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Name a protest song or a song that speaks out about a social issue.
What’s the message of the song? Do you think protest music is effective at making change?
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Vietnam protest music
Slide3Music & War
Music has always kept company with American wars. During the Revolutionary War, “Yankee Doodle” and many other songs kept spirits alive during dark hours. I'm a Yankee Doodle DandyA Yankee Doodle, do or dieA real live nephew of my uncle Sam'sBorn on the Fourth of JulyI've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheartShe's my Yankee Doodle joyYankee Doodle came to LondonJust to ride the poniesI am a Yankee Doodle boy
Slide4The Civil War era
The Battle Hymn of the Republic was Lincoln’s favorite song during the American Civil War.
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…and “Dixie” was the favorite song of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
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In 1918, in the middle of WWI, Irving Berlin wrote “God Bless America”. Many considered it the unofficial anthem of the United States.
Slide5World War I
In 1918, in the middle of WWI, Irving Berlin wrote “God Bless America”. Many considered it the unofficial anthem of the United States
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Slide6WWII era…
But wars also create their unique opponents, who turn their concern and anger into popular music. This was particularly true in Vietnam.
Given this era’s unique history, the musical soundscape to the Vietnam War was strikingly different from music that accompanied WWII.
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Slide7A brief review… (for those that don’t read, do their homework, classwork, or who have headphones on in class.)
American involvement in Vietnam began with the United States’ support of French colonial rule after WWII.
The US saw the anticommunist
gov
in South Vietnam as a “proving ground for Democracy”. President Kennedy sent military aid to help South Vietnam defeat the communist North. By the time of Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963, there were 16,000 American military advisers stationed in Vietnam.
Slide8Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Johnson, escalated American involvement in Vietnam.
By 1968, there were 550,000 combat troops in Vietnam and rising casualties with no end in sight.
As increasingly large numbers of young men were drafted into the Army, the antiwar movement became louder and more active.
Popular music in general, and antiwar music specifically, became a space for political conflict and dialogue.
Slide9Bob Dylan paved the way for musical opposition to the war during the first half of the 1960s. In 1962, hew wrote the songs “Blown’ in the Wind” and “Masters of War”. The latter song was as vicious an attack on militarism as popular music had ever seen.However, none of Dylan’s anti-war songs were ever explicitly about Vietnam; because the war was on the minds of few Americans as of 1963.
But Bob Dylan sang about opposition to war in a way that would resonate with people in the years to come.
Slide10As the war in Vietnam escalated, anti-war songs expressed the country’s growing outrage.
Observers could track the changes by looking at how some artists were transformed during the war years.For example Bobby Darin, began his pop career as a teen idol in 1958, with the hit “Splish Splash”.
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By 1969, he was denouncing Vietnam in his “Simple Song of Freedom”.
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Slide11As the Vietnam antiwar movement grew beyond college campuses…
Small
numbers of returning veterans even began protesting the war and music became a popular protest mechanism.
The #1 song in September of 1965 was
“Eve of Destruction”,
in which singer Barry McGuire stressed the ironic fact that in the 1960s an American male could be drafted at age 18 but had to be 21 to vote!
Slide12The music industry’s focus on sales made sure that antiwar statements in pop music were relatively rare. Songs by popular musicians were written for the radio and
often
with a popular audience at mind
.
Only artists with enough influence or record sales could occasionally release a song with a political message.
One of these artists was Creedence Clearwater Revival and the band’s song “Fortunate Son”. It was a sharp attack on militarism and the unfairness of the draft.
Slide13Fortunate Sons
Creedence lead singer John Fogerty wrote “Fortunate Son” in 1969. That year, the gov held a draft lottery to see which young men would be called to fight in Vietnam.Fogerty’s song was about how those with connections and money, “fortunate sons”, were able to avoid the draft while the poor had to go to war.
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Some may say the greatest protest song was played August 18, 1969, when guitarist Jimi Hendrix took the stage at the Woodstock music festival.Hendrix played his own ironic version of the “Star Spangled Banner”.
With this performance, he summed up a decade of protest music aimed at America’s military adventures in general, and the Vietnam War in particular.
Hendrix’s version of the “Banner” didn’t celebrate the honor of the U.S. Instead, it twisted the melody of the song, mimicking the screams of those who died in Vietnam. With his angry performance, Hendrix pushed the reality of the war into the public’s face and ears.
Slide15Within the universe of protest music, white male rockers received most of the attention. But it’s important to remember that musicians of all colors, including women, were also writing antiwar songs.
African Americans contributed much of this sometimes unrecognized protest music.Martha Reeves and the Vandella’s released “I Should be Proud” in 1970, the first antiwar song from the Motown music label.
A few months later the Temptations released, “War”. It had a simple catchy refrain, “
War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”
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“War” went to #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.
Slide16More tender and soulful was Marvin Gaye’s plea for peace and love in “What’s Going On”, where “war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate.”https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrWp2gMuuBaKTYAJBs2nIlQ?p=marvin+gaye+what%27s+going+on&hsimp=yhs-pty_maps&hspart=pty&type=ma_appfocus1_cr&fr=yhs-pty-pty_maps&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Ai%2Cm%3Apivot#id=18&vid=b11e141a34db4a865f3082f824e98839&action=view
For a brief moment during the years of the Vietnam War, millions of young people believed that political music could help make a social revolution, remake a country, and stop a war.
As it turned out, music didn’t accomplish these goals.
But antiwar music did spread the antiwar movement and gave voice to many Americans whom opposed Vietnam.
Antiwar music also raised spirits and helped define the identities of activists.
It also helped to produce an active, energetic and sometimes liberating culture.