1-A
1966 · Cameo C-446 · USA
- Artist
- The Reactors
- Title
- 1-A
- Release
- Do That Thing / 1-A
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Cameo # C-446
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- B. Walker, D. Gumms
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "1-A" garage rock. draft song. plight of the draftee, with anti-war sentiment.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- The song "1-A" - garage rock. draft song. plight of the draftee, with anti-war sentiment.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I am 1-A now, I've got to rest now, I've got to go now / Uncle Sam called, he told me that he sending me to combat / Why, we don't know? / I see the world leaving me so far behind / I see my past life and my maker / In the battle, in Vietnam, the jungle around me / Oh I wish I was home with my baby / Oh the loving she would give to me all the time / I had to leave her far behind... / I all I can see here, all I can hear are cries of terror / Oh god can't be here, I've seen the heavens open up... / Of war, destruction, and death
Notes
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]
About the artist
The Reactors, who cut "Do That Thing" b/w "1-A" (Cameo Records C-446, 1966), were a 1960s garage rock band from Suffolk, Virginia - members Edmond Morris and Steve Privott. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]