Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian) is the title of a socially conscious pop songs, written in 1959 by John D. Loudermilk and Don Fardon in the UK and in 1971 by Paul Revere & the Raiders in the U.S. for each in 1970 million-seller was made., Making it one of the few pop songs that advanced in two cover versions million sellers.
Genesis
The often nachzulesende History, which Loudermilk was stopped in his car during a storm and taken as long as captured by Cherokees until he promised to write a song about her grief is untrue. Loudermilk had presented this unusual genesis of the song in an interview to the " American Top 40 " radio DJ Casey Kasem.
Marvin Rainwater, himself a Cherokee descendant, received the John D. Loudermilk song composed by under the title The Pale Faced Indian ( " The pale-faced Indians " ) on 9 December 1959 (published in January 1960); it is the original recording later in umtitulierten Indian Reservation lament the fate of the Indians. It is about the expulsion of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia on June 6, 1838. Despite a federal peace treaty of July 2, 1791 the Cherokee were expelled in the Indian reservation to Oklahoma, because 1828 is on the Cherokee territory in Georgia discovered gold in 1829 was the seizure of the country, the expulsion was legalized by the "Indian Removal Act" ( Indian Removal Act) of 28 May 1830. After exhausting all appeals finally began on 6 June 1838, the forcible relocation to Oklahoma ( " Trail of Tears" ), since only about 2,000 of the 18,000 Cherokee had voluntarily vacated their country.
Indian Reservation is classified as a social commentary song that describes also how the whites the Indians their white culture in terms of language or clothing impose up to the task of self- identity. However, heart and soul can not be changed - inside they remain Indians. The last line of text has prophetic traits, because on April 6, 1984, the eastern and western Indian societies of the Cherokee in Cleveland / Tennessee were reunited. There also is a lament about the plight of the Indians in general, as can consistently identify all Indian tribes with the content. Because of his criticism about the treatment of minorities, the song is also classified as a protest song.
Loudermilk had first recorded the song on September 15, 1965 for his album John D. Loudermilk Sings a Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs ( published in November 1966). The text changes and the other title came the first time in Loudermilks version. Only Loudermilks publication formed the basis for successful cover versions.
Successful cover versions
As the first commercial cover the British production of Don Fardon came on the market. Under the title Indian Reservation / Dreaming Room that produced by Miki Dalton single was first released as GNP Crescendo # 405 in August 1968 in the United States. Here she was ranked 20 of the pop singles chart. The British first published in October 1968 failed, and only in October 1970, she was released on the record label Youngblood YB # 1015 in the UK again, where it then - ascended up to third place - with the Hudson Bay B-side. Worldwide, it achieved a record turnover of more than 1 million copies. The music is kept in a minor key, with repetitive minor chords appear each verse at the end. The electronic organ retains the melody in during a slow presented musical double shock.
The producer Jack Gold of Columbia Records had the idea to bring out another version of Indian Reservation after an interval of more than two years. The American rock band Raiders brought produced by band leader Mark Lindsay single with the B-side Terry 's Tune (Columbia 45332 ) in February 1971 to market and penetrated the pop charts prior to the first place she for one weeks held. It was recorded on December 3, 1970 with the participation of Arthur Butler, Carol Kaye, David Cohen and Gary Coleman, known as a Wrecking Crew studio band. With over 4 million copies, it was the biggest success of the band and also the best-selling single for Columbia Records. Mark Lindsay (also Cherokee half-breed ) sang here, exceptionally, not lead, but guitarist Freddy Weller. The gold disc was awarded the group on 30 June 1971. Both versions use drum beats that are meant to imitate the Indian drum rhythms and give the song an Indian impression.
Other cover versions
- The German formation Orlando Riva Sound produced in 1979 a disco version of Indian Reservation ( Ariola 600 088 ), which climbed in January 1980 to seventh in the German charts. The group came up with the song in the show as an opener Disco on 3 December 1979.
- On 14 November 1989 the British punk band released a cover 999, which reached number 51 on the British charts.
- The value written by Tommy Barnes, Jumpin ' Gene Simmons and Loudermilk country song Indian Outlaw by Tim McGraw of February 1994 begins with a part of the choir sequence " Cherokee People" from Indian Reservation. He sold more than 500,000 copies and reached number eight on the U.S. country and number 15 on the pop charts.
All versions vary sometimes significantly in the textual content. The copyright registered by BMI title received a BMI Award. According Info Cover made 25 versions, including a German version with the title White man has lied to us by Marco Polo in the year 1971.