Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam
1967 · TMP-Ting TMP-120 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Seeds of Euphoria
- Title
- Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam
- Release
- Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- TMP-Ting # TMP-120
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Dave Brian
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Novelty · Garage Rock
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. "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". Vietnamese Batman comic book (1) Buttons going around in late 1960s that read "Send Batman to Vietnam" (2) Use of Batman in political satire (3)
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. "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". Vietnamese Batman comic book (1) Buttons going around in late 1960s that read "Send Batman to Vietnam" (2) Use of Batman in political satire (3) Vietnam in Batman comic books (4) Batman - Vietnam theatre (5)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Let's Send Batman To Viet Nam" (TMP-Ting Records / Todd Mark Pub., US 7", 1966) is a Batman-craze garage novelty. No member names, hometown or biography were located; RateYourMusic's page for the release returned 403. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Demonstration · LBJ · Communism · VC