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GEERHART'S PERIODIC TABLE OF ATOMIC MUSIC  RANDOM PLATTER: Brush The Dust From That Old Bible This fire and brimstone song advises the listener to return to religion, to "brush the dust" off of a seldom read bible, before the inevitable atomic holocaust... RANDOM PLATTER: Your Atom Bomb Heart This song modernizes a popular theme in country music, the cautionary tale about a female heartbreaker... |
SONGS: VIETNAM WAR
Ain't I Right: Marty Robbins [1966]
Ain't I Right, which features similar pro-Vietnam War themes to Tommy James' The Commies Are Coming is considerably faster and easier to listen to (mainly because Marty Robbins knew how to sing)...
Commies Are Coming, The: Tommy James [1969]
The singer of this Red-baiting tune cautions the listener against "drowsiness" in the face of the Communist menace, yet it is performed in such a somnolent manner that it is probably a safe bet that many a John Birch Society member nodded off while playing it...
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