''X Vietnam'' or ''Por Vietnam'' is an album by

Quilapayún Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...

released in 1968. This was among the first albums to be released under the DICAP label and was a success upon its release in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. The music and subject matter of the recording is very internationalist and was the first recording success of the

Nueva Canción (European , ; 'new song') is a left-wing social movement and musical genre in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, characterized by folk music, folk-inspired styles and socially committed lyrics. is widely recognized to have played a profou ...

Chilena. The album opens with a song denouncing the

war in Vietnam The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

, has songs from the Spanish Revolution, Afro-Cuban rhythms, an Italian folk song, a Soviet youth anthem and a song by Juan Capra that mourns the death of

Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14th May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentines, Argentine Communist revolution, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and Military theory, military theorist. A majo ...

. Songs by

Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a ...

and Sergio Ortega inter alia with the local folkloric rhythms and social themes complete the album. The song ''"Los Pueblos Americanos"'' by

denounces disputes over national boundaries and calls on

Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...

to unite. Sergio Ortega’s ''"

Cueca Cueca () is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. In Chile, the cueca holds the status of national dance, where it was officially declared as such by the Pinochet dictatorship on September 18, 19 ...

Joaquín Murieta Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes misspelled Murieta or Murietta) (c. 1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel '' The Life and Ad ...

"'' is based on the

mythological Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...

character of Joaquín Murieta. One version of his legend states that he travels to California during the gold rush from Chile; finds wealth and love then loses everything and embarks on a vindictive vendetta against those who ruined him. Ultimately the Chilean outlaw, Murieta, is apprehended and is decapitated by what could be the KKK. The song ''"Canto a la

pampa The Pampas (; from Quechuan languages, Quechua 'plain'), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentina, Argentine Provinces of Argentina, provinces of Buenos Aires Pro ...

"'' depicts the poverty and bleak existence of mining communities of the north of Chile.

Track listing

#"Por

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

"/''Along Vietnam'' (Jaime Gómez Rogers -

Eduardo Carrasco Eduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard (born July 2, 1940) is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 to 1989. ...

) #"Que la tortilla se vuelva"/''May the tables turn'' (

Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio José Antonio Sánchez Ferlosio (1940–2003), commonly known by his nickname Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, was a Spanish anti-Francoist singer-songwriter and poet. Although the son of Falangist leader Rafael Sánchez Mazas, by the 1960s, Chicho ...

) #"Canción fúnebre para el

"/''Mournful song for Che Guevara'' (Juan Capra) #"Mamma mia dame cento lire"/''Mother dear give me 100 liras'' (Italian Folk -

Italian partisans The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy ...

Hymn) #"La zamba del riego"/''Zamba song for the watering'' (Armando Tejada Gómez - Óscar Matus) #"Himno de las juventudes mundiales"/Hymn of World Youth (Anónimo) #"El turururururú" (2ª versión) (from the Spanish Revolution) #"Qué dirá el Santo Padre"/''What does the Holy Father have to say'' (

) #"Canto a la

"/''Song for the Pampas'' (Fernando Pezoa Véliz - Popular) #"La bola"/''The ball''" (

Carlos Puebla Carlos Manuel Puebla (; 11 September 1917 – 12 July 1989) was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. He was a member of the Trova movement, who specialized in boleros and patriotic songs. Biography Born into a modest family, he did sev ...

- Cuban folk) #"Los pueblos americanos"/''The common people of America'' (

) #"Cueca de

"/''Cueca dance for Joaquín Murieta '' (

Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...

- Sergio Ortega)

Personnel

*Julio Carrasco *Carlos Quezada *

Willy Oddó Guillermo Oddó Parraguez (October 14, 1943 – November 7, 1991), better knolwn as Willy Oddó, was a Chilean musician and engineer known as a leading vocalist in the Chilean folk music ensemble, Quilapayún between 1967 and 1987. Biography He ...

*Patricio Castillo

External links

X Vietnam Album Lyrics
* X Vietnamat

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