Soldier's Home
1986 · EMI America P-B8314 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- The Del-Lords
- Title
- Soldier's Home
- Release
- Soldier's Home / No Waitress No More
- Year
- 1986
- Label
- EMI America # P-B8314
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Scott Kempner
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Soldier's Home (Del Lords, The) Post-war pop rock. Reference to Vietnam: "the younger kids from 'Nam". Anti-war/peace song.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The old boys from the Big One The younger kids from 'Nam All grateful to be together and free As brothers-in-peace
Notes
EMI America P-B-8314 (502248A), stereo, "Promo – Not for Sale" label, ℗ 1986 EMI America Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.; "Soldier's Home (Edited Version)" (Scott Kempner), 4:36 (intro :14), Prince of the Bronx-BMI; produced by Neil Geraldo; the label notes that the album version can be heard on "Johnny Comes Marching Home". The black-and-white picture sleeve (B-8314) shows the four band members in a smoky, sunlit room under a "the Del-Lords" panel; the back lists "Soldier's Home" b/w "No Waitress No More", both tied to the LP "Johnny Comes Marching Home" (ST-17183), and prints the full lyric of "Soldier's Home", in which the young and old at the Old Soldier's Home, "the old boys from the Big One" and "the younger kids from 'Nam", pray "No more war, never no more, bring 'em all home". Sleeve credits: art direction Henry Marquez, design Carol Chen, photography Nels…
About the artist
Formed 1982, New York City, NY, United States
Themes
Christmas · Vet · Anti-War · Pete Seeger