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50 years on…. end of Vietnam War

28 Apr 25 - 07:49 AM (#4221724)
Subject: 50 years on….
From: Rapparee

Associated Press article


28 Apr 25 - 09:13 AM (#4221728)
Subject: RE: 50 years on….
From: Beer

Thanks Rap. That was great reading of a time gone by.


28 Apr 25 - 10:45 AM (#4221732)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: Stilly River Sage

Get out your guitars and notepaper, we're needing some songs for the American Revolution 2.0.


28 Apr 25 - 11:35 AM (#4221734)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: Joe Offer

I guess my favorite song of the Vietnam era was "The Times They Are a-Changin'." But I'll probably remember a different favorite tomorrow.


28 Apr 25 - 12:11 PM (#4221740)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: gillymor

Here's a title for some enterprising songwriter, "I ain't Going to Greenland".

A couple of anti-war songs that have been written since the VN war-

Levellers - The Recruiting Sergeant

Karan Casey-The King's Shilling


30 Apr 25 - 06:01 AM (#4221836)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: GUEST,henryp

The King’s Shilling; Margie Sinclair sang Ian Sinclair’s song The King’s Shilling in 1979 on their group Mirk’s album Moddan’s Bower. Thanks to Mainly Norfolk.

I'm not sure that folk music today has the audience to launch a major protest song. But one could come from a music scene more popular with younger people, Radio 1, perhaps, or the summer music festivals.

There are certainly enough problems both locally and globally that demand attention.


30 Apr 25 - 09:19 AM (#4221844)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: gillymor

I wasn't suggesting that Karan Casey wrote The King's Shilling.


30 Apr 25 - 10:37 AM (#4221849)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: Pappy Fiddle

Here's Marc Nerenberg singing "Big Lies, Butterflies, & Brutal Tyrants" which is a protest song tuned to the current sichiation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkwcpDCYTdI


30 Apr 25 - 12:03 PM (#4221854)
Subject: RE: 50 years on…. end of Vietnam War
From: Beer

Well done Marc. Still hanging out at the "Yellow Door" I see.
Adrien