No Vietnam
1968 · Edigsa Xis 3 · Spain
- Artist
- Benedicto
- Title
- No Vietnam
- Release
- Eu son a voz do pobo / No Vietnam / Un home / O arte de amar
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Edigsa # Xis 3
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- Galician
- Country
- Spain
- Songwriter
- Lois Diéguez, Benedicto
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Born 7 May 1947, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain Died 4 June 2018, same location
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: In Vietnam The rivers already carry blood. The rice fields were left Covered with men. __________ Galician: No Vietnam os ríos xa levan sangue. Os arrozales ficaron cubertos de homes.
Notes
Also known as Benedicto García Villar [birth name] Edigsa / Xistral XIS 3, 45 rpm, four-track EP; "Producido en España por Iberofón, S.A.", S.G.A.E., Dep. Leg. B. 38000-1968; side 1 "No Vietnam" (Lois Diéguez – Benedicto) and "O arte de amar" (Gregorio Fernández – Benedicto); side 2 "Eu son a voz do pobo" (Lois Diéguez – Benedicto) and "Un home" (Benedicto). The front sleeve is a black-and-white profile photograph of Benedicto in heavy-framed glasses, with a "Voces Ceibes" mark; cover by J. Fornas, photo by J. Puvill, printed by Gráficas Suriñá, Emilio Roca 61-65, Barcelona. The back-sleeve note by Xavier Costa Clavell, in Galician, says Benedicto was born in Santiago de Compostela in 1947, studied economics, wrote his first song in May 1967 and with Xavier launched the movement for the Nova Canción Galega in February 1968, joined by Xerardo Moscoso, Vicente Araguas and the poet Conde…
About the artist
Born 7 May 1947, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Died 4 June 2018, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]