Music of Vietnam

Protest Music of the 1960’s. The 1960’s was an influential moment in America’s history where protests were prevalent particularly towards the Vietnam war. “Music” a simple word heard around the world in 1960 filled thousands of homes and many streets occurring as a main topic of discussion, and still operates as one of the main foundations of a conversation that obscures Americans views on past historical events. Every beat of music becomes deeper with meaning parceled out by the artist. Daily protests

After 1963, things started to slowly change in how America viewed its politics, culture, and social beliefs, and the group that was in charge of this change seemed to be the youth of America. The Civil Rights Movement, President Kennedy's death, new music, the birth control pill, the growing illegal drug market, and the

1960’s Music Music is a wonderful thing. It is a wonderful way of getting to know someone, or even showing someone who you are. It’s a way to change the world, to make a difference because it can help people get through rough times, it’s also a great way to get your feelings out. Music is the one thing people have in common, because even though not everyone has the same music taste but we all do enjoy music in some way. All of the fame for popular artists didn’t matter in the sixties; they wanted

A History of Protest Music – Revolutionary War to the 1960s Protest music in the United States dates back to the 19th century. This protest music focused around subjects that were topical for the time period. Among these topics were the Civil War. Another topic was slavery, and its abolition. A final topic was women’s suffrage. A famous group of protest singers was the Hutchinson Family Singers. Their notoriety, which spanned the mid-19th century, began in 1839. Their songs about abolition were

change seemed to be the youth of America. The Civil Rights Movement, President Kennedy’s death, new music, the birth control pill, the growing illegal drug market, and

resulted from these changes are still felt 50 years later and they are the roots to modern American society. By the mid-60s, the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War, which was one of the longest and deadliest conflicts in American history. Youth in the country signed on to the war effort and fight the developing communist government in northern Vietnam. Not everyone in the U.S. thought that this foreign conflict was something the country should be involved in and people against involvement found different

Throughout history, music has always played a large part in military actions. Sometime the music was pro-war directed, but most of the time, it was directed to the ending of war. It is also interesting to note, that until the early 1960’s, most of the wartime music was up-beat and offered encouragement to our troops. Enter the Vietnam War, or conflict as it has been called, and everything changed Starting as early as the Civil War, music was used to influence the war. In fact, one of Abraham

Led Zeppelin Rocks: Protestors Roar Each new music genre introduces the counterculture or opposition of previous generation’s values. Led Zeppelin sparked the beginning of the heavy metal culture-- the counterculture to psychedelic rock. The anti-war movement was also prevalent in this counterculture. Led Zeppelin and the Vietnam War influenced the new, darker, generation of rock: heavy metal. May Day Thousands of protestors congregated in Washington D.C. on May 3rd, 1971. After two days of protest

The Vietnam War is one of the major conflicts within the vast time frame of the Cold War. In this long and horrific war, the Viet Cong from the communist north fought against southern Vietnam and the United States. The war lasted from 1954-1975. Throughout the long war, the Lyndon B. Johnson and Nixon associations faced several difficulties, two of them being military tactics and the American public. The most influential (in a negative manner) military tactic was the infamous Tet Offensive. This

The Artistic Revolution of the Vietnam War A massive artistic change begins with a sense of something about this is wrong. The next step is anger against the wrong and a decision to rectify it. Later, the anger and need for change bleed into every artistic form to revolutionize culture itself. There is no better example of a counter-culture movement than America in the 1960’s, as defiance of previous social norms took place in the Civil Rights movement, the beginning of feminism, and the construction