Garage Rock Songs

169 songs · chronological within each section · A–Z by artist

Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

Entries are numbered (#1, #2 …) for reference on this page; the numbers shift when entries are added or split.

garage rock band The Fugs performed at many anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, including the 21 October 1967 "March on the Pentagon", in which the band sought to levitate the building through an exorcism. Norman Mailer recalled the event in his book "Armies of the Night"

Released during the key war years, the songs included mention Vietnam, or the lyrics deal with war-related themes, such as the draft, napalm, prisoners of war, demonstrations, references to soldiers and veterans, war & peace, and expressions of patriotism. While the war goes back to the 1954 Geneva conference, following the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964), the US significantly expanded its presence in the region and its defence of South Vietnam, and thus using this date as the beginning of the core war years. These run to the collapse of South Vietnam (30 April 1975), in two periods: (a) 1964-1972, the years of major US combat involvement, up to the peace agreement; (b) 1973-1975, from the Paris Peace Accords (27 January 1973), which brought US troops and prisoners of war home, to the collapse of South Vietnam.

#1 The Boss Five Please Mr. President 1965 · Single · Please Mr. President / You Cheat Too Much · Impact # 1003 · USA

A garage rock band based in Detroit, Michigan, The Boss Five released the song "Please Mr. President" (Impact Records # 1003), in which the narrator opposed the draft so that he could "see the world" and "know a woman's love" . So he pleaded with the president, and questioned why he needed to "sacrifice" himself. Yet, he also sought to establish his loyalty to the country: "I want to do my part" . Furthermore, he pointed out that "it's not that I'm afraid" . This track displayed draft reluctance, rather than taking a strong moral position against the war in Vietnam, yet still fits into the protest category.

Impact Records 1003, white "Disc Jockey" / "Not for Sale" label; "Please Mr. President" (P. Jerome-D. Goodman), 2:15, Gomba Music Inc. BMI, matrix ZTSC-107348; "A Pat Ric Production". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#2 Richard Kaye Here Comes Uncle Sam 1965 · Single · Here Comes Uncle Sam / Where's My Little Sister · ABC-Paramount # 10728 · USA

Credited on the record as Richie Kaye.

The song"Here Comes Uncle Sam" (ABC-Paramount # 10728), written, produced, and performed by Richie Kaye, and released in Hollywood, California, USA, was a garage rock song looking at the draft. It leaned towards the anti-war category. The song is narrated in the first person, from a man who has finished school, and is therefore eligible to fight in Vietnam: "I'm through with school, now I'm 1-A" - a reference to the military classification for selecting who is available for military service. The narrator expressed reluctance to fight: "don't want to fight...don't want to die" . The song was also critical of Uncle Sam sending him to fight and putting his life at risk: "they are standing there and I'll come home dead" . The narrator also did not want a hair cut!: "he want to...cut off my hair" .

ABC-Paramount 10728 (45-12798), white promotional label marked "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale"; "Here Comes Uncle Sam" (Richie Kaye), 3:15, Greenleaf Music, Inc. (BMI); produced by Richie Kaye & Murray Wecht for Budd/Greenleaf Productions; "A Product of ABC Paramount Records, Inc." [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Draft Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#3 Ray Hildebrand Hello Viet Nam (Goodbye My Love) 1965 · Single · Hello Viet Nam (Goodbye My Love) / You Wonderful You · Philips # 40339 · USA

The song "Hello Viet Nam (Goodbye My Love)" (Philips # 40339), a cover of the Tom T. Hall song recorded by Johnnie Wright, above. This had a very different sound, mainly in the garage rock genre, rather than the slow country style of Johnnie Wright. It also did not include the spoken word extract. Hildebrand, born 21 December 1940, in Joshua, Texas, performed in the duo Paul & Paula (1962-1965).¹

Philips 40339, matrix PHW1-36979, white label marked "For Broadcast Only — Not for Sale R 570"; "**Hello Viet Nam** (Goodbye My Love)" (T. Hall), vocal, 2:08, New Keys Music (BMI); "Philips Records — Vendor: Mercury Record Corporation". In a green Philips company sleeve: "one world of music ... on one great label", "Philips Records, a division of Mercury Record Productions, Inc." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Anti-Communism Pro-Government Answer to Hello Vietnam

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#4 B.J. Thomas & The Triumphs Vietnam 1965 · Single · Keep It Up / Vietnam · Joed # TR-119 · USA

B.J. Thomas, born 7 August 1942 in Hugo, Oklahoma, USA, and died on 29 May 2021 in Arlington, Texas, USA, spent most of his career in Texas. Usually known as a country pop artist, he released the garage rock song "Vietnam" (Joed Records # TR-119), a rare single released in Big Spring, Texas. It presented mixed political opinions regarding the war, taking an anti-communist position, but resentment towards the draft, noting he’s off "to fight for my country in a war that shouldn't be but is necessary" , to fight against "Russian red, China, Viet Nam" . It also featured a generational message, noting that the adults "call us young and reckless kids" , so "stop this war" , displaying a more nuanced perspective.

Joed TR 119 (45-119-2), "A Zenith Production"; "Vietnam" (Mark Charron), time 1:56, Hornet Music (BMI); A & R Ray Rush; credited "B. J. Thomas & The Triumphs". [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Draft Soldier's Perspective Pro-Soldier Protest Russia China (Cold War)

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#5 Adam Saylor I Will Go Away 1965 · Single · I Will Go Away / Drive 'Em to the Back of the Hat · Original Sound # OS-57 · USA

- "I Will Go Away" . Garage rock, folk rock.

- Original Sound OS-57 (or-120), black-and-silver label, 7120 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 46, Calif.; "I Will Go Away" (Saylor), Bonnyview Music (ASCAP), time 3:58. Rim text: "When lines appear to stand still, record is revolving at exactly 45 R.P.M." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft VC K.I.A. Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#6 The Gas Co. Blow Your Mind 1965 · Single · Blow Your Mind / Your Time's Up · Mirwood # 5501 · USA

- "Blow Your Mind" (The Gas Co.)

- Garage rock, protest
- Too young to vote, but old enough to fight - draft inequality
- Also reference moon race and hippies

- Mirwood Records 5501 A (65-1015-A), 45 RPM, blue label; "Blow Your Mind" (G. Dempsey-D. Rogers), 2:27, Screen Gems Columbia Music BMI; produced by Jack Nitzche for Screen Gems; engineer Bruce Botnick. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Protest Counter-Culture & Hippies Draft Inequality Vote Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#7 Mac Davis I Protest 1965 · Single · Bad Scene / I Protest · Capitol # 5554 · USA

Mac Davis, country artist, born on 21 January 1942 in Lubbock, Texas, USA, and died 29 September 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This record (Capitol Records # 5554) took a strong anti-protest perspective, mocking protest singers and the anti-war movement on both side. In the song "I Protest" , he declared "I protest against you protesters... you're only conforming to non-conformity" . The first track especially presented an anti-hippie perspective - criticism of hippie [or hippy] culture. Often presented as a youth movement, related to psychedelic music, drugs use (e.g. LSD and marijuana), long hair (both men & women), jeans, flairs, pop art, free love (sex, love-in), travelling, spirituality: "I won't grow myself a long black beard, wear a pair of grimy sandals which will make me look weird" . It contained a patriotic Vietnam-related message: "when I try to go and fight for the right to be free you're lying on your back" .

Capitol 5554, yellow-and-orange swirl labels; "Bad Scene" (M. Davis), 2:28 (45-55390), and "I Protest" (M. Davis), 2:16 (45-55391), both Low-Sal Music, BMI, produced by Joe South; "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., U.S.A." In a white Capitol company sleeve with the repeated "Capitol" logo. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-Protest Demonstration Patriotic Counter-Culture & Hippies

Genres: ♪ CountryCountry Pop

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#8 Mac Davis Bad Scene 1965 · Single · Bad Scene / I Protest · Capitol # 5554 · USA

The B-side song, "Bad Scene" again mocked the anti-war movement and protest singers: "I got the right to be a singer for the cause until I know what the cause is about, until then I'll shout" . It referenced many 1960s issues, especially Civil Rights: "Alabama night riders... Ku Klux Klan meetings... segregated seating" .

Capitol 5554, yellow-and-orange swirl labels; "Bad Scene" (M. Davis), 2:28 (45-55390), and "I Protest" (M. Davis), 2:16 (45-55391), both Low-Sal Music, BMI, produced by Joe South; "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., U.S.A." In a white Capitol company sleeve with the repeated "Capitol" logo. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Demonstration KKK Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ CountryCountry Pop

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#9 The Spokesmen Have Courage, Be Careful 1965 · Single · It Ain't Fair / Have Courage, Be Careful · Decca # 31874 · USA

- "Have Courage, Be Careful" (Spokesmen, The) (Decca Records # 31874)

- Garage rock, anti-protest, patriotic.
- Fight for freedom, take a stand
- On the album The Dawn of Correction (Decca # DL 4712).

- Decca 31874 (116,535), pink promotional label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale"; "Have Courage, Be Careful" (John Madara-David White-Ray Gilmore), 2:06, Double Diamond Music & Champion Music Corp. (BMI); "From Decca album DL 4712 The Dawn of Correction"; vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment directed by Jimmy Wisner; produced by Madara-White Productions. Housed in a Decca company sleeve headed "New mono and stereo Decca albums you'll want to own", advertising LPs by the Kingston Trio, Bert Kaempfert, Brenda Lee, Earl Grant, Rick Nelson and Burl Ives. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#10 Chico Holiday Show Us the Way 1965 · Single · Show Us the Way / She Gave Me Love · Karate # 45-518 · USA

The song "Show Us the Way" (Karate Records # 45-518) by Chico Holiday, born on 24 August 1934 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA (birth name: Ralph Vergolino) answered McGuire's "Eve of Destruction": "these people singing songs, telling how the world's all wrong... the world is ending today... practice what you preach" . It took a strong anti-protest position, criticising the anti-war movement, and referencing nuclear / atomic weaponry: "they carry signs... ban the bomb, get out of Vietnam... I can't stand it" .

Karate Records 45-518-S, "A Product of Audio Fidelity Records, Inc", label with a karate-gi figure; "Show Us the Way" (Chico Holiday), Matador Music BMI, 2:10. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Demonstration Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genres: ♪ RockRock & Roll

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#11 The Answers Fool Turn Around 1965 · Single · Fool Turn Around / Please Please Go Away · Blue Boy # G-21001 · USA

- Both sides
- "Fool Turn Around" (Answers, The)
- "Please Please Go Away"
- Garage rock.

- Blue Boy Records G-21001, 45 RPM, blue-and-silver label; "Fool Turn Around" (Glenn Ross Campbell), 2:29; "Alfred E. Glaser, Copyright 1965"; produced by Alfred B. Glaser; engineer George Fernandez. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#12 Jerry Dayton Who's Wrong 1965 · Single · Who's Wrong / Loving You · Ascot # AS 2200 · USA

Themes: Draft Draft Reluctance Protest Military

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ US Military & Veteran Songs

#13 The Starfires Cry for Freedom 1965 · Single · Cry for Freedom / Won't Die Away · G.I. # 404 · USA

- "Cry for Freedom" (Starfires, The)
- Garage rock, California.

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#14 Leon Russell Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young 1965 · Single · Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young / It's Alright With Me · Dot # 45-16771 · USA

Dot 45-16771 (MB-20229), Ultra High Fidelity black label, dated 8-65; "Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young" (L. Russell, T. Lesslie, J. Cale), time 1:46, Viva Music, Inc., BMI; a Snuff Garrett Production, produced by Snuff Garrett and Leon Russell. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Generation Gap Protest Anti-War Congo Cuba Atomic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#15 Bobby Jameson Viet Nam 1965 · Single · Viet Nam / Metropolitan Man · Mira # 208 · USA

- The song "Vietnam" (Mira Records # 208). Also on the 1968 various artist compilation Mondo Hollywood (Tower Records # T 5083). Psychedelic garage rock. Anti-war. Draft. Reference to LBJ.

- Mira Records 208 (65-1034-A), white label marked "Promotional copy" and "Not for sale"; "Viet Nam" (B. Jameson - B. Hines), time 2:46, Keymen Music-Mirwood Music (BMI). [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft LBJ Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#16 The Indigos He's Coming Home 1965 · Single · He's Coming Home / What Good Am I Without You · Verve Folkways # KF 5002 · USA

- Garage rock, home front perspective. K.I.A.
- Sweetheart went to war in the East.
- Returned home in a box

- Verve Folkways KF 5002 (65-VW-3), "Special Disc Jockey Record – Not for Sale"; "He's Coming Home" (Bennett), 2:16, Acuff Rose Publ., BMI; produced by Jack Merlin; "MGM Records • A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. • Made in U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: K.I.A. Home Front Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#17 Billy Carr What's Come Over This World? 1965 · Single · What's Come Over This World? / (Wait Till You See) My Gidget · Colpix # CP-791 · USA

The song "What's Come Over This World" (Colpix Records # CP-791) written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller took a patriotic stance. It criticised the anti-war movement. The song noted draft card burning, calling them "an army of cowards" and that "while the country is in danger they just carry a sign" . It also made references to previous wars that the US fought in - Korea and World War II - and suggested that the protesters who did not do their duty in Vietnam were betraying those who had died defending the US. The opening line, which attacked the "songs that they sing" can be viewed as an answer to the Barry McGuire song Eve of Destruction (Dunhill Records # 45-D-4009). Note the John F. Kennedy reference: "what can you do for your country, his words...written in blood...forgot what he died for" .

The New York based record label promoted this record heavily, taking a full-page advert in Billboard on 6 November 1965, which claimed the lyrics to be "one of the most powerful and dramatic songs of our time!...A record that will be heard 'round the world".¹ On 27 November it bubbled under the Hot 100 at # 133.² It made marginal progress by 4 December, climbing to # 126.³ It shifted up to # 118 on 25 December, and had a regional breakout in Pittsburgh.⁴ Publisher: Screen-Gems Columbia Music. Performing Rights: BMI.

Colpix CP-791 (10363); "What's Come Over This World?" (Greenfield-Keller), 2:45, Screen Gems-Columbia Music BMI; Billy Carr; "Arr. & Prod. by Greenfield & Keller for Screen Gems"; "Colpix Records, a Division of Columbia Pictures Corporation, New York, N.Y.", Made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Answer to Eve of Destruction Anti-Protest Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#18 The Spokesmen The Dawn of Correction 1965 · Single · The Dawn of Correction / For You Babe · Decca # 31844 · USA

As can be seen from the title of the song and within the lyrics, the track "The Dawn of Correction" (Decca Record # 31844) answered Barry McGuire's popular single "Eve of Destruction" - in fact, it was played to the same tune. This single reached #36 in the Billboard charts.¹ The Spokesmen were an American garage rock group, made up of John Medora, David White (of the band Danny & The Juniors) and Roy Gilmore, who all shared the writing credits for the song. Released on the album The Dawn of Correction (Decca # DL 4712) - this album contained two other Vietnam-related tracks - "Better Days Are Yet to Come" and "Have Courage, Be Careful", discussed below.

In the first half, the narrator took a hawkish, patriotic stance, arguing that communism posed a threat to the Western democracies, and that if "red domination" was not stopped, then there "will be no need for voting in future generations" in the US. Therefore this backed the domino theory.¹ The lyrics also supported the retaining of nuclear weapons. Barry McGuire had argued that the world faced destruction if the "button is pushed" . But The Spokesmen wanted to know "who's crazy enough to risk annihilation?" , and that "the buttons are there to ensure negotiation" . In other words it propagated the theory of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) - that rough arms parity between the superpowers meant that each side had the capability to destroy the other, thus neutralising the threat.² Although hawkish, this view would have been supported by both the Republican and Democrat Party, and widespread in public opinion.

In the second half, the narrator switched from supporting Conservative causes, to those on the more left side of politics. The narrator praised Civil Rights demonstrations for increasing voting registration amongst African-Americans, in direct response to Barry McGuire: "you tell me that marches won't bring integration, but look what it's done for the voter registration" . The lyrics also praised the work of the United Nations and the Peace Corps, which many Conservatives in the 1960s would have disagreed with. Most interestingly, the lyrics applauded a trend of "self-governments replacing colonization" - almost ironic in that the song supported US intervention against communism, presumably including South Vietnam, in which the American presence had replaced that of the old colonial power France. Overall, the song criticised McGuire for being negative and ignoring that which "deserve commendation" , such as developments in medicine and farming, international cooperation, and the spread of democracy.

Decca 31844 (116,430), rainbow-stripe black label, "M'f'r'd by Decca Records Inc. New York, U.S.A."; "The Dawn of Correction" (J. Madara-D. White-R. Gilmore), Champion Music Corp. & Double Diamond Music (BMI) (3:28); The Spokesmen, vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment, arranged by Madara-White, produced by Madara-White Productions. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Patriotic Answer to Eve of Destruction Civil Rights Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#19 Jayhawkers Dawn of Instruction 1965 · Single · Dawn of Instruction / Searchin' · Deltron # 21 · USA

Less well-known and successful than the above, the Michigan garage rock song "Dawn of Instruction" (Deltron # 21) also provided an answer to McGuire's "Eve of Destruction". Starting with the sound-effect of a bomb dropping, the narrator criticised McGuire for being negative and spreading fear, as he claimed that the US was "getting better" . The narrator went on to criticise those that avoided the draft: "you're the kind...to sit around moaning while better men are fighting" - hence why this song is included in the pro-government section. Also note the reference to Civil Rights legislation: "griping along can't bring integration...it takes work and time to pass legislation...we are all god's creation" .

Deltron 21 (1227-45-0467-A), vocal, 45 RPM, yellow label with a lightning-bolt triangle logo; "Dawn of Instruction", Trusdale-BMI, time 3:41; Jayhawkers. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Draft Dodger Answer to Eve of Destruction Civil Rights Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#20 Centurys So the Prophets Say 1965 · Single · So the Prophets Say / 83 · Renco # R-115 · USA

The song "So the Prophets Say" (Renco # R-115) warned against propaganda and blindly following what people say, with references to the pros and antis in the Vietnam debate that took place on the home front in the US: "they tell you to make a big sound about getting out of Vietnam" . This single can also be seen as a response to Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction", who like the The Patriots, referred to McGuire as the "Prophet" : "beware of what the prophets say" . The lyrics also warned about those who might try to restrict the freedom to speech: "will they warn you of a coming day, when your placards might be thrown away and they'll say now you got a few restrictions" . The garage rock band formed in 1965 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and disbanded shortly after in 1967. Its members were Billy Beard (lead guitar, vocals), Larry McKinney (guitar), John Iacovone (bass), Bob Koch (vocals, organ), and Bernie Orner (drums).

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Themes: Soldier's Perspective Draft Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#21 Jim Wagoner And The Hustlers I've Tried 1965 · Single · I've Tried / All Fed Up · Hustler # 601 · USA

- garage rock, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- patriotic, soldier's perspective, religion
- Soldier's dying mum to protest freedom of Vietnam from the communist
- LBJ sent peace delegates
- Soldier killed in action (K.I.A.) but tried

- Hustler Records 601-A, 45 R.P.M., vocal, green label, 2315 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee, Wis.; "I've Tried" (J. Wagoner); credited to Jim Wagoner and the Hustlers. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Soldier's Perspective Religion K.I.A. LBJ Peace Talks

Genres: ♪ Garage RockSurf Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#22 Johnny Carlton With The Escorts Bamboo Baby 1965 · Single · Bamboo Baby / Dark Side of Town · Beaumont # 3343 · USA

- garage rock novelty, soldier's perspective
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Bamboo "oriental" girl (presumably Vietnam)
- Come back home to the US with me
- You'll love mom's apple pie
- We'll get married and have "bamboo children"

- Beaumont 3343-A (ZTSB 95940), 45 RPM, "D J Copy", Atlanta, Georgia; "Bamboo Baby" (J. Carlton), 2:09, LeFevre-Sing, BMI; produced by Hugh Jarrett; Johnny Carlton with "The Escorts"; "Manufactured by Columbia Record Productions". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Novelty Soldier's Perspective Vietnamese Girls

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#23 Richard Gillis Think It Over 1965 · Single · Think It Over / Yesterday's Gone · Kerwood # 713 · USA

Double-sided single by obscure artist Richard Gillis - unknown location - although label may have been Los Angeles, California-based - with both songs containing responses to Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction", taking an anti-protest and patriotic perspective on the war and protest movement of the 1960s. The song "Think It Over" (Kerwood Records # 713) criticised McGuire: "on the eves of the so-called destruction and correction, dump off with it all and get some direction" . He attacked other well-known protest artist, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan: "Joan Boaz... playing her guitar and blocking the stairs, messing with the government that let's her sit there" , and "Bob Dylan, he sings... bout axes and winds that's blowin' our way... saying defense don't pay" , which, according to the artist, could lead toward another Pearl Harbor bombing.

He also attacked the Berkley free speech movement: "you free speechers in Berkely... are you up there to learn or to swear?" . Moreover, the lyrics denounced hippie culture, often presented in song as a youth movement, related to psychedelic music, drugs use (e.g. LSD and marijuana), long hair (both men & women), jeans, flairs, pop art, free love (sex, love-in), travelling, spirituality: "you grow beards, don't wash, and talk like a clown... sing your protest songs with your long hair and tight pants" . Ironically, while sung to a garage tune, his singing is almost a copy-cat of Bob Dylan, while several part of the song are incoherent to the ear.

Kerwood Records 713-A / 713-B; "Think It Over" (GB-69), 2:38, and "Yesterday's Gone" (GB-70), 2:58, both Anastasia Music (BMI); distributed by Malynn Enterprises, Inc. No writers printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Patriotic Anti-Protest Joan Baez Bob Dylan Demonstration Anti-Hippie

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFolk Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#24 Russ Damon Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong) 1965 · Single · Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong) / (I'll Give You) Tender Lovin' Care · Musicor # MU 1133 · USA

Musicor Records MU 1133 (ZTSP 106319), white promotion copy marked "Not for Sale"; "Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong)" (R. Damon), time 2:10, Catalogue Music, Inc. / Cortile Music Publ. Co., BMI; "A Celebrity Production"; Musicor Records, a division of Talmadge Productions, Inc., New York, N.Y. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#25 Richard Gillis Yesterday's Gone 1965 · Single · Think It Over / Yesterday's Gone · Kerwood # 713 · USA

The b-side, as suggested by the title of the song "Yesterday's Gone" (Kerwood Records # 713), was yet another take down of "Eve of Destruction", this time in the contemporary folk genre, with an adapted melody of the Barry McGuire / P.F. Sloan song, which presented an attempt to offer a positive take: "I've heard all your lectures... you keep on saying it's tomorrow... but it's today... it's a dim little light, it flickers like hope" .

Kerwood Records 713-A / 713-B; "Think It Over" (GB-69), 2:38, and "Yesterday's Gone" (GB-70), 2:58, both Anastasia Music (BMI); distributed by Malynn Enterprises, Inc. No writers printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-Protest Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFolk Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#26 The Answers Please Please Go Away 1965 · Single · Fool Turn Around / Please Please Go Away · Blue Boy # G-21002 · USA

Blue Boy Records G-21002 (blue label, silver print), 45 RPM; "Please Please Go Away" (Glenn Ross Campbell), Alfred E. Glaser, copyright 1965, 2:21; produced by Alfred B. Glaser, engineer George Fernandez. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#27 Kenny Whitaker Don't Judge Us All 1965 · Single · New Wind Blowing / Don't Judge Us All · Castle # 652 · USA

Possible garage rock. Picture sleeve said: "A group of American soldiers in Vietnam held a demonstration displaying banners saying 'get out of Berkely'" - is this patriotic or protest record?? [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

Themes: Anti-Protest Pro-Soldier Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#28 The Spokesmen Better Days Are Yet to Come 1966 · Single · Better Days Are Yet to Come / Michelle · Decca # 31895 · USA

Another song from the Spokesmen, "Better Days Are Yet to Come" (Decca # 31895), a follow-up to their single "The Dawn of Correction". Both songs featured on the album "The Dawn of Correction" (Decca # DL 4712). The Spokesmen were an American garage rock group, made up of John Medora, David White Tucker (of the band Danny & The Juniors) and Roy Gilmore. Again, this can be seen as answer to McGuire's "Eve of Destruction", with the title providing a more positive, alternative take: "there's rejection, insurrection, there's defection... listen to me everyone...better days are yet to come" . It also contained a pro-Civil Rights reference: "integration, liberation now on its way" .

Decca Record No. 31895 (116,538*), "Broadcast under licence only · Compo Co. Ltd., Canada"; "Better Days Are Yet to Come" (John Madara-David White-Ray Gilmore), 3:00; The Spokesmen, vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment, musical director Jimmy Wisner; produced by Madara-White Productions; "From Decca Album DL 4712 The Dawn of Correction". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#29 The Fugs Kill for Peace 1966 · Single · Kill for Peace / Morning Morning · ESP-Disk # 4508 · USA

The Fugs, a garage rock band formed in New York in 1964 by "beat" poets Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders, took their name from the euphemism for "fuck" used by Norman Mailer in his book The Naked and the Dead. The group also featured Pete Stampfel and Steve Weber (of the band The Holy Modal Rounders), and Ken Weaver on drums. The group hit the road in the fall of 1965 on an anti-Vietnam protest tour, doing concerts with Country Joe & The Fish and Allen Ginsberg. The song "Kill for Peace" (ESP-Disk' # 4508), which appeared on their second album The Fugs (ESP-Disk' # 1028) (below), mocked the US government's logic of going to war for peace and freedom. The song later appeared in the magazine Broadside # 75, October 1966 (p. 13). The song also featured on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 in 2000. Sanders said that the inspiration for the song came from a letter, which read "pray for peace", which for Kupferberg, "sprouted the idea for a modification".¹

In 1965, The Fugs signed to the New York based label ESP-Disk', owned by Bernard Stollman. Sanders described the royalties received under their record deal as "one of the lower percentages in the history of western civilization".² Furthermore, the band claimed to have not actually received any royalties. Stampfel recalled a conversation, in which Stollman claimed that "the contract says that all rights belong to me. You have no royalties ever, ever, ever. The publishing is mine. You don’t own the songs anymore. We don’t owe you anything".³ These accusations were backed by Tom Rapp of the band Pearls Before Swine, who said that "we never got any money from ESP. Never, not even like a hundred dollars or something. My real sense is that he was abducted by aliens, and when he was probed it erased his memory of where all the money was".⁴ Stollman claimed that "the government closed my business because of our opposition to the war...in Vietnam".⁵

ESP-Disk' 4508A, Fugs-logo label, ESP-Disk', 180 Riverside Dr., New York 10024, N.Y.; "Kill for Peace" (Tuli Kupferberg), copyright © 1966 United International (ASCAP), time 2:07; vocal Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg; arrangement The Fugs; recording director Dick Alderson. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#30 The Fugs Doin' All Right 1966 · Album · The Fugs · ESP-Disk # 1028 · USA

This album, which included "Kill for Peace" discussed above, also featured the song "Doin' All Right" (ESP-Disk' # 1028) which made a crass reference to the Vietnam war, refusing to fight, and instead, to stay at home: "I'm not ever gonna go to Vietnam, I prefer to stay right here and screw your mom" .

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#31 The Monks Complication 1966 · Album · Black Monk Time · Polydor # 2417129 · Germany

Another garage rock band, The Monks, formed in 1964, were discharged American GIs stationed in Germany. They previously went under the name The 5 Torquays. Featuring Gary Burger (guitar, vocals), Larry Clark (organ), Dave Day (banjo), Roger Johnston (drums), and Eddie Shaw (bass), they swiftly disbanded in 1967 after only one album, and just before a scheduled tour of Vietnam. Dressed in black with tonsures (i.e. as monks / clerics), they played the Beat bars of Germany, such as Hamburg's Top Ten Club. The music evolved, with feedback, strange vocals, odd song structures, and nursery rhyme style lyrics. Their music also featured fuzz bass, free form organ playing, and an electric banjo. A documentary was made of the band in 2006: Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback.¹²³

Firstly, the song "Complication" contained anti-war lyrics, presented almost as a military march, as the band sung in unison, damning the government and military for sending people to war: "people cry, people die for you, people kill...people go to their deaths" . Then their signature song "Monk Time" (Polydor # 2417129) opposed the escalating Vietnam War: "why do you kill all those kids over there in Vietnam?" The song attacked all sides fighting, drawing attention to the "mad Viet Cong" and declaring their hate of all armies: "who cares what army" . Burger recalled that this irritated German and American servicemen: "I had a German jump on stage and begin strangling me. I busted him in the chops with my guitar neck".⁴

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Rock

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#32 The Monks Monk Time 1966 · Album · Black Monk Time · Polydor # 2417129 · Germany

Annotation: see “Complication” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Atomic VC

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#33 Lindy Blaskey and The Lavells Out Here in Viet-Nam 1966 · Single · Out Here in Viet-Nam / What's Her Name · Lavette # LA-5005 · USA

Credited on the record as Lindy Blaskey.

- "Out Here in Viet-Nam" (Lavette Records # LA-5005)
- Grouped formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Featuring Lindy Blaskey (vocals, rhythm guitar), Art Flores (organ), Carl Silva (harmonica), Danny Valdez (bass), Steve Maase (lead guitar), Chuck Buckley (drums). Big in the Southwest 1960s garage rock scene, this Vietnam track was pop / easy listening orientated.
- Written from perspective of soldier in Vietnam: "Out here in Vietnam the fighting gets really tough"
- Wishing for the day the Viet Cong would give up the fight. Many of his army buddies have died, but not in vain - so leans to the patriotic side, support for the soldiers. Contains many religious references.

- Lavette Records LA-5005, white label; "Out Here in Viet-Nam" (Joe Green - L. Blaschke), 3:01, Lindell Publishing Co., BMI; credited to Lindy Blaskey, produced by Lindy Blaskey, with harmony by Gary Garlick and guitar by Steve Maase. This copy is inscribed by hand "To Krazy Kat" and signed "Lindy". [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Soldier's Perspective VC Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#34 The Midnight Sons Draft Time Blues 1966 · Single · Draft Time Blues / I'm Telling You · KG # 100 · USA

The garage rock band the Midnight Sons, who also went under the name The Jackasses, was as short lived band from Vancouver, Washington (US) - 1963-1967. Their bass player, Dan Lowther, served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. In the track "Draft Time Blues" (KG Records # KG 100) a young man worried about being drafted to Vietnam. He tried to enroll in school to avoid the draft, but having failed he appealed to his Congressman who ignored him because he was "too young to vote" . The lyrics were sung to the famous rock & roll tune Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran.

KG Records KG 100, matrix MS 22; "Draft Time Blues" (Midnight Sons), 2:25, Lamplighter, B.M.I.; vocal C. Effinger and T. Anderson; produced by Jeff Gordon. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft Draft Dodger Draft Reluctance Military

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US Military & Veteran Songs

#35 Don Wright and The Head Set Draft Dodger Blues 1966 · Single · Draft Dodger Blues / Why Did You Lie? · Spectre # ES 137 - 138 · USA

Themes: Draft Dodger Draft

Genres: ♪ RockFolk Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#36 Terry Randall S.O.S. 1966 · Single · S.O.S. / Tell Her · Valiant # V-756 · USA

- Garage rock, protest, demonstration

- Also known as Randy Benjamin

Themes: Anti-War Demonstration Counter-Culture & Hippies Draft Resistance Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#37 The Reactors 1-A 1966 · Single · Do That Thing / 1-A · Cameo # C-446 · USA

- The song "1-A"
- garage rock. draft song. plight of the draftee, with anti-war sentiment.

- Cameo C-446-B, "D.J. copy, not for sale", Cameo-Parkway Records, Inc.; "I — A" (B. Walker, D. Gumms), Bears and Bulls Music, BMI, time 2:34; "A Rodel Production", produced by Nelson A. Funk and Sam Gordon. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#38 The Beach Bums The Ballad of the Yellow Beret 1966 · Single · Florida Time / The Ballad of the Yellow Beret · Are You Kidding Me? # H-1010 · USA

The Beach Bums, a garage rock band, from Detroit, Michigan - actually a collaboration between Bob Seger and Doug Brown & the Omens - released this novelty single based on Barry Sadler's The Ballad of the Green Berets (see the military section). The song "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret" mainly addressed draft dodgers. In fact, the writing credit on the record goes to a "D. Dodger", while the record label was mockingly called Are You Kidding Me? Records (H-1010). So, was this a hawkish take on the war, genuinely criticising draft dodgers and protesters, or was this a parody of the "Ballad of the Green Berets"? Perhaps both; it certainly was tongue-in-cheek. Instead of being drafted to war, a man was "drafted for marching in a protest" . At the end of the song, the narrator listed ways to get out of the draft (similar to the song "Draft Dodger Rag" by Phil Ochs), such as bad health, being in college, starting a family, and being a homosexual. Note that later, in 1968, Seger, born in Detroit, Michigan (6 May 1945), released the anti-war song "2 + 2 = ?" (Capitol Records # 2143), featured on the album Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Capitol # ST-172).

Are You Kidding Me? Records, Detroit, Michigan, H-1010, yellow label; "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret" (D. Dodger), Gear Pub. Co., ASCAP, time 2:30. A gold sticker reading "Chips Weldon McDougal" is attached to the label. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Draft Dodger Demonstration Anti-Protest Patriotic Green Beret Draft

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#39 The Combenashuns Hey! Uncle Sam 1966 · Single · What'cha Gonna Do? / Hey Uncle Sam · Leo # 3801 · USA

The garage rock band The Combinations, later renamed The Combenashuns due to copyright issues, originated in 1964, in Easton, Pennsylvania. They released the draft song "Hey Uncle Sam" (Leo Records # 3801), in which a man said that "I'm going overseas to Vietnam" . The man worried about telling his mum, missing life at home, as well as his car. Note: the lyric "Mr. Reedman" referenced a car dealership in Pennsylvania. The writing credits went to Sammy Losagio (the drummer) and Chuck Odenheimer (on organ and trumpet). The group got together while still in school, and they faced the real possibility of being drafted. The lead vocalist George Ross decided not to go to college, and he ended up being drafted to Vietnam in 1968. The song began with the comedic monologue: "well you know, a cold is not the only thing you can catch from a draft" .

Leo Records 3802, green label, "Dedicated to Making You Remember the Song", Deleo Enterprises, Inc., manufactured in U.S.A.; "Hey! Uncle Sam" (Losagio, Odenheimer), Deeside Music Co., BMI. The Leo company sleeve is printed "Introducing The Combenashuns". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#40 Chuck Blake Please, Mr. Johnson 1966 · Single · Please, Mr. Johnson / Shout It · Sing-O-Tek # 4177 · USA

Credited on the record as Chuck Blake backed up by The Enterprisers.

- The song "Please, Mr. Johnson" (Blake, Chuck) (Sing-O-Tek # 4177)
- Florida based. Garage rock. Draft song.
- To the tune of "Mr. Custer". Similar to "Please. Mr. Kennedy" by the The Goldcoast Singers.

- Sing-O-Tek Records 4177-A, 45 RPM, brown label; "Please, Mr. Johnson" (Chuck Blake), 3:20, BMI; Chuck Blake backed up by The Enterprisers; produced by Paul Warren and Jerry Lewis. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft VC LBJ

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#41 The Barons Don't Burn It 1966 · Single · Don't Burn It / I Hope I Please You · Brownfield # BF-1035 · USA

Garage rock band the Barons, from Fort Worth, Texas, dealt with the issue of draft card burning, as suggested in the title of the song "Don't Burn It" (Brownfield Records # BF-1035). Burning draft cards often took place at the early anti-war demonstrations. President Johnson (LBJ) subsequently prohibited the destruction of draft cards in an amendment to the Universal Military Training and Service Act in August 1965. The arrest of David O’Brien in 1966 for burning his draft card led to a Supreme Court Case on the First Amendment (see David Paul O’Brien v. USA, US Court of Appeals).¹ So in this song the narrator received the call-up, who considered his options: "we either fight or go to school" . He went to the draft board, who classified him as "1A" - military classification for those eligible for military service. It ended with the narrator in Vietnam with "bullets flying around like flies" , wishing he had continued to study. Song written by J. Nitzinger.

Themes: Draft Card Burning Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#42 The Prophets Fightin' For Sam 1966 · Single · Fightin' for Sam / Misty · Stonel # SL-10001 · USA

The Prophets, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, released the track "Fightin' for Sam" (Stonel Records # SL-1001) in which the narrator complained that he could not talk to his wife or son for "just one night" and that he missed those carefree days before the army called him up. However, it contained patriotic sentiments / or a sense of duty. The narrator said that he was fighting for Uncle Sam because he "got to free this land" :

Stonel Records SL-10001-A, "D J Copy"; "Fightin' for Sam" (Leon Fraizer), Keterina Music, BMI, 2:40; produced by Billy Arnold and Joel Bragg. "Division of Mary Stone Inc., 1576 Broadway, N.Y.C." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#43 Keith Everett Conscientious Objector 1966 · Single · Don't You Know / Conscientious Objector · TMP-Ting # TMP-118 · USA

Keith Everett (aka Keith Gravenhorst), released in 1966 the song "Conscientious Objector" (TMP-Ting Records # TMP-118), which attacked those who refused to go to war for religious or moral reasons, saying that "you might as well be defectors" , and that the US might end up like "Vietnam is today" - thus propagating the domino theory. As the title suggested, it referred to those who refused the draft call under the military classification of either 1-AO (Conscientious Objector available for non-combatant military service), and 1-O (Conscientious Objector available for alternate community service).

TMP-Ting Records TMP-118 B (2151), red label, TMP-Ting Records, 22 E. Huron, Chicago, Ill.; "Conscientious Objector" (K. Gravenhorst), 2:30, Toddmark Pub., BMI; produced by K. Gravenhorst, vocal. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Patriotic Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#44 The X-L's Protest Against Protest 1966 · Single · Protest Against Protest / Blue, Blue Feeling · Zundak # 45-106 · USA

- "Protest Against Protest" (The X-L's)
- Garage rock, anti-protest, anti-hippie, anti-communist, patriotic
- Why do you cause trouble and block the street?
- We must fight to save your skin.
- You shout and scream while young men die

- Zundak 45-106, red label with silver print, Zundak Music Ent., P.O. Box 4423, Alexandria, La.; "Protest Against Protest", 2:49, Zundak Publ., BMI; credited to "The X-L's" of England A.F.B., Louisiana. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Anti-Protest Anti-Communism

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#45 David Winters Anti-Protest Protest Song 1966 · Single · Anti-Protest Protest Song / Hucklebuck Shoes · Mercury # 72537 · USA

Garage rock novelty song "Anti-Protest Protest Song" (Mercury Records # 72537) by David Winters, another track mocking the protest movement, especially singers, referencing Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction": "Eve of Destruction says we'll soon be dead, but I never knew misery could make such friends" . It also referenced Bob Dylan and Sonny and Cher: "comb your hair like Bobby Dylan... Sonny and Cher... protest pair are making a mint" . Composed by Lenny Revell. Arranged and conducted by Alan Lorber.

Mercury Records 72537, matrix YW1-37224, black "High Fidelity" label, vocal; "Anti-Protest Protest Song" (Lenny Revell), Just Music (BMI), time 2:00; producers Shelby Singleton and Alan Lorber; arranged and conducted by Alan Lorber; Mercury Record Corporation, made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-Protest Answer to Eve of Destruction Bob Dylan Beatles Sonny & Cher

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#46 David Clayton-Thomas Brain Washed 1966 · Single · Brain Washed / Barbie-Lee · Roman # DR-1105 · Canada

Credited on the record as David Clayton Thomas & The Bossmen.

- The song "Brain Washed" (David Clayton-Thomas)

- Roman Records DR-1105 (DR1-1105), "Recorded in Canada", "Distributed in Canada by Capitol Records of Canada, Ltd."; "Brain Washed" (D.C. Thomas – T. Collacott), Duffer Publications, BMI, 3:15; produced by David Mostoway Prod. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#47 The Singing Bodies Diagnosis-Neurosis 1966 · Single · Diagnosis-Neurosis / You've Gotta Feel It · Back Stage # 5002 · USA

- The song "Diagnosis-Neurosis" (Back Stage Records # 5002) by The Singing Bodies. Garage rock. Draft song. Man avoids draft because he is diagnosed as being a schizophrenic.

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Themes: Draft Dodger Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#48 The Patriots The Prophet 1966 · Single · The Prophet / I'll Be There · Mainstream # 631 · USA

The song "The Prophet" (Mainstream Records # 631), by the Patriots, a garage rock band based in New York, answered the track "Eve of Destruction" - the "Prophet" referred to Barry McGuire, whom they criticised for "shouting misery and hate... says it's the end, destruction is near" , rather than focusing on the positive, hopeful aspects of the US.

Mainstream Records, "A Product of Mainstream Records Inc.", Record No. 631, matrix S5KM 2959, vocal, 45 RPM; "The Prophet" (Keske-Janssen), time 2:49, Grey Fox (BMI); The Patriots. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#49 The Masters Apprentices Wars or Hands of Time 1966 · Single · Undecided / Wars or Hands of Time · Astor # A-7071 · Australia

The well-known song "Wars or Hands of Time" (Astor # A-7071), by The Masters Apprentices, a psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in Adelaide. With a strong reverberating guitar and hard drumming, this song grew in popularity in Australia, reaching # 4 in the Australian charts, after 14 weeks in the top 40. Inspiration for the song came partly from the experience of the lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Keays, who had been selected in the Australian conscription for the Citizen's Military Force (the army reserve) in September 1966 - only two months before the release of this single. He did not serve in Vietnam. It is largely considered to be an anti-war song, although it is really about a soldier leaving for the war, and saying goodbye to his sweetheart: "at dusk we said goodbye" . The soldier asked his girl to "wait for me, I'll be back some day" . While away, the soldier would be "dreaming of your love" .

B side of Astor A-7071; Apollo Music. Astor A-7071 (B), "Unbreakable", 45; "Wars or Hands of Time" (Michael Joseph Bower), (2.50), Apollo Music; vocal The Masters Apprentices. Astor company sleeve: "Pressed by the manufacturers of Astor Radio, TV, Appliances". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: ANZUS Soldier's Perspective Draft

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Australian & New Zealand Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#50 The Reason Why The Game of War 1966 · Single · Johnny Come Home / The Game of War · Cha Cha # 843C-780 · USA

Cha Cha Records, Chicago, Ill.; 843C-780 (Z4KM-2931), Side 2, red label; "The Game of War" (Dino Perelli & Gerald Myroup), publisher Don-Del Music, BMI, time 2:30. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#51 Vic Lance I'm Coming Home 1966 · Single · I'm Coming Home / Secrets · Geneni # TG-001 · USA

Geneni Records TG-001, 45 RPM, pink label, "T. V. Mikel's Film Productions, Inc."; "I'm Coming Home" (Lance-Gilbert), 2:34, Ted Gen Music (BMI); arranged by Vic Lance; producer T. V. Mikel's. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Coming Home

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#52 The Outcasts Price of Victory 1966 · Single · I'm in Pittsburgh (And It's Raining) / Price of Victory · Askel # AK-102 · USA

- "Price of Victory" (Outcasts, The)
- Garage rock

Themes: Patriotic Green Beret

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#53 Bob Linkletter The Out Crowd 1966 · Single · The Out Crowd / The Final Season · Chattahoochee # CH 702 · USA

- Garage rock, released Los Angeles, California.
- A-side: anti-hippie
- B-side: response to McGuire's "Eve of Destruction"
- young men sent to war to learn to kill
- it's the day of decision
- protest record

- Member of Bob And Michèle, The Cornells. Also known as Robert Preston Linkletter, Bob Preston Chattahoochee Records CH 702-1 / CH 702-2, pink label with a Native American drummer logo and the slogan "Solid as Rock". "The Out Crowd" (Bob Linkletter - Mark Hilder), 2:09, Bob-A-Link Publ. Co., Contrast Publ. Co. and Guild Publ. Co., BMI; flip side "The Final Season" (Robert J. Hafner), 2:19, Anthony Music Corp., ASCAP. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-Hippie Counter-Culture & Hippies

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#54 Bob Linkletter The Final Season 1966 · Single · The Out Crowd / The Final Season · Chattahoochee # CH 702 · USA

Annotation: see “The Out Crowd” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#55 Dave Henry Death in Viet Nam 1966 · Single · Death in Viet Nam / Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won) · Alear # A-115 · USA

Credited on the record as Sgt. Dave Henry of the Green Berets.

Death in Viet Nam
Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won) (Henry, Dave)

Alear A-115, Winchester, Virginia; credited to Sgt. Dave Henry of the Green Berets. "Death in Viet Nam" (Sgt. John D. Henry) (T4KM-7352, 655A-7351), time 2:57, Alear Music Inc., BMI; "Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won)" (Sgt. John D. Henry and Jean Alford) (T4KM-7351), time 2:35, Alear Music Inc., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Soldier's Perspective

Genres: ♪ Garage RockGarage Pop

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#56 Dave Henry Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won) 1966 · Single · Death in Viet Nam / Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won) · Alear # A-115 · USA

Credited on the record as Sgt. Dave Henry of the Green Berets.

Death in Viet Nam
Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won) (Henry, Dave)

Alear A-115, Winchester, Virginia; credited to Sgt. Dave Henry of the Green Berets. "Death in Viet Nam" (Sgt. John D. Henry) (T4KM-7352, 655A-7351), time 2:57, Alear Music Inc., BMI; "Do They Know (How Viet Cong Wars Are Won)" (Sgt. John D. Henry and Jean Alford) (T4KM-7351), time 2:35, Alear Music Inc., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Demonstration

Genres: ♪ Garage RockGarage Pop

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#57 Tom Thumb & The Casuals The Draft 1966 · Single · The Draft / Irresistible You · Panorama # 36 · USA

The song "Draft"

Theme: Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#58 Doc and The Medics Postmarked Home 1967 · Single · Postmarked Home / Wrong Side of Saigon · Kaylsodak # Klsd 0003 · USA

- "Postmarked Home" (Doc and The Medics)
- "Wrong Side of Saigon" (Doc and The Medics)
- Garage rock, Mexican trumpets (Mexican-American artist??)

- Kaylsodak Recording Company, Mitchell, S.D., Klsd 0003 (18467), 45 RPM, pink label; "Postmarked Home" (T. J. Magera), 3:00, Kaylsodak Publishing, Mitchell, S.D.

The sleeve is a reproduced handwritten letter headed "Somewhere in Viet Nam - Dear Friends", overprinted "Postmarked Home", that sets out the song's lyrics and closes: "We had a new band entertaining the boys, they're called 'Doc and The Medics' and they record on the 'Kaylsodak' Label"; © 1967 T. J. Magera. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Soldier's Perspective Mail Call Draft Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#60 Tommy Finch Street Without Joy Pt. 1 1967 · Single · Street Without Joy · Cobra [New Holland] # 1000 · USA

Cobra 1000-A (L-113-1, 18967) and 1000-B (L-113-2, 18968), red labels, "A Cobra Production", Cobra Records, New Holland, Pa.; "Street Without Joy Pt. 1" (R. Finch), Nacybar Music, BMI, time 3:15; "Street Without Joy Pt. 2" (R. Finch), time 3:18. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Saigon Hanoi

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#61 Tommy Finch Street Without Joy Pt. 2 1967 · Single · Street Without Joy · Cobra [New Holland] # 1000 · USA

Annotation: see “Street Without Joy Pt. 1” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Saigon Hanoi

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#62 The Beaubiens Times Passed 1967 · Single · Times Passed / A Man Who's Lost · Malibu # MB 67001 · USA

- "Times Passed" (Beaubiens, The)
- Garage rock

- Members: Don Tapert (lead guitar), Rick Fine (drums), Tom Kleene (vocals), Tom Hartkop (rhythm guitar), Jim Masouras (bass)

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#63 The Mergers Unworthy American 1967 · Single · Loving You / Unworthy American · Cass # 112C · USA

Cass 112C (70724B), yellow label, 45 RPM; "Unworthy American" (Peters-Kukier-Leach), time 3:19, Double H Music Pub., BMI; produced by Roger Peters; © 1967 Double U Sound Recording Inc. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (17 lines) ▾

Themes: Anti-War Anti-Government

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#64 Mass Confusion Rock Band The War Rages On 1967 · Single · The War Rages On / Mass Confusion · Malibu # 101 · USA

- "The War Wages On" (Mass Confusion Rock Band)
- Garage rock, protest, anti-war.
- Thousands of young will die yet the war continues.
- Fight or get locked up for draft evasion.
- Criticised hippie complacency.

- Malibu Records, a division of Malibu Productions, 101-A; "The War Rages On" (Doug Smart), 3:19; vocal by Doug Smart; produced by Norman Winski. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Draft Anti-Government Hawk Dove Counter-Culture & Hippies

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#65 The Nervous System Make Love, Not War 1967 · Single · Make Love, Not War / Oh · Jambee # 1001 · USA

Jambee Records No. 1001, green and silver label; "Make Love, Not War" (J. Miller), time 2:18, Yuggoth, BMI; The Nervous System, "Prod. by: J & M Miller". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Protest

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#66 Keith Gordon A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) 1967 · Single · A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) / A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) · Tower # 383 · USA

Keith Gordon, in the track "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" (Tower Records # 383) took the approach of trying to convince Lundberg of the "flower-power" culture, saying that he wanted to "make love, not war" . He also said that the hip kids are true Americans. Like some of the tracks above, he mentioned the teachings of the bible. Furthermore, the narrator argued that in history rebels had made America great, such as George Washington against the British, and Abraham Lincoln against slavery. Released in Hollywood, California, US, as a promo record, it came with a picture sleeve that had the lyrics printed on it. The b-side featured an instrumental version. Composed by Hal Shrager, Sid Shrager, and Al Chorney. Arranged and conducted by Don Ralke ("A Ditto Production"). Falstaff Music Company Inc., BMI.

Tower 383, white "Promotional — Not for Sale" labels; A-side "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" (45-61718), 2:31, and flip "A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental)" (45-61719), 1:40, both written by Hal Shrager, Sid Shrager and Al Chorney, Falstaff Music Company, Inc., BMI; Keith Gordon, "Arranged and Conducted by Don Ralke", "A Ditto Production".

The picture sleeve prints the title, artist and Tower 383 logo with the full lyric of a son's reply to his father ("Dad, I don't know where you got the idea I'd burn the American flag..."), defending long hair, flower power and protest ("'Make love, not war' — that's all we want to say...") and closing "A hip kid... can love his country too...". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (21 lines) ▾

Themes: Draft Anti-War Answer to Open Letter

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Lundberg's "An Open Letter" & Answer Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#67 Keith Gordon A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) 1967 · Single · A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) / A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) · Tower # 383 · USA

Instrumental version of "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" , the A-side.

Instrumental version of "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)", the A-side. Tower 383, white "Promotional — Not for Sale" labels; A-side "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" (45-61718), 2:31, and flip "A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental)" (45-61719), 1:40, both written by Hal Shrager, Sid Shrager and Al Chorney, Falstaff Music Company, Inc., BMI; Keith Gordon, "Arranged and Conducted by Don Ralke", "A Ditto Production".

The picture sleeve prints the title, artist and Tower 383 logo with the full lyric of a son's reply to his father ("Dad, I don't know where you got the idea I'd burn the American flag..."), defending long hair, flower power and protest ("'Make love, not war' — that's all we want to say...") and closing "A hip kid... can love his country too...". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft Anti-War Answer to Open Letter

Genres: ♪ RockRock & Roll

Also in: ▤ Lundberg's "An Open Letter" & Answer Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#68 Shane Dominic Going Home 1967 · Single · Going Home / This Land · Accent # AC 1234 · USA

- "Going Home" (Dominic, Shane)
- Both sides. Folk garage

- A-side: soldier's perspective, fighting for? Combat
- Done my job well, going home. Why did they send me?
- Gave me a gun, fight, freedom must be won they said
- I was very young, war is cruel and cold.
- Young men die - I've been lucky, through hell

- Accent AC 1234, 45 RPM, "Vocal with Orchestra", red and black label with star logo; side one "Going Home" (Shane Dominic), 3:36; flip (AC 1234-O) "This Land" (Shane Dominic), 3:06; both S & R Music, ASCAP. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Coming Home Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#69 Shane Dominic This Land 1967 · Single · Going Home / This Land · Accent # AC 1234 · USA

- "This Land" (Dominic, Shane)

- B-side: Anti-war, but anti-protest
- In a bad state, why send young men to fight on foreign lands?
- Riots and demonstrations go on - don't care about damage done
- Must stop these awful wars

- Accent AC 1234, 45 RPM, "Vocal with Orchestra", red and black label with star logo; side one "Going Home" (Shane Dominic), 3:36; flip (AC 1234-O) "This Land" (Shane Dominic), 3:06; both S & R Music, ASCAP. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Protest Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

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#70 The Bojax Hippie Times 1967 · Single · "Hippie" Times / Go Ahead and Go · Panther # PAN-3 · USA

Members: Bobby Holliday (vocals, guitar), Lyn Cook (drums), Mack Sanders (bass), Roy Wood (guitar), Edwin Bayne (guitar), Stanley Ward (vocals, guitar), Jimmy Summey (bass), Cecil Wyche (keyboards), Carol Cox (keyboards), Van Stout (bass), Philip Maynard (guitar)

Themes: Anti-War Demonstration Counter-Culture & Hippies

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#71 The Front Line Saigon Girl 1967 · Single · Saigon Girl / 3 Day Pass · Titan # FF-2001 · USA

Titan FF-2001, "The Giant of Sound", Titan Record Co., 1951 Holmby Ave., Los Angeles 25, California; produced by Furth-Gold. A side (45-TI-2001-A): "Saigon Girl" (Firth, Perry, Bagen), group vocal, 2:10, Dolly Bee Music, Hillart Music, Castaway Music (BMI), arranged by Geo. R. Brown. B side (45-TI-2001-B): "3 Day Pass" (Leon Becken), instrumental, 2:20, Dolly Bee Music, Hillart Music, Ellis Gold Pub. (BMI), arranged by Al Valenzuela. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Vietnamese Girls Combat VC

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#72 The Front Line 3 Day Pass 1967 · Single · Saigon Girl / 3 Day Pass · Titan # FF-2001 · USA

Annotation: see “Saigon Girl” above (same release).

Theme: R&R

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

#73 The Razor's Edge War Boy 1967 · Single · War Boy / Gotta Find Her · Kingston # E-1967 · USA

- "War Boy" (Razor's Edge)

- Reading, Pennsylvania. Garage rock / teen pop. Soldier's perspective
- Narrated to mother: fighting / killing is wrong
- But need to keep the country strong
- Missing home, lonely
- But need to be a man

- Kingston E-1967 (E-196717); "War Boy" (Pat Sickapus), 3:05, Becks (BMI), Reading, Pa.; Ferbar Prod. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Anti-War Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Garage RockTeen Pop

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#74 The Raving Madd I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me) 1967 · Single · I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me) / Boundaries · Golstar # GO-1 · USA

- "I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me)" (Raving Madd, The)
- Garage rock. Anti-war.
- Rolling Hills, California.

Themes: Anti-War Draft Generation Gap

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#75 Seeds of Euphoria Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam 1967 · Single · TMP-Ting # TMP-120 · USA

White TMP-Ting Records "D J Copy" label, background printed "D J Copies – Not For Sale – For Promotional Use Only", "TMP-Ting Records – 22 E. Huron, Chicago, Ill."; TMP-120, matrix 2232; "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (Dave Brian), Todd-Mark Pub. - BMI, time 2:24; produced by M. Alexander. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Demonstration LBJ Communism VC Batman

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#76 Anglo Saxton Ruby 1967 · Single · Ruby / You Better Leave Me Alone · Lucky Eleven # LE-009 · USA

- Garage rock cover of Kenny Roger's song
- Disabled vet theme

- Lucky Eleven LE-009-A, "D. J. Copy – Not for Sale"; "Ruby" (Mel Tillis), 3:28, Cedarwood Pub. Co., BMI; supervised by C. Slaughter; "A D. J. Dan St. Jude Prod." Yellow label with green horseshoe design. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Answer to Ruby

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#77 Mike Cassedy & The Knock-A-Bouts Now He's Gone 1967 · Single · Emptiness / Now He's Gone · KB # KB 001 · USA

- "Now He's Gone"
- Home front perspective
- Friend killed in action (K.I.A.)
- Chicago, Illinois

Themes: Home Front Perspective K.I.A.

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#78 Mama Cats My Boy 1967 · Single · Miss You / My Boy · Hideout # H-1122 · USA

- "My Boy" (Mama Cats) (Hideout Records # H-1122)
- Detroit, Michigan. Written by Bob Seger. Girl group / Garage rock
- Mama Cats - aka Honey Ltd., under which they released the Vietnam song "The Warrior" on the 1968 album Honey Ltd. (LHI Records # LHI-12002).

Theme: Home Front Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#79 Sur Royal Da Count and The Parliaments Sgt. Ralph Yore U.S.M.C. 1967 · Single · Sgt. Ralph Yore U.S.M.C. / Scream Mother Scream · Villa-Yore # 606-JY · USA

- "Sgt. Ralf Yore U.S.M.C." (Sur Royal Da Count, The Parliaments)
- Garage rock.

"On "Sgt. Ralph," the vocalist recites the words while an accoustic guitar and primitive drumbeat provide sparse background. He relates how his buddy of the title gave up his women and booze to go serve his country. He also urges America to stand up and get behind the government and LBJ. Today, this could probably pass as a performance art piece the way this country gets ridiculed, both here and abroad. But it's still fascinating in its stumbling charm and for its pre-1968 pro-Vietnam views".

- Villa-Yore 606-JY, white label with drawing of a water-bearer figure under stars; "Sgt. Ralph Yore U.S.M.C." (Joe Yore), 2:06, Albana Music; credited to Sur Royal Da Count / The Parliaments. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Pro-Government LBJ Marines Anti-Communism Flag

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#80 Dennis Filkin, Gail Keener and The Madlads He'll Never Know 1967 · Single · He'll Never Know / When Hope Is Gone · Tren / Dell # 102 · USA

- Garage folk / rock, from Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- The song "He’ll Never Know" (Tren / Dell Records # 102)

- Tren/Dell Records, Record 102, green label, matrix codes UK4M-3357 and 662T-3357; "He'll Never Know" (Schwartz-Keener), 3:32, O'Dell Music and Mimic Music, BMI; produced by Sound O'Dell Studios, Norfolk, Va.; credited to Dennis Filkin, Gail Keener and The Madlads. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (22 lines) ▾

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Dear John Letter Mail Call Combat Jungle

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#81 Pompeo Stillo He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machinegun in Vietnam 1967 · Single · A Letter to My Mother From Vietnam / He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machinegun in Vietnam · Centaur # IFK 302 · USA

Credited on the record as Pompeo Stillo (Vocalist) & The Companions.

The artist, Pompeo Stillo originally came from the Italian region Calabria, and immigrated with his parents to the US. He lived in Chicago, where he owned Italian Tapes and Record Store.¹²³ Garage rock track called "He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machine Gun In Vietnam" (Centaur # IFK 302) - the title sums up the story told in the lyrics. The narrator said that a good, friendly boy "liked to enjoy music" and that he "played guitar all over the country" . The boy then "joined the army" in order to commit his life to "the flag and to liberty" . And thus, the boy, instead of playing guitar, used a machine gun in Vietnam.

Centaur IFK 302, blue labels with silver centaur logo, Saper Music BMI; Side A "A Letter to My Mother from Vietnam" 3:55, Side B "He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machinegun in Vietnam" 2:45, both written by Pompeo Stillo and credited to "Pompeo Stillo (Vocalist) & The Companions". The plain company sleeve is rubber-stamped "Saper Music Publishing — Tony Stillo — 245 West 112th Place, Chicago, Illinois 60628" (the composer's own publishing address) and carries a jukebox title strip reading "He Was a Guitar Player Now Plays Machine Gun in Viet Nam / Pompeo Stillo / A Letter to My Mother from Viet Nam". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#82 Pompeo Stillo A Letter to My Mother from Vietnam 1967 · Single · A Letter to My Mother From Vietnam / He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machinegun in Vietnam · Centaur # IFK 302 · USA

Credited on the record as Pompeo Stillo (Vocalist) & The Companions.

Centaur IFK 302, blue labels with silver centaur logo, Saper Music BMI; Side A "A Letter to My Mother from Vietnam" 3:55, Side B "He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machinegun in Vietnam" 2:45, both written by Pompeo Stillo and credited to "Pompeo Stillo (Vocalist) & The Companions". The plain company sleeve is rubber-stamped "Saper Music Publishing — Tony Stillo — 245 West 112th Place, Chicago, Illinois 60628" (the composer's own publishing address) and carries a jukebox title strip reading "He Was a Guitar Player Now Plays Machine Gun in Viet Nam / Pompeo Stillo / A Letter to My Mother from Viet Nam". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Artist credited as 'Pompeo Stillo & The Companions'. US release (not Italy). Published by Saper Music; rights society BMI; matrix IFK-302A / IFK-302B. Credited to Pompeo Stillo & The Companions on Centaur (IFK 302), a US release; the B-side 'He Was a Guitar Player and Now Plays Machine Gun in Vietnam' is about a boy who joined the army and swapped his guitar for a machine gun.

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Army Flag Freedom & Liberty Guns Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#83 Barry McGuire Masters of War 1967 · Single · Masters of War / Why Not Stop and Dig It While You Can · Dunhill # D-4098 · USA

Dunhill D-4098 (45-01134), white label marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale"; "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan), 2:32, M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP); produced by Terry Melcher; "A Subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019, Made in U.S.A.". Supplied in a gold, black and white Dunhill company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Atomic Cold War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#84 Rodd Keith Our Senators 1967 · Single · Don't Wait Too Long / Our Senators · Preview # 1338 · USA

Credited on the record as Rodd Keith and the Raindrops.

- "Our Senators"

- Label: Preview Records # 1338
- Songwriter: Reynolds Amick
- Traditional pop
- Anti-war, anti-politician, Cold War, Space Race
- The politicians - all they talk about is bombs, Vietnam, Russia and the space race - it seems that's all they do
- Hollywood, California
- Note: MP3, low quality

- Song poem Preview Records Inc. 1338, green and silver label; "Our Senators" (Reynolds Amick), 3:09, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith and the Raindrops. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Protest Russia Space Race Song Poem

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Song Poems

#85 Doc and The Medics Wrong Side of Saigon 1967 · Single · Postmarked Home / Wrong Side of Saigon · Kaylsodak # Klsd 0004 · USA

Double-side Vietnam War record, released in 1967 (Kaylsodak Recording Company # Klsd 0003/0004), in Mitchell, South Dakota, USA, in the garage rock genre, with Mexican trumpets. The songs are composed by T. J. Magera. An article from The Daily Republic, Mitchell, South Dakota, on 29 July 1967, read: "the many faceted talents of Magera vastly transcend sales. They include composing and recording (Magera cuts his own discs on the "Kaylsodak Recording Company" label in partnership with Jan Grosz)... He's a gifted trumpet player and, as a composer, created such hopefuls as "The Ballad of John Kennedy," "The Eternal Light".... "Postmarked Home" , and "The Wrong Side of Saigon" ... Tom has his own band, not surprisingly named the "Versatones"."¹ Both sides of this single are Vietnam War-related, narrated from the soldier's perspective. In the song "Postmarked Home" , the soldier described mail call - a reference to military personnel assembling for the distribution of mail - he received a letter and recalled home and his sweetheart. He said that he needed to "kill some more to make these people free", a small patriotic / pro-government message.

In the song "Wrong Side of Saigon" , also narrated from the soldier's perspective, the protagonist revealed that his sweetheart had left him: "shattered all my dreams". He expressed his sadness at being along in Saigon.

Pink Kaylsodak Recording Company label, Mitchell, S.D., 0004 (18468), 45 RPM; "Wrong Side of Saigon" (T. J. Magera), time 3:10, Kaylsodak Publishing, Mitchell, S.D.

The picture sleeve is a handwritten letter headed "Sat. night, Saigon, Viet Nam" and opening "Dear Buddy," that sets out the song's words, overprinted in large crayon lettering with "Wrong Side of Saigon" and "Doc and the Medics"; it ends "Hanky panky U.S. to Hong Kong!!!! And the wrong side of Saigon" and is marked ©1967 T. J. Magera. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#86 Dick "Deacon" Martin Rice Paddy Daddy 1967 · Single · Rice Paddy Daddy / Don't Walk No Line · Ben Rich # FC-3083 · USA

- "Rice Paddy Daddy"

- Label: Ben Rich Records # FC 3038
- Songwriter: Dick "Deacon" Martin (same as artist)

- Third alternative version of the song by the same artist
- Same lyrics as above
- Patriotic, soldier's perspective novelty
- Ho Chi Minh, Vietcong, Korean War
- Hollywood, California

- See also Film City FC-3083 and Redwood R-161.

Themes: VC Ho Chi Minh Korea War Lineage Soldier's Perspective Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Song Poems▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#87 The Invincibles Viet Nam 1967 · Single · Viet Nam / Tonda · Invincible # IR-200-A · USA

Viet Nam (Invincibles, The) Garage rock [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

Theme: Themes Pending

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#88 The Put On Company Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go) 1968 · Single · Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go) / Detroit Spiritual · Jest # J-101 · USA

Credited on the record as The Put On Company featuring Doug Salma.

A novelty protest record about the draft - as suggested by the title of the band ("Put On", meaning it is not true). In addition, they called the private label Jest Records, while the Social Climbers produced the song. So the track "Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go)" (Jest Records # J-101), written by Doug Salamanca and Gary Paxton, started with a spoken-word disclaimer: "this record was sung and produced in complete jest, for fun, it is in no way meant to be unpatriotic, the greatest of statesmen throughout our United States history have made jest of serious situations in hopes that it might ease world tension. This is our full and complete intention". The one-off novelty group directed the song at President Johnson (LBJ), begging him: "please don't make me go" to South Vietnam. It described a draft letter arriving. With the narrator expected at the induction centre for his health check, he had his mind on his new car, guitar strings, and forthcoming marriage. The song ended with a comedy exchanged at the induction centre, in which the boy tried to draft dodge, by highlighting his bad eye sight and teeth.

Note the reference to the Vietcong (or "VC") - the National Liberation Front (NFL), the political and military resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam. Moreover, note the reference to "1-A" - the classification for those "eligible for military service", established in 1971 (under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967). Other common classifications were 1-AO (Conscientious Objector available for non-combatant military service), and 1-O (Conscientious Objector available for alternate community service).¹

Jest Records, P.O. Box 349, Hollywood, Calif. 90028, J-101 (J-1001-A), 45 RPM, yellow label; "Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go)" (D. Salamanca - G. Paxton), 2:59, Garpax Music (BMI); The Put On Company featuring Doug Salma; produced by The Social Climbers. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (19 lines) ▾

Themes: Draft Draft Dodger Anti-War LBJ Saigon VC

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#89 Michael Merchant Military Minor Blues 1968 · Single · Military Minor Blues / Figs Grow in the Winter Time · Edmark # 10020 · USA

- "Military Minor Blues" (Merchant, Michael)

- Garage rock. From Ingleside, Texas, USA. Draft.
- Man hears about the war / draft on the TV news.
- So he then get stressed-out whenever people mention the word "draft" in unrelated contexts.

- Edmark Productions 10020, grey label, Box 594, Ingleside, Texas; "Military Minor Blues" (Michael Merchant), 2:48, Edmark Pub. Co., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft Dodger Draft Inequality Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#90 Rehabilitation Cruise I Don't Care What They Say 1968 · Single · I Don't Care What They Say / Mini Skirts · Rondon # 21119-20 · USA

- "I Don't Care What They Say" by the Rehabilitation Cruise
- Draft, garage rock

Themes: Draft Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#91 The Satyrs Yesterday's Hero 1968 · Single · Yesterday's Hero / Marie · Spectrum # 2668 · USA

- "Yesterday's Hero" (Satyrs, The)
- Garage rock. Does not mention Vietnam. General anti-war / protest lyrics.

Themes: Anti-War Protest

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#92 The Other Half Bad Day 1968 · Single · What Can I Do For You / Bad Day · Acta # 45-819 · USA

- "Bad Day" (Other Half, The)
- Garage rock.
- Los Angeles & San Francisco, California.

- Acta 45-819 (22681-Re 1), white "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale" label; "Bad Day" (Westen), Big L Music / Sun-Vine Music, BMI, 2:15; produced by The Other Half for No. 1 Prod; "Acta Records, Hollywood, Calif. - A Division of Dot Records, Inc." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#93 The Central Nervous System It Takes All Kinds 1968 · Single · It Takes All Kinds / I'm Still Hung Up on You · Laurie # LR 3421 · Canada

- The song "It Takes All Kinds" (Central Nervous System, The)
- Garage rock. Reference to Vietnam

- Laurie Records Inc., New York, Record No. LR 3421, "Advance Release" promotional label, matrix UK4M-0920; "It Takes All Kinds" (R. Dahrouge–E. Woolley), Roznique Mus. Inc., BMI, time 2:28; produced by Nicky Addeo & Ray Dahrouge. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Protest Cassius Clay Atomic Muhammad Ali

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#94 The Butter Rebellion Aftermath 1968 · Single · Aftermath / I Cannot Turn Around · Maudz # 45-002 · USA

Themes: Vet Mistreatment of Vet Patriotic Freedom & Liberty

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Pop

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#95 Transatlantic Railroad Why Me 1968 · Single · Irahs / Why Me · Phoenix # PH 2 · USA

Credited on the record as Trans-Atlantic Railroad.

- Garage rock, protest, draft dodging.
- "Why Me" , why they want to send me across the sea.
- From D.C. I'll run, don't want to fight

- Phoenix Records of New York PH 2 (P-00008), "A Division of Sire Records", marked "Not for Sale", on the label's phoenix-bird design; "Why Me" (Rick Beban) by Trans-Atlantic Railroad, produced by Seymour Stein, arranged by Dexter Foote. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Draft Dodger Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#96 Mike Johnson I'll Be Home Again 1968 · Single · I'll Be Home Again / Little Boy · Opus [Bellbrook] # 23099 · USA

- 'll Be Home Again (Johnson, Mike)
- Psychedelic Folk / Garage
- Plight, draft

- Opus Records, "A Div. of A.L.R.S.", Bellbrook, Ohio, 23099, side A, green label; "I'll Be Home Again" (J. Coughlin), time 2:38; Mike Johnson, produced by Opus, arranged by Jim Webster. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Draft

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Folk

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#97 The American Dream All the Way in Mourning 1968 · Single · All the Way in Mourning / Tioga · Demik # 101 · USA

Demik 101A, "Promotional Radio Copy", magenta label; "All the Way in Mourning" (H. Socher), 2:29, New Folk World, ASCAP; produced & arranged by H. Brown, B. Bonney. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Home Front Perspective K.I.A.

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFolk RockSurf Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#98 The Liberty Bell Naw, Naw, Naw 1968 · Single · Naw, Naw, Naw / Recognition · Back Beat # 600 · USA

Credited on the record as The Liberty Bells.

- "Naw, Naw, Naw"
- Garage rock

- Back Beat 600 (COL 5192), 45 RPM, "Promotional – Not for Sale", red drum-design label, "Backbeat Records • 5208 Wylie • Houston Texas"; "Naw, Naw, Naw" (A. Williams/R. Evans), 3:00, Don Music Co., BMI; produced by Andre Williams & Bob Evans; The Liberty Bells, lead Chris Gerniottis. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#99 The Alphabetical Order Gonna Fight the War 1968 · Single · All Over the World (La La) / Gonna Fight the War · Soul Blvd. # 1002 · USA

Cover of The Merry-Go-Round's 1967 recording. Soul Blvd. 1002B (PRP 2391), red, white and blue label; "Gonna Fight the War" (E. Rhodes), 1:45, La Brea Music/Thirty Four Music; produced by Wayne Young. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective TV War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#100 Bob Seger System 2+2=? 1968 · Single · 2 + 2 = ? / Death Row · Capitol # 2143 · USA

Bob Seger in the song "2 + 2 = ?" (Capitol Records # 2143) took an anti-war position. It featured on the album Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Capitol # ST-172). Interestingly, Bob Seger, born in Detroit, Michigan (6 May 1945), earlier in 1966 released a novelty Vietnam record with the group The Beach Bums, called The Ballad of the Yellow Berets (Are You Kidding Me? Records # H-1010), in which Seger (credited as "D.Dodger", for draft dodger), both mocked Barry Sadler (for Ballad of the Green Beret), as well as perhaps taking a hawkish view of the war and laughing at the protest movement (see draft section). Two years later in 1968, after the major escalation of the war in Vietnam and a large increase in US casualties, no ambiguity, lightheartedness, or tongue-in-cheek existed on this single, as Seger invited people to "go ahead and call me yellow" , for expressing his strong reluctance to go to war: "I don't wanna kill nobody...why it is I've got to die" . He then told the story of a "guy in high school" drafted to war, but who ended up "buried in the mud over foreign jungle land" (i.e. Vietnam), leaving behind a grieving girlfriend and family, thus displaying sympathy for the soldiers and those left behind.

Yet this track went further. Seger turned on the politicians who claimed that the soldier "died for freedom" , but in fact actually died, according to Seger, "to save your lies" . Seger concluded that "it's the rules not the soldier that I find the real enemy" - thus blaming the system for the war, rather than those doing their patriotic duty or fulfilling legal requirements. Also of note from the lyrics, Seger presented himself as a simple / common person, not especially clever or in a powerful position, or as an agitator heavily involved in the protest movement: "I ain't sayin' I'm a genius...I'm no statesman, I'm no general, I'm no kid...I'm no prophet, I'm no rebel...I'm a simple minded guy" . Finally, the lyrics sought to highlight the generational divide, as well as the discrepancy between the voting age and the draft age, a popular topic of the time. The title of the song referred to Seger's request for a simple explanation to the issues raised in the lyrics.

Capitol 2143 (45-59079), manufactured by Capitol Records Inc.; "2 + 2 = ?" (Bob Seger), Gear Publishing Co., ASCAP, 2:45; produced by Hideout Productions. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#101 The Fugs Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon October 21, 1967 1968 · Album · Tenderness Junction · Reprise # RS 6280 · USA

Another two anti-war songs from the Fugs appeared on the 1968 album Tenderness Junction. As mentioned above, the Fugs often played at anti-Vietnam demonstrations. This led them to being mentioned in Norman Mailer's famous portrayal of the 1967 March on the Pentagon in the book Armies of the Night: History as a Novel/The Novel as History.¹ In the track "Exorcising the Evil Spirits From the Pentagon October 23, 1967" (Reprise Records # RS 6280) the band embarked on a chant, attempting to remove the evil spirits from the Pentagon, as stated in the title of the song.

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#102 The Fugs War Song 1968 · Album · Tenderness Junction · Reprise # RS 6280 · USA

Also on the album Tenderness Junction is the track "War Song" , which referred to the chemical weapon Napalm B and the burn wounds that they caused - the US used this weapons extensively in Indochina, dropping 388,000 tons between 1963 and 1973.¹ The weapons, largely supplied by Dow Chemical, became a target of the anti-war movement.²

Themes: Anti-War Napalm Ho Chi Minh

Genres: ♪ RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#103 The Lower Oisch Philharmonic Magic Rag Rag (Part I) 1969 · Single · Magic Rag Rag (Part I) / Magic Rag Rag (Part II) · Krieger # 25196 · USA

- The song Magic Rag Rag - The Lower Oisch Philharmonic (Krieger Records # 25196).
- Garage rock. Produced by Tom Kreiger. Written by Chuck Keith. Arranged by Ron Jarvis.

- About a boy growing up in Kansas, who loved the US and the flag. At the age of 19 he volunteered to go to the army, sent to Vietnam six weeks later. After one day, he was killed, and sent home in a box wrapped in the flag. Anti-war. Suggested that it was not worth it, criticism of flag worship, blind patriotism.

- Krieger Records 25196, 45 R.P.M., blue and silver label; "Magic Rag Rag (Part 1)", time 2:51, and "Magic Rag Rag (Part II)", time 2:17, both (Chuck Keith), arranged by Ron Jarvis, "Produced by Tom Krieger"; The Lower Oisch Philharmonic. A handwritten sticker on the Part 1 label reads "DJ copy" and gives the publisher as The Blind Owl Entertainment Co., BMI, 5353 Route #1, Peninsula, Ohio 44264. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (41 lines) ▾

Themes: Draft Patriotic Anti-War Napalm

Genres: ♪ RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#104 The Lower Oisch Philharmonic Magic Rag Rag (Part II) 1969 · Single · Magic Rag Rag (Part I) / Magic Rag Rag (Part II) · Krieger # 25196 · USA

Annotation: see “Magic Rag Rag (Part I)” above (same release).

Themes: Draft Patriotic Anti-War Napalm

Genres: ♪ RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#105 The Chain Reaction The Quiet Americans 1969 · Single · The Quiet Americans / Only the Bleeding (Hey, Boy!) · DeLicks # I.D.M. 18-28 · USA

- "The Quiet Americans" (Chain Reaction, The)
- Garage / psychedelic rock.

Themes: Patriotic Anti-Protest

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#106 Jimmy Thompson I Wanna Die Young 1969 · Single · I Wanna Die Young / In My Dreams · Dek # 712 · USA

- "I Wanna Die Young" (Thompson, Jimmy)
- Garage rock, protest.
- Generation gap too long, politicians all the same.
- Protesters say "we shall overcome" .
- Thinking about "all expense paid trip to 'nam" .

- Recorded at California Recorders Dek Records 0712, white label marked "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale"; "I Wanna Die Young" (Bill Weir Jr.–Mary Weir), Hound Dog Music (BMI), time 2:46; arranged by Del Kacher, guitars by Del Carson, produced by George M. Thompson Jr. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Generation Gap Demonstration

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#107 The Out of Order Lonely Sentry 1969 · Single · Lonely Sentry / It's Alright · Lauren # CO 2930 · USA

- Garage rock, soldier's perspective, anti-war
- When will this nightmare end, friend K.I.A.

- Lauren Records CO 2930-A, Side I; "Lonely Sentry" (Messier-Hoffman-Crotty), 2:18, Ranford Music Co.-BMI; produced by L. Litchfield and T. Messier, engineers Bruce Staple & Mike Consi, recorded at Allegro Sound Studios, N.Y. Distributed by Planet Records, Prov. R.I. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#108 Jerry Simpson Young Boy 1969 · Single · Young Boy / In the Valley of Honey · AOK # AOKR-1053 · USA

AOK AOKR-1053-A, yellow label with rocket logo; "Young Boy" (J. Simpson), 2:37, Gusto Music – BMI; produced by Gorman Maxwell; AOK Productions, Box 6406, Odessa, Tex. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Protest Voting Rights Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#109 Jon Agee August 1968 1969 · Single · August 1968 / Kelsey · Twin # TRG 23 · USA

- Garage rock, 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- Protest song - recalls the events
- Police violence, reference to Mayor Daley

- Twin Record Production TRG 23 A, yellow label with "World of Hits" globe logo, 1175 N.E. 125th Street, North Miami, Florida, Suite 312; "August 1968" (Jon Agee), Elkee Music, BMI; produced by Bud Reneau & Bill Stith, arranged by Bud Reneau. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Chicago Seven Protest Anti-War Police Brutality Richard J. Daley LBJ

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#110 Michael McGuffy Young Man's Blood 1969 · Single · Young Man's Blood / In My Soul · US Eagle # 69 · USA

- Garage rock, protest / anti-war
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Old men talk of when they were young, killing & fighting
- Religious anti-war element

- US Eagle Records Ltd. 69, Side One, yellow label with red eagle, 121 East Willox Lane #9, Ft. Collins, Colo. 80521; "Young Man's Blood" (Michael McGuffy), 2:23, © Eagle Music Publishing Ltd.; produced by Bill Reagan for Eagle Corps Ltd.; personal management for Michael McGuffy, Bill Reagan c/o Eagle Corps Ltd. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Religion Generation Gap

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#111 Los Golden Stars La guerra del Vietnam 1969 · Single · Buen tirador / La guerra del Vietnam · FTA # 50444 · Peru

The song "La guerra del Vietnam" (FTA # 50444) by Los Golden Stars, formed in 1966 in Lima, Peru. Members included Gilberto Guzmán (vocals, bass), Ricardo Osores (guitar), Jorge Ponce (organ), and Carlos Risco (drums). This is in the garage rock genre, and is to the tune of Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction.

B-side of "Buen tirador"; to the tune of Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction". FTA (Fabricantes Técnicos Asociados) 50444, Peru.

Themes: Anti-War Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#112 Beadfreak Eve of Destruction 1970 · Single · Eve of Destruction / Crazy Motocycle Freak · Rotten Rat # 45-R-1001 - 2 · USA

Rotten Rat Records 45-R-1001, black label with a rat-on-motorcycle logo; "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan), 3:25, Trousdale Music Publishers, Inc., BMI; arranged by Corburn, Mellis & DeMilta; executive producer Gary J. Mellis; Rotten Rat Records, P.O. Box #209, Kensington Sta., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Atomic Draft Demonstration Civil Rights Answer to Eve of Destruction

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#113 Third Condition Monday In May (The Kent State Tragedy) 1970 · Single · Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy) / Nickel · Sundi # SR-6815 · USA

Third Condition were a garage rock band from Daytona Beach, Florida, popular on the local garage scene, featuring Charles "Chuck" Robinette (lead singer), Ralph Citrullo (bass), Chris Drake (vocals, guitar), Allen Dresser (guitar), Max Easom (drums, vocals), and Neil Haney (vocals, organ).

They released one of the first songs about the Kent State shootings on a Tampa label, with the original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell), composed by Chuck Robinette. The label said "rush release" with a date stamp: "10 June 1970" . It received decent airplay and started to rise in the charts until the release of Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (below). We know that "Ohio" , composed by Neil Young, was recorded 21 May 1970, and it is reviewed as early as 20 June 1970 in Billboard, on p.54, described as rushed out with a "timely message" - that's 10 days after the Third Condition record.¹"Ohio" charted on 27 June 1970, entering at # 58.² Therefore, the Third Condition record would have got to stations before or at the same time as Neil Young’s "Ohio".

The song later appeared under the name "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" (Sundi Records # SR-6815). Third Condition’s record label promoted it heavily in Billboard in August. Billboard reported on 15 August 1970, p. 80, that Sundi had established a university scholarship in Tampa (called M.I.M - Monday in May), funded by 10% of net royalties earned on the single³ They followed this up with a full page advertisement on 29 August 1970, on p. 27 of Billboard.⁴ But the song had no further commercial impact. Distributed by Transglobal Distributing Corporation. Publisher: Candius Music. Performing Rights: BMI. The song called the event a "shame for the nation" and that "the screams of the dying are burned in their mind" .

original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) - title then changed to "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" Sundi Records SR-6815, "A Gil Cabot Enterprises, Inc. Release", P.O. Box 7229, Tampa, Florida 33603. The first promotional pressing (white label, "Promotion Copy Not for Sale", stamped "Rush Release") titles the song "Monday in May" (A May Day of Hell) (C. Robinette), Candius Music (BMI), vocal, 3:14, produced by Gil Cabot, engineer Phil Kempin.

The later D.J. copy (white label with yellow flowers, "Not for Sale", SR-6815 A, 7856, "A Cabot Entertainment Companies Release", "Nationally distributed by Transglobal Distributing Corporation—USA") titles it "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" (C. Robinette), Candius Music BMI, 2:59, intro :12, with a handwritten date "9/10/70". [From the record sleeve and labels] Advertised in Billboard, 29 August 1970, as "Kent State Tragedy – Monday in May" by Third Condition, SR #6815, published by Candius Music (BMI); "A Cabot Entertainment Companies release", Sundi Records nationally distributed by Transglobal Distributing Corporation, 2223 S. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, Florida 33609. [From the Billboard advertisement]

Themes: Kent State Anti-War Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#114 Maxima Four Dead in Ohio 1970 · Single · Together Again / Four Dead in Ohio · GWS # TRG-42 · USA

The psychedelic garage rock song "Four Dead in Ohio" (GWS # TRG-42), released in 1970, covered the well-known Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song Ohio composed by Neil Young: "Nixon's coming...I here the drumming, four dead in Ohio" . This version started out with a spoken-word anti-war, revolutionary narrative. The speaker refused to "watch as a tide of apathy" took over. He declared that if the authorities wanted war, then "the revolution is what they will have" . It also contained a possible reference to the My Lai Massacre (March 1968), kept secret for over a year until reported in the US press between September and November 1969: "how dare they hope that genocides will slip by us unnoticed" . It could also refer to the indiscriminate bombing of Cambodia and the large number of Vietnamese deaths during the war. Released in Miami, Florida, Kevin McManus produced the record and Roger Hatfield worked on the arrangements.

GWS Recording Corp. of America, "World of Hits", 1175 N.E. 125th Street, Suite 413, North Miami, Florida; TRG-42 B; "Four Dead in Ohio", credited on the label to (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young); produced by Kevin McManus and D. Hieronymus; arranged by Roger Hatfield. Yellow label with globe logo. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Kent State My Lai Nixon Anti-Calley My Lai-Type

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#115 T.P. and the Indians Ally or Enemy 1970 · Single · Goodbye Good Times / Ally or Enemy · Dellwood # 3239 · USA

Dellwood Records 3239 AA, yellow label, "saddle brook, n.j. (201) 843-3239"; "Ally or Enemy" (Stepo-Carpenter), 2:15, Dellwood Pub. ASCAP; T.P. and the Indians; "Produced by Woody Gardella". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Draft Anti-War Soldier's Perspective My Lai My Lai-Type Pro-Calley

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#116 Just Luv Valley of Hate 1970 · Single · Valley of Hate / Good Good Lovin' · M-S # MS-216 · USA

Credited on the record as The Just Luv.

- The song "Valley of Hate" (The Just Luv)
- Garage rock. Anti-war

- M-S Records MS-216 (ZTSC-142662), blue sunburst label, 45 RPM; "Valley of Hate" (Frank R. Rossi), time 3:30, Chetkay Pub., B.M.I.; marked "Rock Underground"; "A product of M.S.K. Productions". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#117 Storm Warning Little Miss Teen 1970 · Single · Little Miss Teen / Hello Sweetie Pie · Black Gold # 471-1454 · USA

Show full lyrics (16 lines) ▾

Themes: Home Front Perspective Army Patriotic Draft Draft Card Burning Freedom & Liberty

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#118 Branded X Society and Me 1970 · Single · Society and Me / Tribute to Uncle Sam · Lauren # L-2516 · USA

Themes: Protest Counter-Culture & Hippies Generation Gap

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#119 Branded X Tribute to Uncle Sam 1970 · Single · Society and Me / Tribute to Uncle Sam · Lauren # L-2516 · USA

Annotation: see “Society and Me” above (same release).

Themes: Protest Draft Dodger Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#120 Jay Pollard Mail Call 1970 · Single · Mail Call / Letter to Mamma · St. George International # 7-202,642 · USA

- Garage rock, soldier's perspective from Vietnam, both sides.
- Letter to mother, mail call, draft card burning, anti-protest, demonstrations.

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Patriotic Mail Call Draft Card Burning Demonstration Anti-Protest

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#121 Rochelle Rosenthal and the Kickball Queen Lottery 1970 · Single · You Don't Know / Lottery · Super Bolt # 33170 · USA

- Lottery (Rosenthal, Rochelle and the Kickball Queen)
- Anti-war, draft.
- Garage rock, Detroit, Michigan.

Themes: Anti-War Draft

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#122 Third Condition Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) 1970 · Single · Sundi # SR-6815 · USA

original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) - title then changed to "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" Sundi Records SR-6815, "A Gil Cabot Enterprises, Inc. Release", P.O. Box 7229, Tampa, Florida 33603. The first promotional pressing (white label, "Promotion Copy Not for Sale", stamped "Rush Release") titles the song "Monday in May" (A May Day of Hell) (C. Robinette), Candius Music (BMI), vocal, 3:14, produced by Gil Cabot, engineer Phil Kempin.

The later D.J. copy (white label with yellow flowers, "Not for Sale", SR-6815 A, 7856, "A Cabot Entertainment Companies Release", "Nationally distributed by Transglobal Distributing Corporation—USA") titles it "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" (C. Robinette), Candius Music BMI, 2:59, intro :12, with a handwritten date "9/10/70". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Kent State

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Kent / Jackson State Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#123 Jay Pollard Letter to Mamma 1970 · Single · Mail Call / Letter to Mamma · St. George International # 7-202,643 · USA

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Combat K.I.A. Green Beret

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#124 Joey Rivers (Let My People) Get Me Out of Here 1971 · Single · (Let My People) Get Me Out of Here / The P.O.W. · Rotten Rat # R-1005/06 · USA

Another double-sided P.O.W. single, released in 1971 in Brooklyn, New York, in the garage rock genre. Both songs composed by J. Friscia. The a-side song "(Let My People) Get Me Out of Here" (Rotten Rat Records # R-1005/06) featured the sound-effects of gunfire and bomb exploding, as the narrator, a soldier who "fought for my country in Viet country" told the listener that he had been "captured" . He appealed for people to help his family get him out of Vietnam, by putting pressure on the politicians. It also contained a little Cold War atomic weapon imagery: he wanted the military to use any means necessary, "even A-bombs" , in order to secure his release.

Rotten Rat Records 45-R-1005, D.J. copy, "A GJM Production", Rotten Rat Records, P.O. Box #209, Kensington Sta., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218; "(Let My People) Get Me Out of Here" (J. Friscia), Ogfile Music Publ. Co., BMI, 3:10. The label shows a rat riding a motor scooter. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic P.O.W. Atomic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#125 Joey Rivers P.O.W. 1971 · Single · (Let My People) Get Me Out of Here / The P.O.W. · Rotten Rat # R-1006 · USA

The second song, "The P.O.W." , narrated in the third person, sought to keep the P.O.W. issue fresh in people's minds, pointing out that "by the morning we forget the P.O.W." . The narrated said that it did not matter about being anti-war or pro-government, hawk or dove, but that people in the US "owe a debt...to our prisoner of war" . Thus, he pleaded in the chorus for the US to bring home the P.O.W.s. The song also contained some personal biography of the fictional prisoner, saying that he had a two year old child that he had never met, and that his parents and "brave, courageous" wife suffered while the soldier remained in prison in Vietnam.

Rotten Rat Records 45-R-1006, D.J. Copy, black and cream label with a rat-on-a-motor-scooter logo; Rotten Rat Records, P.O. Box #209 Kensington Sta., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218. "The P.O.W." (J. Friscia), 3:15, Ogfile Music Publ. Co., BMI; A GJM Production. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (16 lines) ▾

Themes: Patriotic P.O.W.

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#126 Wayne Chaney Young Bill Calley 1971 · Single · K.O. # PMI-101 · USA

The song "Young Bill Calley" (K.O. Records # PMI-101) by Wayne Cheney had identical lyrics to the Lee Ofman track above - musically, this single was more uptempo, with a more garage rock feel. Released in Houston, Texas.

K.O. Records PMI-101, 511 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas, 713/526 6397; red label; "Young Bill Calley" (Lee Ofman), Losac Music, BMI, time 3:02; produced by Joe Ford & Wayne Chaney. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: My Lai Patriotic Soldier's Perspective Pro-Calley Pro-Soldier

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#127 Lee Ofman Young Bill Calley 1971 · Single · K.O. # PMI 102 · USA

Credited on the record as Lee Ofman with Wayne Chaney & Friends.

The track "Young Bill Calley" (K.O. Records # PMI-102) argued that "Calley wasn't guilty all alone, he had help at hand" - this helping hand was the US government, yet to some extent that verse still recognised Calley's guilt over My Lai. The narrator said that Calley had been a "soldier by Uncle Sam" , who took "him away from his home" , putting a gun in his hand and sending him "down in Vietnam" . His purpose there was to fight, not to question "why or what for" . Therefore, the narrator suggested that the US government should bear some responsibility for the massacre.

Composed by Lee Ofman, and accompanied by Wayne Chaney - who released his own version of the song: "Young Bill Calley" (K.O. Records # PMI-101). Lee Ofman later became famous for composing the "Miami Dolphins No.1" football song in 1972. Ofman, currently a lawyer based in Franklin, Tennessee, studied at the University of Houston in 1968, the location of K.O. Records.¹²

K.O. Records PMI-102, 511 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas, 713/526 6397; "Young Bill Calley" (Lee Ofman), 3:15, LOSAC Music, BMI; Lee Ofman with Wayne Chaney & Friends; produced by Joe Ford & Lee Ofman. Red label. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Show full lyrics (18 lines) ▾

Themes: My Lai Patriotic Pro-Calley Anti-Government Pro-Soldier

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#128 Liserio and The Blue's Aspect So Many People Couldn't Be Wrong 1971 · Single · So Many People Couldn't Be Wrong / Hey Girl! Walking Down the Street · High Tower # HTW-102 · USA

- Mexican-American protest, Civil Rights, garage rock. Texas release

Themes: Civil Rights Mexican Pride

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#129 Neutral Spirits Flying 1972 · Album · Neutral Spirits · Regency # 101 · USA

- Psychedelic garage rock. (Regency Records # 101)
- Flying (Neutral Spirits)
- Anti-war. Reference to demonstrations in Washington, calls for end of war.

Themes: Anti-War Nixon

Genres: ♪ RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#130 Shadrack I Wonder Why 1973 · Single · I Wonder Why / It Was Me · Sonic · USA

- Psychedelic rock
- Iowa, USA

- Soldier in combat, friend is K.I.A., why does it have to be? Anti-war leaning

Show full lyrics (18 lines) ▾

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Combat K.I.A. Anti-War Religion

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#131 Killed in Action Vietnam 1985 · Compilation · Garage Goodies · Hit [UK] # F-UK-U4 · UK

- The song Vietnam by Killed in Action
- Garage rock revival. Post-war 80s

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#132 La Sect Rouge Saigon to El Salvador 1987 · Album · Viva La Sect Rouge · Big Home # BHP 994 · Australia

Obscure Australian underground Garage Punk group from the 80s, based on the Sydney scene.¹ This album contained the following credits: Chris Beaky (bass), Adam Spleen (drums), and Tont Shakin Bones (aka A.C. Pavey) (guitar, vocals). It contained the song "Saigon to El Salvador" (Big Home Productions ‎# BHP 994) which opposed US interventions under Ronald Reagan, as indicated in the title of the song, a reference to US involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War.² The narrator noted that "America's fighting another bloody war" .

BHP 994, made in Australia; hand-lettered red label and sleeve, "All songs L.S.R ©87", label code "MX300239". Tracklist: Everbody, Junk Baby, King Cane Toad, Saigon to El Salvador (track 4), Zombie Bar-B-Q, Prisoner, Bundle 'O' Joy, Mad Dog, Bin Thinkin, Dreams Turn to Dust, Death Row, God Bless America. Front cover "Viva La' Sect Rouge" with a high-contrast live photo of the band; back with a red-tinted band photo framed by drawn totem designs. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: ANZUS Anti-Imperialism

Genres: ♪ Garage RockGarage Punk

Also in: ▤ Australian & New Zealand Songs▤ Punk Songs

#133 The Oblivians Vietnam War Blues 1995 · Album · Soul Food · Crypt # CRYPT LP-055 · USA

Garage Punk & Punk Blues, sub-genres of Punk Rock, this group formed in 1993 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, made-up of Greg Oblivian (guitar, drums, vocals), Eric Oblivian (guitar, drums, vocals), Jack Oblivian (guitar, drums, vocals). In 1995 the Oblivians covered the track "Viet Nam War Blues" (Crypt Records # CRYPT LP-055) by Lightnin' Hopkins, giving it a punk-rock makeover.

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ Garage RockGarage Punk

Also in: ▤ Punk Songs

#134 Billy J After This Next Fight Single · Teacher Teach Me / After This Next Fight · Dessa # dR-1107 · USA

- "After This Next Fight"
- Garage rock, soldier's perspective, religion
- Please god help me I'm overseas surrounded by the enemy
- Back home my dad is a drunk - help my mum, that's all I ask

- Aka Bill Jones. Dessa Record Co. dR-1107-B, Rte. 1, Box 280, Odessa, Texas, 915-563-1679; "After This Next Fight" (B. Jones), 2:30, Dessa Music (BMI); produced by Bill Jones. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Religion Combat

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#135 Shades Let Us Vote Single · Let Us Vote / Sower and His Seeds · Out of Sight # 2454 · USA

- Garage, folk rock, anti-war, vote, draft, generation gap
- Uncle Sam give us the vote
- Receive our induction, given a gun, and learn to kill
- But unable to vote
- inequality in voting rights

- Out-of-Sight Records 2454 A, 45 stereo, blue label; "Let Us Vote" (Chris Marasco), 2:12, Bumpshop BMI; produced by John Marasco, engineer Milan Bogdan. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Draft Vote Voting Rights Generation Gap Draft Inequality

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFolk Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#136 Fire and Ice UnLimited Cry of America Single · Cry of America / Spooky · Jalex # M 0126 · USA

- The song "Cry of America" (Fire and Ice Unlimited)
- Garage rock. Anti-war.
- Narrator's son died in war - Vietnam-era.

- Jalex Records M 0126B, 45 R.P.M., vocal, white label; "Cry of America" (B. Curtiss - D. Brunet), time 3:15; Fire and Ice Unlimited. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War K.I.A.

Genres: ♪ RockFolk Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#137 Blue Freese A Soldier's Prayer Single · A Soldier's Prayer / Somewhere a Baby Cries · Entra # ER 1080 · USA

- "A Soldier's Prayer" (Blue Freese). (Entra Records # ER 1080)
- Long Beach, California. Garage rock. Plight of a soldier, who died in Vietnam.
- Written by Phil De Mello. Produced by Y. Millsap and C. Ahlgreen.

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#138 The Preacher Dear Brother Single · Dear Brother / Lost Love · Bedias # 101 · USA

- "Dear Brother" (Preacher, The)
- Garage rock.
- Soldier's perspective: writes letter to brother from Vietnam.
- He ran away and enlisted.
- Apologised for bad behaviour after parents died.
- Vietnam changed his perspective - thanks brother for helping him.

- Bedias Records 101 (LH-2415), 45 RPM; "Dear Brother" (Jim Turnage); produced by Steve Right Enterprise. Red label with silver print. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Volunteer

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

#139 Ray Hildebrand Why Did He Go Away? Single · Why Did He Go Away / Bouquet of Roses · Soft # S-987 · USA

Purple Soft Records S-987 (LH-2142), 45 RPM; "Why Did He Go Away?" (Ray Hildebrand), 2:13, LeBill Music, Inc., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Home Front Perspective Soldier's Perspective Combat Disabled Vet

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years]

#140 Ronnie Cochran Vietnam (Freedom for Man) Single · Vietnam (Freedom for Man) / Total Electric · Bobshosky # B001 · USA

Credited on the record as Ronnie Gray & Ronnie Cochran.

The garage rock song "Vietnam (Freedom for Man)" (Bobshosky Record Co. # B001), backed the government view that the US needed to protect South Vietnam and maintain its commitment to that country: "we hold our commitments, to protect freedom in Vietnam" . The narrator also argued that democracy and freedom represented "the only way for you, the only way for me" , which led to better eduction and technology. Pittsburgh Phil released an alternative version of this song, called "Vietnam" on the label Bob Cat - exactly the same address as Bobshosky Record Co., located in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh). Written by Leonard L. Bobshosky, who registered the copyright of the song in January 1969, so these single were probably released in 1969-1970.¹

Bobshosky Record Co. B001, 45 RPM, with a rubber-stamped "Power City Music BMI"; "Vietnam – Freedom For Man" (L. Bobshosky); vocalists Ronnie Gray & Ronnie Cochran; arrangement by Tim M. Bassett. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Pro-Government Civil Rights

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#141 Pittsburgh Phil Vietnam Single · Don't Tell Her Lies / Vietnam · Bob Cat # 1022 · USA

Pittsburgh Phil released this alternative version of Ronnie Cochran's "Vietnam (Freedom for Man)" , on the label Bob Cat - exactly the same address as Bobshosky Record Co., located in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh). Written by Leonard L. Bobshosky, who registered the copyright of the song in January 1969, so these singles were probably released in 1969-1970.¹

Theme: Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#142 Wayne Gentry Product of a War Machine Single · Gas Station Woes / Product of a War Machine · Mr. Music # MM-004 · USA

- "Product of a War Machine" (Gentry, Wayne) (Mr. Music Records # MM-004)
- Garage rock. Nashville, Tennessee.
- Anti-war.

- Mr. Music Records MM-004-B, yellow label, 1018 16th Ave. S., Nashville, Tennessee 37212; "Product of a War Machine" (Ron Shuey-W. Gentry), 3:59, Goldshield Music Pub., BMI; produced by Goldshield Productions, engineered by George Lewis. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#143 Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies I'd Rather Fight Than Pay Single · I'd Rather Fight Than Pay / Soldiers Last Letter · Dearborn # D-545 · USA

- Garage rock. Patriotic. 1966-67.
- "I'd Rather Fight Than Pay"
- B-side: "Soldiers Last Letter"

- Dearborn D-545, 45 RPM, vocal, turquoise label with magenta ring, "Manufactured by Dearborn Records Inc. Dearborn, Michigan", marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale"; produced by C. J. Kajeski. "I'd Rather Fight Than Pay" (Chuck Dockery), Chetkay Music, BMI, 2:37, ZTSC-121066; flip side "Soldiers Last Letter" (E. Tubb–Sgt. H. Steward), 2:54, ZTSC-121067. Issued in a pink and orange Dearborn company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Draft Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#144 Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies Soldiers Last Letter Single · I'd Rather Fight Than Pay / Soldiers Last Letter · Dearborn # D-545 · USA

Annotation: see “I'd Rather Fight Than Pay” above (same release).

Themes: Home Front Perspective Soldier's Perspective K.I.A. Patriotic WW2 Combat

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#145 Tommy Finch A Marine's Diary Single · A Marine's Diary / Can't Take It Baby · Wynwood # WR 2099 · USA

- "A Marine's Diary" (Finch, Tommy)
- Baltimore, Maryland. 1966-7?

- Wynwood Records WR 2099 A, green label, 3709 Marmon Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21207; "A Marine's Diary" (Roy Finch), 2:24, Beachcomber Music (BMI); produced by David C. Smith. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Soldier's Perspective Draft Patriotic WW2

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#146 The Green Machine Hey Hippies Single · Hey Hippies / Stand and Be Counted · Idol # ID 1001 · USA

- Garage rock, patriotic.
- US marines band - went to Vietnam?
- Response to Barry McGuire "Eve of Destruction".
- A side: anti-hippies, and against demonstrations.
- Fighting to help the Vietnamese be free.

- Idol, black-and-silver labels with a seated-idol logo, "Produced by Robert E. Productions"; ID 1001: "Hey Hippies", 2:36; ID 1002: "Stand and Be Counted", 2:35; both Robert E. Productions, BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Demonstration Anti-Protest VC

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#147 The Green Machine Stand and Be Counted Single · Hey Hippies / Stand and Be Counted · Idol # ID 1001 · USA

- B-side: soldier narrating, going off to war.
- Fighting for his country and for freedom.

- Idol, black-and-silver labels with a seated-idol logo, "Produced by Robert E. Productions"; ID 1001: "Hey Hippies", 2:36; ID 1002: "Stand and Be Counted", 2:35; both Robert E. Productions, BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Garage RockPsychedelic Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#148 Dick "Deacon" Martin Rice Paddy Daddy Single · Rice Paddy Daddy / Don't Walk No Line · Film City # FC-3083 · USA

- "Rice Paddy Daddy"

- Label: Film City Records # FC-3083
- Songwriter: Dick "Deacon" Martin (same as artist)

- Song-poem, garage rock, novelty (musical devices)
- Hollywood, California
- I'm a rice paddy daddy, fighting in Vietnam
- Chasing these Vietcong, Ho Chi Ming can't win, VC are all wrong
- I fought in Korea too, I know the like of you (war lineage)

- Film City FC-3083-A-45, P.O. Box 296, Hollywood, Calif. 90028; "Rice Paddy Daddy" (Dick "Deacon" Martin), 2:20, Ben Rich Music, Inc. (ASCAP). Red label. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Song Poem VC Ho Chi Minh Korea Soldier's Perspective Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Song Poems▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#149 Raymond Mara Ghosts in the Night Single · Ghosts in the Night / Weird Turtle · Rocket # 65219 · USA

Credited on the record as Raymond Mara and the Centars.

- Ghosts in the Night (Mara, Raymond)

- Garage rock, civil rights.
- KKK - putting sheets on and chasing people of different skin colour.
- Now I'm at war - no time for playing ghosts.
- Carrying a gun in this hole, bullets flying.
- If you want to be American, go to war, don't put a sheet on

- Rocket Records B 65219, orange label with a rocket logo; "Ghosts in the Night" (Raymond Mara & Bernard Chianco), Jastuc Music Co., BMI, time 2:57; credited to Raymond Mara and the Centars. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Civil Rights KKK Protest Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#150 Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith World Si-Tuation Single · The Alley / World Si-Tuation · Chimes # 1003 · USA

- Rockabilly / garage rock protest.
- War going on in Vietnam, our soldier are fighting the Vietcong
- Also draft card burning, red Chinese, KKK, Civil Rights, ecology

- Chimes Records 1003-B, 1518 Chelsea Ave, Memphis, Tenn., red label; "World Si-Tuation" (J. Smith-T. Gardiner), 2:30, Pub. Tom-Lee Pub. Co. Inc., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: VC Draft Card Burning China (Cold War) KKK Civil Rights Ecology

Genres: ♪ Garage RockRockabilly

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#151 Billy Stephens Rice Paddies Single · I Need Wanda / Rice Paddies · Kidd Glove # 303 · USA

- "Rice Paddies" .
- Soldier's perspective, combat, garage rock

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Combat P.O.W.

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs▤ US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

#152 Stoned Age Tower of Babel Single · Tower of Babel / God Is Dead? · Pax # FINE-111 · USA

- garage rock, protest, anti-war, religion
- probably released New York
- A-side: we could solve problems
- Youth are dying in wars
- News from the Peace talks in Paris - fight over the shape of the table

- Pax Records FINE-111-A, 45 RPM, turquoise label; "Tower of Babel" (Fine-White), 3:04, Jackpot Music Co. (ASCAP); producer Jack Fine; "Dist. by Golden Records, N.Y.C." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Religion Peace Talks

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#153 Jamie Marlowe The Devil Dreamed a War Single · American Citizen # 1001 · USA

- garage rock, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Congress and politicians sending us to war
- Trained to kill, land to burn
- Anti-war, protest

- The same recording appears on both sides of the single. American Citizen Records 1001, red label, 548 N.E. 42nd St., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33308; "The Devil Dreamed a War" (M. Rogers - C. Nanna), 2:23, Asymtotical Sounds (BMI); "Produced for: 'The Concerned Citizens of America'". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Anti-Government

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#154 Green Apples Dirty Girl I Miss You So Single · Girl I Miss You So / To the Max · Mid Evyl # M 101 · USA

Mid-Evyl Records M 101 B, green label; "Girl I Miss You So" (M. Rosebrook), published by Jobber Jaws Publishing, time 2:24; arranged by Rosebrook, directed by Wisebaker, produced by Phlypo; "Sound Patterns DXM Recording Studios, Detroit". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Medals Patriotic Christmas

Genres: ♪ Garage RockBeat Music

Also in: ▤ Christmas Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#155 The Now Sound P.O.W.'s Letter (From N. Vietnam) Single · P.O.W.'s Letter (From N. Vietnam) / I Thought That Heaven (Was in the Skies) · Mickey # MR-45-0020 · USA

- P.O.W., patriotic

- Mickey Records MR-45-0020-A (9892), orange label; "P.O.W.'s Letter (From N. Vietnam)" (Michael F. Matushin, Sr.-A. Giannone), vocal, 2:47, Seven of us Music (ASCAP), 26 Mountain Ave., Dover, N.J. 07801; The Now Sound; "Made in U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Anti-Communism P.O.W.

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#156 Company Four The Flag Single · The Flag / Our Fighting Men · Eyshelle # E-102 · USA

Credited on the record as Company Four featuring Bill Carper.

Flag, The (Company Four)
Our Fighting Men (Company Four)

A-side: folk rock, soldier's perspective. Off to war with younger brother, promises mum he will protect him. But killed in action (KIA). Flag on his grave. Combat description.
B-side: fanfare, patriotic. Fight for freedom.

Eyshelle E-102, 45 RPM, "DJ Copy — Not for Sale"; Company Four featuring Bill Carper. "The Flag" (Doiron-Carper), AR-1001-A, 2:23; flip side "Our Fighting Men" (Doiron-Carper), AR-1002-B, 2:10. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Soldier's Perspective K.I.A. Home Front Perspective

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFanfare

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#157 The Melodiers Foreign War (partial) Single · Hey Lady / Foreign War · Tin Pan Alley # 166-1142 · USA

- "Foreign War"

- Label: Tin Pan Alley # 166-1142
- Songwriter: Henry Thorne

- Song poem, with garage rock feel
- Fighting in a foreign war, so I'll go to Canada (avoid the draft)
- Let the other fools take my place
- I'm not fighting in a war, count me out
- Note: only partial MP3
- Sarasota, Florida, USA

Themes: Anti-War Draft Song Poem

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Song Poems

#158 Jim Coker Goodbye Vietnam Single · Goodbye Vietnam / Wasted Life · Antiano # 6672 · USA

Credited on the record as Jim Coker and friends.

Goodbye Vietnam (Coker, Jim)

Publisidat Antiano A 6672, yellow label; "Goodbye Vietnam" (Coker); Jim Coker and friends. This copy is inscribed in ink "My Best Maybe" and signed Jim Coker. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Song Poem

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Song Poems

#159 Bob Gerrard Joedy Is a Wise Guy Single · Joedy Is a Wise Guy / A Letter Home · Tin Pan Alley # 24-435 · USA

- "Joedy Is a Wise Guy"

- Label: Tin Pan Alley # 24-435
- Songwriter: White-Dienna

- Jody theme, Vietnam-era
- Stealing the girlfriends of those away at war
- Seeks the girls who's guys have told Uncle Sam 'Hi'
- Then you receive a letter
- Jody is tough and mean
- But Uncle Sam can get him just like you!

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Jody Draft Song Poem

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Jody Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ Song Poems

#160 The End of Tyme Little Children Play Your Games Single · Beginning of the End / Little Children Play Your Games · Universal Sound # IRM 1164 · USA

Theme: Draft

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#161 Company Four Our Fighting Men Single · The Flag / Our Fighting Men · Eyshelle # E-102 · USA

Credited on the record as Company Four featuring Bill Carper.

Flag, The (Company Four)
Our Fighting Men (Company Four)

A-side: folk rock, soldier's perspective. Off to war with younger brother, promises mum he will protect him. But killed in action (KIA). Flag on his grave. Combat description.
B-side: fanfare, patriotic. Fight for freedom.

Eyshelle E-102, 45 RPM, "DJ Copy — Not for Sale"; Company Four featuring Bill Carper. "The Flag" (Doiron-Carper), AR-1001-A, 2:23; flip side "Our Fighting Men" (Doiron-Carper), AR-1002-B, 2:10. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Patriotic Pro-Soldier

Genres: ♪ Garage RockFanfare

Also in: ▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#162 Dick Martin Rice Paddy Daddy Single · Rice Paddy Daddy / Country Boy · Redwood [Burbank] # R-161 · USA

- "Rice Paddy Daddy"

- Label: Redwood Records # R-161
- Songwriter: D. Martin (same as artist)

- Completed different recording, but the same tune and lyrics. Faster tempo. Included stereotypical Asia refrain (that actually sound Chinese)
- Novelty (musical devices)
- Fighting Vietcong, Ho Chi Minh, fought in Korea
- Soldier's perspective, patriotic
- Label in Burbank, California

- Redwood Records R-161-A, 617A So. Victory, Burbank, California; "Rice Paddy Daddy" (D. Martin), 1:40, Lenhart Music (BMI). Red label. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Song Poem Soldier's Perspective Patriotic VC Ho Chi Minh Korea

Genres: ♪ Garage RockNovelty

Also in: ▤ Song Poems▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#163 Rodd Keith The Vietnam Story Single · Thirteen Marines / The Vietnam Story · Preview # 1550 · USA

- Traditional pop, both sides, patriotic

- Label: Preview Records # 1550
- Songwriter: Thomas Sears (both sides)

- "The Vietnam Story"
- In South Vietnam, many young have gone to fight and die (K.I.A.)
- Entered in 1964, the French gave in to the Viet Minh
- By 1961 we had begun to fight
- Ho Chi Minh a dictator, he's kept the war going on
- We want peace talks
- How long will we fight the Viet Cong (VC)
- Some say we should not be there, but they do not understand, they are extending the war (anti-protest view)
- Patriotic - we won't give an inch, we will defeat Ho Chi Minh

- Song poem Preview Records 1550, blue and silver label, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood; both sides by Thomas Sears, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P., sung by Rodd Keith: "Thirteen Marines" (1550-1), 3:20, and "The Vietnam Story" (1550-2), 3:25. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Song Poem Viet Minh France Ho Chi Minh VC Anti-Protest

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Song Poems▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#164 Rodd Keith Thirteen Marines Single · Thirteen Marines / The Vietnam Story · Preview # 1550 · USA

- Traditional pop, both sides, patriotic

- Label: Preview Records # 1550
- Songwriter: Thomas Sears (both sides)

- "Thirteen Marines"
- One top of a rock pile not far from Con Thiên
- America's brave fighting marines, combat description
- Two hours before light, enemy fires, the battle had begun
- Only two wounded marines survived (K.I.A.)

- Song poem Preview Records 1550, blue and silver label, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood; both sides by Thomas Sears, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P., sung by Rodd Keith: "Thirteen Marines" (1550-1), 3:20, and "The Vietnam Story" (1550-2), 3:25. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Song Poem Patriotic Combat

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Song Poems▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#165–167 Henry Flynt & The Insurrections I Don't Wanna 1966 · Archival · Locust # locust 39 cd · USA

All 3 songs from this archival in the archive are in this collection

Although released in 2004, the group recorded the album I Don't Wanna in 1966. It documented the garage punk band the Insurrections, which featured Henry Flynt (who had guitar lessons with Lou Reed), Walter De Maria and Paul Breslin.¹ The first track on the album, "Uncle Sam Do" , referenced the Vietnam War and the use of napalm, suggesting a contradiction in US government foreign policy: "nobody talk peace like Uncle Sam do; Uncle Sam talk the peace and drop napalm on you" . Napalm referred to the chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.²³⁴ The Dow Chemical Company, the largest suppler of napalm to the US military, became a target of Vietnam protests (such as boycotts), particularly on university campuses.⁵

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#168 Michael Yonkers Kill the Enemy 1968 · Archival · Microminiature Love · Sub Pop # SPCD 508 · USA

Garage rock album, Microminiature Love, written in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1968, was only released in 2002 (Sub Pop Records # SPCD 508). It featured two songs referencing the Vietnam War. The song "Kill the Enemy" focused on the reaction of a man being drafted to war and being forced to kill the enemy. It noted that the voting age in the US was higher than the drafting age, just like several Vietnam War songs (see Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction). The song also mocked Christian teachings on murder:

Themes: Anti-War Draft Vote

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#169 Michael Yonkers Boy in the Sand Box 1968 · Archival · Microminiature Love · De Stijl # 029 lp · USA

The track "Boy in the Sandbox" started with a boy playing with toy soldiers in a sand box, later drafted to Vietnam and subsequently killed. The song ended with guitar noise resembling machine-gun fire:

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Garage Rock

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]▤ Draft Songs