Whoever disliked this video, I cannot express my disappointment in you. If you disliked this, you are an unpatriotic son of a bitch that doesn't deserve to live in a country as great as the United States of America. Go move to China and tell me your preferences you sonsofbitches!
My sister memorized this for history about a year or so ago and then recently I heard it play in a video we were watching in English and I freaked out and found it again... I always find weird music because of English... The last one was "I'm a Naughty Girl"...
It was so much easier to brainwash folka back then. So primitive. Now we need commercials showing a Marine climbing a mountain and killing a dragon. Back then a silly song was all you needed.
@CaptainObvious1970 My Great Grandfather was in the 26th "Yankee" division and was shot and gassed in the second battle of the Marne and since he can't say it i'll do it for him....Fuck you.
That is an honorable plan. and good luck to you. Despite the tone of the song, about 200K of those that went over in 1917-18 (about 1 in 10) never came back from over there.
I heard this is History yesterday. After that all you could here in the halls, lockers, bathrooms, etc... is "over there, over there..." My history teacher told us he showed this to his son when his son was in seventh grade and now he's in college, but whenever he says "over there" the he starts singing it.
Seems to me I've seen an old movie with a similar name. while I disapprove of the glorification and lighthearted attitude towards war which this song represents I never-the-less view it as a cherished part of our national character,it's who we were and part of who we still are
"Over There"... In memory of Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110, the "last man standing" among U.S. troops who were called "The Doughboys.
love the Bugle and marching band in the backround. the bugle especially gives the song a patriotic touch, like a call to arms for all the "Johnnys" out there in 1917.
By the fall of '18 a lot of guys getting ready to Go Over There didn't make it because they died by thousands of the flu in camps in the US like Funston and Devons. But the flu also killed thousands of civilians too.
@aefguy i actually have an original 78 record of this song by AL Jolson which is in very good playable condition unfortunately the only thing i have to play it on right now is a Victrola
@tarstakars I've never seen a Jolson cover of OT and thought I had seen/heard them all ...I'll bet it is one of the better versions! I know the quality can suffer but please let me know if you care to record externally and post to YouTube.
That's what is now referred to in the US - as Iraq and Afghanistan - Over there. My son was deployed to Iraq and we always said he was serving ''over there''
That's something I have not really thought about - my son is enroute to Iraq as of yesterday. He was called back in off the Army's IRR. All politics aside, we owe guys like our sons and those Americans that went before our sincerest gratitude - God bless them all.
@aefguy I hope he is doing well. I was called in off of IRR with only two weeks to go before my time was up. Thank God America has outstanding soldiers that are willing to do what is necessary to keep this amazing country what it is.
@aefguy yes sir indeed! who cares about the politics, the reasons. those boys deserve all we people can give. they've seen things we can't imagine, anyone who downs a servicemen or women should be mushroom stamped effective right now!
Cold war started right after the Communist Russians took over Russia because we helped the Russians fight against the Communist Russians during the Russian revolution.
They forced people 21-30 to sign on to be drafted. They promised everyone wonderful adventures. My great grandfather is a WWI and WWII veterarian and he says it's nothing like that. (This is his favorite song)
@Massiekurwannabe the way i heard it was the reason they did the draft is because there were too many people signed up to go in and they used the draft to pick a group of volenteers to go, not as we think of them making the people go nowadays
Yeah - It's a great tune with catchy lyrics. It made many a young man head over to the recruiter for what they thought would be a great adventure ...and for some it was. I would like to spend a week or so back in 1918 if I could but not in the front line trenches of France. Cheers!
Yes, you are correct, that was the original purpose of the song, but "Over There" certainly later became indentified with WWI itself. And like all similar songs "Over There" whitewashes the obscene horror of war into something noble, attractive and warm. Music is an extremely powerful propaganda tool.
Despite this bouncy song full of warm and fuzzys it does not at all diminish the horrible, ugly and obscenely bloody and totally unnecessay war that it is about. The last British "Tommy" Harry Patch recently passed away and rightly called WWI "organized murder". The millions of innocent boys that died fighting this fiasco are all heroes. The world will never learn and wars will continue to cause death and destruction.
World War 1 was one of the most important chapters of history in the 20th century; many scholars would argue that WWII and the Cold War were results of it. A vastly under-studied era in history.
I agree. WWI is a very important topic to really know to truely understand global impacts and consequences (WWII, which is a direct result from WWI, and the Cold War, which is a more indirect result). I find the problem with today's History courses are that 20th (and even 21st to an extent) are skimmed over because they're so recent.
May you email me the MP3 version, I'm using it for a history project.
Kuadeq19 7 hours ago
This is the version I've been looking for. Wish I had a clean MP3 version of it.
wakkaboom1987 1 day ago
email address?
aefguy 1 day ago
@aefguy check your inbox.
Thanks!!
wakkaboom1987 1 day ago
My teacher used to play this in history class. Interesting person too.
wakkaboom1987 1 day ago
My History teacher keeps playing this over and over and its stuck in my head -_- Mr. Shepherd FTW
gniawd 2 weeks ago
Wonder what the Germans said about it !
powerdriller10 2 weeks ago
Oi, Over The top! (whistle blows) mates lets go ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(gets shot in the neck) :(
spetznazkid 3 weeks ago
Imagine if someone used this tune in an advert...
Goofle11 3 weeks ago
Ugh the verse "Over there" gets stuck in my head.
cafeolay2 4 weeks ago
I guess you can't look up that way. Try typing "hellsobserver" into the search box.
aefguy1 1 month ago
Great video, love it.
RedFootballJV 1 month ago
Ha- You might be able to see him a little better in the other version on youtube under aefguy1
aefguy1 1 month ago
Yes, that is a dog.
aefguy1 1 month ago
NIGGERS CUNT SLUT DICKS ASS BITCH 420 MARIJUANA 666
About4Ducks 1 month ago
I love ww1 songs
KGSGoTutorials 1 month ago
nathanizabeast, Fuck You
ncw01ify 2 months ago
nathanizabeast, SHUT THE HELL UP
ncw01ify 2 months ago
Whoever disliked this video, I cannot express my disappointment in you. If you disliked this, you are an unpatriotic son of a bitch that doesn't deserve to live in a country as great as the United States of America. Go move to China and tell me your preferences you sonsofbitches!
ncw01ify 2 months ago
@karma780: I'll never hear this song the same way ever again after this season's finale of "Boardwalk Empire".
MissGoldenDreams13 2 months ago
Jimmy. :(
karma780 2 months ago 2
What a rousing tribute to a senseless war that ended in the deaths of millions of young men. Two thumbs up!
ProletarianRage 2 months ago
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this is super gay
nathanizabeast 3 months ago
My sister memorized this for history about a year or so ago and then recently I heard it play in a video we were watching in English and I freaked out and found it again... I always find weird music because of English... The last one was "I'm a Naughty Girl"...
cheea5 3 months ago
my history teacher forced us to listen to this a mounth ago. i still have the corus stuck in my head
randynsvlog 3 months ago
The USA should never have entered WW1. It was none of our business and thousands of Americans died for a European dick measuring contest.
cwood4ever 3 months ago
@CaptainObvious1970.
ForsakenArkhangelsk 3 months ago
Remembering all the fallen heroes and veterans of WWI today this 11/11/11. Brave heroes every one!!! God Bless the memory of them!
stlgtrace 3 months ago
It was so much easier to brainwash folka back then. So primitive. Now we need commercials showing a Marine climbing a mountain and killing a dragon. Back then a silly song was all you needed.
CaptainObvious1970 4 months ago
@CaptainObvious1970 My Great Grandfather was in the 26th "Yankee" division and was shot and gassed in the second battle of the Marne and since he can't say it i'll do it for him....Fuck you.
DrKorn5 3 months ago
That is an honorable plan. and good luck to you. Despite the tone of the song, about 200K of those that went over in 1917-18 (about 1 in 10) never came back from over there.
aefguy1 5 months ago
I love this song. It's so awesome. I love our troops. I'll be enlisting in 2 years. Going Army. HOOAH!
xXSgtWolfXx 5 months ago
51 seconds: thug life?
cerickNY 5 months ago
i like the riff to it
j4mes570 8 months ago
Epic
PirateNamedJoyce 9 months ago
This shit go hard.
KingAndy1992 9 months ago
this is torcher!!!
Jazteam2010 9 months ago
Has anyone noticed this is the "Go compare" advert? :L
MusicMann1231 10 months ago
I heard this is History yesterday. After that all you could here in the halls, lockers, bathrooms, etc... is "over there, over there..." My history teacher told us he showed this to his son when his son was in seventh grade and now he's in college, but whenever he says "over there" the he starts singing it.
killertiger909 11 months ago
This makes me want to get my gun, get my gun, get my gun.
Spherical3 11 months ago
Johnny get your gun,get your gun?
Seems to me I've seen an old movie with a similar name. while I disapprove of the glorification and lighthearted attitude towards war which this song represents I never-the-less view it as a cherished part of our national character,it's who we were and part of who we still are
SuperUbermensch 1 year ago
God Bless Frank Buckles who passed away today at 110. Well done, TRUE hero!
stlgtrace 1 year ago
"Over There"... In memory of Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110, the "last man standing" among U.S. troops who were called "The Doughboys.
tezzer57 1 year ago
Thanks, good luck and may it pass quickly for you.
aefguy 1 year ago
love the Bugle and marching band in the backround. the bugle especially gives the song a patriotic touch, like a call to arms for all the "Johnnys" out there in 1917.
classical38 4 months ago
I'm going in 6 days to the sandbox, good song, makes me smile!
I'm going to the show Hun I'm a son of a gun haha.
aznluvr7 1 year ago
Go compareeee
trurawquiz 1 year ago 2
By the fall of '18 a lot of guys getting ready to Go Over There didn't make it because they died by thousands of the flu in camps in the US like Funston and Devons. But the flu also killed thousands of civilians too.
Gydinglight12 1 year ago
was this made by the british or the americans in ww1?
TheDecimater1000 1 year ago
@TheDecimater1000 Don't quote me but I think it was the Americans. Learned of this song in US history a few weeks ago.
blahg8 1 year ago
i fought in WW1...................
LightningNinja23 1 year ago
Im 15 and this song is so catchy. I can see why it helped to draft American soldiers back in 1917. God bless Everyone.
kLB92651 1 year ago
igaf about age. yeah im young but i love history and this song!! :D
BlissMadness 1 year ago
It's funny my history teacher told me to look at this song as a historical document and i like it
cheesebuger13 1 year ago
Over there... 0ver there, send the word, send the word over there.
THE YANKS ARE COMINGG :D
horsenat12 1 year ago
i like this song and it has a tune thats funny
Alex09Marin 1 year ago
i like this song and it has a tune thats funny
Alex09Marin 1 year ago
1:28 look at the size of that fucking bayonet
DIRK1015 1 year ago
I'm 4 years old and we heard this in pre-school. I love it!
MyCrazyVideosNow 1 year ago 2
im 16 nd love it
blackmetaljuggalo67 1 year ago
This is like a great song haha . We listened to it in general music class (: Very catchy
shawtyyy1231 1 year ago
But alas... this music has now been tainted for all time by the worst advert ever conceived by humanity...
mr2ange 1 year ago
Amen!
pjuarezjr2000 1 year ago
Amen!
pjuarezjr2000 1 year ago
Amen!
pjuarezjr2000 1 year ago
now thats music! stands the test of time.
donmoseslerman 1 year ago
Someone should make a modern version of this for the WORLD CUP !
FightTheLies 1 year ago
who sings this. i cant find it on lime wire lol
yuenglingUSA 1 year ago 3
This version was recorded by Arthur Fields in 1917 and came off of a 78rpm record. If you can't find a copy, I can help.
aefguy 1 year ago 5
@aefguy its a brilliant video
phillip549 1 year ago
@aefguy i actually have an original 78 record of this song by AL Jolson which is in very good playable condition unfortunately the only thing i have to play it on right now is a Victrola
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tarstakars 6 months ago
@tarstakars I've never seen a Jolson cover of OT and thought I had seen/heard them all ...I'll bet it is one of the better versions! I know the quality can suffer but please let me know if you care to record externally and post to YouTube.
aefguy1 6 months ago
@yuenglingUSA too bad limewire is closed down :(
ownedbyc 1 year ago
That's what is now referred to in the US - as Iraq and Afghanistan - Over there. My son was deployed to Iraq and we always said he was serving ''over there''
mara235 1 year ago 6
@mara235
That's something I have not really thought about - my son is enroute to Iraq as of yesterday. He was called back in off the Army's IRR. All politics aside, we owe guys like our sons and those Americans that went before our sincerest gratitude - God bless them all.
aefguy 1 year ago 8
@aefguy Thank you for your kind thoughts. My hope that your son stays safe and can come back to you soon.
mara235 1 year ago
@aefguy I hope he is doing well. I was called in off of IRR with only two weeks to go before my time was up. Thank God America has outstanding soldiers that are willing to do what is necessary to keep this amazing country what it is.
johnseoulkr 1 year ago
@aefguy Praying for your son
55r80n85c 1 year ago
@aefguy yes sir indeed! who cares about the politics, the reasons. those boys deserve all we people can give. they've seen things we can't imagine, anyone who downs a servicemen or women should be mushroom stamped effective right now!
OsCassador 1 year ago
If it wasn't for the Treaty of Versailes then WWII the cold war and the war today would of never happened
Endzonematt1123 2 years ago
@Endzonematt1123 Correction.
Cold war started right after the Communist Russians took over Russia because we helped the Russians fight against the Communist Russians during the Russian revolution.
Notyiffhunter 2 years ago
this is some bullshit U.S. propaganda
mailmanstrnbrger 2 years ago
Propaganda during a war!?!? crazy talk....
StarshotSCV 1 year ago
yeah same
americalovesarmenia 2 years ago
ms social studies teacher played this in my class, and its stuck in my head.
Borntoridehorses1996 2 years ago 2
Check Out My Rendition of Over There on piano!
titanicpiano14 2 years ago
Thanks for showing us this video, Mr. V!
WorldWarOne1 2 years ago
im givin a speech on this lol oh god
yoige933 2 years ago
we listend to this in history. i actually like it
wdid1195 2 years ago 29
They forced people 21-30 to sign on to be drafted. They promised everyone wonderful adventures. My great grandfather is a WWI and WWII veterarian and he says it's nothing like that. (This is his favorite song)
Massiekurwannabe 2 years ago
@Massiekurwannabe
He's still alive ?! God, speak with him as much as you can and keep a trace of his stories. Such a testimony is far beyond what is valuable.
Briselance 2 years ago
well, he died last week. But I have all of his stories written down
Massiekurwannabe 2 years ago
@Massiekurwannabe
I'm sorry about that. May god bless him and his brothers in arms.
You have all of his histories written down ? Did he wrote a book and published it ?
Briselance 2 years ago
@Massiekurwannabe the way i heard it was the reason they did the draft is because there were too many people signed up to go in and they used the draft to pick a group of volenteers to go, not as we think of them making the people go nowadays
elmomozartmontana 1 year ago
The lyrics were well thought and same with the beats, I'll give them that.
disallowable 2 years ago
Hello believe it or not, I'm 19, and I love this song :D
Valdric1000 2 years ago 10
Yeah - It's a great tune with catchy lyrics. It made many a young man head over to the recruiter for what they thought would be a great adventure ...and for some it was. I would like to spend a week or so back in 1918 if I could but not in the front line trenches of France. Cheers!
aefguy 2 years ago 4
i know! It's very catchy.
GoldBone626 2 years ago 2
I'm 13 and I like it. We listened to this in Social Studies. This better be on iTunes
Massiekurwannabe 2 years ago 26
@Massiekurwannabe i doubt it lol praobaly though
j4mes570 8 months ago
@Massiekurwannabe It's seductive, isn't it?
doctorpsycho1960 6 months ago
@Valdric1000 IM 16 >:D
MrSheen357 1 year ago
Yes, you are correct, that was the original purpose of the song, but "Over There" certainly later became indentified with WWI itself. And like all similar songs "Over There" whitewashes the obscene horror of war into something noble, attractive and warm. Music is an extremely powerful propaganda tool.
stlgtrace 2 years ago
Despite this bouncy song full of warm and fuzzys it does not at all diminish the horrible, ugly and obscenely bloody and totally unnecessay war that it is about. The last British "Tommy" Harry Patch recently passed away and rightly called WWI "organized murder". The millions of innocent boys that died fighting this fiasco are all heroes. The world will never learn and wars will continue to cause death and destruction.
stlgtrace 2 years ago
This song is so catchy Loved as soon I heard it in History dis week
katbabyz 2 years ago
Ha, I've loved this song since I first heard it in 7th grade choir :)
twilightfanatic17 3 years ago
World War 1 was one of the most important chapters of history in the 20th century; many scholars would argue that WWII and the Cold War were results of it. A vastly under-studied era in history.
psugeog11 3 years ago
I agree. WWI is a very important topic to really know to truely understand global impacts and consequences (WWII, which is a direct result from WWI, and the Cold War, which is a more indirect result). I find the problem with today's History courses are that 20th (and even 21st to an extent) are skimmed over because they're so recent.
lukyboy2435 2 years ago 2