Cap anamur (Boat People Mainburg)

Annotation

Gog Seidl, also known as Gottfried Seidl-Carusa, born in Saalfelden, in the Salzburg region, Austria. He is currently located in Munich, Germany1. He released the aid / charity pop rock song "Cap Anamur", in support of the "Vietnamese boat people", or "boat people", referencing to Vietnamese refugees who fled the country following the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, a migration and humanitarian crisis in the late 70s. 800,000 people are thought to have made it to other countries, via boat, while the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea.1. Cap Anamur is a reference to the humanitarian organisation set-up to help refugees. In 1979, the group charted a freighter, named Cap Anamur, to rescue Vietnamese refugees. According to sources, "10,375 boat people were rescued on the open sea and an additional 35,000 were medically treated".2 The song tells the story of "Kim To, from Saigon" who following his "rotten brother's victory", must leave the country: "I have no choice, must leave Vietnam". Unknown release date (but probably mid to late 70s). No record label, but probably released in Austria or Germany.Sources1carusa-music.de: Biographie — Gog Seidl-Carusa↩2Wikipedia: Cap Anamur↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Kim To, from Saigon / Thought: I have to dare it / I'll slip away / Without saying anything / After thirty years of war / Everything was supposed to get better / But since the red brother's victory / There has been hell here on earth / Cap Anamur / Hope on the sea / Cap Anamur / How we searched for you / For many days / Hunger, thirst, a thousand fears / And loneliness too / That beset Kim To / But she only thought / Even if they hate me / I have no choice / I must leave Vietnam / Cap Anamur / We thank you so much __________ German: Kim To aus Saigon / Dacht' ich muß es wagen / Stehle mich davon / Ohne was zu sagen / Nach dreißig Jahren Krieg / Sollte alles besser werden / Doch seit des, rotten Bruders Sieg / Ist die Holle hier auf Erden / Cap Anamur / Hoffnung auf dem Meer / Cap Anamur / Wir wir suchten dich so sehr / Viele tage lang / Hunger, durst, tausend Angste / Dazu die Eisenamkeit / Die Kim To bedrangte / Doch sie dachte nur / Wenn sie mich auch hassen / Mir bleibt keine Wahl / Muß Vietnam verlassen / Cap Anamur / Wir danken dir so sehr

Notes

Green label, stereo 45, side A, with photo background of Vietnamese refugees; "Boat People Mainburg – Gog Seidl – Cap Anamur" (G. Seidl); German rights text around the rim. The picture sleeve front shows a photograph of refugees in an overcrowded boat at sea with another vessel behind, titled "Boat People Mainburg – Gog Seidl & Sonnenlicht – Cap Anamur · Reis". The back shows a group photograph, the lyric of "Cap Anamur" (Text und Musik: Gog Seidl), telling of Kim To fleeing Saigon by sea, and the note "Von dieser Schallplatte kommt DM 1.- dem Konto »Ein Schiff für Vietnam« zugute." [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria. Currently München, Bayern, Germany

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Refugees · Boat People · Saigon · Benefit Record

In collections

European Songs · Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People