Alice's Restaurant Massacree
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"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is a satirical, narrative folk song by Arlo Guthrie that humorously critiques bureaucracy and the Vietnam War draft, becoming a counterculture anthem of the 1960s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satirical song
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song ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life events involving Arlo Guthrie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
Vietnam War draft
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government bureaucracy ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| describedAs | counterculture anthem of the 1960s ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPersonNarrator | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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satire ⓘ talking blues ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Alice's Restaurant (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criminal record and draft classification
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littering arrest ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-bureaucracy
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anti-war ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ individual vs. state ⓘ |
| influenced |
1960s counterculture
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protest music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 18 minutes ⓘ |
| movement | American counterculture ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Vietnam War draft
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bureaucracy ⓘ counterculture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Thanksgiving radio broadcasts
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humorous social commentary ⓘ lengthy spoken-word storytelling ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedOnAlbum | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
law enforcement bureaucracy
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military bureaucracy ⓘ |
| performer | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| refrain | You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant ⓘ |
| setting |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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United States draft office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | spoken monologue with musical refrains ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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