Music During the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War affected not only the people of the war, the people of the family, the government, but also the music industry of the 1960s. In the meantime, many songs were written and sung, reflecting the confusion the United States is experiencing. Marvin Gaye, Johnnie Wright, Edwin Starr are only three of the many musicians who have chosen to express dissatisfaction with the current politics, but how many of the most memorable songs of all the songs they write It is creating.

The music during the Vietnam War was very influential, especially in the anti-war movement of the United States. This movement evoked the generation of peace enthusiasts and protesters known as "hippies". The antiwar movement is not part of the actual battle in Vietnam, but it is definitely part of the fight. At the beginning of the war, many Americans believed it would benefit the United States to protect Vietnam from communism. But as war broke out, the antiwar movement was developing until more and more soldiers died and it became a strong protest. Peace calls for peace throughout the United States, and politicians and leaders are forced to put pressure on it.

During all the anti-war protests and demonstrations during the Vietnam War, it was fun to pay attention to the change of music at that time. From the beginning of the war, American support and loyalty appeared in the song, by the end of the war there was anger and distrust in the lyrics of the music, the American view changed the war. - The Vietnam War took place between the capitalist United States and the Communist Party of North Vietnam; the war began in 1964 and ended in 1975. America participated in war to stop the spread of communism. America proposed Domino theory, but if Vietnam became a communist, neighboring countries would also fall into communism. The war brings about 2.3 million casualties, which is very important both in the long run and in the short term.

Historic movies include songs of a certain period, but music has played a major part in the Vietnam War era. In past wars, musicians wrote songs to unite Americans, and the music of the Vietnamese era talked to the increasingly disillusioned citizens, and about the cultural cracks that are beginning to emerge I raised concerns. As I discussed in the book on black culture and New Deal, the government also hired an African American musician like Duke Ellington and Lena Horn to raise the morale of black citizens, families and troops. Promote democratic value. Many African Americans hope that the fight against fascism leads to the end of American discrimination