Vietnam People
2007 · Shock BS6 · Sydney, Australia
- Artist
- Backsliders
- Title
- Vietnam People
- Release
- Left Field Holler
- Year
- 2007
- Label
- Shock # BS6
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sydney, Australia
- Genre
- Blues · Blues
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Australian & New Zealand Songs
Blues group formed in 1988 in Sydney, NSW, Australia, with a revolving line-up, but led throughout by Dom Turner. Featured on this album was the song "Vietnam People", which in typical blues style, repeated each line of the lyrics, below. It paid tribute to the Vietnamese people, who for "a thousand years" have been "fighting for their rights".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The Vietnam people sure know how to fight... / A thousand years fighting for their rights... / The Vietnam people know education is the answer... / Got to teach the young mind, won't take any chances... / The Vietnam people sure do treat you fine / From Hai Phong to the... city line...
Notes
Tribute to the Vietnamese people; Dom Turner plays the Vietnamese dan nguyet on the album.
About the artist
Backsliders - blues group formed 1988 in Sydney, NSW, led throughout by Dom Turner.