The Vietnam War soundtrack
Beatriz De La Pava plays the music that chronicled the Vietnam War, and speaks to the people who experienced it, suffered it, fought it, and campaigned against it.
Beatriz De La Pava plays the music that chronicled the Vietnam War, and speaks to the people who experienced it, suffered it, fought it, and campaigned against it.
She researches the ways in which pivotal real-life events are reflected in the lyrics of popular songs, and shows how music paints a vivid picture of the social, political, economic and cultural landscape. She also reflects on the racial issues that traversed the conflict, sparking the draft resistance movement, and the appalling consequences of using chemicals during the war.
Image: Armoured personnel carriers of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division seal off an area of Cholon, Saigon, where heavy fighting erupted, 8 May 1968 (Credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)
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Music Played
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Edwin Starr
War
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The Doors
The Unknown Soldier
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Sgt Barry Sadler
Ballad of the Green Berets
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The Covered Wagon Musicians
Napalm Sticks to Kids
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Country Joe McDonald
Agent Orange
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The Goldcoast Singers
Please, Mr Kennedy
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Phil Ochs
Talking Vietnam Blues
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Huynh Minh Sieng
We Will Liberate the South
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PhΖ°Ζ΅ng TΓΆm
A Soldier's Love
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Tom Paxton
Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
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Donovan
The War Drags On
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Barry McGuire
Eve of Destruction
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Nina Simone
Backlash Blues
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Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
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The Bob Seger System
2 + 2 = ?
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son
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Ewan MacColl
The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ohio
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Bloodrock
Thank You Daniel Ellsberg
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Yanah & Eric Geurts
The Girl in the Picture (Napalm Girl)
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The Animals
We've Gotta Get Out of this Place
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Bing Crosby
White Christmas
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Bruce Springsteen
War
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