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A protest song on the futility of war, written in response to the Vietnam War. Later also covered by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel (1989) – a cleverly structured list of historical events of the Cold War period from the 1950s–1980s, making special mention of the "communist bloc". "Weeping Wall ...
"Space Race" is an instrumental track by Billy Preston, released as a single in 1973 on the A&M label. It was taken from Preston's 1973 album Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music , and "Space Race" was awarded a gold record .
The use of film as an effective form of widespread propaganda transformed cinema into another Cold War battlefront alongside the arms race and Space Race. Films from both the United States and Soviet Union can be seen as artifacts of propaganda as well as resistance.
The song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, turmoil in the Middle East and the American space program. The American media helped to make the song popular by using it as an example of everything that was wrong with the youth culture of the time. [5]
"Cold War" is a futuristic new wave and Afro-funk song. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The song carries an uptempo, anthemic sound that is aided by the frantic, sprinting beats and a stinging guitar solo. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The song's drum track bears a similarity to that of the 2000 single " B.O.B " by OutKast , with whom Monáe has collaborated and whose member ...
Several alterations were made to the lyrics of "14 Minutes Until Start" after its release. One of the first changes was the alteration of the lyric 'blue planet' (Russian: Планета голубая, romanized: Planeta golubaya), which was altered to 'planet dear' (Russian: Планета дорогая, romanized: Planeta dorogaya) almost immediately after being submitted to the Ministry ...
"I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race" is the debut single by Rational Youth, released as a double A-side 12" single in October 1981. The two main tracks were re-released as bonus tracks on the 1997 CD of Cold War Night Life , and as a CD single in 2000, as part of the Early Singles box set.
The Space Race (Russian: Космическая гонка, romanized: Kosmicheskaya gonka [kɐsˈmʲitɕɪskəjə ˈɡonkə]) was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.