People Lets Stop the War
1971 · Capitol CL 15705 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Title
- People Lets Stop the War
- Release
- People, Let's Stop the War / Save the Land
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Capitol # CL 15705
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Mark Farner
- Genre
- Rock · Hard Rock · Heavy Psychedelic · Blues Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Grand Funk Railroad (GFR), an American hard rock band that formed in Flint, Michigan in 1968 by Mark Farner (guitar, vocals) and Don Brewer (drums, vocals) - both of who were born in Flint and members of the short lived Flint garage rock band Terry Knight & The Pack (1965-1967).1 A former member of that band, Terry Knight (from Lapeer, Michigan), became the manager GFR. They released the song "People, Let's Stop the War" (Capitol Records # P-3217) which attacked the president for leading the country to war and called on people to protest against Vietnam. The lyrics particularly drew attention to war economics, arguing that "big men...get rich, there's money in them war machines". Featuring on the album E Pluribus Funk (Capitol Records # SW-853). Terry Knight claimed in Billboard on 25 December 1971 that the group's "cut 'People, Let's Stop the War' has been denied AM airplay because the word 'bitch' is included in the lyric...we are virtually devoid of airplay in major markets".1 This single did not chart despite Billboard coverage.Sources1Classic Bands: Grand Funk Railroad↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: If we had a president that did just what he said / The country would be just alright / And no one would be dead from fighting in a war that causes big men to get rich / There's money in them war machines, now ain't this a bitch? / Hey all you people for goodness sake let's get together / What does it take to make you understand the value of a man?... / People let's stop the war
Notes
Capitol 3217 (S45-77477), stereo, "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., U.S.A."; "People, Let's Stop the War" (Mark Farner), intro :22, total 3:33, Storybook Music Co. BMI; produced by Terry Knight. In a green and dark-grey Capitol company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American rock band formed 1969 in Flint, Michigan ('People, Let's Stop the War'). [Source: Wikipedia]