Sunday, April 12, 2015

'Wernher von Braun' Updated

Even when his satirical political songs
were hits on the television airwaves 
of the 1960s, pianist Tom Lehrer still 
found them up against censorship by 
the networks. 
 
In 2015, a young songwriter has 
expanded on Lehrer's satire of how the 
U.S. co-opted former Nazis like Wernher 
von Braun into its defense establishment. 
 
DeGhetaldi's rendition takes his audience 
from Vietnam, to CIA involvement in 
South American regime change, and to 
the media manipulation aims of Project 
Mockingbird. 
 
 
Video (7 minutes): 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing! Looks like more "positives" shared here than manipulated history has given us. . . . ? WVB had a passion to actually fly in space and to help develop colonies on other planets. WVB and CO also helped the sleepy dying AL town fuel the way to integrate all minorities for betterment lifestyle while residing in AL during the NASA Space growth in Huntsville.