Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam

Annotation

"Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (TMP-Ting Records # TMP-120) by the Seeds of Euphoria. Label from Chicago, Illinois. Garage rock. Novelty - as title suggests, the group advises president to send Batman to "give our fighting boys a helping hand". Reference to LBJ, Viet Cong, demonstrations in the US. Some elements of patriotism? Sort of making fun of both sides. Vietnamese Batman comic book1 Buttons going around in late 1960s that read "Send Batman to Vietnam"2 Use of Batman in political satire3Sources1ep.tc: Batman in vietnam↩2batman to vietnam↩3Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon (Will Brooker, 2013)↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Draft Songs

"Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (TMP-Ting Records # TMP-120) by the Seeds of Euphoria. Label from Chicago, Illinois. Garage rock. Novelty - as title suggests, the group advises president to send Batman to "give our fighting boys a helping hand". Reference to LBJ, Viet Cong, demonstrations in the US. Some elements of patriotism? Sort of making fun of both sides. Vietnamese Batman comic book1 Buttons going around in late 1960s that read "Send Batman to Vietnam"2 Use of Batman in political satire3 Vietnam in Batman comic books4 Batman - Vietnam theatre5Sources1ep.tc: Batman in vietnam↩2batman to vietnam↩3Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon (Will Brooker, 2013)↩4gothamcalling.com: Scars vietnam gotham city↩5Batman (Matt Yockey, 2014)↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Garage Rock Songs

- "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (TMP-Ting Records # TMP-120) by the Seeds of Euphoria. Label from Chicago, Illinois. - Garage rock. Novelty - as title suggests, the group advises president to send Batman to "give our fighting boys a helping hand". Reference to LBJ, Viet Cong, demonstrations in the US. Some elements of patriotism? Sort of making fun of both sides. Vietnamese Batman comic book1 Buttons going around in late 1960s that read "Send Batman to Vietnam"2 Use of Batman in political satire3 Vietnam in Batman comic books4 Batman - Vietnam theatre5 Sources1ep.tc: Batman in vietnam↩2batman to vietnam↩3Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon (Will Brooker, 2013)↩4gothamcalling.com: Scars vietnam gotham city↩5Batman (Matt Yockey, 2014)↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: There's unrest and demonstrations all over this here land / About the war we are fighting, over in Vietnam / Some say we must get out, others say we must stay / But we have found the answer, are you listening LBJ / Let's send Batman to Vietnam / Give our fighting boys a helping hand... / The commies think there mighty slick, acting like they do / But Batman and Boy Wonder will show them a trick or two... / Now we all know he'll win the war, he can do no wrong / His mask and cape and leotard will scare off the Viet Cong... / Don't send the Riddler...don't send the Joker

Notes

White TMP-Ting Records "D J Copy" label, background printed "D J Copies – Not For Sale – For Promotional Use Only", "TMP-Ting Records – 22 E. Huron, Chicago, Ill."; TMP-120, matrix 2232; "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (Dave Brian), Todd-Mark Pub. - BMI, time 2:24; produced by M. Alexander. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Demonstration · LBJ · Communism · VC · Batman

In collections

Draft Songs · Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]