American Eagle Tragedy
1968 · Elektra EKSN 45049 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Earth Opera
- Title
- American Eagle Tragedy
- Release
- American Eagle Tragedy / When You Were Full of Wonder
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Elektra # EKSN 45049
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Peter Rowan
- Genre
- Rock · Psychedelic Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The protest song "American Eagle Tragedy" (Elektra Records # EK-45636) by the Boston psychedelic band Earth Opera, composed by Peter Rowan, referred to boys being sent to die in a "foreign jungle war", and called for an end to the conflict. It also appeared on their second album The Great American Eagle Tragedy from 1969:
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: And call out the border guard / The kingdom is crumbling / The king is in the pouting house laughing and stumbling / His armies are extended way beyond the shore / As he sends our lovely boys to die in a foreign jungle war / Why people I can't stand it any more... / Where is that place? Bye, bye, bye, bye / Die, die, die, die / Stop the war, stop the war
Notes
Elektra EKSN 45049, Side One, red label with silver Elektra logo, four-prong centre, ℗ 1968, "Made in Gt. Britain", "Polydor Records Limited"; "American Eagle Tragedy" (Peter Rowan), published by Campbell Connelly/Paradox, time 7:22; Earth Opera, produced by Peter K. Siegel. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American psychedelic band formed 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Peter Rowan and David Grisman ('The Red Sox Are Winning', 'American Eagle Tragedy'). [Source: Wikipedia]