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"Children's Heritage/D.O.A." is a 7" single by Texan hard rock band Bloodrock released under Capitol Records in 1971. The version of "D.O.A." featured here is roughly half the length of the album version found on Bloodrock 2. The song gives a grisly first person account of the aftermath of a planecrash. The vocalist describes the bloody sheets he lies in with a missing arm as doctors look over him with little hope. All this with background sounds of ambulence sirens. The song ends with the siren being shut off which routinely ambulence drivers do when the patient dies. In March, 1971, many US radio stations and high schools ban "D.O.A.". Despite a lack of air-play, the single still reached #36 on the Billboard chart.
[edit] Track listing
- "Children's Heritage" – 3:30
- "D.O.A." – 4:45
