Firstly, to the best of my knowledge, Don Walker didn't fight in Vietnam either.
Secondly, the reason this song is regarded as our national anthem by so many people is not the situation itself, but the ideas behind it. The guy in the song is struggling to survive, feels abandoned by the government, has an awareness of the head-in-the-sand attitude becoming prevalent in society "the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been", and is frustrated by the increasingly restrictive social atmosphere. It's a common theme in many Chisel songs (Star Hotel, Wild Colonial Boy, Cheap Wine, Bow River), has been a constant throughout Australia's history, and is still going on today.
Here's the best part. He's "travelled round the world from year to year", searching for "the answer" as it's called in the song. Despiteall the problems he faces in Australia, he would rather be here than anywhere else. That's why Khe Sanh is the national anthem.
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Firstly, to the best of my knowledge, Don Walker didn't fight in Vietnam either.
Secondly, the reason this song is regarded as our national anthem by so many people is not the situation itself, but the ideas behind it. The guy in the song is struggling to survive, feels abandoned by the government, has an awareness of the head-in-the-sand attitude becoming prevalent in society "the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been", and is frustrated by the increasingly restrictive social atmosphere. It's a common theme in many Chisel songs (Star Hotel, Wild Colonial Boy, Cheap Wine, Bow River), has been a constant throughout Australia's history, and is still going on today.
Here's the best part. He's "travelled round the world from year to year", searching for "the answer" as it's called in the song. Despiteall the problems he faces in Australia, he would rather be here than anywhere else. That's why Khe Sanh is the national anthem.