The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh
Versione italiana 2 / Italian version 2 / Version italienne 2 / Italiankielinen versio 2: Marco Tutino
Tratto dall'LP Vietnam Ieri e oggi - canzoni e ballate a cura del comitato Vietnam di Milano. Traduzione e adattamento di Marco Tutino.
LA BALLATA DI HO CHI MINH
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Contributed by Dq82 2022/11/28 - 11:46
Si tratta in realtà non di una “versione” più o meno libera della canzone di Ewan MacColl, ma di un vero e proprio testo autonomo, sebbene sulla sua falsariga e che utilizza la stessa melodia. Scritta e interpretata dalla band militante tedesca orientale Oktoberklub, nata nel 1966 a Berlino Est come Hootenanny-Klub Berlin.
Non è noto a quando risalga questa versione, anche se dai riferimenti nel testo pare situarsi verso la fine degli anni ‘70 del XX secolo. L’ Oktoberklub morì assieme alla DDR: si sciolse definitivamente nel 1990. Inghiottito poi dalla famosa Ostalgie: nella “Germania riunificata” del “muro caduto” sono stati pubblicati non uno, ma ben quattro album antologici e di tributo. Ho Chi Minh è andata a finire nell’ultimo, Subbotnik, pubblicato nel 2009. Una traduzione inglese del testo si trova nei sottotitoli del video qui riportato. [AT-XXI]
Ho Chi Minh
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Contributed by L'Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo 2024/10/12 - 21:43
El derecho de vivir en paz
Scrive Pippo Pollina:
Domani a Zurigo parteciperò alla marcia contro la guerra in Ucraina e canterò due canzoni : LE DESERTEUR di Boris Vian e EL DERECHO DE VIVIR EN PAZ di Victor Jara.
Nessun artista vi partecipa e me ne vergogno.
Hanno tutti paura di essere additati come filoputiniani soltanto perché in questa piazza si dirà chiaramente che da un anno a questa parte gli argomenti delle armi sono stati gli unici a parlare. Dove sono andate le diplomazie ? Dove sono i movimenti studenteschi ? Le proteste di massa per indurre i nostri paesi a muoversi in una direzione di pace ?
Se anche la metà degli argomenti che gli organizzatori hanno messo in lista sono buoni, allora, bisogna scendere in piazza.
Non voglio entrare nel merito approfondito della questione Russia-Ucraina perché so bene come questo presupponga un'analisi complessa delle ragioni e dei torti di entrambi paesi.
Essere... (Continues)
Domani a Zurigo parteciperò alla marcia contro la guerra in Ucraina e canterò due canzoni : LE DESERTEUR di Boris Vian e EL DERECHO DE VIVIR EN PAZ di Victor Jara.
Nessun artista vi partecipa e me ne vergogno.
Hanno tutti paura di essere additati come filoputiniani soltanto perché in questa piazza si dirà chiaramente che da un anno a questa parte gli argomenti delle armi sono stati gli unici a parlare. Dove sono andate le diplomazie ? Dove sono i movimenti studenteschi ? Le proteste di massa per indurre i nostri paesi a muoversi in una direzione di pace ?
Se anche la metà degli argomenti che gli organizzatori hanno messo in lista sono buoni, allora, bisogna scendere in piazza.
Non voglio entrare nel merito approfondito della questione Russia-Ucraina perché so bene come questo presupponga un'analisi complessa delle ragioni e dei torti di entrambi paesi.
Essere... (Continues)
2023/2/24 - 22:22
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
Medley di Andrea Parodi dei Tazenda di Where Have all the Flowers Gone e C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
Where have all the flowers gone,
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Contributed by Dq82 2021/1/2 - 16:39
A sciambere [*]: Hanno fatto un deserto e lo hanno chiamato pace
di Sergio Rossi, Elbareport, Quotidiano online di informazione dall'Isola d'Elba, 8 aprile 2022.
Di anni ne avevo compiuti appena 20 da qualche settimana e appresi in una mattina di agosto, dalla radio, che i carri armati dell'Unione Sovietica, allora governata proprio da un ucraino (Leonid Breznev), avevano invaso la Cecoslovacchia che Alexander Dubcek e Josif Svoboda (Nomen omen - in lingua ceka svoboda è "libertà") stavano traghettando dal comunismo moscovita - quello in cui il KGB allevava dei mascalzoni di stato come Putin - verso il cosiddetto "socialismo dal volto umano", in sintonia con le idee pluraliste di quello che pochi anni dopo sarebbe stato chiamato l'"eurocomunismo" di Santiago Carrillo, George Marchais e, soprattutto Enrico Berlinguer. Ma già allora, prima del suo definitivo "strappo" con Mosca, il PCI condannò... (Continues)
di Sergio Rossi, Elbareport, Quotidiano online di informazione dall'Isola d'Elba, 8 aprile 2022.
Di anni ne avevo compiuti appena 20 da qualche settimana e appresi in una mattina di agosto, dalla radio, che i carri armati dell'Unione Sovietica, allora governata proprio da un ucraino (Leonid Breznev), avevano invaso la Cecoslovacchia che Alexander Dubcek e Josif Svoboda (Nomen omen - in lingua ceka svoboda è "libertà") stavano traghettando dal comunismo moscovita - quello in cui il KGB allevava dei mascalzoni di stato come Putin - verso il cosiddetto "socialismo dal volto umano", in sintonia con le idee pluraliste di quello che pochi anni dopo sarebbe stato chiamato l'"eurocomunismo" di Santiago Carrillo, George Marchais e, soprattutto Enrico Berlinguer. Ma già allora, prima del suo definitivo "strappo" con Mosca, il PCI condannò... (Continues)
Riccardo Venturi 2022/4/9 - 23:36
Sull'Arrivederci Franco Migliacci!
Scrisse nel 1966 "C'era un ragazzo che, come me, amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones".
Volevano imporgli "a far la guerra tarattatà"
invece di "a far la guerra nel Vietnam" ..
Scrisse nel 1966 "C'era un ragazzo che, come me, amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones".
Volevano imporgli "a far la guerra tarattatà"
invece di "a far la guerra nel Vietnam" ..
Morto Franco Migliacci, scrisse Nel blu dipinto di blu
Tra i suoi successi brani per Morandi: "Andavo a cento all'ora", "Fatti mandare dalla mamma a prendere il latte", "In ginocchio da te" e "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones"
Incredibile scoop di Lercio!
Trovato il viet-cong che sparò al ragazzo che amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
Roberto Dinale
Avec toi, Vietnam
Belgium released protest record, probably late 1960s. The label was based in Schaerbeek, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. The a-side "Le longue marche" is an anti-atomic, Cold War protest song, referencing the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. The b-side was a protest against the Vietnam War, "Avec Toi, Vietnam" ("With You, Vietnam") (Selection Records # S 5062) with lyrics composed by Guy Decembre, and music by Remy Gillis, focused on the horrors of war and its impact on people, "crying, a mother... dying, a child... horror, misery... these waves of blood".
Vietnam War Songs Project - European Songs
Vietnam War Songs Project - European Songs
Ami, entends-tu dans le vent
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2022/10/15 - 21:12
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnamissa, Vietnamissa
[1972]
Sävel / Musica / Music / Musique: Kaj Chydenius
Sanat / Testo / Lyrics / Paroles: Aulikki Oksanen
Album / Albumi: Agit-prop -kvartetti laulaa työväenlauluja
(Agit-Prop Quartet sings Working Class Songs
Il Quartetto Agit-Prop canta canzoni dei lavoratori)
Sävel / Musica / Music / Musique: Kaj Chydenius
Sanat / Testo / Lyrics / Paroles: Aulikki Oksanen
Album / Albumi: Agit-prop -kvartetti laulaa työväenlauluja
(Agit-Prop Quartet sings Working Class Songs
Il Quartetto Agit-Prop canta canzoni dei lavoratori)
Vietnamissa, Vietnamissa
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Contributed by Riku Ventturinen 2024/3/10 - 23:17
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Riccardo Venturi, 11-3-2024 21:23
I Vietnam, i Vietnam
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Su nombre puede ponerse en verso
(testo di Leoncarlo Settimelli)
1972
Album: Questa Grande Umanità Ha Detto Basta! - Canzoni Di Lotta Di Tutto Il Mondo
1972
Album: Questa Grande Umanità Ha Detto Basta! - Canzoni Di Lotta Di Tutto Il Mondo
PRESIDENTE HO CHI MINH (Continues)
Contributed by Alberto Scotti 2024/1/13 - 12:34
Presidente
(Marini)
dal disco collettivo Compagno Vietnam
Nel disco seguiva Nixon a Roma quindi credo che si riferisca a Saragat che accoglie il presidente americano.
dal disco collettivo Compagno Vietnam
Nel disco seguiva Nixon a Roma quindi credo che si riferisca a Saragat che accoglie il presidente americano.
Che sorrisi, che sorrisi presidente
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2023/9/17 - 00:33
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Voci dal Vietnam
1973
Il brano nasce alla fine della lunghissima guerra fra i partigiani vietnamiti e l’esercito americano.
Nella canzone il cantautore torinese Toni Asquino si sofferma su quello che rimane dopo gli orrori e la quasi totale distruzione della nazione vietnamita, che coinvolse anche le nazioni di Laos e Cambogia. Si presume che alla fine del conflitto si contarono dai 4 ai 5 milioni di morti vietnamiti e 200.000 americani. Rimasero distrutte intere città e numerosi villaggi furono interamente rasi al suolo. Durante tutto il conflitto, negli Stati Uniti ci furono numerosissime contestazioni con incidenti e arresti fra i quali anche famosi artisti, sportivi, personaggi noti e gente comune.
La canzone, nota tra i pacifisti dell’epoca, venne trasmessa per un po’ anche su scala nazionale.
Il brano nasce alla fine della lunghissima guerra fra i partigiani vietnamiti e l’esercito americano.
Nella canzone il cantautore torinese Toni Asquino si sofferma su quello che rimane dopo gli orrori e la quasi totale distruzione della nazione vietnamita, che coinvolse anche le nazioni di Laos e Cambogia. Si presume che alla fine del conflitto si contarono dai 4 ai 5 milioni di morti vietnamiti e 200.000 americani. Rimasero distrutte intere città e numerosi villaggi furono interamente rasi al suolo. Durante tutto il conflitto, negli Stati Uniti ci furono numerosissime contestazioni con incidenti e arresti fra i quali anche famosi artisti, sportivi, personaggi noti e gente comune.
La canzone, nota tra i pacifisti dell’epoca, venne trasmessa per un po’ anche su scala nazionale.
C’erano gli abitanti del Vietnam (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2023/4/6 - 19:42
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Chitarre contro la guerra
Ero poco più di un bambino, sono del '55, ma ricordo bene questa canzone e chi la cantava . Un poco in ritardo ma...GRAZIE.
Gianfranco
Gianfranco
gianfranco maggi 2023/2/5 - 09:54
Chiedi a Kim
La canzone parla di Kim Phuc, nota come Napalm Girl. Fu fotografata dal fotografo Nick Ut mentre correva gridando a causa delle ustioni.
Rulla il tamburo
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2023/1/4 - 13:04
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Der Krieg hört nicht auf
SODALLE EI NÄY LOPPUA (Continues)
Contributed by Juha Rämö 2022/12/8 - 12:43
Le Soleil du Vietnam
1967
Roseaux, clairières
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2022/10/15 - 23:23
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnam Ad Vitam Aeternam
Le grand calme après le napalm
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2022/10/15 - 23:12
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
We Want War
1966
Canzone sarcastica cantata in inglese del cantante belga (di Antwerp) Ferre Grignard. Un hippie eccentrico, Grignard provò a trasferirsi negli USA ma fu espulso in quanto anarchico. Negli anni '70 visse in una sorta di comune hippie. Dimenticato dai fan e con gravi problemi economici, morì ancora giovane di cancro nel 1982.
Canzone sarcastica cantata in inglese del cantante belga (di Antwerp) Ferre Grignard. Un hippie eccentrico, Grignard provò a trasferirsi negli USA ma fu espulso in quanto anarchico. Negli anni '70 visse in una sorta di comune hippie. Dimenticato dai fan e con gravi problemi economici, morì ancora giovane di cancro nel 1982.
Lordy, Lordy with your bloody ways.
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2022/10/15 - 20:53
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Hey America America
1972
Testo incompleto
The obscure psychedelic rock group Children of the Morning, formed in Italy, released the song "Hey America, America" which criticised the US government for the Kent State killings.
Shel Shapiro, who led the group, composed the song. He had previously played with the British beat group The Rokes (1950s-60s). The narrator questioned the validity / plausibility of the argument that the National Guard fired in self defense: "government pretends that it was self defense". The lyrics then suggested that the killings harmed the reputation of the US: "America you're fucking up", which could have repercussions: "hey America don't push you luck".
The song ended with a general anti-war message, complaining that the "war in Vietnam continues", in which the soldiers "kill woman and children".
Vietnam War Songs Project
Testo incompleto
The obscure psychedelic rock group Children of the Morning, formed in Italy, released the song "Hey America, America" which criticised the US government for the Kent State killings.
Shel Shapiro, who led the group, composed the song. He had previously played with the British beat group The Rokes (1950s-60s). The narrator questioned the validity / plausibility of the argument that the National Guard fired in self defense: "government pretends that it was self defense". The lyrics then suggested that the killings harmed the reputation of the US: "America you're fucking up", which could have repercussions: "hey America don't push you luck".
The song ended with a general anti-war message, complaining that the "war in Vietnam continues", in which the soldiers "kill woman and children".
Vietnam War Songs Project
At the Kent State university, what is going on
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2022/10/15 - 19:43
Chili-Vietnam-Israel
1973
Written-By – H. Elegast
Written-By – H. Elegast
Profeten voorspelden Zijn komst jarenlang
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2022/10/15 - 18:59
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Napalm
Album: No volem esperar com abans (Marian Albero) [1967]
Guitarra – Francesc Pi de la Serra
Guitarra – Francesc Pi de la Serra
Per a ells el món té un altre nom,
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2022/10/5 - 23:09
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Impantanato nel Vietnam
2022
Algoritmi
Algoritmi
Impantanato nel Vietnam,
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Contributed by Dq82 2022/9/11 - 17:53
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Giai Phong
Come è stato sottolineato già da qualcuno, Giải phóng non è il nome di una città, ma significa "liberare" in vietnamita. Giải phóng miền Nam era l'inno della Repubblica del sud Vietnam e si traduce con "liberare il sud".
Andrea 2022/3/12 - 15:44
Lost in a Lost World
1972
This song symbolizes that attitude many had towards the Vietnam war at the time.
This song symbolizes that attitude many had towards the Vietnam war at the time.
I woke up today, I was crying
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Contributed by Rocking Alex 2022/1/30 - 23:45
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Peace and Love
(1968)
Single
The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook – Peace And Love
The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
It took a strong anti-war position, saying that the leaders were focused on war, but that the "people of the world" want "love peace and love". It pleaded with the government: "don't send my brothers to Vietnam", and looked at the impact on families: "don't let...mothers mourn, don't let my father know the pain". Released in Kingston, Jamaica.
Vietnam War Song Project
Single
The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook – Peace And Love
The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
It took a strong anti-war position, saying that the leaders were focused on war, but that the "people of the world" want "love peace and love". It pleaded with the government: "don't send my brothers to Vietnam", and looked at the impact on families: "don't let...mothers mourn, don't let my father know the pain". Released in Kingston, Jamaica.
Vietnam War Song Project
The leaders of the war study war,
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2021/11/14 - 15:50
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
I’m an Australian – 20 Years Old
The song "I'm an Australian – 20 Years Old" also featured in The Vietnam Songbook, although no recording from the time has been found yet. The song took a comedic approach to a 21 year old caught-up in major court case for resisting the draft. It started out with the man going down to the barracks, lighting a cigarette, and his "call-up papers accidently caught on fire". Misinterpreted as a deliberate act, the "C.N.D. embraced me" - a reference to the protest group the Committee for Nuclear Disarmament, while the other side "called me a traitor".
Vietnam War Song Project
Vietnam War Song Project
I am an Australian. I am twenty years old,
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2021/11/14 - 15:37
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Kevin Conway
(1966)
Clem Parkinson, contemporary folk artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He wrote the song "Kevin Conway", about the first Australian casualty in the Vietnam War.
Conway, born 11 December 1928, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was a Warrant Officer Class 2, with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. He was killed in action (K.I.A.), in the Battle of Nam Dong, South Vietnam on 6 July 1964, aged 35 years, buried at Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore. His remains were repatriated to Australia 2nd June 2016.
Vietnam War Song Project
Clem Parkinson, contemporary folk artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He wrote the song "Kevin Conway", about the first Australian casualty in the Vietnam War.
Conway, born 11 December 1928, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was a Warrant Officer Class 2, with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. He was killed in action (K.I.A.), in the Battle of Nam Dong, South Vietnam on 6 July 1964, aged 35 years, buried at Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore. His remains were repatriated to Australia 2nd June 2016.
Vietnam War Song Project
Kevin Conway was a soldier who left his native shore
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2021/11/14 - 12:45
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
21st Birthday
Tex Morton, a country artist born Robert William Lane on 30 August 1916 in Nelson, New Zealand. He died 23 July 1983 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He released several records under the nickname The Yodelling Boundary Rider.
The song "21st Birthday" dealt with the Vietnam War, looking at the home front perspective, of the parents of a soldier killed in action (K.I.A.). The song was released in 1967 on single: 21st Birthday (Columbia (EMI) # DO-4785).
The song told of the soldier's friends arriving at his parents house to celebrate his 21st birthday, unaware of what had happened. A closer look at the shelf with letters and "you'll see a draft card... the nice letter and the medal they sent". The father concluded that: "our boy full of love has died now of hate" - which perhaps leans towards the anti-war side of the debate.
Vietnam War Song Project
The song "21st Birthday" dealt with the Vietnam War, looking at the home front perspective, of the parents of a soldier killed in action (K.I.A.). The song was released in 1967 on single: 21st Birthday (Columbia (EMI) # DO-4785).
The song told of the soldier's friends arriving at his parents house to celebrate his 21st birthday, unaware of what had happened. A closer look at the shelf with letters and "you'll see a draft card... the nice letter and the medal they sent". The father concluded that: "our boy full of love has died now of hate" - which perhaps leans towards the anti-war side of the debate.
Vietnam War Song Project
You'd thought you'd surprise him
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2021/11/13 - 22:41
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnam Cries U.S.A.
1966
Single: Vietnam Cries U.S.A
Single: Vietnam Cries U.S.A
A British ska anti-war song from 1966 called "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Halagala # HG 30) which pleaded with President Johnson to stop the war: "we don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson...stop bombing Vietnam". Released on the rare, obscure British reggae label Halagala, formed by Terry Nelson in the 1960s - born in Guyana, he moved to London and wrote this song
Vietnam War Song Project
Vietnam War Song Project
We don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson
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2021/11/13 - 22:24
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
The S.S. Vancouver
Mansell composed the song "The S.S. Vancouver", although no recording has been identified at the moment. The lyrics of this song featured in The Vietnam Songbook published in 1969, and compiled by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber (founders of Paredon Records) - containing 100+ Vietnam War protest songs, 9 of which came from Australia & New Zealand.
According to the notes in the book:
"this song was written in 1965 on the arrival of the U.S.S. Vancouver in Australia".
The title dropped the "U", leaving just the "S.S.", a reference to the infamous Nazi paramilitary group. The U.S.S. Vancouver (LPD-2) was an amphibious transport dock, commissioned on 11 May 1963, and deployed at various point in the Vietnam War. In April, 1965, it departed Huế, South Vietnam, having off-loaded marines there. It arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1965, taking part in the The Battle of the Coral Sea commemoration,... (Continues)
According to the notes in the book:
"this song was written in 1965 on the arrival of the U.S.S. Vancouver in Australia".
The title dropped the "U", leaving just the "S.S.", a reference to the infamous Nazi paramilitary group. The U.S.S. Vancouver (LPD-2) was an amphibious transport dock, commissioned on 11 May 1963, and deployed at various point in the Vietnam War. In April, 1965, it departed Huế, South Vietnam, having off-loaded marines there. It arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1965, taking part in the The Battle of the Coral Sea commemoration,... (Continues)
There's commotion at the wharf
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2021/11/11 - 22:05
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
It's On
(1964)
Incisa da Gary Shearston e da Trevor Lucas
Incisa da Gary Shearston e da Trevor Lucas
On this single, featured the anti-war song "It's On" (CBS # BA-221124), composed by Don Henderson, who wrote many Vietnam War-related songs, discussed below.
While the Vietnam conflict was well underway in 1964, very few Australians participated until the Menzies government upgraded its commitment in April 1965 - so this is more of a Vietnam-era protest song, not specifically mentioning the conflict, but a representation of the early 60s anti-war movement in Australia. The lyrics revolved around the absurdity of conflict as two people get into a fight: "reason and logic are gone, winning the fight won't prove that you're right". The final verse criticised governments / politicians that "save on education and spend on defence".
Melbourne artist Trevor Lucas also recorded a version, on his 1966 album Overlander, and Raymond Crooke, on his YouTube channel.
Vietnam War Song Project (#12)
While the Vietnam conflict was well underway in 1964, very few Australians participated until the Menzies government upgraded its commitment in April 1965 - so this is more of a Vietnam-era protest song, not specifically mentioning the conflict, but a representation of the early 60s anti-war movement in Australia. The lyrics revolved around the absurdity of conflict as two people get into a fight: "reason and logic are gone, winning the fight won't prove that you're right". The final verse criticised governments / politicians that "save on education and spend on defence".
Melbourne artist Trevor Lucas also recorded a version, on his 1966 album Overlander, and Raymond Crooke, on his YouTube channel.
Vietnam War Song Project (#12)
A sad story you'll hear if you listen to me
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2021/11/10 - 23:44
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
The Lost Soldier
1966
Album: Gary Shearston - Sings His Songs
THE LOST SOLDIER was written from a newspaper report of the death of an Australian soldier in Vietnam. The song finishes with some of the statements made by his young wife about his participation in the Vietnam war. The tune for this song is adapted from a traditional song known as "Lord Franklin".
Gary Shearston Sings His Songs Album Notes
lyrics from Vietnam War Song Project (#19)
Album: Gary Shearston - Sings His Songs
THE LOST SOLDIER was written from a newspaper report of the death of an Australian soldier in Vietnam. The song finishes with some of the statements made by his young wife about his participation in the Vietnam war. The tune for this song is adapted from a traditional song known as "Lord Franklin".
Gary Shearston Sings His Songs Album Notes
lyrics from Vietnam War Song Project (#19)
In December 1964
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2021/11/10 - 23:28
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Twenty Summers
(1965)
Album: Australian Broadside
Lyrics by Mona Brand
Music by Gary Shearston
According to the album notes, written by Edgar Walter (1965), the first song "Twenty Summers" was composed by Mona Brand: "Twenty Summers: Mona Brand's words were written as a comment on the recent decision to conscript young Australians for military service overseas. But they are a protest not so much against that decision in itself, as against all warfare.
The melody is by Gary Shearston".
Mona Brand was a theatre playwright, who taught English in Hanoi with her husband Len Fox in the 1950s.
It told the story of a young man, 20 years old, drafted to war: "Johnny is called for a soldier today". His father died in a previous war: "rain in the jungle when Johnny was born, the day that his father lay dying at dawn".
Vietnam War Song Project - #17
Album: Australian Broadside
Lyrics by Mona Brand
Music by Gary Shearston
According to the album notes, written by Edgar Walter (1965), the first song "Twenty Summers" was composed by Mona Brand: "Twenty Summers: Mona Brand's words were written as a comment on the recent decision to conscript young Australians for military service overseas. But they are a protest not so much against that decision in itself, as against all warfare.
The melody is by Gary Shearston".
Mona Brand was a theatre playwright, who taught English in Hanoi with her husband Len Fox in the 1950s.
It told the story of a young man, 20 years old, drafted to war: "Johnny is called for a soldier today". His father died in a previous war: "rain in the jungle when Johnny was born, the day that his father lay dying at dawn".
Vietnam War Song Project - #17
Twenty summers passing away
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2021/11/10 - 23:17
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati
1966
35 giri A chi chiama ... / Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati
Voce: Elena Morandi
35 giri A chi chiama ... / Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati
Voce: Elena Morandi
Al Folk Festival 1 di Torino. l'autore ascoltò una lunga canzone cantata dalle mondine, imperniata su motivi politici di attualità.
Una delle strofe parlava della guerra nel Vietnam con il sarcasmo e la violenza caratteristici dell'espressività popolare.
Si adottò perciò quello spunto e la melodia stessa che è tipica dell'area settentrionale ma più ancora del canto di risaia (si veda La tradotta che parte da Novara e Vi ricordate quel 18 aprile)
(note di copertina originali)
Una delle strofe parlava della guerra nel Vietnam con il sarcasmo e la violenza caratteristici dell'espressività popolare.
Si adottò perciò quello spunto e la melodia stessa che è tipica dell'area settentrionale ma più ancora del canto di risaia (si veda La tradotta che parte da Novara e Vi ricordate quel 18 aprile)
(note di copertina originali)
Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati
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2021/10/16 - 17:49
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
No alla guerra
(1967)
No Alla Guerra / Bella Ciao
Versi di Ignazio Buttitta
Musica di Tedo Madonia
Canta Micele Straniero accompagnato da Alberto Ciarchi, Massimo Ciarchi, Paolo Ciarchi
Disco dedicato alla Marcia dal Nord e dal Sud per il Vietnam per la Pace - Milano 4-29 novembre 1967 - Durante la marcia il disco viene venduto al prezzo di L. 500
("Disc dedicated to the March from North and South for Vietnam for Peace - Milan 4-29 November 1967 - During the march the disc is sold at the price of L. 500").
No Alla Guerra / Bella Ciao
Versi di Ignazio Buttitta
Musica di Tedo Madonia
Canta Micele Straniero accompagnato da Alberto Ciarchi, Massimo Ciarchi, Paolo Ciarchi
Disco dedicato alla Marcia dal Nord e dal Sud per il Vietnam per la Pace - Milano 4-29 novembre 1967 - Durante la marcia il disco viene venduto al prezzo di L. 500
("Disc dedicated to the March from North and South for Vietnam for Peace - Milan 4-29 November 1967 - During the march the disc is sold at the price of L. 500").
C'è una mafia con il frack
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2021/10/16 - 11:28
Vietnam
1973
Filastrocca Governativa / Vinceremo / Argento e oro / Vietnam
Il progetto Vietnam War Song si sta dedicando ultimamente alle canzoni italiane, pescando autentiche rarità tra cui questa "Vietnam" risalente al 1973 (da non confondere con Questo è il nostro Vietnam dello stesso gruppo).
Filastrocca Governativa / Vinceremo / Argento e oro / Vietnam
Il progetto Vietnam War Song si sta dedicando ultimamente alle canzoni italiane, pescando autentiche rarità tra cui questa "Vietnam" risalente al 1973 (da non confondere con Questo è il nostro Vietnam dello stesso gruppo).
Nel Vietnam c'eran fiori
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2021/10/7 - 00:05
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Il General Westmoreland
1968
Antonio Infantino e Enzo Del Re – Il General Westmoreland
Disco promozionale per la campagna elettorale del PCI, registrato alla sede del partito a Botteghe Oscure. Canzone satirica dedicata al general Westmoreland sull'aria de Il general Cadorna.
Antonio Infantino e Enzo Del Re – Il General Westmoreland
Disco promozionale per la campagna elettorale del PCI, registrato alla sede del partito a Botteghe Oscure. Canzone satirica dedicata al general Westmoreland sull'aria de Il general Cadorna.
Il General Westmoreland
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2021/9/29 - 23:13
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
The F-111
Words: Lyell Sayer
Tune: Traditional (Johnny Lad)
The song was a reference to the US-made F-111c fighter bomber. The Australian government ordered a number, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1963. However, the final version of the aircraft were not delivered until 1973, because of technical problems, which included unexplained loses during its use in the Vietnam War in the late 60s and early 70s - or as said in the chorus of this song: "it is a lovely plane... it's a pity that it isn't safe to take it off the ground".
The narrator started with the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, pondering that "our Canberra bombers are...old as hell". He called up "Uncle Sammy" to purchase planes, to "scare some Asians".
The narrator noted that the government "sent some off to Vietnam" to "wipe out all the Viet Cong" - a reference to the "VC" - the National Liberation Front of... (Continues)
Tune: Traditional (Johnny Lad)
The song was a reference to the US-made F-111c fighter bomber. The Australian government ordered a number, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1963. However, the final version of the aircraft were not delivered until 1973, because of technical problems, which included unexplained loses during its use in the Vietnam War in the late 60s and early 70s - or as said in the chorus of this song: "it is a lovely plane... it's a pity that it isn't safe to take it off the ground".
The narrator started with the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, pondering that "our Canberra bombers are...old as hell". He called up "Uncle Sammy" to purchase planes, to "scare some Asians".
The narrator noted that the government "sent some off to Vietnam" to "wipe out all the Viet Cong" - a reference to the "VC" - the National Liberation Front of... (Continues)
Now, Sir Robert Menzies was walking down the street
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2021/9/4 - 19:04
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Child of Vietnam
1970
Roger Thwaites, Australian contemporary folk artist, composed and released the song "Child of Vietnam" (Columbia (EMI) # SOEX-9698), which started off with gunfire sound-effects, and took an anti-war perspective. The back of the LP said: "Child of Vietnam is the story of a little girl and a soldier in the land of tears, your land, child of Vietnam". Narrated from the perspective of the soldier, who said "how can I help her", as the child rests "on the bloody ground", and the "streets full of pain". It concluded by calling on people to "help...around the world" to stop the war and suffering, for the "helpless children of Vietnam".
Vietnam War Song Project
Roger Thwaites, Australian contemporary folk artist, composed and released the song "Child of Vietnam" (Columbia (EMI) # SOEX-9698), which started off with gunfire sound-effects, and took an anti-war perspective. The back of the LP said: "Child of Vietnam is the story of a little girl and a soldier in the land of tears, your land, child of Vietnam". Narrated from the perspective of the soldier, who said "how can I help her", as the child rests "on the bloody ground", and the "streets full of pain". It concluded by calling on people to "help...around the world" to stop the war and suffering, for the "helpless children of Vietnam".
Vietnam War Song Project
How can I tell her with fear in her eyes
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2021/9/1 - 23:15
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Canción para un niño de Viet Nam
Political activist and musician Judith Reyes, born 22 March 1924, in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, she died on 27 December 1988. The track "Cancion para un niño de Vietnam", which means "Song for a Child From Vietnam" takes an anti-war position, looking at the Vietnamese perspective, refering to the US soldiers that arrived from a distant land "that wounds and kills and burns your rice paddies". The narrator strongly condemned the American presence: "the gringo is the shame of humanity, if the gringo leaves you will see me happy".
The back of the picture sleeve expressed anti-American, anti-imperialist sentiment, showing solidarity with Vietnam and countries across Central and South America:
"the voice and the word of each verse of Judith Reyes are the instrument of the anxieties and urgent needs for justice, peace and freedom of the people of Mexico whom she loves so much. And,... (Continues)
The back of the picture sleeve expressed anti-American, anti-imperialist sentiment, showing solidarity with Vietnam and countries across Central and South America:
"the voice and the word of each verse of Judith Reyes are the instrument of the anxieties and urgent needs for justice, peace and freedom of the people of Mexico whom she loves so much. And,... (Continues)
Don Din Don Dan
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2021/8/15 - 20:22
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnam Prayer
Version of the translation provided with the missing lyrics filled in and one or two minor corrections. (Transcribed by ear.)
"Vietnam Hawks" refers to pro-Vietnam war advocates.
(Maximilian)
"Vietnam Hawks" refers to pro-Vietnam war advocates.
(Maximilian)
Thanks Maximilian, we updated the lyrics with your transcription.
2021/2/11 - 13:14
Amour dans le motu
(2013)
Album Psycho Tropical Berlin
Nel bellissimo videoclip il brano è unito allo strumentale Witchcraft
Il soldato giace a terra, coperto di sabbia e polvere. La corsa è una questione di vita e di morte, non ci sono regole. Tutto quello che può fare è piegarsi e correre, sparare colpi mentre i proiettili lo sfiorano con un fischio fortissimo. Sente il rumore di una bomba al napalm che si avvicina ma mentre corre più veloce, viene gettato a terra dall'esplosione. Striscia via, si fa spazio tra i cadaveri in cerca di un riparo. Nemici o fratelli, non riesce a distinguerli, ma non è più importante perché tutto ciò che può vedere è il volto della morte.
Quando trova riparo, vuole solo accendersi una sigaretta. Tira fuori il suo Zippo. "Non sta a noi fare o morire, dobbiamo fumare e sballarci." L'incisione in metallo sul suo accendino riflette i suoi pensieri più intimi. L'assurdità di questa... (Continues)
Album Psycho Tropical Berlin
Nel bellissimo videoclip il brano è unito allo strumentale Witchcraft
Il soldato giace a terra, coperto di sabbia e polvere. La corsa è una questione di vita e di morte, non ci sono regole. Tutto quello che può fare è piegarsi e correre, sparare colpi mentre i proiettili lo sfiorano con un fischio fortissimo. Sente il rumore di una bomba al napalm che si avvicina ma mentre corre più veloce, viene gettato a terra dall'esplosione. Striscia via, si fa spazio tra i cadaveri in cerca di un riparo. Nemici o fratelli, non riesce a distinguerli, ma non è più importante perché tutto ciò che può vedere è il volto della morte.
Quando trova riparo, vuole solo accendersi una sigaretta. Tira fuori il suo Zippo. "Non sta a noi fare o morire, dobbiamo fumare e sballarci." L'incisione in metallo sul suo accendino riflette i suoi pensieri più intimi. L'assurdità di questa... (Continues)
Dans les plaines du Commodock, Acabour du règne animal
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Contributed by Lorenzo 2021/1/19 - 22:47
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Hey, Mister Amerika
1973
45 giri
Hey, Mister Amerika / Chile 73
45 giri
Hey, Mister Amerika / Chile 73
Hey, Mister Amerika, eine Frage:
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2020/12/26 - 21:12
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnam
1999
Uomo Virtuale
Uomo Virtuale
Vecchi magri come steli, donne belle come soli
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/19 - 16:14
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Vietnam
2015
Mai he trencat un plat
Mai he trencat un plat
Prefiero limpiar
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/19 - 15:58
Song Itineraries:
War in Viet Nam as seen from Italy and from the rest of the world
Full Metal Jacket [ Discursu do principiu ]
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Sequenza originale del film
2 INT.BARRACKS-DAY (The Opening Speech)
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Contributed by Riccardo Gullotta 2020/11/9 - 12:41
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