Medal of Honor
1968 · Epic 5-10362 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- The Cisum
- Title
- Medal of Honor
- Release
- Medal of Honor / Mrs. Orange
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Epic # 5-10362
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- D. Brightman, P. Galdston
- Genre
- Psychedelia · Psychedelic Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Medal of Honor (Cisum, The) Psychedelic rock, anti-war, medals. Remember when he left for war, now he's dead in a foreign land. Received news - he will be honored with a medal - thanks a lot, now's he gone.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
The Cisum ("music" backwards) were a New York band: Phil Galdston (keyboards/vocals), Dave Brightman (lead guitar/vocals), Rich Bronsky (rhythm guitar/vocals), Gary Mandel (bass/vocals) and John Glowa (drums). "Medal Of Honor" b/w "Mrs. Orange" (Epic 5-10362, 1968 promo), written by Brightman and Galdston and produced by Stu Krane, depicts a family's sardonic reaction to a posthumous medal ceremony for a Vietnam casualty. Galdston went on to a substantial songwriting career (later Songwriter-in-Residence at Berklee and songwriting director at NYU Steinhardt). The Discogs artist profile states…
Themes
Anti-War · K.I.A. · Home Front Perspective · Medals · Medal of Honor