Hallå Där Bonde
1972 · Ungkommunistens Förlag ML 272 · Sweden
- Artist
- Knutna Nävar
- Title
- Hallå Där Bonde
- Release
- Vi Slåss För Vår Framtid
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Ungkommunistens Förlag # ML 272
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
- Genre
- Nordic Music · Progressive Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The track "Hallå där bonde", released in 1972, took an anti-imperialist position, suggesting that the Americans took the place of the French in Vietnam - the former colonial rulers. Knutna Nävar came from Sweden, part of the Swedish Communist Party, and the progressive folk movement.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Hello there farmer, may I hide here? / I come from Saigon with eight rifles / I stole them from an American / He thought I would shoot my own people / Bastard, no, no communist go elsewhere... / Do you remember when the imperialist carries French names? / Now the weapons were made in USA
About the artist
Communist progg band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active in the first half of the 1970s; grew out of the Gothenburg wing of the Freedom Singers after the KFML split and recorded for the KFML(r) label Proletärkultur, including Balladen om Ho Chi Minh. Members included Anders Lönnbro and Maria Ahlström. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden. [Source: Swedish Wikipedia; Last.fm]
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]