Song of the Week: “Viet Nam” - the Minutemen
I’ve always loved this song and it came up on my ipod the other day and it seemed shockingly relevant. First, the music is classic Minutemen - tight, clipped funky but still hardcore punk guitar bass and drums; 3 parts but all at under 1.5 minutes. Second, I usually don’t focus too much on the lyrics, but as a protest song goes, this one is my favorite.
“Oh, here we are, in French Indochina.
Executive Order
congressional decision
the working masses
are manipulated.
was this our policy?
ten long years
not one domino shall fall.”
Very awesome punk rock video of the Minutemen playing the song live here.
