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Annotation

Swedish. Anti-war. All songs refer to Vietnam Befria Södern # BS-2 "Brevet från Lyndon" ("Letter From Lyndon") - on album above, but different version "Befria Södern!" (Liberate the South) - on album above, but different version "Vi sår vårt ris" ("We Wound Our Rice") "Visan Om Ho Chi Minh" ("Visan Om Ho Chi Minh") "Wall Street" "Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal" ("Song of Songs for Gunnar Myrdal) - (He opposed Vietnam and chaired the International Commission of Inquiry Into U.S. War Crimes in Indochina). "Vårt Sagoland" - reference to LBJ, Nixon, Spiro. "Rövarvisan" ("Robber's Song of Solomon") "Bläckfisken" ("The Octopus") "Hur Ser Friheten Ut?" ("How Does Freedom Out") "Visa Om Olof Palme" ("See About Olof Palme") - Swedish politician critical of US and Vietnam War, took part in demonstrations against the war). "Kafferepet" - reference to LBJ, Nixon "En Liten Quisling" ("A small Quisling") - reference to Diem, Saigon. About Vietnamese "traitors". "Rickard Dollarhjärta" ("Richard Dollar Heart") - protest against Nixon and Vietnam. Kent State reference "CIA-Visan" ("CIA Song")

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs

Swedish. Anti-war. All songs refer to Vietnam Befria Södern # BS-2 "Rickard Dollarhjärta" ("Richard Dollar Heart") - protest against Nixon and Vietnam. Kent State reference

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

Collective name for the song choirs of the Swedish FNL movement (FNL-grupperna) in Stockholm and Gothenburg, late 1960s to early 1970s; released albums on the Befria Södern label. Participants included Mia Gerdin, Maria Hörnelius, Marie Selander, Curt-Eric Holmquist and Slim Lidén. Based in Sweden. [Source: Swedish Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

European Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs