Songs of the Revolution

[Colin]

Songs of the Revolution

A young boy asked his aunt about protesting the Vietnam War.
She said she would answer his questions, but first he must listen to these four
songs:

Buy a Gun for Your Son

Tom Paxton wrote this Anti-war song in 1965 during the
Vietnam War era. In the video posted, Tom Paxton performed “Buy a Gun for your
son” on Pete Seeger’s (“American folk singer” and “iconic figure” in the 50′s
for the revival of American Folk music) PBS TV show located in NYC in 1965
called “Rainbow Quest”.

http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005fall2010/2010/11/23/buy-a-gun-for-your-son/

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

Written by Country Joe McDonald in 1965, supposedly in
less than 30 minutes^[1].
"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" was was due to be released the
same year on the first album of the group, Electric Music for the Mind and
Body, but Vanguard Records vetoed it, and it eventually
became the title track of I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die^[2].

A solo live performance of the song by Country Joe McDonald
was given at Woodstock Festival. It is featured on the
documentary Woodstock, and on its soundtrack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_%22Fish%22_Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I%27m-Fixin%27-To-Die_Rag

Universal Soldier

Written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter
Buffy Sainte-Marie. "Universal Soldier"
was originally released on Sainte-Marie's debut album It's
My Way! in 1964. "Universal Soldier" was not a popular hit at
the time of its release, but it did garner attention within the contemporary folk music
community. Sainte-Marie said of the song: "I wrote 'Universal Soldier' in
the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early
sixties. It's about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal
thinking kills us all."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Soldier_%28song%29

Agent Orange Song

In the 1970’s, Paul Reutershan, “a helicopter chief who
flew almost daily through clouds of herbicides,” went on the “The Today Show”
and stated, “I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it.”

Murial Hogan heard the line and wrote what has come to be
known as the “Agent Orange Song.”

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/01/27/agent-orange-song-paul-reutershan/