We Are the Americans
Ramar RR-111 · USA
- Artist
- Mike Martin
- Title
- We Are the Americans
- Release
- We Are the Americans
- Label
- Ramar # RR-111
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Michael Ray Martin
- Genre
- Rockabilly · Rockabilly
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
We Are the Americans (Martin, Mike) Rockabilly, country pop. Patriotic. Jimmy Carter and Iran. Why don't we hit Iran? Send in the marines. Can't let history repeat itself like in Vietnam - time to stand up. Reference to JFK, Ford, Bush, & Reagan. Also 1980 presidential race, Russia in Afghanistan, refugees dying in Thailand. Post-war late 70s or 1980.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Vocalist of the patriotic rockabilly/country-pop 45 'We Are the Americans' (long and short versions, with the Rumble, RR-111, c.1980), written in response to the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, with lyrics warning against repeating the history of Vietnam. Possibly Michael Ray Martin (b. 29 September 1949, Texarkana, Arkansas), who recorded as 'Mike Martin' in the mid-1980s before finding country chart success as Martin Delray - identity unconfirmed. [Source: Rate Your Music / lyricstranslate credit / Wikipedia (Martin Delray)]
Themes
Carter · Iranian Hostage Crisis · Patriotic · JFK · Reagan · George H. Bush · Ford · Anti-Communism · Russia · OPEC