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]

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My favourite
Country Joe and the Fish...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPUJhy0Dz4

[life on mars]

Re: Rock Songs Vietnam War

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]

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https://youtu.be/LQUXuQ6Zd9w

Sabbath War Pigs

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

[life on mars]

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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]

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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]

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War by Edwin Starr is a fantastic song.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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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-Morning-Vietnam/release/470112

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Rock Songs Vietnam War

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]

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

[light up the darkness]

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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]

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

Billy Joel, Goodnight Saigon.

[Moodybluebird]

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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]

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

[Wash DC Blue]

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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.