Eric Burdon - Sky Pilot (Live, 1998)

[WideNines]

I was surprised how well the New Animals sang backup.

[yoggsothoth666]

seven people ´ll never reach the sky

[limolimo2012]

As great of a singer, a performer, as wonderful as a writer and as much clowning he is doing the tune he means everything he is singing with monumental conviction even through times of unbalance

[1skypilot47]

he has so much to listen and choose from. in 68' he was a rebel. GIN HOUSE BLUES..DO NOT PASS THIS SONG UP. FAN 4 EVER

[jrushmen]

Eric "Spilled the Wine" !

[dupdy]

Awesome!

[kyannos]

he sounds & looks rough, but oh well I would only dream of having a bit of his success

[RhondaEve]

Awesome!!! Eric Burdon invented Cool.

[thatgirlnamedrose]

Amazing song.

[puldrection]

The song is about the dilemma faced by the armed forces chaplain(sky pilot). He is faced with the problem of trying to give encouragement to soldiers whose job it is to kill, while he must live with his credo of "Thou shalt not kill". It was powerful then and it still is. Real life stuff.

[animascat]

@puldrection very well put. drafted in 1970, this was edgy, but then, so was a lot of higher concious crap.

[ElusvOptmst]

WOW again!

[debbielg1]

He looks great! I loved him when he was in the "Animals."

[casper1918]

Some of you spend way too much time trying to interpret the lyrics.

[aparryw]

A song which exposes a hideous hypocrisy - religion which both condemns and condones murder.

[ozoneocean]

@aparryw I loved this since I was a really little kid- never realised it was an antiwar song. I always found it very sad though.

[TheBM02]

エリックバードンの一番好きな歌です。のスカイパイロットいいで­すよね～日本に来てください

[EndTimeDelusion1]

he sold his soul to Kali.

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

Is he on Oxies?

[WytZox1]

I always thought this song was about the lifers who train others to go into combat. Until I read the description on YouTube I never realized it was about a chaplain.

[Sueski2]

@WytZox1 Exactly!! A sky pilot is a preacher/chaplain..a man of the cloth. Not a 'flyer of planes'. 

[AXISOFHENDRIX]

Awesome song - but this version, Eric fucks up his own song. 

[bosszeroboss]

I have always loved Eric, but he never was a deep thinker.

His lyrics reflect that.

When you confuse "you should not murder" with "you should not kill," you better drop to your knees and ask to be educated pretty quickly.

*shrug*

[shatchett0]

Wow. Good.

[JulianThomePictures]

power metal \m/

[JulianThomePictures]

Fuckin' great

[Icecream8451]

I always thought this was one of Eric Burden and the Animals most underrated and best songs. Says a LOT for the times! Thanks for the posting.

[TTPeaceAndLoveTT]

fatbowlingguy1 with all that schooling and you still haven't "Learned" how to communicate ?

[Grunt6869]

Its in the BIBLE ''thou shalt not Kill ''I believe the theme behind the song to be, were as the lie of Vietnam was never truly confronted by our religious leaders to that of the teachings of JESUS. as we were sent out as SOLDIERS to kill or be killed.

[Trashfished]

@Grunt6869 LIe of vietnam!LOL! Your a thinker!!

[Grunt6869]

@Trashfished That's ''you're'' a thinker and Ive actually served in Vietnam to ''YOUR''sideline opinion. Try and find something you've actually experience .

[Trashfished]

@Grunt6869 Thank you for stopping communism in its tracks. I guess being on the sidelines let me see the end result. Again thanks.

[Grunt6869]

@Trashfished Sky Pilot was one of my top songs while serving in Nam,play it against mans religion to the word and the lie that was Vietnam maybe you'll find a chuckle.Right now Nike has set up house in Vietnam while Binh Danh as a Viet immigrant is hanging pictures of Dead Nam Vets and calling it ART.

[WileERobby]

@Grunt6869 yeah, I picked up an item of clothing which label noted 'made in vietnam' , I threw it on the floor

[BakinBacon91]

Such a great performance but nothing compares to the studio version of this song... I can't get enough of the battle music in the solo of the studio version.

[MatthewCentral]

@BakinBacon91

such a good song but the live version sounded very different from the studio version. i cant get enough of the studio version.

[mauricemorning]

the best "thou shalt not kill!" of all time. thanks for the upload.

[stonesharve]

brilliant great live version!! many many thanks for posting

[1wiremu]

Good 1!

[michaelsmorrison]

POLI3721 @frank02111 Hey Frank02111, I Too Have The Question, 42 Yrs. Now?? I Think, I Think The Answer Is: "JUST GO WITH IT, I Guess! Was With Co. A 7Spt Bn, 199Th Lite Infantry Brigade, RVN, 12/8/67-12/6/68 ".Little Do We Mortals Know". Rock-N-Roll, BUBBA! PS. My Song Then," Got To Get Out OF This Of Place! 3 months ago

[Coffeeforevah]

"War hero? No. I was a doc in Vietnam. My job was to say "This is what happens when you screw a hooker, kid. Put this cream on your pecker."

[jjgodioso]

Se o rock tivesse uma voz , esta com certeze seria a sua voz . ERIC THE BEST

[tradskin69spfc]

@jjgodioso verdade, Eric Burdon é foda!!!!!!!!!

[scrodboy61]

I'm too young to know this song but were they called the Animals because the guy singing sounded like a dying animal squealing in agony?

[fatbowlingguy1]

go fuck yr self  the meaning of the song is about sacrafices made by our soldiers in combat and the priests who gave us comfort bebore we wen t into combat or those who adminsiterered last rites to the dying thats why your too young get a life

[scrodboy61]

Hey fatbaldguy youre the one who needs to get a life if something like that gets you all worked up...Geez what a moron lol

[fatbowlingguy1]

@scrodboy61 your a moron go fuck your self i got 2 phs bs/w c what the fuck do you got

[twangglor]

@fatbowlingguy1 aww, c'mon fatbowl make nice. Let's take scorodboy out for a drink; say, a nice orange crush? Hot?

[4Sheryl4]

Like he says at the end, "Pray for world peace"

[frank02111]

My dad wanted me to be a Naval piolot. i got into drugs and trouble yet the navy still took me in sept 77 i was in ordance ground crew. attack sqd Va-15 Cecil ,Feild,Fla. I loved Florida they had the hottes women never went to war i kinda feel guilty for our guys fighting in the gulf. I ended up in a naval Hosp. and was given a medical/honorible.Frankie 0f Boston. Nov is a tough month My birthday and veterans day oh well god kept me alive for a reason. i am still trying to find that answer

[POLI3721]

@frank02111 Hey Frank02111, I Too Have The Question, 42 Yrs. Now?? I Think, I Think The Answer Is: "JUST GO WITH IT, I Guess! Was With Co. A 7Spt Bn, 199Th Lite Infantry Brigade, RVN, 12/8/67-12/6/68 ".Little Do We Mortals Know". Rock-N-Roll, BUBBA! PS. My Song Then," Got To Get Out OF This Of Place!

[BERSERKERpoetry]

Eric seems to get a bit lost when he strays from the original arrangements. Good show, though. Just a little too shapeless.

[schwinkleknobs]

its a great rendition but .. and i dont mean to be in any way insulting...

He (eric) should stick to the original sound to the T.......... after all we all try to copy originals that way.......... This song is so beautiful... it brings many emotions and makes me want to jump out of a plane without a parachute....... SALUTE!!! ERIC!!!!!

[SapperK9]

First saw Eric perform in a London Pub, about 1962...

[alicesqueeks]

lucky bastard!

[JulianThomePictures]

Wow! That's rare. Was he good? There are only recordings from 1963. This was the first official recording.

[SapperK9]

@JulianThomePictures

I also have a feeling that the Animals performed on experimental BBC Saturday morning "stereo" radio during this period?

[JulianThomePictures]

I don't know. It could be but they formed in 1963. They played a lot in Newcastle & London.

[Mentorcase]

Great ,paved the way yes but todays music is so far from the path its almost just noise.

[rag5206]

Good message in this song, lets stop killing each other in war. Only the rich and powerful profit from war their kids never die or are mained for life. God bless you all, Bob the Aussie

[msmomo2u]

Eric Burdon and the Animals were helping pave the way to where we are now. They were an incredible band.

[sophiaturbo]

одна из величайших песен!

[Jupiterconjunct]

OMG I lost my heart to that badboy when I first saw him in a British INvasion film in about 1967.

One of the BEST VOICES EVER!!!

[CaffieneMan]

what a great song

[Falsehatchet65]

Love this song.........awesome!!

[1skypilot47]

excelante'..

'gin huse what a preformancemoving on"one of the best hard to find albums to find...gin house what a performance rock still lives foward

[bearedbedj]

I flew a plane today :).

[twinstu50]

Lost it.

[thevideoman9]

the stupid thing about the concerts is that they don't sound originally.

[ChayCarle]

Go and listen to the record/CD if you want to hear the original. I for one don't go to concerts to hear facsimiles of the recorded version. Open your mind

[dankmon1992]

whats with the shredding??

[Coompanion08]

One of my favorits - i have it in my i-pod...

[ZallaDance]

canzone stupenda

[blasabb]

Ohhh man, great stuff! The best!

[tigerglock]

My first LP was Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds Of Change it was 1968 and I was 14yo. I loved his gritty bluesy voice then and still love it now. Am absolutely stoked he has continued writing and performing. Obviously wowing audiences now as much as he did back then. Sky Pilot is just as relevent now, and people still protest war but differently than in the sixties. Does anyone know if Eric will be touring Australia or New Zealand sometime in the future? I would love to attend a concert.

[bear2248]

Great lyrics, great band, no one protests anymore because war only effects the poor people. The War Profiteers learned their lesson from Vietnam and dropped the Draft. Soldiers rarely protest when they enlist. I think you'd find the ones doing the fighting choose war over their civilian lives.

[sweethippy67]

mmm i wish he sounded like before ;/

[Zippertheslipper]

Right on song there Eric dude.

[dogdave1]

eric burodn the great

hey --top band of the 60's with those other guys the beatles

its still great to see him out there performing

one of the greatest bands of the 60's

a true blues rock band

unfortunately allen price on keyboards and eric on vocals did not get along.

but they still kick ass

[pannikin]

I named my cat after this song.

[AntnyMichlHallnOats]

Great video...thanks!

Anyone have the video of Eric and Bruce performing at the Love Ride in Nov. 94'?

[AntnyMichlHallnOats]

Dunbar! My Fave!

[tuffy925]

I think this song was about the priests and reverends in the combat zones of Vietnam. Actually it was a tribute to them.

[bronsonski1952]

Tribute hell -it was a put down. Take off the rose colored glasses.

[marisiriella]

It's about WW2...Eric's dad. And neither a tribute nor a put down, rather about the "great paradox of war" and the chaplain's dilemna.

[billykkutter]

nice point bronsonski....

I think that period will return with reverence soon...

kutter

[bronsonski1952]

Today this is just another song from the sixties-like seegers 2+2 is on my mind or war by Edwin Starr . Today nobody protests-I even think the singers have forgotten the intensity it once conveyed.

[Dreamgardens91]

Hi bronsonski-I am a child of military and of the sixties, and I protest war (personally and publicly-but with respect) each chance I get. Apostle Paul's admonition serves well here...to be all things with all men (paraphrased of course) essentially it means to seek understanding with those who don't believe as you do-being "truly Christian" is sowing love not war. SOME of us still 'feel' the intensity of it all especially when we see "tribute" photo-montages of more recent soldiers set to this.

[bronsonski1952]

Nice reply. Maybe more people protested Vietnam because today it is not cool too.

[bronsonski1952]

My last post was in response to dreamsgarden-take care.

[malchurn]

The people who wage war learned to use PR to silence and keep anti-war protests off the news, and obliging TV news companies (owned by the same people who own the arms companies) painted anti-war as treason.

There is sadly a word for this combination of policy/MIC/news and it starts with F.

[jimmyratz]

Luv Eric Burdon....Stop the War in Afganistan and Pakistan NOW !!!

[SixtiesMusicLover]

to AXISOFHENDRIX ↓

rude much? Eric was great past 1972 and he is still great! don't bash Eric cause he is the best!

[AXISOFHENDRIX]

an old tired lounge act- out of key-- seems tired and bored with the catalog. Just dont need Eric passed 1972.

[Leutwein]

Old version is better...

Die alte Version gefällt mir besser...

[bob9198f]

very nice

[StLennyBruce]

Wow. He's great...

[MacArsenault]

Still good, great, and plenty of punch!

Go ahead, reach the sky.

Needs pipes.

[spitoncat]

I hope he continues performing live no matter how far he deviates from the original recordings. A few years ago I saw him at the HOB New Orleans and it was an absolute great evening. I would recommend going to see him without reservation. This was one of many great Viet Nam protest songs. That time period was a window in time that will never show up again. I love thinking about it and listening to this song. The window closed many years ago.

[BigBrotherSF]

By the way, this is not about Viet Nam, this is about WWII. Think the original studio version is better.

[balloo69]

Sky pilot are in two versions 1&2.The second is a fine tune with more intrument and a little different from 1 and can hears live from 1998

only alittle info from a fan

[nv6489]

very deep song. ominous

[jctorontojctoronto]

thanks for posting..

A WONDERFUL LIVE VERSION!!!!!

[glennbraadland]

my favourite song of all time,, listen to the words;-) fantastic,, thanks for the post!!!

[orsiorsi186]

This song is great on so many levels.The words,the

music and the message.I'm glad you agree.

As a teenager I listened to it with headphones

on,blasting full volume. A true underrated,obscure classic.

[BayviewFinch]

That's not good for your ears.

[zqzqpj]

@glennbraadland

I never new what this song was completly about till U tub..thanks