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Vietnam War Protest MusicChris Barwick
ContextThe 1960s and 1970s were a time of war, social
unrest, and protest
ArgumentThe different rock/folk protest songs throughout
the 1960s and 1970s mirror the changing political climate in the U.S.
Many of the first anti-war songs criticized the overall idea of war and the nation’s imperialistic foreign policy
Anti-war songs over time increasingly attacked the U.S. federal government and more aggressively demanded specific political and social change.
1962The War: A few thousand military advisors
Protests: More general and against U.S. imperialist foreign policy
Protest Song: Bob Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
vWwgrjjIMXA
1965The War: U.S. was now actively engaging in
combat after LBJ sent roughly 180,000 additional troops to Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Protests: As the war began to escalate, the tone of anti-war songs became angrier and reflected many American’s discomfort with the fact that young soldier’s were being killed in an anti-communist proxy war
Protest Song: “Turn! Turn! Turn!” performed by The Byrds in 1965https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6SuX0Z6AQ
1965-1969The War: Quick, violent escalation
Protests: Massive protests and America on edge
Protest Song: Jimmy Hendrix’s rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock in 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzZh6-h9fM
1965 - 1969Joni Mithcell’s “Woodstock”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0
1970 – The Breaking PointThe War: Invasion of Cambodia and expansion
of the draft
Protests: Kent State and other University Protests
Protest Song: Neil Young’s “Ohio”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg-bzTHeAk
1970Edwin Starr’s “War”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk