Hammers and Sickles (Make Very Poor Toys)
1966 · Monument 45-921 · USA
- Artist
- The Charades
- Title
- Hammers and Sickles (Make Very Poor Toys)
- Release
- Hammers and Sickles (Make Very Poor Toys) / Left Wing Bird
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Monument # 45-921
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Draft Songs
Hammers and Sickles (Make Very Poor Toys) (Charades, The) Left Wing Bird (Charades, The) Folk rock. Nashville, Tennessee. Anti-communist, anti-war. Both sides. A-side: father of two drafted to war, does not want to go. But has to protect freedom and country. B-side: Left wing bird trying to turn the world upside down, but the eagle will stop him.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Monument 45-921 (promo on Discogs); producer Ray Stevens; published by Combine Music and Raleigh Music. "Disc Jockey — Not for sale" copy; matrix E1W-783 ("Hammers and Sickles", 2:14, Combine Music) and E1W-784 ("Left Wing Bird", 2:41, Raleigh Music); a gold star sticker on the "Hammers and Sickles" side. [From the record labels]
Themes
Draft · Anti-Communism · Patriotic · Family
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]