Popular Music Of Vietnam

Download or read book Popular Music of Vietnam written by Dale A. Olsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author’s research in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and other urban areas in Vietnam, this study of contemporary Vietnamese popular music explores the ways globalization and free market economics have influenced the music and subcultures of Vietnamese youth, focusing on the conflict between the politics of remembering, nurtured by the Vietnamese Communist government, and the politics of forgetting driven by the capitalist interests of the music industry. Vietnamese youth at the end of the second and beginning of the third millennium are influenced by the challenges generated by a number of seemingly opposite ideologies and realities, such as "the past" versus "the present," socialism versus capitalism, and cultural traditionalism versus globalization. Vietnam has undergone a radical demographic shift with a very pronounced youth movement, and consequently, Vietnamese popular culture has been radically reshaped by a young population coming of age in the twenty-first century. As Olsen reveals, the way Vietnamese young people cope with these opposing and contrasting forces is often expressed in their active and passive music making.

Download or read book We Gotta Get Out of This Place written by Doug Bradley and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The diversity of voices and songs reminds us that the home front and the battlefront are always connected and that music and war are deeply intertwined.” —Heather Marie Stur, author of 21 Days to Baghdad For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam’s Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.” And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” or the song that gives this book its title. In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner place popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. They explore how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. They also demonstrate that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans—black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and “grunts”—whose personal reflections drive the book’s narrative. Many of the voices are those of ordinary soldiers, airmen, seamen, and marines. But there are also “solo” pieces by veterans whose writings have shaped our understanding of the war—Karl Marlantes, Alfredo Vea, Yusef Komunyakaa, Bill Ehrhart, Arthur Flowers—as well as songwriters and performers whose music influenced soldiers’ lives, including Eric Burdon, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Country Joe McDonald, and John Fogerty. Together their testimony taps into memories—individual and cultural—that capture a central if often overlooked component of the American war in Vietnam.

Download or read book Battle Notes written by Lee Andresen and published by Savage Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the trade paperback second edition of the popular original title

Download or read book Songs of the Vietnam Conflict written by James Perone and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Huynh Mai Hoa Songbook written by Huynh Mai Hoa and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great collection of 30 popular traditional Vietnamese songs that piano and guitar players will enjoy. Do you want to play the best Vietnamese traditional songs for piano or guitar? In this book you will find easy piano sheet music to learn the best Vietnamese Traditional music songs that you will absolutely love. These are adaptations that you can easily play for both beginner and intermediate piano students. Very soon you will be able to delight everyone around you with the most recognized and beautiful songs in the history of Vietnam music. Have Fun Playing Your Favorite Songs.: ) So don't wait, scroll up to the top right and click on "Buy Now" and surprise your dears with this beautiful gift!

Download or read book Teens in Vietnam written by Gregory Nicolai and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the circumstances and life styles of typical Vietnam teenagers.

Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture III written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume examines a variety of social and cultural issues including censorship, Christmas songs, death, foolish behavior, hoaxes, jobs and workplaces, military involvements, novelty recordings, patriotism, postal images and much more. You will find that the integration of lyrical analysis and social/cultural imagery is unique with respect to highlighting recorded music as a source of learning, information transmission, and self-identity.