ベトナムの空 (Vietnam Sky)

Annotation — Japanese Songs

The song "ベトナムの空" ("Vietnam Sky") composed by songwriter 日高義 (Yoshi Hidaka), the same as discussed above, released by マイク眞木 [Mike Maki] in 1966: 波と木彫りのクマ / ベトナムの空. As mentioned, it captured the sounds and images of combat, from helicopters to burning villages and water buffalos, all familiar perceptions associated with the Vietnam War: "helicopter flew away... water buffalo echoed in the Mekong River... burnt-out village... blood everywhere".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

Japanese: ハノイやサイゴン大阪も みんな同じ空

Notes

composed by songwriter 日高義 (Yoshi Hidaka), the same as the song released by マイク眞木 [Mike Maki] in 1966: 波と木彫りのクマ / ベトナムの空. URC URS-0014, monaural, 45 rpm, black-and-silver URC label; side 1 (44-1200M-881S) "ホー・チ・ミンのバラード", 3:50, words and music イワン・マッコール [Ewan MacColl], Japanese translation and vocal 高石ともや; side 2 (44-1200M-882S) "ベトナムの空", 2:50, words and music 日高義 [Yoshi Hidaka], sung by 高石ともや. The picture sleeve (¥370) is a collage of Ho Chi Minh in cap and glasses with two smiling men, clapping children and silhouetted figures carrying rifles and foliage. The notes insert says "ホー・チ・ミンのバラード" was recorded live on 6 September 1969 at Osaka Festival Hall (Osaka Rōon), with banjo by 岩井宏, and "ベトナムの空" live on 24 December 1968 at Osaka Sankei Hall at Takaishi's third recital; jacket design 河村要助, photographs courtesy of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association, producer 秦政明. It also pays…

About the artist

born on 9 December 1941 in Uryu, Hokkaido, Japan

Themes

Anti-War · Combat · Helicopter · Mekong Delta · K.I.A. · Hanoi · Saigon · Japan

In collections

Japanese Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]