Vietnam Idag
1993 · Lost and Found LF 060 · Nyköping, Sweden
- Artist
- Disfear
- Title
- Vietnam Idag
- Release
- A Brutal Sight of War
- Year
- 1993
- Label
- Lost and Found # LF 060
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Nyköping, Sweden
- Genre
- Punk · Hardcore Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Hardcore Punk band formed in 1989 in Nyköping, Sweden. Apart from the lead guitarist, Björn Pettersson, this group had a rotating line-up. They released the song "Vietnam Idag" (Lost and Found Records # LF 060/CD) which took an anti-war position, describing the war as a massacre: "the massacre in Vietnam '68 - '75". The song focussed on the use of Agent Orange, the defoliant / herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, which had long term negative health effects on the Vietnamese and US soldier whom came into contact with the chemical. It is frequently referenced in post-war songs: "40,000 litres of dioxins...children born with cancer, deformed and sick".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The country has not stopped bleeding since the war in '75 / When 40,000 litres of dioxins were dumped over Vietnam / Where there was once a green, growing forest / Today it is sterile and barren / Evidence can be laid out and witnesses can tell / Of the massacre in Vietnam '68 - '75 / Children born with cancer, deformed and sick / They were not in the war but are affected anyway / The children born are lame and blind / The genetic code has been put out of play __________ Swedish: Landet har inte slutat bloda sen kriget '75 / Da 40,000 liter dioxiner vraktes over Vietnam / Dar det en gang var en gront vaxande skog / Ar det idag sterilt och ofruktbart / Bevis kan laggas from och vitten kan beratta / On massakern in Vietnam '68 - '75 / Barn fods med cancer, deformerade och sjuka / Dom var inte med i kriget men drabbas anda / Barnen som fods ar lama och blinda / Den genetiska koden har satts ur spel
About the artist
Disfear were a Swedish crust punk band formed in Nyköping in 1989 (originally as Disfear/Death Side). 'Vietnam Idag' appears on their 1993 release A Brutal Sight Of War. [Source: Discogs; RateYourMusic; Wikipedia]