What song did they play during the Vietnam War?
But, while the role of music in stateside protest of that era is well-known — with anti-war songs like “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” featured in The Vietnam War — music also played an important role for those who were actually in Vietnam, fighting.
Who sang the song Good Morning Vietnam?
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Title/Composer | Performer | |
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1 | Adrian Cronauer | Robin Williams |
2 | Nowhere to Run Lamont Dozier / Brian Holland / Eddie Holland | Martha & the Vandellas |
3 | I Get Around Mike Love / Brian Wilson | The Beach Boys |
4 | Game of Love Clint Ballard, Jr. | Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders |
What are the top 10 Vietnam War songs?
The Top 10 Vietnam War Songs: A Playlist for Veterans. 1 1. We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals. 2 2. I Feel Like I’m Fixin to Die Rag by Country Joe & The Fish. 3 3. Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul and Mary. 4 4. Detroit City by Bobby Bare. 5 5. Purple Haze by Jim Hendrix Experience.
What was Joan Baez’s first song about Vietnam?
The song, which first appeared on Baez’s 1967 album Joan, wasn’t the first and it certainly wasn’t the last song Baez sang about the Vietnam War – in 1973, she even released an album (Where Are You Now My Son?) on which one side was entirely dedicated to recordings she’d made during a US bombing raid during her visit to Hanoi over Christmas 1972.
What song sums up the music of the war?
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) When asked to sum up the music of the war, Peter Bukowski, who served with the Americal Division near Chu Lai in 1968-69, responded: “Two words. Creedence Clearwater.” “They were the one thing everybody agreed on,” he told us.
When will Ken Burns’ the Vietnam War stream on PBS?
The Vietnam War, a 10-part Emmy-nominated PBS series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, streams again to PBS station members on-demand with the member benefit Passport, beginning August 4, 2020. This post was originally published on August 29, 2017, and was updated July 31, 2020.