Prisoner Of War
1985 · Passport Records PB6051 · Czechoslovakia [Former]
- Artist
- James Young
- Title
- Prisoner Of War
- Release
- City Slicker
- Year
- 1985
- Label
- Passport Records # PB6051
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Czechoslovakia [Former]
- Songwriter
- not credited
- Genre
- Rock · Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — European Songs
The song "Prisoner of War" (Passport Records # PB6051) looked at the P.O.W. / M.I.A. issue as related to the Vietnam War. This song was a collaboration with Jan Hammer, born on 17 April 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He is currently based in New York, USA. The lyrics looked at the prisoner's perspective, "lock you up in a cell... no doors, not windows". It contained the famous line from the war years, "what were you fighting for?", leaning towards an anti-war perspective.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Credited as 'James Young (3) With Jan Hammer'. Jan Hammer: keyboards, drums, bass, producer; James Young: lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals, producer. Recorded at Redgate Studios, Holmes, NY. Marketed by Jem Records. Released with printed inner with lyrics. Also Canadian, UK 1986, German 1986, Japanese, Brazilian and CD editions. Collaboration with Jan Hammer on the album City Slicker (Passport Records), written from the prisoner's perspective.
About the artist
Vocalist and guitarist who recorded the album with keyboardist Jan Hammer, born 17 April 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia and now based in New York.
Themes
P.O.W. · M.I.A. · Fighting For · Anti-War · Soldier's Perspective