"Vietnam Talking Blues"
Protest Song by Phil Ochs
from the album All the News That's Fit to Sing
Published1964
GenreFolk
LabelElektra Records
Songwriter(s)Phil Ochs

Vietnam Talking Blues

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“Vietnam Talking Blues” (sometimes titled “Vietnam Talkin’ Blues”) is an American Folk song by Phil Ochs, a U.S folk singer specializing in protest songs. His career began in the 1960s with his outspoken resistance to the Vietnam War. Formally released in his debut album, All the News That’s Fit to Sing, Vietnam Talking Blues” held the third position on the album, coming in at 3 minutes and 38 seconds long.

“Vietnam Talking Blues” was relevant and timely, with it being “the first protest song to directly refer to Vietnam by name.”[1] [2]Ochs released the album All the News That’s Fit to Sing[3] in April 1964, “a full four months before the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the first major escalation of the American presence in Vietnam.” [1]

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  1. ^ a b Auslander, Ben H. (Summer 1981). "If You Wanna End War And Stuff, You Gotta Sing Loud". Journal of American Culture. 4: 108.
  2. ^ "Antiwar Songs (AWS) - Talking Vietnam Blues". www.antiwarsongs.org. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  3. ^ "Celebrating Phil Ochs".
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Category:American folk music Category:Phil Ochs songs Category:Phil Ochs Category:Counterculture of the 1960s