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Posted By: Jason Xion Wang
13-Dec-14 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: Songs mentioning Chinese politicians?
Subject: Songs mentioning Chinese politicians?
Hi - I wonder if you know any topical folk song mentioning Chinese politicians? Quite interesting to me since I'm from China.
I've noticed a few: Phil Ochs' "I'm Going to Say It Now" which mentioned Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-Tung; "Draft Dodger Rag" which mentioned Chou En-Lai; Tom Paxton's "Daily News" which mentioned Chiang Kai-Shek. Moreover, Pete Seeger also recorded a short instrumental piece on "Dangerous Songs" album called "Mao Tse-Tung", which is actually a very well-known Chinese "red power ballad" flattering Mao, called "The East Is Red".
Now the question is - do anybody know more?
Thanks a lot.
Jason