Sam, You Made the War Too Long
1972 · Polydor 2079 014 · Australia
- Artist
- Clive Brandy
- Title
- Sam, You Made the War Too Long
- Release
- Suffer the Children / Sam, You Made the War Too Long
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Polydor # 2079 014
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Songwriter
- Sandy Garrick
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "Sam, You Made the War Too Long" (Polydor # 2079 014) - adult contemporary / easy listening, Australian, anti-war song, referencing the My Lai Massacre and Kent State shooting. The narrator said the US had it all after World War II, strong dollar etc. But got stuck in Asia, then Kent State at home, and the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
The song "Sam, You Made the War Too Long" (Polydor # 2079 014) - adult contemporary / easy listening, Australian, anti-war song, referencing the My Lai Massacre and Kent State shooting. The narrator said the US had it all after World War II, strong dollar etc. But got stuck in Asia, then Kent State at home, and the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.Also featured in: • Vietnam War: Australian & New Zealand Songs
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
B-side (A-side "Suffer the Children"). Label: written by Garrick, produced and arranged by Sandy Garrick; publisher Mountain Music; (P) 1972; distributed by Phonogram Recordings Pty Limited, made in Australia. Polydor 2079 014 (side 2079 014 B), 45 R.P.M., red label; "Sam, You Made the War Too Long" (Garrick), 2:42, Mountain Music; produced and arranged by Sandy Garrick; ℗ 1972; distributed by Phonogram Recordings Pty Limited, made in Australia. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Anti-War · My Lai · Kent State · WW2 · ANZUS
In collections
Australian & New Zealand Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]