The Sound of Drums
1970 · Mercury DJ-184 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Phil Felice
- Title
- The Sound of Drums
- Release
- The Sound of Drums
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Mercury # DJ-184
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- A. Bernstein, V. Millrose
- Genre
- Folk · Folk Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Folk pop, leans anti-war. Sound-effects of demonstrations, marching soldiers, and war. Father: we are proud of you, I fought in WW2, domino theory expressed. Soldier: I don't want to go, want to live with peace and love. Sounds of mother crying, sounds of hell
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Mercury DJ-184 (73022), "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale", with a mono version (1-44547, white label) and a stereo version (2-44547, red label); "The Sound of Drums" (A. Bernstein, V. Millrose), Three Bridges Music Corp., ASCAP, 4:21, intro :40; "A Millrose-Bernstein Production", "As sung on the Mercury album 'On the Seventh Day... #1' SR-61248". The mono label carries a handwritten comment, "Has a deep meaning towards war". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Anti-War · Demonstration · Sound-Effects · WW2 · Domino Theory · Soldier's Perspective · Home Front Perspective