Throughout history there has been one object, one simple beat, one simple slap of the hips and hands that have moved every soul, and that is music. Music has always played throughout history and has moved men and women, though music can be used in many ways one way is propaganda. And in all Honesty I believe the song "Over There" by George M. Cohan was perhaps one great example of music being used as propaganda. One may ask the question on how it was even though it was not intended, well the answer lies in the lyrics take into account the words such as
"Make your mother proud of you,
And the old Red, White and Blue."
I can say of course that perhaps in that time most treated it as a just a tune that others could use to help them understand what an American is going through but in a more comedic way. Though there are of course the majority who saw this song as a calling, a calling to go to war and fight as a Yank, to be a proud Yank and fight those Germans. I can not though really say that perhaps George intended to use this song to boost morale for war. Critics called it the marching song for war and perhaps that was the intention but I can not say with certainty that that was what he intended.
"Make your mother proud of you,
And the old Red, White and Blue."
I can say of course that perhaps in that time most treated it as a just a tune that others could use to help them understand what an American is going through but in a more comedic way. Though there are of course the majority who saw this song as a calling, a calling to go to war and fight as a Yank, to be a proud Yank and fight those Germans. I can not though really say that perhaps George intended to use this song to boost morale for war. Critics called it the marching song for war and perhaps that was the intention but I can not say with certainty that that was what he intended.
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