Credited on the record as Russ Rayman and Chorus.
Are We Really Civilized
1968 · Utopia 101 · Texas
- Artist
- Russ Rayman
- Credited on the record as
- Russ Rayman and Chorus
- Title
- Are We Really Civilized
- Release
- Are We Really Civilized / Symbol of Peace
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Utopia # 101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Russ Rayman
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Symbol of Peace (Rayman, Russ) Are We Really Civilized (Rayman, Russ) Probably from Texas, USA. Pop, anti-war / peace. Vietnam-era, civil rights. A-side: generic peace song. B-side: starts with conflict between colonists and Indians. Now leaders greedy for power. Warning against atomic weapon. Released by the Progressive Peace Party, calling for the US withdrawal from Vietnam1 El Paso Herold-PostSources1Newspapers.com↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Utopia/Texas Records 101, blue label with silver lettering; both sides "Vocal by... Russ Rayman and Chorus", words and music by Russ Rayman, arranged by Jimmy Haskall, Glad Music, BMI. 101-B-45: "Are We Really Civilized", time 2:57. 101-A-45: "Symbol of Peace", time 2:15. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Anti-War · Peace · Civil Rights · Atomic
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]