COLD WAR FOLK MUSIC?
Heard, yesterday, on the Dick Spottswood show (I think), a rippin' bluegrass / country tune with the following words in the refrain (from memory):
You will see the lighting flashing, hear atomic thunders rollWhen Moscow lies in ashes, God have mercy on your soul
Here's a question mister Stalin, and it's you who must decide
When atomic bombs starts fallin', do you have a place to hide?
There was also a line about how the U.S. would survive a nuclear war. I guess that the doctrine of mutually assured destruction hadn't trickled down to that corner of popular music by the time of the recording.
The cold war theme makes the music seem archaic in a strangely modern sense.
Looking for the album, I am.
MORE: The tune is called "Advice to Joe," and I just corrected the refrain. The song is introduced around 17:00 in last weekend's show. Apparently Roy Acuff's recording is more famous. See here, and for a longer list of popular music tunes with an atomic theme, go here.




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