Viet Nam War
1971 · Johnson 45-101 · Long Beach, Mississippi
- Artist
- Murvell Johnson
- Title
- Viet Nam War
- Release
- You Got Me / Viet Nam War
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Johnson # 45-101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Long Beach, Mississippi, USA
- Songwriter
- Murvell Johnson
- Genre
- Blues · Soul Blues
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Murvell Johnson, another obscure blues artist, whose biography is currently unknown, in addition to no known date of recording, release, or location, who released the blues song "Viet Nam War" (probably late 60s - early 70s). The narrator repeated a similar line throughout, "I've got a dream, the Vietnam War is gonna come to an end", thus leaning towards the anti-war side, as well as maybe presenting the perspective of someone directly affected by the war, either as a soldier or related to a participant, with the personal line: "it will be so much better for the entire family".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: That Vietnam War is gonna come to an end / I've got a dream, the Vietnam War is gonna come to an end... / It will be so much better for the entire family / I had a dream, the Vietnam War is gonna come to an end / I've had a dream, the Vietnam War is gonna come to an end... / It will be so much better for the whole entire family...
Notes
Johnson 45-101 (SH-1084), red label with "Love Me" printed at left, vocal; "Viet Nam War" (Murvell Johnson), BMI, 3:10. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Murvell Johnson was a soul and funk singer whose recorded output is three singles on Houston-based imprints: "You Got Me" b/w "Viet Nam War" (Johnson / Houston Records 45-101, 1971), "I Want It" (Long Beach Records / Jay & Kay / Houston Records 45-102, 1971) and "Hold On This Time" b/w "Just Take Me In Your Loving Arms" (AL's Records / Crazy Cajun Music / Houston Records AL-589, 1974). [Source: Discogs]