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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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