brothers, The -
Neil Young -
Crosby Stills Nash & Young -
Merle Haggard -
Bellamy Brothers"Then they sent him off to Vietnam on his senior trip
And they forced him to become a man while he was still a boy
And in each wave of tragedy he waited for the joy" -
REM -
Rolling Stones, The -
Moody Blues, The -
Beatles -
Alice In Chains -
Poison"Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon" -
Charlie Daniels -
Clash, The -
Rolling Stones, The -
Merle Haggard -
Alice In Chains -
Woody Guthrie -
Byrds, The -
Rage Against the Machine -
Black Sabbath -
Animals -
Marvin Gaye -
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