ベトナムへ送るまい [Do Not Send to Vietnam]
Center CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan
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- Artist
- Central Choir
- Title
- ベトナムへ送るまい [Do Not Send to Vietnam]
- Release
- ＬＰステレオセンターレコード１１
- Label
- Center # CLS-11
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Genre
- Japanese Music · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs
Japanese released record, split into two halves. The first side is North Vietnamese patriotic songs in the Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre - which developed at the beginning of the 20th century, containing elements of Western Classical Music, while lyrically focusing on socialism and independence, as well as containing anti-imperialist / colonialist sentiment. It's also influenced by revolutionary music from China and the USSR. Some also contained elements of Vietnamese Folk Music. The 7" EP was part of series, with a few focused on Vietnam, including this (Center Record # CLS-11). The B-side featured Japanese songs about the Vietnam War.A1| 自由ベトナム行進曲 ("Free Vietnam March") A2| 南ベトナムを解放しよう ("Let's Liberate South Vietnam") A3| 行動のとき ("When Taking Action") B1| ベトナムの乙女たち ("Vietnamese Maidens") B2| ベトナムへ送るまい ("Do Not Send to Vietnam")
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Japanese Songs
The second of those track was "ベトナムへ送るまい" ("Do Not Send to Vietnam") by 作詞 窪田 亨 (Toru Kubota) and 大西進 (Susumu Onishi), written from the perspective of a Japanese woman to the mothers and wives of those fighting in the Vietnam War, taking an anti-war position: "mothers who wish for peace should join hands". It noted the protesters in the US: "young Americans burn their draft cards", while referencing North Vietnamese nationalism: "Vietnamese mothers and children protect their homeland". It called on countries to not supply weapons to the war: "let's stop the military transport that sends weapons to Vietnam".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Japanese choir (Chuo Gasshodan), founded 10 February 1948 in Tokyo by Akiko Seki as the music section of the Japan Young Communist League; the central choir of the utagoe (Singing Voice of Japan) movement, based at the Music Center in Shinjuku, Tokyo from 1951, performing and recording for Japanese Communist Party events until 1973. [Source: Wikipedia (Japanese)]