music shift

[Walsingham]

I picked up this game Shellshock, Vietnam '67 yesterday, largely because I was too fatigued to see straight. It's a rubish game, due to the control and combat interface (filthy console game if you ask me), but it is very stylish. In fact it's so stylish I've decided to go totally Vietnam era with my music this week. I want suggestions on which tunes to listen to. That is name and artist, not just film soundtracks.

[Musopticon?]

Anything by Jimi Hendrix.

[Dragon Lord Jones]

the doors - the end or five to one or unknown soldier

 

black sabbath - war pigs - children of the grave

 

deep purple - child in time

 

baby, please don't go ... can't think of who did the original ... many covers from ted nugent, ac/dc and so on

 

woodstock concert

 

groups: ten years after, led zeppelin, the who, arlo guthrie, bob dylan, janis joplin, mamas and the papas, iron butterfly, the yardbirds .... and so on

 

depends if you're looking for folk end, drug culture, or heavier.

[Kor Qel Droma]

baby, please don't go ... can't think of who did the original ... many covers from ted nugent, ac/dc and so on

 

Van Morrison did an early take on that one.

[Cantousent]

WAR What is it GOOD FOR absolutely NOTHIN' say it AGAIN! That's a good Vietnam era song.

[Walsingham]

All excellent so far. Keep 'em coming.

[Aram]

Creedance Clearwater made the penultimate Vietnam song, Fortunate Son. Besides the ones already mentioned, just off the top of my head there's also...

The Rolling Stones (Satisfaction, etc)

The Kinks (You really got me, Waterloo sunset)

The Guess Who (Shakin' all over)

The Youngbloods (Get Together)

The Lovin' Spoonful (Do You Believe in Magic, Summer in the City)

The Band (The Weight)

The Byrds (Mr Tambourine man, Wasn't Born to Follow)

The Stooges (I wanna be your dog)

Buffalo Springfield (For what its worth)

Martha and the Vandellas (No where to run)

Jefferson Airplane (somebody to love, white rabbit)

Joe ****er (a little help from my friends)

The Moody Blues (Nights in White Satin)

Canned Heat (On the Road Again)

Johnny Cash (Wanted Man)

Crosby Stills and Nash (Suite Judy Blue Eyes)

Simon & Garfunkel (Sound of Silence)

Steppenwolf (Magic Carpet Ride, Born to be wild)

Steve Miller Band (Space Cowboy)

The Velvet Underground (I'm waiting for the man, Heroin)

Jethro Tull (Aqualung)

The Bobby Fuller Four (I fought the law).

 

If that's not enough to to keep you busy, there's still a lot more. It was a pretty big time for music.

[Walsingham]

Nice one, Aram. I was just talking about this to the guys at the corner store and they observed that while we think of these tunes as definitive, the top ten was full of completely different stuff. Made me wonder how much about Vietnam we absorbed from films and artsy types.

[Aram]

That's a good point. Just quoting some period stuff. I couldn't tell you if it was popular.

 

Universal Soldier by Donovan is another obvious one.

[metadigital]

Everything on the soundtrack from Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and Good Morning, Vietnam.

[Walsingham]

That is name and artist, not just film soundtracks.

 

Ye daft bugger.

[metadigital]

Do your own legwork, English pigdog.

[Dragon Lord Jones]

1. Full Metal Jacket - Abigail Mead/Nigel Goulding

2. Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright

3. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups

4. Wooley Bully - Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs

5. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner

6. These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

7. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen

8. The Marines' Hymn - The Goldman Band

9. Transition - Abigail Mead

10. Parris Island - Abigail Mead

11. Ruins - Abigail Mead

12. Leonard - Abigail Mead

13. Attack - Abigail Mead

14. Time Suspended - Abigail Mead

15. Sniper - Abigail Mead

 

 

 

 

 

1. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

2. Nowhere To Run - The Vandellas

3. I Get Around - Beach Boys

4. Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

5. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

6. Sugar And Spice - Searchers

7. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

8. Liar, Liar - Castways

9. The Warmth Of The Sun - Beach Boys

10. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

11. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

12. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

13. Baby Please Don't Go - Them

14. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

15. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - Marvelettes

16. Five O'Clock World - Vouges

17. California Sun - Rivieras

18. Adrian Cronauer - Robin Williams

19. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

 

 

radio veitnam - songs of a generation

 

1. Revolution - beatles

2. Hey Joe - jimi hendrix

3. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place - eric burden and the animals

4. Tobacco Road - rare earth ?

5. On The Road Again - canned heat

6. Games People Play - spinners ?

7. Goodmorning Starshine - fifth dimention ?

8. Heroes & Villains - beach boys ?

9. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - hollies

10. River Deep, Mountain High - ike and tina turner or deep purple ?

11. Last Seven Days - robert long and unit gloria ?

12. Crimson & Clover - tommy james and the shandells

13. Who Do You Love - doors

14. I Love You ???

15. Buy For Me The Rain - nitty gritty dirt band ?

16. House Of The Rising Sun - eric burden and the animals

17. Blowin' In The Wind - bob dylan

18. Hold On To What You've Got - joe tex ?

19. Love Power - willie hutch ?

20. Stand By Me - temptations ?

21. Weight - the band ?

22. Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard or mitch ryder ?

23. Elusive Butterfly - bobby goldsboro ?

24. Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf or Guess who ?

25. Wild Flower - new birth ?

26. I'd Love To Change The World - ten years after

27. It's Good News Week - hedgehoppers anonymous ?

28. My White Bicycle - Nazareth ?

29. Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel

30. Over Under Sideways Down - yardbirds

31. Child In Time - deep purple

32. Strawberry Fields Forever - beatles

33. With A Little Help From My Friends - joe ****er or beatles ?

34. Sympathy - rolling stones ?

35. She's Leaving Home - beatles

36. Let's Go To San Francisco - flowerpot men ?

37. Solid Gold, Easy Action t-rex ?

38. What The World Needs Now Is Love

39. It's A Long Way There - little river band ?

40. Today I Killed A Man ????

41. Universal Soldier - donovan ?

42. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo

43. Kites - simon dupree and the big sounds ?

44. Mony Mony - tommy james and the shandells

45. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - eric burden and the animals

46. I'm The Urban Spaceman - bonzo dog doo dah band ?

47. Time Of The Season - zombies

 

 

 

just to add a few

[metadigital]

That is name and artist, not just film soundtracks.

 

Ye daft bugger.

If you clicked on the links I posted, you'll be taken to the soundtrack page for each film.

[Dark_Raven]

The Doors> the End and The Unknown Soldier

Rolling Stones> Painted Black

Iron Butterfly> In A Gadda Vidda (Or something like that)

[Kor Qel Droma]

Was Smoke On The Water released too late to make the list?

[Dark_Raven]

'73 or '74 I think.

[Pop]

If you can get stoned to it, it's Vietnam era. Those are the rules.

[Blarghagh]

This has probably been mentioned, but I think "Power To The People" by John Lennon is essential to this list.

[Walsingham]

This has probably been mentioned, but I think "Power To The People" by John Lennon is essential to this list.

 

I don't think I know that one. I keep thinking of Public Enemy.