Kalla krige
1971 · MNW 18P · Sweden
- Artist
- Gunder Hägg
- Title
- Kalla krige
- Release
- Glassfabriken
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- MNW # 18P
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Sweden
- Genre
- Nordic Music · Progressive Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"Kalla krige" ("Cold War") Swedish, anti-war, anti-imperialist. 8-minute history of Cold War. Reference to Vietnam in final two verses. (1) "When Roosevelt was dead and Truman took over, USSR was Red and Europe on the slide Plans were made ready for a better economy, then stepped in the United States And said that the money we have, our Marshall help becomes strong and it needs all of you On so we will not have to look any socialized industry when Truman had reigned... Now the flag with stars and stripes flutter freely over all the earth for everywhere So nature has bestowed upon us, natural resources to allocate as we imagined And the Soviet Union stood as agreed in the war against Japan in Manchuria border But America's patience was not infinite, Nagasaki and Hiroshima were completely calm The White House's large ballroom took jubilation never end with such weapons Can the Reds cleared out against Communism terrible giant conspiracy Becomes nuclear bomb threat the way to a safe and secure towing... In Korea...when the U.S. led war of aggression in the UN auspices It was a clear demonstration of what the UN had become despite all the fine words That have been spoken and written…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — European Songs
"Kalla krige" ("Cold War") Swedish, anti-war, anti-imperialist. 8-minute history of Cold War. Reference to Vietnam in final two verses. (1) Full lyrics: (1) "When Roosewelt was dead and Truman took over / Was the Soviet Union too red and Europe on the slide / Plans were made for a better economy / Then the United States intervened and said that we have money .... / In the war against Japan at the border of Manchuria / But the United States' patience was not infinite / In Nagasaki and Hiroshima the calm was complete / In the great ballroom of the White House the jubilation never ended / With such weapons the reds can be purged / Against the terrible giant conspiracy of communism .... / For the struggle is now only between two alternatives / Between the violence of communism and the free life of capital .... / As big brother decides, so shall it be / He who starves may be tortured until he feels free / His daughter he learned to sing / With the split tongue of the Cold War / With an unsecured nuclear bomb we hip / Can we talk about the promises of freedom / When France with well-equipped dollar-stinned army / Gave up at Dien Ben Phu and did not want to join / In July fifty-four, an…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Swedish left-wing rock group formed 1969 in Stockholm; later renamed Blå Tåget. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Anti-War · Cold War · WW2 · Korea · Atomic · Roosevelt · Truman · Marshall Plan · Diem