Pieni Vietnam-laulu [Little Vietnamese Song]
1972 · Love LRLP 65 · Helsinki, Finland
- Artist
- Various Artists
- Title
- Pieni Vietnam-laulu [Little Vietnamese Song]
- Release
- Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times]
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Love # LRLP 65
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Finnish
- Country
- Helsinki, Finland
- Genre
- Nordic Music · Folk Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Various artist compilation, on Helsinki-based record label Love Records (# LRLP 75) (same label as above), titled "Songs by Marja-Leena Mikkola" - songwriter born on 18 March 1939 in Salo, Finland. It includes the song "Pieni Vietnam-laulu" ("A Small Vietnamese Song"), performed by Kirsi Neuvonen, born on 27 October 1950 in Finland, a member of Helsinki-based protest folk group Agit-Prop. Note this group released the song "Vietnamissa, Vietnamissa" ("In Vietnam, In Vietnam"). It seems the lyrics of this track were later published in a book of poems, called "Lävistetty sydän : runoja sodasta ja rauhasta" ("A Pierced Heart: Poems About War and Peace") (1979), which features the Marja-Leena Mikkola poem "Pieni Vietnam-laulu : Vietnam on tullut minun luokseni" ("A Little Vietnam Song: Vietnam Has Come To Me"). (1) (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
As above, another Finnish Folk Pop album, this time a various artist collection, also on Love Records (# LRLP 65) from Helsinki, Finland, and as above, many of the songs were arranged by Kaj Chydenius. Songs include "Laulu Vietnamin voitosta" ("Song of Vietnam's Victory"), and "Vapautusarmeijan sotilaalle" ("For the Soldier of the Liberation Army"). Track list: A1 Pieni Vietnam-laulu (Little Vietnamese Song) A2 Taistelijoiden laulu (Fighters' Song) A3 Kuu on sotilaan lyhty (The Moon is a Soldier's Lantern) A4 Huilun laulu (Flute Song) A5 Rapuja pyydystämässä (Catching Crabs) A6 Punaiset polut (Red Paths) A7 Sumua Ben Hain toisella rannalla (Fog on Ben Hai's Other Beach) B1 Kaunis sää (Beautiful Weather) B2 Laulu Vietnamin voitosta (Song of Vietnam's Victory) B3 Tuhannen runon antologiaa lukiessa (Reading the Anthology of a Thousand Poems) B4 Silloin kesä tuli sydämeeni (That's When Summer Came to My Heart) B5 Vapautusarmeijan sotilaalle (For the Soldier of the Liberation Army) B6 Soutajanaisen laulu (The Song of the Rowing Woman) B7 Kansa ei lakkaa kasvamasta (The People Do not Stop Growing) B8 Peruskivi (The Cornerstone)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
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