NZ Music # 2 - Herbs

Carrying on from the theme of looking at how music shares messages is a classic NZ song from The Herbs. It is called French Letter and it is a song that was written about nuclear testing.

The French wanted to test their Nuclear bombs around NZ in a place called Morurua in the 1970s and 80s. In 1985 a greenpeace boat called the 'Rainbow Warrior' that went to protest against the French nuclear testing was bombed in Auckland Harbour killing 1 person who was aboard, all the others managed to escape. On 28 January 1996 then-President Jacques Chirac said the French military would not conduct any more nuclear tests - Wikipedia.

This song is shared the dislike that many NZers had towards Nuclear testing happening around them. The lyrics are underneath.

Lyrics:
Lyrics from Muzic.Net.Nz
Can you see yourself, under a coconut tree
Wanting for nothing, or maybe a cooler breeze
Where all things romantic, in the south pacific
And the only peace is the spit on a feast, your feast yeah

Do you know what makes the ocean glow
Do you know what makes the ocean glow
When unwelcome guests, are making nuclear tests
are making nuclear tests, are making nuclear tests,
are making nuclear tests

Oh yes, no nukes hah ahhhhhhh
Nuclear mis energy, nuclear, nuclear, free yo yo yo yo yo


Is there nothing at all who can appease your greed,
Could you please leave the air we breath
Why is it something we’ve done
You all seem to forget
About nuclear fallout and the long term effects

Is there anything gained when you hide the plane
Anything gained when you hide the plane
Let me be more specific, get out of the pacific
Ki te la pacific, get out of the pacific
Ki te la pacific

Oh yes, no nukes hah ahhhhhhh
Nuclear mis energy, nuclear, nuclear,
Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah

Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah

Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah
Nuclear free yeah

Nuclear free yeah