Songs about the Vietnam war

[The Straight Story]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_the_Vietnam_War

hit up YouTube with these if you want to listen, here is one of them :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswm7lHp7oY&feature=related


* "19" by Paul Hardcastle
* "2+2=?" by Bob Seger
* "50,000 Names" by George Jones (about the Vietnam Memorial wall)
* "8th of November" by Big & Rich

A

* "A Good Man is Hard To Find " by Bruce Springsteen
* "Agent Orange" by Sodom
* "Agent Orange Song" by Country Joe McDonald
* "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie
* "All My Children of the Sun" by Pete Seeger
* "American Soldier" by Toby Keith
* "American Woman" by The Guess Who
* "An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay" by Sam Roberts

B

* "Bà Mẹ Phù Sa" (Southern Mother) by Phạm Duy - about a peasant woman who hides a government agent when she sees a Vietcong, and in turn hides the Vietcong when she sees a government platoon coming.
* "Bài Ca Dành Cho Những Xác Người" (Song for the Corpses) by Trinh Cong Son - about the Battle of Huế and the Massacre at Huế
* "Back in Vietnam" by Lenny Kravitz
* "Ballad of a Crystal Man" by Donovan
* "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

Ballad of Vietnam" by Ludvick Rummel

* "Beach Party Vietnam" by The Dead Milkmen
* "The Big Parade" by 10,000 Maniacs
* "Big Time in the Jungle" by Old Crow Medicine Show
* "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace
* "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" by Public Enemy
* "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
* "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen references The Siege of Khe Sanh among other things
* "The Boy Who's Never Found" by the Katydids
* "Bring The Boys Home" by Freda Payne
* "Bring Them Home" by Pete Seeger
* "Brothers Under the Bridge" by Bruce Springsteen

C

* "Ca Dao Mẹ" (Mother's Lullaby) by Trinh Cong Son - about a mother's sacrifices during wartime
* "The Call Up" by The Clash
* "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway
* "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash
* "Cho Một Người Vừa Nằm Xuống" (For a Just Fallen Person) by Trinh Cong Son - dedicated to Lưu Kim Cương, a friend of the author who died in battle
* "Clean Cut Kid" by Bob Dylan
* "Canadian Boys Rule" By Tyler Price
* "Commando" by The Ramones
* "Compared To What" by Gene McDaniels
* "Compulsory Hero" by 1927 (band) - deals with conscription in Australia during the Vietnam War
* "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
* "Cops of the World" by Phil Ochs

D

* "Đại Bác Ru Đêm" (Cannon's Night Lullaby) by Trinh Cong Son - about bombardment in the city
* "Dân Ta Vẫn Sống" (Our People Still Lives) by Trinh Cong Son
* "Daniel" by Elton John - the verse dealing most specifically with the Vietnam War was removed by lyricist Bernie Taupin shortly before being recorded.
* "Đợi Có Một Ngày" (Wait Until the Day) by Trinh Cong Son - expressing the author's desire for peace
* "Did You Ever See Me" by Shrubs
* "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica
* "Don't Walk Away" by Shrubs
* "Đồng Dao Hoà Bình" (Children's Song of Peace) by Trinh Cong Son
* "Draft Dodger Rag" by Phil Ochs
* "Draft Morning" by The Byrds
* "Draft Resister" by Steppenwolf
* "Drive On" by Johnny Cash
* "He'll Be Back" by The Players

E

* "Edge Of Darkness" by Iron Maiden
* "Eve Of Destruction" by Barry McGuire
* "Everyday Combat" by Lostprophets

F

* "The Fightin' Side of Me" by Merle Haggard
* "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
* "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
* "Front Line" by Stevie Wonder

G

* "Galveston" by Glen Campbell
* "Galveston Bay" by Bruce Springsteen
* "Giải phóng miền Nam" (Liberate the South) by Huỳnh Minh Siêng
* "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
* "Gia Tài Của Mẹ" (A Mother's Legacy) by Trinh Cong Son
* "Giọt Nước Mắt Cho Quê Hương" (A Teardrop for Homeland) by Trinh Cong Son
* "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon
* "Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel
* "Gypsies Suck Balls" by Tanner Bierman
* "Godspeed" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

H

* "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon
* "Hát Trên Những Xác Người" (Singing on Corpses) by Trinh Cong Son - written following the Tet Offensive
* "Hello Vietnam" by Johnnie Wright (also recorded by Dave Dudley)
* "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" by Phil Ochs
* "High" by Richard Marx
* "Ho Chi Minh City" by *Shrubs
* "Huế Sài Gòn Hà Nội" (Huế, Saigon, Hanoi) by Trinh Cong Son - expresses the author's desire for a peaceful, united Vietnam
* "Human Being Lawnmower" by MC5
* "Huyền Sử Một Người Mang Tên Quốc" (Ballad of a Person named Quốc) by Phạm Duy about Phạm Phú Quốc, a RVAF pilot who bombed the Independence Palace.

I

* "I Ain't Marching Anymore" by Phil Ochs
* "I Can't Write Left-Handed" by Bill Withers
* "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
* "I Have Seen the Rain" by Pink (featuring James T. Moore, her father)
* "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" by Grand Funk Railroad
* "Inoculated City" by The Clash
* "I Should Be Proud" by Martha and the Vandellas
* "It Better End Soon" by Chicago
* "I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk in the Light Green)" by Redgum
* "Imagine" by John Lennon
* "Into The Fire" by Sabaton

J

* "Jimmy Newman" by Tom Paxton
* "Johnny Come Lately" by Steve Earle

K

* "Khe Sanh" by Cold Chisel
* "King Henry" by Pete Seeger
* "Kill for Peace" by The Fugs

L

* "Last Train to Nuremberg" by Pete Seeger
* "Lost in the Flood" by Bruce Springsteen

M

* M-16, concept album about the Vietnam War, by Sodom
* "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
* "Machine Gun" by Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)
* "Medieval" by James
* "Monster" by Steppenwolf
* "Moratorium" by Buffy Sainte-Marie
* "More Than a Name on a Wall" by The Statler Brothers
* "Một Buổi Sáng Mùa Xuân" (One Spring Morning) by Trinh Cong Son - about a child killed by landmine
* "Mother, Where Is My Father" by David Peel & the Lower East Side
* "Mountain" by Manowar
* "My Name is Lisa Kalvelage" by Pete Seeger about a mother, a War-bride from Germany, who speaks out against the war
* "My Son John" by Tom Paxton

N

* "The Nang, the Front, the Bush and the Shit" by El-P
* "Nối Vòng Tay Lớn" (Joining Hands) by Trinh Cong Son - expresses the author's wish for peace. This song was played on the radio after the communist forces took over Saigon's radio station during the Fall of Saigon.
* "Như có Bác Hồ trong ngày vui đại thắng" (If Only Uncle Ho was Here On the Day of Victory) by Phạm Tuyên.

O

* "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* "Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)" by Graham Nash
* "Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard
* "Old Hippie" by The Bellamy Brothers
* "One Tin Soldier" written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and recorded by Original Caste, Coven, and Skeeter Davis
* "Orange Crush" by R.E.M.
* "Over And Out" by Alkaline Trio

P

* "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
* "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
* "Peace Will Come" by Tom Paxton
* "Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman
* "People, Let's Stop the War" by Grand Funk Railroad
* "Pull Out The Pin" by Kate Bush

Q

* "Question" by The Moody Blues

R

* "Rachel’s Coming Home" (aka "Rachel") by Russell Morris
* "Reflected Prayer" by Shrubs
* "Reflections of My Life" by The Marmalade
* "Requiem for the Masses" by The Association
* "Revolution" by The Beatles
* "Rooster" by Alice in Chains
* "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
* "Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
* "Running Gun Blues" by David Bowie

S

* "Saigon Bride" by Joan Baez
* "Saigon Ơi Vĩnh Biệt" (Saigon, Goodbye) by Nam Lộc - an anthem for Vietnamese refugees having to flee their homeland after the Fall of Saigon.
* "Sam Stone" by John Prine
* "Sean Flynn" by The Clash
* "Shut Out The Lights" by Bruce Springsteen deals with Post-traumatic stress disorder of a returning veteran
* "Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues" by Johnny Cash
* "Simple Song of Freedom" by Bobby Darin
* "Sky Pilot", written by Eric Burdon, recorded by The Animals
* "Smiley" by Ronnie Burns
* "Skies on Fire" by AC/DC
* "Something to Believe In" by Poison
* "Spitting" by Rocket From The Crypt
* "Still in Saigon" by Charlie Daniels Band
* "Straight to Hell" by The Clash - deals with the abandonment of Vietnamese children fathered by American soldiers
* "Surrender" by Cheap Trick

T

* "Talking Vietnam" by Phil Ochs
* "Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues" by Tom Paxton
* "Ta Phải Thấy Mặt Trời" (We Must See the Sun) by Trinh Cong Son
* "Tình Ca Người Mất Trí" (Love Song of Someone Who Lost Their Mind) by Trinh Cong Son - women with lovers who are soldiers
* "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" by Donovan
* "Travelin' Soldier" by Bruce Robison
* "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" from the musical, Hair
* "Trường Sơn Đông - Trường Sơn Tây" by Hoàng Hiệp, from a poem by Phạm Tiến Duật, about PAVN soldiers on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

U

* "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" by Jedi Mind Tricks
* "Universal Soldier", written and recorded by Buffy Sainte-Marie; also recorded by Donovan
* "Unknown Soldier" by The Doors

V

* "Vietnam" by Phil Ochs
* "Vietnam" by J. B. Lenoir
* "Vietnam" by Jimmy Cliff
* "Vietnam" by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* "Vietnam Talkin' Blues" by Johnny Cash
* "Viet Nam Blues" by Kris Kristofferson (also recorded by Dave Dudley)
* "Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane

W

* "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" by Pete Seeger
* "Walking on a Thin Line" by Huey Lewis and the News
* "War" by Edwin Starr
* "War Games" by The Monkees
* "The War Drags On" written and recorded by Mick Softley; also recorded by Donovan
* "The War Is Over" by Phil Ochs
* " We Just Did What we Were Told" by Don Forbes
* "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath - written about the politicians who were responsible for the war.<1>
* "What Are You Fighting For" by Phil Ochs
* "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye
* "Where Are You Now, My Son?" by Joan Baez
* "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger
* "White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land" by Phil Ochs
* "The Willing Conscript" by Tom Paxton

Y

* "Yellow River" by Christie
* "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder
* "Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen
* "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. This is a keepr.

Sure brings back memories.
thanks for the list!

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. "Patriot's Dream" by Gordon Lightfoot should be on the list.

The album/song is one I have always kept around. Heartbreaking and anger provoking.

Found a video link to it.
http://www.livevideo.com/video/A2DA4D77DFDD42DF9E30B186DC6D1F65/the-patriot-s-dream-gordon-l.aspx

[AngryAmish]

3. forgot "My Ding-A-Ling"

[Dystopian]

4. Shadow of a Man - Oysterhead

Haunting memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP_VcJN6ro8
peace~