Military Madness
1971 · Atlantic 45-2827 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Graham Nash
- Title
- Military Madness
- Release
- Military Madness / Sleep Song
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Atlantic # 45-2827
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Graham Nash
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Military Madness (Nash, Graham) Born 2 February 1942, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom Vietnam-era: song about WW2 in England, which contained a contemporary anti-war verse. Cover by Five Man Cargo - Military Madness / If a Song Is Enough
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: "In an upstairs room in Blackpool / By the side of a northern sea / The army had my father / And my mother was having me / Military Madness was killing my country / Solitary Sadness comes over me / After the school was over and I moved / To the other side / I found a different country but I never / Lost my pride / Military Madness was killing the country / Solitary sadness creeps over me / And after the wars are over / And the body count is finally filed / I hope that The Man discovers / What's driving the people wild"
Notes
Atlantic 45-2827 (A-22153-PL), 45 R.P.M., vocal; "Military Madness" (Graham Nash), 2:50, Pub. Giving Room Music, BMI; produced by Graham Nash; from Atlantic LP 7204; "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."; housed in an Atlantic company sleeve with large diagonal blue, green and magenta "A" design, printed "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp. 75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N.Y. 10019". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
born 2 February 1942 in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, and currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA.
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]