Club Vietnam!!

I love to get high, and I love Vietnam era American Rock and Roll. A sad time in our country to be sure, but great art can rise from pain can't it. Not that these songs are masterpieces by any means. But in terms of building imagery in your head and taking you on a journey back in time, they are gonna be pretty hard to beat.

I rent all my music, via the wonderful invention of the Microsoft Zune and it's GLORIOUS Zune Pass monthly subscription. Some people might like their Vietnam with a bit more MoTown in it, but I like mine to be a BIT more "stoner" in character.

The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson, the one that started it ALL for me. The song that plays durring the bunker scene in Platoon. The scene where Charlie Sheens character gets high for the first time in life. Showing you the fun side, if their was one, in Vietnam. One wonders what those soldiers would have done without the great herb in their lives.

Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Born to Be Wild - Stepenwolf
Never in my Life - Mountain
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
The Pusher - Stepenwolf
Fortunate Son - CCR
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd, GREATNESS!!!!
Southern Chros - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Whe're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
White Room - Cream
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Voodoo Child - Jimmy Hendrix
Machine Gun - Jimmy Hendrix
Hey Joe - Body Count, yep that's right, I like the cover better
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Can't You See - The Marshal Tucker Band
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic, possibly the best of the bunch. Don't believe me, just smoke some pot, give it a listen and look through vietnam photographs.

IF you have any sugestions, I'm ALL ears.

RiP Vietnam Soldiers....long live the music of your generation...as long as it lives so does our memories of all of you who fought and died.