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Today's Date:
Are You Experienced?
Welcome to the music that changed the world, yet, it wasn't just the music - even though it was a major voice in the entire movement we cannot ever forget the very people who were brave enough to be different from any generation that had ever preceded them. Some referred to it all as the new renaissance by the time it reached the 60's and in many ways I would have to agree.
This is not a page to read in silence. If you don't have the speakers turned on to your computer, you should. The volume is preset, so, if you want to change it that's entirely up to you. There is a music playlist located at the very bottom of this page. On it you will find 100 songs that will accompany the atmosphere of your visit here. This was difficult to create because there are so many good musicians, bands and songs and I just couldn't get everybody on it. If you don't see someone you think should have been on this list or if you hear a song that reminds you of another sone - figure it this way, in both instances this is a good thing...it means you haven't forgot and those you are thinking about made a lasting impression in your life. That does them a great honor and makes it all worth it. Please enjoy the music you are listening to here and if you would like to switch from one song to another that's easy - just click on it. By the way, when you leave this page and then come back to it the first song on the list will begin again. I hope these tunes bring back some fond memories for many of you and for those of you who have never heard these tunes before....ssssshhhh....listen.
How many of us were putting the headlines and the stories together, not with just the bands or the music, but what they were all drawing from, what they were talking and singing about...the signs of the times? Everybody was hungry for a change from a screwed up world that based most of what it was doing on war. Something happened during WWII that would change the world in another way...The Bomb. This was probably mankinds biggest mistake of all time. We were in Korea before we left Japan and in Viet Nam before we left Korea. Too much war. Lines were drawn, Hawks against the Doves, and that was exactly what no one wanted. They wanted unity...they wanted people to wake up to the truth and the fact that society, the world and civilization could not continue this way. Those who were in a position to listen and make the necessary changes refused and those that tried to make a change were killed...some assassinated. Things were just getting nasty all over and the music became the CNN of a very disgruntled and threatened generation.
The first Rock 'n' Roll song to be recorded was called 'Rocket 88' in 1951. Alan Freed and his Moondog Coronation Ball is the one who coined the term "Rock 'n' Roll in 1952. The unique thing about any of this, the entire movement, was that it didn't happen overnight...it happened universally. It spread across all racial, ethnic, religious, political, social, educational and economical boundries. None were untouched by its effects.
I could probably grab a line or two from nearly every song written during these times that would end up as the entire content of this brief overview...and it would magically make sense too. That within itself is a rather profound statement because everything that needed to be said was said and those who took the responsibility to adorn the robes of the minstrals and story tellers; those musical town criers; the messengers were loved and embraced by millions...and yes, they were afraid but they overcame it and held on to the goal...Awakening.
It was all considered a 'fad' - that it would pass as quickly as it began. Neither were so far from the truth.
Those who opposed this worldwide change became afraid because now they were exposed to the true and real beast plaguing their once free minds and spirits and bodies...it was them - and they blamed their very own children.
It would really be difficult to try and put together everything that has happened from the end of World War II up to now. Many of the people that were the forefathers of the entire movement are gone and yet many others still remain. Of these, those that are still with us, have managed somehow to stay the course of what it was all about and those who made up the body of the movement have split into seperate groups as their lives have demanded - or as they were dictated to by the pressures of a corporate minded society. Once again, "paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep, it starts when you're always afraid, step out of line - the man comes and takes you away...you'd better stop, children, what's that sound?, everybody look what's goin' down." (Buffalo Springfield)
Pesonally, I fully enjoyed the 50's, 60's and 70's and learned a lot from them all. To this day I still live by and use what I learned. I did not walk away or turn my back on the purpose for the movement, music or otherwise. Some may say that there were too many causes, but to me there was only one and still is...to do what is right. Whatever the cause may be the top and the bottom line is always the same.
So where did everybody go? Where are all those bold and beautiful people that made it a point in their lives to be seen, to be heard, to be an active participant, that did not drop out but got involved, that did tune in and turn on? Did the technological-gadgetry overwhelm your sense or propriety? How many of you sold out?
What is going on today is madness, worse than it was during those days. It can in no way be blamed on the movement during those times for this result...but it can be blamed, if blame need be, on those who turned their backs and walked away. Apathy is just as much a deadly social disease as is AIDS. Then again, I'm not writing this to stage a rant on what went wrong or why - it did, and those responsible I'm sure are sitting idely by pondering why they didn't stay the course.
None-the-less, the movement continues, the music continues and those of us who have stayed the course...continue.
We've lost many along the way but they managed, against all odds, to leave us and generations to come a living legacy through their brief time with us, the poetry, the music, the art, the style, the innovation, the magic and the memories.
 There are many who have written better articles about this entire movement and the awakening and not just in America, but, the world. I have included links to their works on this site because of their depth and insight; their overall contribution and your need to either be reminded or to know in the first place. Much of this work reminded me of my own personal involvement of these times to the point of me realizing that I was wishing for them to all be here again...and yes, these memories brought a deep emotion to the surface that made me cry for this longing...I have never forgotten; I will never forget...they are as much a part of my life and my being as they are yours. I loved these times. It was Carmel by the Sea, Muscle Shoals, the Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore West and East, Red Dog Saloon, God's Eye Theater, Monterey, the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, Pandora's Box, the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park, Candlestick Park, Woodstock, Haight/Ashbury, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Denver, Boulder, England and thousands of music halls, high school auditoriums, parks, AM and FM radio stations, and a thousand other places with a thousand other names...with millions of people from everywhere. How could anyone ever forget this?
I play the music everyday as it is as much a part of me as the clothes I wear. I would feel naked without either. I think I could live without the clothes...never the music. I see the faces of all the people and the musicians just like it was right now. It was an experience. Are you experienced?
From the Rock and Roll Report web site:
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Chet Helms
I was sorry to hear that the legendary rock and roll promoter Chet Helms, he of the Avalon Ballroom and the Family Dog passed away at age 62. Described as the "Father of the Summer of Love" Helms was a proud hippie through and through who actually lived the ideals that the '60s counterculture was supposed to espouse. Another rock and roll legend gone.
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The Bands were formed by creative, bold and innovative individuals who were not afraid to be different from all walks of life. They made such a difference that it will live on for eternity...or at least as long as there is a planet Earth.
One could say that music is the song of the soul and that song is heard by all the universe. Those that critisized the music of these times as being too loud; can't understand it or that it was a fad and would soon pass we can now find singing those very same songs and owning some rather impressive musical libraries...and I'll bet they can tell some stories too.
But it wasn't all Rock & Roll. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Jazz, the Blues, Country Western, Folk and others were all effected by this tool of communication. Everyone stepped across the boundries and learned eachothers music and styles. They mixed them together and pulled them apart and created something so different from anything before them that it set a new standard and opened new doors to new horizons.
(From The Rock and Roll Report)
Is "Rocket 88" the first rock and roll song?
Is "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brentson and his Delta Cats the very first rock and roll song? After all, Charlie Watts and Ian Stewart named their boogie woogie combo Rocket 88 after this exact song because they felt that it was in fact the first rock and roll song ever released. I have heard the argument before and they are quite convincing if you are into that kind of debate. Author Alex Martels makes his case in The Most Influential Song You Have Never Heard and at the very least it will want to make you track down a copy. I vote yes.
(From The Rock and Roll Report)
The Legendary Hit Factory is closing its' doors
The legendary Hit Factory recording studio, home to such legends as John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder is closing its' doors due in no small part to the fact that musicians these days can pretty much get some of the same audio quality in their home studios as they can at these massively expensive recording complexes. This same fate closed the legendary Le Studio just North of Montreal which played host to everyone from Rush, The Police, Bee Gees and Celine Dion. The technology is there, now all people have to learn is the art of recording, a technique that isn't as easy to master as the software makes it seem.
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Concerts were the new galleries of creative interactivity and personal involvement. They belonged to everyone who attended them. After-all, it wasn't just the bands and the musicians that made a concert...it was the people who came to them. That was the event and each and every one of these concerts were one of a kind.
The music enabled people to be creatively freer than ever before. The art, the design, the fashion were also a new statement, a new stage in the theater of life. The posters, the magazines, the newspapers, the books, the lightshows and the technology developed along the way laid the foundation for what was to come...and no one really knew, at that time, what was going to happen because of it.
Individuals like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, old college buddies and tripping friends, would create the very objects that enables you to read what is in front of you right now. And just think...Apple/Macintosh and MicroSoft are the products of some really good LSD or Acid. Nah...but, oh yeah! Yet, they were only a few who tripped out and brough something useful back as a result of their adventures.
Psychedelic! What's that? Well, if you don't know you were never there. It's way beyond words or any simple or single explination. For the most part this too is an individual experience. It took everything we were used to seeing on one plain and warping it out of perspective and then bringing it back into focus with a better understanding of what it really was...then putting it in its proper place.
Are you experienced?
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THE UNTOLD STORY OF VIET NAM
Sir! No Sir! A Film About The Gi Movement Against The War In Vietnam.
This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's-one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time.
Synopsis
In the 1960’s an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn’t take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. And it spread throughout the battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no one expected, least of all those in it. Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile. And by 1971 it had, in the words of one colonel, infested the entire armed services. Yet today few people know about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War has been the subject of hundreds of films, both fiction and non-fiction, but this story-the story of the rebellion of thousands of American soldiers against the war-has never been told in film.This is certainly not for lack of evidence. By the Pentagon’s own figures, 503,926 “incidents of desertion” occurred between 1966 and 1971; officers were being “fragged”(killed with fragmentation grenades by their own troops) at an alarming rate; and by 1971 entire units were refusing to go into battle in unprecedented numbers. In the course of a few short years, over 100 underground newspapers were published by soldiers around the world; local and national antiwar GI organizations were joined by thousands; thousands more demonstrated against the war at every major base in the world in 1970 and 1971, including in Vietnam itself; stockades and federal prisons were filling up with soldiers jailed for their opposition to the war and the military.
Yet few today know of these history-changing events.
Sir! No Sir! will change all that. The film does four things: 1) Brings to life the history of the GI movement through the stories of those who were part of it; 2) Reveals the explosion of defiance that the movement gave birth to with never-before-seen archival material; 3) Explores the profound impact that movement had on the military and the war itself; and 4) The feature, 90 minute version, also tells the story of how and why the GI Movement has been erased from the public memory.
I was part of that movement during the 60’s, and have an intimate connection with it. For two years I worked as a civilian at the Oleo Strut in Killeen, Texas-one of dozens of coffeehouses that were opened near military bases to support the efforts of antiwar soldiers. I helped organize demonstrations of over 1,000 soldiers against the war and the military; I worked with guys from small towns and urban ghettos who had joined the military and gone to Vietnam out of a deep sense of duty and now risked their lives and futures to end the war; and I helped defend them when they were jailed for their antiwar activities. My deep connection with the GI movement has given me unprecedented access to those involved, along with a tremendous amount of archival material including photographs, underground papers, local news coverage and personal 8mm footage.
Sir! No Sir! reveals how, thirty years later, the poem by Bertolt Brecht that became an anthem of the GI Movement still resonates:
General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect: He can think.
Treatment:
Like the Vietnam War itself, the GI Antiwar Movement started small and within a few years had exploded into a force that altered history. And like the times from which it grew, the movement involved organized actions and spontaneous resistance, political groups and cultural upheaval. The movement was never characterized by one organization or leader. Rather, between 1966 and 1975, groups of soldiers-some small and some numbering in the thousands-emerged to challenge the war and racism in the military. Group action and individual defiance, from the 500,000 GIs who deserted over the course of the war to the untold numbers who wore peace signs, defied military discipline and avoided combat, created a “Fuck the Army” counter-culture that threatened the entire military culture of the time and changed the course of the war.
Sir! No Sir! Loosely divides the war and movement into four chapters, each reflecting the mood, politics and culture of the years it depicts as American society became increasingly polarized. Here is a brief outline:
1965-1967: “A Few Malcontents.”
As the Johnson administration turns what was initially a small “Police Action” into an all-out war and the peace movement begins, isolated individuals and small groups in the military refuse to participate and are severely punished: Lt. Henry Howe is sentenced to two years hard labor for attending an antiwar demonstration; the Ft. Hood 3 are sentenced to three years hard labor for refusing duty in Vietnam; Howard Levy, a military doctor, refuses to train Special Forces troops and is court-martialed as Donald Duncan, a celebrated member of the Green Berets, resigns after a year in Vietnam; and Corporal William Harvey and Private George Daniels are sentenced to up to 10 years in 1967 for meeting with other marines on Camp Pendleton to discuss whether Blacks should fight in Vietnam.
1968-1969: “We Thought The Revolution Was Starting.”
The war escalates as the peace movement becomes an international mass movement, and soldiers begin forming organizations and taking collective action: The Ft. Hood 43, Black soldiers who refused riot-control duty at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, are sentenced for up to 18 months each; the largest military prison in Vietnam, Long Binh Jail (affectionately called LBJ by the troops), is taken over by Black soldiers who hold it for 2 months; The Presidio 27-prisoners in the stockade on the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco-are charged with mutiny, a capital offense, when they refuse to work after a mentally ill prisoner is killed; underground newspapers published by antiwar GIs appear at almost every military base in the country; the American Serviceman’s Union is formed; antiwar coffeehouses are established outside of military bases. In Vietnam, small combat-refusals occur and are quickly suppressed, but on Christmas Eve, 1969, 50 GIs participate in an illegal antiwar demonstration in Saigon. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is formed.
1970-1973: “Sir, My Men Refuse To Fight!”
Opposition to the war turns militant and the counter-culture rises to its peak: Tens of thousands of soldiers desert and flee to Canada, France and Sweden; thousands of soldiers organize and participate in Armed Farces Day demonstrations at military bases; drug use is rampant and underground radio networks flourish in Vietnam as Black and white soldiers increasingly identify with the Antiwar and Black Liberation movements; combat refusals and “fragging” of officers in Vietnam are epidemic.
Thousands are jailed for refusing to fight or simply defying military authority, and nearly every U.S. military prison in the world is hit by riots. Jane Fonda’s antiwar review, The FTA Show, tours military bases and is cheered by tens of thousands of soldiers; the Pentagon concludes that over half the ground troops openly oppose the war and shifts its combat strategy from a ground war to an air war; the Navy and Air Force are both riddled with mutinies and acts of sabotage. VVAW holds the Winter Soldier Investigation, exposing American war crimes through the testimony of veterans, and stages the most dramatic demonstration of the Vietnam era as hundreds of veterans hurl their medals onto the Capitol steps.
Epilogue: The Myth Of The Spitting Hippie
As the U.S. military and its allies flee Vietnam in disarray in the Spring of 1975, the government, the media, and Hollywood begin a 20 year process of erasing the GI Movement from the collective memory of the nation and the world. Ronald Reagan’s “Resurgent America” campaign re-writes the history of Vietnam and erases the GI Movement; by 1990, over 100 theatrical films have been produced about the Vietnam War, none of which portray the GI Antiwar Movement or any opposition to the war by soldiers; the myth that antiwar activists routinely spat on returning soldiers is spread as part of the buildup to the 1990 Gulf War.
The story is told with the rising intensity characterized by each chapter-the vivid, heart-wrenching stories of participants in the movement are, fitting the times, surrounded by and infused with the growing swirl of events of which they became a part.
One thing that is startling about the GI Movement, given how thoroughly it has been erased from memory, is how widely it was covered by the media at the time it happened. There are literally thousands of news reports, both from local and national television and newspaper and magazine articles about the movement-several of which appear in the film. We have obtained thousands of editions of GI Underground papers from archives around the country. With this material, we have created a vivid picture of the development of the movement.
In addition, we have obtained exclusive rights to the handful of documentary films that dealt with the GI Movement at the time, along with: FTA, the feature film about Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland’s antiwar review that traveled to military bases around the world (and we have included an exclusive interview with Jane Fonda about her role in the GI and veterans’ antiwar movements); moving footage of Vietnam veterans hurling their medals onto the capitol steps in 1971; an audio recording made by Richard Boyle, journalist and author of The Flower of the Dragon and the Oliver Stone film Salvador, of the combat refusal by troops at Firebase Pace in 1971 that sped up the final withdrawal of U.S. ground forces; and never-before-seen Super-8 and 16mm film footage of events in the GI Movement shot by GIs and civilian activists.
The heart and soul of Sir! No Sir! is found in the individuals who’s stories it tells. A few are:
Greg Payton, an African-American, imprisoned at Long Binh Jail for refusing to fight, who was part of the uprising there.
Dave Cline, wounded three times in Vietnam and antiwar activist at Ft. Hood, the site of some of the staunchest resistance to the war and racism.
Keith Mather, jailed in the Presidio for publicly refusing orders to go to Vietnam and a leader of the Presidio 27 mutiny.
Dr. Howard Levy, jailed three years for refusing to train Special Forces troops.
Navy nurse Susan Schnall, jailed for dropping leaflets from an airplane onto the Presidio army base.
Terry Whitmore, a highly-decorated combat veteran who deserted to Sweden.
Members of “WORMS” (We Openly Resist Military Stupidity), Air Force linguists stationed in Asia who went on strike during the 1972 Christmas bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong.
And many more of the thousands of GIs who, during what was the worst time in their lives, created something new, dynamic and groundbreaking.
About David Zeiger - Producer/Director
David Zeiger’s last film, A Night of Ferocious Joy, premiered at the 2003 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. The festival, which featured it as part of its “USA Today” Section, described the film as “not an ordinary concert film…because it will go down in history as the first anti-war concert of the new millennium.” Its U.S. festival premiere was at South by Southwest in 2004, which described it as “A rousing and eventful performance film.”
Zeiger created, produced and directed the 13 part documentary series, Senior Year, for broadcast on PBS in January 2002. The series follows a group of 15 students at Fairfax High, the most diverse school in Los Angeles, through their last year in high school. About the series, Entertainment Weekly wrote, “Others have tried to document high school life (remember American High?), but this series succeeds where those drier efforts failed…High school is a time for experimentation, and finally, a truly experimental filmmaker is there.” Senior Year was broadcast in Europe on Planete Cable, and was a premiere series on the new U.S. English/Spanish cable network SíTV in 2004.
His short film Funny Old Guys premiered August, 2002, at the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles. Its television premiere was August 19, 2003, on the HBO Documentary series “Still Kicking, Still Laughing.” Funny Old Guys captures the final months of the life of Frank Tarloff, formerly blacklisted Academy Award winning writer, as he and a group of friends, all former TV and film writers, confront his imminent death.
The Band, Mr. Zeiger’s tribute to his son, aired to critical acclaim on the PBS series P.O.V. in 1998. It has screened at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam and AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles, and was awarded "Best Documentary" and "Best of Show" at the Central Florida Film Festival. The Band was broadcast in 2000 on the French/German network ARTE.
Displaced in the New South aired in the United States on PBS in 1996 and on The Discovery Channel International in 1997. That film looks at life in and around Atlanta from the point of view of Vietnamese and Mexican immigrants. Its festival screenings include the Chicago Latino, Cine Acción Latino, South by Southwest, Doubletake and San Francisco Asian American Film Festivals. Displaced in the New South was the inspiration for the Indigo Girls' single "Shame on You", featured on their 1997 release Shaming of the Sun.
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War Protest Songs of the 1960s
Just A Few Favorites
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Universal Soldier
Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1966
Made popular by Donovan
He's five foot two and he's six feet four.
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of 31 and he's only 17...
... been a soldier for a thousand years.
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And, he knows he shouldn't kill.
And, he knows he always will
kill you for me my friend; and, me for you.
And he's fighting for Canada.
He's fighting for France.
He's fighting for the USA.
And, he's fighting for the Russians.
And he's fighting for Japan.
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.
And he's fighting for Democracy.
He's fighting for the Reds.
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die.
And, he never sees the writing on the wall.
But without him how would Hitler have
condemned him at Le Val?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone.
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon of the war.
And without him all this killing can't go on!
He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame.
His orders come from far away no more.
They come from here
and there, and you,
and me.
And, brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put the end to war?
Eve of Destruction
Written by P.F. Sloan
Performed by Barry McGuire
The eastern world, it is explodin’.
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’
You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin’
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.
Don’t you understand what I’m tryin’ to say
Can’t you feel the fears I’m feelin’ today?
If the button is pushed, there’s no runnin’ away
There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy
It’s bound to scare you boy
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.
Yeah, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
I’m sitting here just contemplatin’
You can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin’
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drum, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
And… tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don’t believe
We’re on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.
Note:
For those of you who are too young to know.
During the Viet Nam Conflict, 18 year olds were not
allowed to vote. But they could be drafted to go
fight for their country. Many felt (including me)
that this wasn't fair. They were not allowed to
vote for the members of Congress who were sending
them off to die? This is the reason for the one line
in the song referencing they can't vote but they can die.
So Barry McGuire inserted his political statement in this song.
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart actually started a
"LUV" campaign (LET US VOTE) and we finally did win!
In 1971 I believe 18 year olds won the right to vote.
In 1971, I was 21 and by that time, for me, it didn't matter.
But we fought for all future generations, which means YOU!
Where this song came from:
Phil Sloan remembers, “The media frenzy over the song tore me up and seemed to tear the country apart. I was an enemy of the people to some and a hero to others, but I was still only 20 years old and nobody really was looking. I have felt it was a love song and written as a prayer because, to cure an ill you need to know what is sick. In my youthful zeal I hadn't realized that this would be taken as an attack on The System!"
(Editors Insert: Phil, Barry, hey guys, only the system thought it was an attack on them, in a way it was, but, it was a big wake-up call [which they missed] and everyone else caught.)
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Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag
(Next Stop Vietnam)
by Country Joe & the Fish
Come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he's got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Viet Nam so
put down your books and pick up a gun we're
gonna have a whole lotta fun
(CHORUS)
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!
Come on generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
now you can go out and get those reds
cos the only good commie is the one that's dead and
you know that peace can only be won when we've
blown 'em all to kingdom come
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!
Come on wall street don't be slow
why man this war is a go-go
there's plenty good money to be made by
supplying the army with the tools of its trade
let's hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
they drop it on the Viet Cong
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!
Come on mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
come on fathers don't hesitate
send your sons off before it's too late
and you can be the first ones on your block
to have your boy come home in a box
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die!
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