Classic anti-war song is running through my head today...

[milestogo]

[niyad]

1. Has been in my head for the last three weeks.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Damn, that took me back to high school

Anytime PA daily announcements noted the death of an alumni in service in that jungle, many students would break into that little ditty. It would ring out from classrooms all over campus. Teachers didn't try to stop us. Administration gave up trying, and instead, removed the song WAR from the juke box in the lunch room. Not the brightest bunch, those guys.

Yeah, that didn't go well either. Senior Class had an outdoor lunch patio. Tables made for good stages and it was a sing along that had the vice principal running for his office and locking the door. He was a typical chicken hawk fascist twerp and we rarely saw him after that day.

Yeah Gimme an F....

[lark]

3. Love this version!!

Country Joe & the Fish!!

[allegorical oracle]

4. A Pete Seeger 'Nam song comes to my mind: "Waist deep in the big muddy."

Edit: Added a stanza...

Well, I'm not going to point any moral
I'll leave that for yourself
Maybe you're still walking, you're still talking
You'd like to keep your health
But every time I read the papers
Them old feelings come on
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool says to push on.

[SergeStorms]

15. Pete gave us so many songs....

of which many people aren't aware.
We Shall Overcome
Turn, Turn, Turn
This Land is Your Land
Guantanamera
Both Sides Now
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.
He was a terrific songwriter, entertainer, and human being.

[JPK]

5. One of my favorites

Phil Ochs "Draft Dodgers Rag".

[murielm99]

6. I have a Phil Ochs CD

that I listen to once in a while.

[thucythucy]

7. This is another of his songs that echoes for me today:

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[milestogo]

8. I don't think I've heard that one for years.

He died on March 7, 2026.

[thucythucy]

9. I had the original album on vinyl,

didn't know about this live performance until recently.

He will be missed.

Best wishes to you and yours.

[Wild blueberry]

10. Remember that all those young men in the audience were of draft age

I lived through this; all my male friends were deeply affected by the draft and its consequences. Now, as always, cannon fodder.

[milestogo]

11. Lots of young men in this audience.

This is really a piece of history. I remember when they announced the draft birthdays on live tv. A relative's birthday was the first one, but he was only 5 at the time.

One of my employers was the right age for this although he got a college deferment. But he said 7 young men who he played LaCrosse with in high school were killed in Viet Nam.

[mitch96]

13. In my circle of friends it was like a big splat with people going every which way...4F? 1Y? Canada? Join up?

Which service? Navy? Coast Guard? Air Force? Army? Draft number High or Low??
All started out blue against the war and some came back flag wavers and some did not come back at all...
Me? somebody was looking out after me.
Story of my life..
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[hamsterjill]

12. Must be happening a lot considering the current status of things.

I had "War" by Edwin Starr rummaging around in my head last week to the point that I was about to scream. Bad ear worm!!!!

[BeneteauBum]

14. Change Vietnam to 'in Iran' and commie to Muslim

What are we fighting for? I give a damn….

Peace ☮️

[AllaN01Bear]

16. allan01bear was a bear cub then:)

[edbermac]

17. Lots of classic anti-war song is running through my head today...

Ohio, War, Blowin’ in the Wind, Fortunate Son, For What It's Worth…

[themaguffin]

18. RIP Country Joe. still relevant as ever.

[2na fisherman]

19. Eve Of Destruction

This one by Barry McGuire comes to my mind. With bing bong Trump and Bibi Netanyahu in charge, the law of unintended consequences looms large and the use of nukes cannot be ruled out when their backs are to the wall.
And now people of the world are rightly beginning to perceive America as a major source of a great global instability. And in that regard, the David Bowie song, I'm Afraid Of Americans, seems to provide a prescient world view of today's Americans from his 1997 US release.