Fortunate Son

Marvin Gaye was an artist in the 60’s and 70’s, and was a civil rights activist. His songs held words of freedom. For ex. in “What’s Going On,”, “Mother, mother- There's too many of you crying- Brother, brother, brother- There's far too many of you dying- You know we've got to find a way- To bring some lovin' here today, eheh,” Here he says that the ‘mothers’ are crying because during the time of the Vietnam when their sons left to Vietnam, usually because if they died they wouldn’t be able to bury them. The U.S. government would draft the men that were older than 18, in this case Marvin’s brother. That is why he mentions, “Brother, brother, brother- There's far too many of you dying.” This is some general information about why our times are

In the Vietnam songs, all of the songs were made as protest songs against war. These songs sent a message that war is not something that we as humans should be doing and that we shouldn't have to solve our problems by killing each other. The American society felt the same way. Why are we doing this? This is not what we should be doing as humans, and this was partly why the American people didn't really welcome veterans back from war. They thought that what they were doing was "wrong" and it's not really solving anything, it's only taking lives. In the first song, "War" by Edwin Starr, there is a very clear message that war is good for nothing. Life is to short to spend fighting in wars. War is nothing but a heart-breaker and it shatters young

The Vietnam war has been referred to by many names, one of the longer ones was 'the cornerstone of the free world southeast Asia'. It was called that by John F. Kennedy. He was talking about Vietnam being and essential country in a non-communist world. He believed that if Vietnam became a communist country, all of the surrounding countries would also become communists. This is the main reason America was involved in the Vietnam war. Another reason was that America wanted to spread their “political ideas around the globe”. They wanted to do this so that their anti-communism stance was clear. The public also wanted to keep communism from spreading. To soldiers, the war was like a crusade, a great journey to purge the communists from Vietnam.

The first song I will examine is the folk-rock hit, “The Universal Soldier.” Carrying a somber yet avant-garde timber carried by a charismatic rhythm, Buffy wrote this song with the intent of creating a dialogue surrounding the absurdity of war and to deepen the responsibility of conflicts which we too often hide from, “It’s about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all” - Buffy St Marie. During the 1960’s “Universal Soldier” became an anthem for the activist movement against the Vietnam war. As the title suggests, the song declines to commend a particular group. Rather, it applies to all the soldiers worldwide– to the universal soldier. Because, no matter the time or place he is the one who will risk his life and subject himself to the ubiquitous barbarism of war. The soldier can be of any religion, of

The author was giving a message then at the end of the poem it changes. He was giving the message that war happens to everybody and that they will have to go to war at some point in there life. The problem is that they don’t know the bourdon that it puts on the people that he has supported and been supported by until his son is sent of. He gets a totally different feeling when he doesn’t know what could happen to his son. He gets his message across by proving that every body has something to do with war wether they like it or not. Your parents might have been to war, if not them then your uncles, cousins, friends, or your neighbors(old men). Then if it isn’t them it could be your child who is going and the feeling is different, you lose the feeling of security when you cant protect your child. He

2. Is the intent of this song to promote or protest the Vietnam War? Why?

The Vietnam war heightened social, political, and economic tensions in America because there wasn’t a clear reason for fighting in it. In World War Two, the reason was clear. A evil dictator was trying to take control over the world, so the solution was to stop him. In Vietnam America tried to stop a political idea from spreading by attacking it. As said in Document E, “It is like sending a lion to half an epidemic of jungle rot”. While in WW2 people were happy to fight and work for their country, with half of the population contributing in some way to the war effort, according to Document F people drafted would purposely fail the tests to get out of fighting. Document B, the song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die”, the singer makes fun of how

The Vietnam War was the first major war American’s had suffered defeat. The Vietnam war was a war of confusion, competition and biasness. The outcome of the war was far greater than an upset American nation, but a severe breakdown of the Vietnamese culture, economy, environment and government. It also had a tremendous impact on American society even up to present day. It was unclear from the beginning of the war if the American’s should even be involved. It was a war between Northern and Southern Vietnam but the U.S saw it as an indirect way to challenge the USSR’s sphere of influence in Southern Asia and to prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism. The Vietnam War completely changed the way the United States

Initially, wars involving the United States were typically well supported by the people, but the abhorrence towards the military 's actions in Vietnam lead musical artists to stand in opposition to the war, encouraging the anti-war movement.

The American involvement in the Vietnam War was a very controversial decision, with many people being for the war, however many people in the United States were also against the war. The Vietnam War was the longest lasting war in the United States history, before the Afghanistan War, in which most people felt strongly about, be them United States citizens, Vietnamese citizens, or just the global population. In order to better understand the ideas of those American citizens that are either for or against the war, one would have to look at the reasons that the United States was involved in the war, the impact of the Vietnam war on the American society, and the impact on the United States foreign policy.

It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them” (“Creedence Clearwater Revival Biography”). Amidst the political chaos in America, this song was a straight profane gesture towards Nixon and his administration. CCR openly bashes the rich and powerful and the “silver spoon in hand” population with this song. They bring to light the contradictions done by the government and they express the struggle of the American population being destroyed by the war. The intensity of “Fortunate Son” and the anger in the voices and hard rock feel fueled the flame of the anti-government protests. CCR exposed the corruption behind the war to the American public with this song. The chorus starts out by saying things like, “I ain't no senator's son… I ain't no fortunate one…” These lines express how the government decides to go to war but none of them are willing to pay the true cost. Government officials don’t have to risk their lives or the lives of their families, and instead send the rest of the population to fight the war. Later on in the song, Fogerty sings “I ain't no millionaire's son… I ain't no fortunate one…” These lines bring to light the point of financial corruption with the war. Like being a senator’s son, being the son of a wealthy family made you exempt from the war. Millionares controled the government and were part of the reason the war with

In the article “That’s Why I’m Marching”: Mobilizing African Americans for War,” The authors have summarized the story behind the music “Freedom Road.” During this time African Americans were told they had to participate in the WWII and fight for their country; meanwhile, they were segregated (“ Mobilizing African Americans for War,” Par.1). Despite the segregation, African Americans still served for their country (“Mobilizing African Americans for War,” Par. 2). During the war, African American leaders had to remind their people that this was their country and they lived here too. Hughes also hoped that during the war the racism would weaken outside of the war. This is when he introduced his poem to Josh white to produce the music. This song represented the march for ending racism and gaining equality (“ Mobilizing African Americans for War,” Par.3). In both the “political and the cultural” standards, during World War II Black the American society was challenged by the black people to equalize their participation in their society. The lyrics of “Freedom Road” is an attraction to end racism and beginning of equality. In the lyrics, it says, “There’s room in this plan for every race, Some folk think that freedom just ain’t right, Those are the very people I want to fight.” This lyric is speaking out to the people to notice their fight for freedom. Moreover, After the World War II, the

(sss.gov) On 366 blue lottery balls containing the birthdates of future draft members were spun and hand picked out just like the lotto today. All dates were given sequence numbers and when your sequence number was called you had to report to Selective Service. The Selective Service was comprised of local community members who made the final decision if these men went to war. Most US soldiers drafted for the Vietnam War were drafted from poor or working class families, the lower classes were treated the worst. The American soldiers consisted of twenty-five percent poor, fifty-five percent working class and twenty percent middle class men, very few came from upper class families.

The Vietnam War's Effects on American Society Abstract The Vietnam War had a profound effect on American society. It changed the way we viewed our government, the media, and our Constitutional rights. Because of this shift in perspective, the country was torn apart and yet still came together in new and different ways. The Vietnam War's contraversiality spurred a great many sources of protest, against our government's use of power, how far we could stretch the rights of free expression, and primarily against the violence of the war itself.

The Vietnam war was a major event to America because it had major conflicts with personal opinions of the people of 1960’s. In this era, plenty of people were rethinking on why they were fighting in a war that they did not need to be fighting. and joined the anti-war movement. This can explicitly be seen from the type of music that people were listening to at the time. The song that I am going to be analyzing is “Paint it Black” by the Rolling Stones. This song resonated with the persona of the people for multiple reasons because it was a song that was about losing a loved one and dealing with the sadness.