n brother you can count me outyou better free your mind instead (Hertsgard 1995).The Anti-war movement was the most recognized aspect of the Sixties. Hippies preached anti-violence and coined the phrase make love not war (Burns 1990). All men ages 18-25 were forced to register for the draft. The Vietnam War was like nothing America had seen before, with ninety percent of the troops ages 19-23 (Gitlin 1987). The anti-war sentiment was strong both home and in Vietnam, and music was at the heart of the movement. The soldiers would listen to anti-war songs and protest songs while they were fighting in the conflict (Szatmary 1996). The feeling among the youth was that America was murdering innocent people for an unknown reason. Country Joe and the Fishs song I feel like I am fixing to die rag capture the attitude. come on all you big strong men, uncle sam needs your help again, got himself in a terrible jam, way down yonder in Vietnam, put down your books pick up a gun, whoopee were gonna have a whole lot of fun, and its one, two, three what are we fighting for?, dont ask me I dont give a damn, next stop is Vietnam, whoopee we are all gonna dieDylans song The times they are a changing has lyrics that gave a warning to authority that America was experiencing a new consciousness, and that the establishment (government) have to face the opposition of much of the population, especially the young (Day 1988). Many songs implied what life was like in Vietnam like Hendixs Purple Haze, the illusion that appeared in the landing zones for helicopters in Vietnam. Along with the rebellion at home the soldiers staged their own form of rebellion. A static from 1967 states that more American troops were arrested for smoking marijuana than for any other major crime (Steinbeck 1971). The soldiers even had their own bandit radio stations. This was because the Armed Forces Vietnam Network was heavily censored and screened out the anti-war songs....
