Which artist or band do you most associate with the Vietnam War?

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   Kaili Bissonposted 10 years ago

   Which artist or band do you most associate with the Vietnam War?
   
   I always think of CCR - Creedence Clearwater Revival - when I think of Vietnam...how about you?

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   rebekahELLEposted 10 years ago

   I think of a few, but most notably I think of John Lennon and Bob Dylan. Their message was clear in their songs.  As far as bands, it was the rock and roll war.  I think of Jefferson Airplane, The Band, The Doors.  Some of the greatest music came from this time period.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      The Airplane, definitely. And the Doors "The End" was used in Apocalypse Now. Great music for sure.

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   spartucusjonesposted 10 years ago

   I also think of CCR and I agree with the ones that Rebekah mentioned. I also think of Buffalo Springfield & CSNY - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. "For What's It's Worth" and "Ohio" from those two bands were powerful songs associated with the Vietnam War. Of course there are numerous others, and I have written about a few of them in my series of Hubs on protest songs. That time period had no shortage of socially conscious music artists who sung and wrote about the war.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Ohio...I love that song. I will have to check out your protest music hubs  :-)

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   JThomp42posted 10 years ago

   I must agree with you. Creedence Clearwater always comes to mind.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I just had to play one of their CDs on the weekend...I guess they were on my mind because I watched Platoon the other night.

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   Jackie Lynnleyposted 10 years ago

   Animals and Association were my favorites then. "One is the Loneliest Number" my favorite song.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      So much great music in that era.

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   CJStoneposted 10 years ago

   Country Joe and the Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUBCF3KKxc

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Country Joe...yes!

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   kenneth averyposted 10 years ago

   Jimi Hendrix -- (his version of) Star Spangled Banner.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      A classic Ken!

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      kenneth averyposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Kaili. You sure know your music. God bless you, dear friend.

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   bensen32posted 10 years ago

   I would have to say Country Joe and CCR are the first that come to mind for me although there was a lot of good songs during that time that you could choose from, it's hard to just choose one.

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