’70 They’re Killing Children Over There
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'70 They're Killing Children Over There by The Magnetic Fields
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The Magnetic FieldsProduced by
Doveman & Charles Newman & Stephin MerrittWrited by
Stephin MerrittAbout
A tale of Stephin Merritt watching a Jefferson Airplane performance at a five years old. He takes the band’s singer Grace Slick’s protest of the Vietnam War (“They’re killing children over there”) literally and thinks that a massacre is happening nearby.
’70 They’re Killing Children Over There Lyrics
So we went to see the Jefferson Airplane
Odetta was the opening act
Grace Slick was young and angry
She said "My fellow freaks, it's a fact
They're killing children over there
They're killing children over there
I know we're not supposed to care
But they're still killing children over there"
Back then I was even younger than Grace Slick
Even for my age I was small
I thought she meant a massacre
Was taking place inside that hall
She said "they're killing children over there
They're killing children over there
I know we're not supposed to care
But they're still killing children over there"
Now that everyone is fat and complacent
I haven't heard a protest in years
We just keep paying our taxes
The taxes keep turning the gears
They're killing children over there
They're killing children over there
I know we're not supposed to care
But they're still killing children over there
’70 They’re Killing Children Over There Q&A
Who wrote ’70 They’re Killing Children Over There's ?
’70 They’re Killing Children Over There was written by Stephin Merritt.
Who produced ’70 They’re Killing Children Over There's ?
’70 They’re Killing Children Over There was produced by Doveman & Charles Newman & Stephin Merritt.
When did The Magnetic Fields release ’70 They’re Killing Children Over There?
The Magnetic Fields released ’70 They’re Killing Children Over There on Fri Mar 10 2017.
What did The Magnetic Fields say about "'70 They're Killing Children Over There"?
In the album’s lyric booklet, Merritt tells Daniel Handler:
It’s literally true that Odetta was the opening act for Jefferson Airplane, and I remember the show happening in a red and white tent. But I remember all tents as red and white, so who knows? In some memories one is all alone.
Merritt com...