The Bobs

Let Me Be Your Third World Country

1987 · The Great American Music Hall F-985 · San Francisco, California

Let Me Be Your Third World Country – The Bobs (Label)

Artist
The Bobs
Title
Let Me Be Your Third World Country
Release
(First I Was a Hippie, Then I Was a Stockbroker) Now I Am a Hippie Again / Let Me Be Your Third World Country
Year
1987
Label
The Great American Music Hall # F-985
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
San Francisco, California, USA
Songwriter
Gunnar Madsen, Richard Greene
Genre
Pop · Novelty
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

(First I Was a Hippie, Then I Was a Stockbroker) Now I Am a Hippie Again (Bobs, The) Let Me Be Your Third World Country (Bobs, The) A-side: Hippies, counter-culture, drugs, summer of love B-side: "When we pulled our troops out of Vietnam". Women's rights. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

About the artist

American a cappella group formed 1981 in San Francisco, California, by Gunnar Madsen and Matthew Stull; retired 2017. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-Imperialism · Reference to the War