Os Fantoches De Kissinger
1976 · Orfeu (Série De Qualidade) STAT 036 · Portugal
- Artist
- José Afonso
- Title
- Os Fantoches De Kissinger
- Release
- Com as minhas tamanquinhas
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Orfeu (Série De Qualidade) # STAT 036
- Format
- LP (gatefold) · Album
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Portugal
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Iberian Music
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Os fantoches de Kissinger Portugal
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Recorded at Estúdios De Gravação A.T.; edition Arnaldo Trindade & Cia. Lda, Porto. 'First release with BIEM on labels.' Another 1976 PT LP entry (release 25079443) and a 1977 Spanish LP exist. Folk / Political. 'Kissinger's puppets' - lyrics reference the peoples of Indochina sweeping away Kissinger's puppets Opens with the peoples of Indochina sweeping Kissinger's puppets from the ground, then ranges over Palestine, the CIA and Latin America; from the 1976 LP Com as minhas tamanquinhas.
About the artist
Portuguese singer-songwriter.
Themes
Kissinger · CIA · NATO · Palestine · Anti-Imperialism · Anti-American · Prostitution · Guns