To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
1969 · Epic 5-10434 · Glasgow, UK: Scotland
- Artist
- Donovan
- Title
- To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
- Release
- To Susan on the West Coast Waiting / Atlantis
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Epic # 5-10434
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Glasgow, UK: Scotland
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (1966), and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (1969). The song "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (Epic Records # 5-10434), narrated from the perspective of a soldier: "Andy in Vietnam fighting", criticised the leaders who drafted people into war: "I'd be... working at my craft had it not been for the draft"..
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — European Songs
Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (1966), and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (1969). The song "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (Epic Records # 5-10434) attacked the leaders who drafted people into war:
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: You know I'd be there working at my craft had it not been for the draft.... / Our fathers have painfully lost their way / That's why my love, I'm here today / There will come a day when Kings will know and love can grow / To Susan on the West Coast waiting from Andy in Vietnam fighting
Notes
Epic 5-10434 (ZSP 139920), yellow Epic label, 45 rpm, 3:13, "(D. Leitch)", "Produced by Mickie Most — A Mickie Most Production", printed in USA. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1960s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (1966), and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (1969).
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]