The Washington Clowns
1970 · Continental 006 (7550) · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Glenn Reifsteck
- Title
- The Washington Clowns
- Release
- Washington Clowns / Trouble U.S.A.
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Continental # 006 (7550)
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Glenn Reifsteck
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Country, anti-war, anti-government, anti-protest A-side: what happened to law and order Govt sent boys to war, thousands dead - what for? Bring them home Would not be war if politicians had to fight B-side: student burn and protest on campus Govt says it's okay because of free speech - no law & order All these years fighting in Vietnam, deaths of both Vietnamese and Americans Now they say the South is strong enough on its own to defend itself (Vietnamisation) So now they say leave - this is to cover-up blunder of going to war in first place. [criticism of Nixon's Vietnamisation] We cannot police the world (isolationist)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Continental Records 006, Continental Records, 110 Glenrose Ave., Nashville, Tenn.; Side 1 "Washington Clowns" (Glenn Reifsteck), 2:12 (7550); Side 2 "Trouble U.S.A." (Glenn Reifsteck), 2:11 (7551); both Eucheanna Pub. Co., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]