Informe en las tinieblas del último "marine" en Vietnam

Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music

Argentinian poet Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, often associated with the new song movement in South America, released this LP in Uruguay in 1970, with the track "Informe en las tinieblas del ultimo marine en Vietnam" ("Report in the Darkness of the Last Marine in Vietnam"), which took an anti-war perspective, looking at the position of the US soldier in Vietnam, who cried out "get me out of this hell". Lyrics from Anti-War Songs (AWS)1Sources1Antiwar Songs↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Track A11, written and read by Tejada Gómez. Recorded in Buenos Aires (FONEMA), pressed in Uruguay (Hemisferio, Montevideo); also listed as Macondo GAM 529.

About the artist

Argentinian poet, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina; died 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; associated with the nueva canción movement. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War · Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Marines

In collections

Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]