During the Vietnam War, American G.I.s inscribed their military issued lighters with poems. Zippo songs is a song cycle by Phil Kline based upon these poems.
Briefing (3:55) -- Three Rumsfeld songs (6:00) -- Incoming (7:14) -- Seven Zippo songs (23:00) -- Fever dream (1:44) -- The funeral of Jan Palach (3:19) -- The end (3:19).
Note
The 1st, 3rd, and 5th works are electronic music.
"All music by Phil Kline ... except Briefing and Incoming by Kline/Beckmann/Cossin/Reynolds, Fever dream by Bleckman[n]/Cossin, and The end by the Doors"--Insert.
Text of the 2nd work from Pentagon briefings given by Donald Rumsfeld; of the 4th, from verses inscribed on government-issued lighters by American GIs in Viet Nam; of the 6th, by David Shapiro.
Credits (note)
Produced by Phil Kline with Bradford Reed.
Event (note)
Recorded Aug.-Sept. 2003, at Ft/Lb Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Kline, Phil, 1953-
Title
Zippo songs [electronic resource] : airs of war and lunacy / Phil Kline.
Imprint
New York, NY : Cantaloupe, p2004.
Playing time
000355 000600 000714 002300 000144 000319 000319
Performer
Theo Bleckmann, vocals ; Todd Reynolds, violin ; Phil Kline, guitars ; David Cossin, percussion.
Event
Recorded Aug.-Sept. 2003, at Ft/Lb Studio, Brooklyn, NY.