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GEERHART'S PERIODIC TABLE OF ATOMIC MUSIC  RANDOM PLATTER: H-Bomb This rockabilly Bomb song is unusual in that it isn't just another senseless rave-up. The lyrics actually have some embedded social concern... RANDOM PLATTER: Marxist Minstrels, The: The Communist Subversion of American Folk Music  Rev. Noebel, though his photograph might indicate otherwise, was one hep cat when it came to the youth oriented music of the '60s. So what if he can't pronouce Phil Och's last name? |
SONGS: KOREAN WAR
I Changed My Mind: Eddie Hill [1954]
If 'The Manchurian Candidate' is ever re-worked as a country musical, this bizarre Korean War brainwashing record might serve as an excellent alternate theme song...
I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole: Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup [1951]
This is one of a number of blues tunes written from a black perspective about the Cold War era and the Korean War...
Weapon Of Prayer: The Louvin Brothers [1951]
This beautifully performed song that came out of the Korean War is an invocation for civilian support through the power or 'weapon' of prayer...
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