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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Alice's Restaurant Massacree canonical 1

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

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Arlo Guthrie → notableWork → Alice's Restaurant Massacree ⓘ