Bat-Music #26 - Seeds of Euphoria - Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam
Bat-Music #26 - Seeds of Euphoria - Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam
"Send Batman to Viet Nam" was a popular meme (or whatever the 1960s version of a meme was) in the Vietnam Era, appearing on pins and buttons alongside other images and phrases like the peace symbol, "make love, not war," "draft beer, not students," and "war is not healthy for children and other living things." It became a song in 1967 when the Seeds of Euphoria recorded "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam." This is a folk song, but it's hard to tell if it is an anti-war protest folk, or just a novelty song trying to cash-in on two subjects looming large in the culture at the time. The same record label released "Conscientious Objector," a song that condemned conscientious objectors and war protestors, so I'm thinking "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" might be more of the same. Give it a listen and tell me what you think, is this song pro or anti the Vietnam War?
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