Vietnam Protest Music by Khadija Fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1 en-us 2018-04-20 12:40:48 UTC 2025-10-22 22:21:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Waist Deep in the Big Mudd - Pete Seeger (1967) khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253797821 This song is about a group of soldiers crossing a river in the 1940's due to the misguided orders of their commanding officer, which was a metaphor for the Vietnam war.]]> 2018-04-20 12:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253797821 The Artist khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253803115 Pete Seeger was an outspoken activist who'd written many protest songs through out his career. Seeger was also a member of the Communist Party He supported the civil rights movement of the 60's. He also wrote another song protesting Vietnam, "Bring 'em home".]]> 2018-04-20 13:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253803115 "We were -- knee deep in the Big Muddy,But the big fool said to push on." khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253807468 The "big fool" in this song, the captain, is representing Lyndon Johnson. The allusion here is that the President sees what a terrible situation the war was but refused to back down. This line is repeated many times through out the song.]]> 2018-04-20 13:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253807468 "All at once, the moon clouded over,We heard a gurgling cry... And we just made it out of the Big Muddy. With the captain dead and gone." khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253810394 This song came out around the time Lyndon Johnson announced he wouldn't be running for re-election. The "captain" drowning is representing how LBJ's refusal to withdraw from Vietnam eventually ended his career.]]> 2018-04-20 13:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253810394 "Well, I'm not going to point any moral... But every time I read the papers, that old feeling comes on; We're, waist deep in the Big Muddy. And the big fool says to push on." khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253811053 As the first televised war, the public was much more aware of the situation in Vietnam. They saw how the government was trying to convince them victory was near, but the facts were against that claim. People were losing faith in the government.]]> 2018-04-20 13:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253811053 Sources khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253812164 1. Biography.com
2. 20 Best Protest Songs
3. Washington Post]]> 2018-04-20 13:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253812164 khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253814461 Lyndon Johnson was the inspiration for this song.]]> 2018-04-20 13:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253814461 khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253815143 Many Americans believed their family members were dying in vain.]]> 2018-04-20 13:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253815143 khadija_fatima https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253815748 The news had made Americans very pessimistic about the war.]]> 2018-04-20 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/khadija_fatima/1qfdxb5drif1/wish/253815748