Sound of Drums
1970 · Mercury DJ-184 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Phil Felice
- Title
- 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
About the artist
Unknown - the only documented release is "The Sound Of Drums" (Mercury Records DJ-184), a 1970 US promotional 7" carrying the same track in mono and stereo on the two sides, catalogued as pop rock. No writer or producer credits are listed and Discogs carries no biography. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Anti-War · Demonstration · Sound-Effects · WW2 · Domino Theory · Soldier's Perspective · Home Front Perspective