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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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50 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Jan 2024 00:06GMT

Music Played

  • Edwin Starr

    War

  • The Doors

    The Unknown Soldier

  • Sgt Barry Sadler

    Ballad of the Green Berets

  • The Covered Wagon Musicians

    Napalm Sticks to Kids

  • Country Joe McDonald

    Agent Orange

  • The Goldcoast Singers

    Please, Mr Kennedy

  • Phil Ochs

    Talking Vietnam Blues

  • Huynh Minh Sieng

    We Will Liberate the South

  • PhΖ°Ζ΅ng TΓΆm

    A Soldier's Love

  • Tom Paxton

    Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation

  • Donovan

    The War Drags On

  • Barry McGuire

    Eve of Destruction

  • Nina Simone

    Backlash Blues

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

  • The Bob Seger System

    2 + 2 = ?

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Fortunate Son

  • Ewan MacColl

    The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Ohio

  • Bloodrock

    Thank You Daniel Ellsberg

  • Yanah & Eric Geurts

    The Girl in the Picture (Napalm Girl)

  • The Animals

    We've Gotta Get Out of this Place

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

  • Bruce Springsteen

    War

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Dec 2023 12:06GMT
  • Sun 31 Dec 2023 03:06GMT
  • Sun 31 Dec 2023 14:06GMT
  • Sun 31 Dec 2023 17:06GMT
  • Wed 3 Jan 2024 10:06GMT
  • Thu 4 Jan 2024 00:06GMT