Silent Majority
1970 · Atlantic SD 8259 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Eugene McDaniels
- Title
- Silent Majority
- Release
- Outlaw
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Atlantic # SD 8259
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Anti-Nixon, anti-war track "Silent Majority" (Atlantic # SD 8259), a reference to Nixon's Vietnam War speech on 3 November 1969: "and so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support".1 The lyrics contained a minor anti-war Christmas reference: "war in, war out, they peddle Christmas trees, gaggin' on their own hypocrisies".Sources1Wikipedia: Silent majority↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
Anti-Nixon, anti-war track "Silent Majority" (Atlantic # SD 8259), a reference to Nixon's Vietnam War speech on 3 November 1969: "and so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support".1 The lyrics contained a minor anti-war Christmas reference: "war in, war out, they peddle Christmas trees, gaggin' on their own hypocrisies". Sources1Wikipedia: Silent majority↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The silent majority is calling out / To you and me, I said the silent / Yeah, yeah, yeah majority is calling out to you and me... / Silent majority, not so silent / Far as I can see, war in, war out / They peddle Christmas trees / Gaggin' on their own hypocrisies / Death comes round, you find / Them on their knees, yeah / Vocal minority, heeding the lessons of history / Knowing the logical choice to be / To stand up tall for democracy / To heed the call to humanity
About the artist
Born 12 February 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas. Died 29 July 2011 in Kittery Point, Maine, USA
Themes
In collections
Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs