Vietnam
1984 · Rot ASS11 · Stoke-on-Trent, UK: England
- Artist
- Paranoia
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Shattered Glass
- Year
- 1984
- Label
- Rot # ASS11
- Format
- Album
- Country
- Stoke-on-Trent, UK: England
- Genre
- Punk · Post-Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Anarcho-Punk / Post-Punk group, formed in 1983 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, featuring Janet Egginton (vocals), Paul Brereton (guitar), Russ Lovatt (guitar), Mick Egginton (bass, backing vocals), and Phil Brereton (drums). The song "Vietnam" (Rot Records # ASS11) took an anti-war position, presenting the grim reality of war: "bloody hell in Vietnam... smell the fear... death and no glory". It contained a small reference to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - frequently referenced in post-war 1980s songs about US veterans, often connected in songs to stress, shell shock, flashbacks, nostalgia, and feelings and dreams related to an event: "Lose your mind in Vietnam".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I've been shipped away to Vietnam / It's a bloody hell in Vietnam / You can smell the fear in Vietnam / Wish you knew we're here in Vietnam / I've been shipped away to Vietnam / Dreaming about leaving Vietnam / Leave your world behind in Vietnam / Lose your mind in Vietnam / Vietnam / I've been shipped away to Vietnam / Fighting for my country in Vietnam / Death and no glory in Vietnam / You could write a story about Vietnam / Vietnam