Rock Songs Vietnam War

[life on mars]

My god they created a wealth of classics , enjoy this :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7yUyH0Dpz8

[cantonboy]

My favourite
Country Joe and the Fish...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPUJhy0Dz4

[life on mars]

My favourite
Country Joe and the Fish...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPUJhy0Dz4

Mines:

Fortunate Son By Creedeance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbNnvPBokNs

Volunteers by Jefferson Starship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijhWFDU

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

https://youtu.be/LQUXuQ6Zd9w

Sabbath War Pigs

Adopted by hundreds of thousands of Vietnam vets , the lyrics summing up their feelings

[life on mars]

Saigon Bride by Joan Baez wrote :

"How many dead men will it take / To build a dike that will not break? / How many children must we kill / Before we make the waves stand still?

[Lost Johnny]

I guess this could be classed as a Vietnam song too.

Written by Neil Young, it's about the Kent State university shootings, where Ohio National Guard officers shot and killed four students who were protesting against the Vietnam War in 1970.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10

[Moodybluebird]

War by Edwin Starr is a fantastic song.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

My ex-neighbour used to work for a minor record label and he used to give me freebies now and again, including this triple CD set:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Good...release/470112

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I guess this could be classed as a Vietnam song too.

Written by Neil Young, it's about the Kent State university shootings, where Ohio National Guard officers shot and killed four students who were protesting against the Vietnam War in 1970.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10

Cardiff band Sassafras used to do a version of it.

[bobh]

I've got the "Good Morning Vietnam" soundtrack album, really good stuff.

[light up the darkness]

Two popular ones are

Anh Khong Chet Dau Anh

https://youtu.be/FIKw9D5qvhQ

And


Song of the Liberation Army (Bài hát)

https://youtu.be/8-RHXr2txbw

This ones a belter when someone gets up at a wedding and starts singing this the whole room joins in

[elytillidie]

I Should Be Proud by Martha and the Vandellas, Motown's first protest song.

Billy Joel, Goodnight Saigon.

[Moodybluebird]

Just watched a documentary on Sky Arts about the songwriter Jimmy Webb, famous for writing many of Glen Campbell's hits. I was surprised to learn that Galveston was written about someone taken away to fight a war and hoping they would get through it. It was an anti-war song written with the Vietnam War in mind.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Surprised no one has mentioned the Rolling Stones' - 'Paint It Black'.

[Wash DC Blue]

Just watched a documentary on Sky Arts about the songwriter Jimmy Webb, famous for writing many of Glen Campbell's hits. I was surprised to learn that Galveston was written about someone taken away to fight a war and hoping they would get through it. It was an anti-war song written with the Vietnam War in mind.

Yup, one of my favourites.
Beautiful song.

[Moodybluebird]

Yup, one of my favourites.
Beautiful song.

Not that you would have thought so if you had just listened to Jimmy Webb's rendition on the Sky Arts programme !

Glen Campbell had a magical voice though and Wichita Lineman would probably feature in my list of Top 10 greatest songs.

[Malckent]

Yeah most of the tracks mentioned do resonate with me but there is one that stands head and shoulders above them in my eyes. Moratorium by Buffy St Marie. This one says it all, give it a spin on you tube, twas the b-side of soldier blue. If you do give it a go try the live version and please play it to the end.

[Moodybluebird]

Two if the most high profile were Lennon's Give Peace a Chance and Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner.

[Packerman]

Mickey Mouse song

[cantonboy]

Mines:

Volunteers by Jefferson Starship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijhWFDU

Grace Slick...The face that launched a thousand trips...

[life on mars]

My ex-neighbour used to work for a minor record label and he used to give me freebies now and again, including this triple CD set:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Good...release/470112

Bloody hell its worth a lot on Amazon £1,225.27

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GOOD-MORNIN...%2C183&sr=8-14

[life on mars]

I've got the "Good Morning Vietnam" soundtrack album, really good stuff.

This is a cracker of a soundtrack as well

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forrest-Gum...7124234&sr=8-7