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This moving film brings us closer to the reality of viet nam by combining the emotional lyrics and music of country joe mcdonald with compelling archival footage of the war. Get all the lyrics to songs on vietnam experience and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Mcdonald wrote the song in about 20 minutes for an anti vietnam war play. Well, come on all of you big strong men uncle sam needs your help again got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in vietnam put down your. Vietnam experience country joe mcdonald a collection of vietnamrelated songs. And from my fathers experience with the house unamerican activities committee, i knew that if. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises secret agent country joe mcdonald vietnam experience. Well, come on all of you, big strong men uncle sam needs your help again hes got himself in a terri.
Country joe and the fish was an american psychedelic rock band formed in berkeley, california, in 1965. Vietnam song live from woodstock lyrics country joe. Vietnam experience country joe mcdonald singersongwriter 1986. Recent work one of the greatest dilemmas through joes career has been the inability to actively pursue a political direction. The radio waves and your movies and your jukeboxes and your song books are already loaded down and. This shortcoming, if one were to call it, that is best described by a confrontation in new york in 1968. A 1987 release originally on vinyl by rag baby, reissued by one way but never on cd on joes label until now. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. But mcdonald, 74, is coming to the lbj library for the vietnam war summit that runs today. Best rock songs vietnam war music best rock music of all time 60s and. Opinion country joes obscene truths the new york times. Produced by country joe mcdonald, recorded at vanguard23rd street studio, new york, engineered by jeff zaraya, cover produced by robin menken, cover by thutwainwright, san francisco, california.
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