Mike Doughty - "Fort Hood"

[meant8]

ay ima walk inta down town iraq guns blazin and shoot evry single one of those iraq mothafuckas

[mohammedalswaidi]

Saying Muslims attacked it sounds like they are all being blamed for the actions of the few. and that's just bullshit. all religions have their share of fanatics. it's not just a muslim thing.

- Virginia Tech University shooting April 16, 2007 Virginia, killed 32 people .

- Northern Illinois University shooting February 14, 2008, Northern Illinois University killing 6 and wounding 18.

-Oklahoma City bombing April 19, 1995, killed 168 and injuring more than 680.

was he a muslim?

[567loveydovey]

um was he Christian or buddist or hindu or anything that you know of , you cant say that if you dont know. he could have been athiest. muslims are famous for being violent. there is actually a "death to amarica day" right after 9/11 parts of the middle east were handing out candy and burning the amarican flag and now its a holiday.

[nathliea]

Song's awesome. Stop being dicks, kiddos. No one cares about your opinion. Especially no one on the internets.

[ak7wyf]

this is mike doughty, this awsome song was made before this glamorized muslim shot our soldiers on there own base. good music, soulcoughing he's friggin awsome

[FXThug]

Fuck Islam dirty ragheads motherfuckers

[deathb4dishonorUSMC]

WTF DUDE Because one muslim asshole did this you hate all muslims? Your judging them because of the actions of one muslim? Thats so fucking wrong. U.S. Army 2010, no matter what ethinicity, culture, beleifts, etc you never leave a man behind asshole

[FXThug]

Hey if you want to risk getting blown up by one that's YOUR decision. I think we need to seriously beef up secuirty in this country before Militants blow themselves up left and right on the streets, as well as rampage killings. This is the first of many I bet you. You may let America turn to Gaza strip but I'm ready to defend this country and culture from those (Islamic Militants) who wish destruction upon my home.

[567loveydovey]

um obviously its more then ONE muslim.ever heard of"death to amarica day"or 9/11.thats a wholeNATION!you need to realize islam is corupt and allah is a false god. mahommad sat in the trades and took parts of the hebrew bible and things that he liked and made his own religion to try to see if he could make jews convert.why do you think that jews and muslims are so simular in laws?both arent allowed pork,pray five times a day,fasting,ect.mahommad was the last profit therfor he hebrew came first.

[nucularprune]

I really think you guys are missing the point of the song.

[dospassos23]

true...I'm sorry

[proudfemale]

how well you show the filth of islam and the sickness it causes in the 'weak submissives'

its rather telling you want to thank your god that MURDER occurs

did you thank your dirty allah that muslims KILLED muslims in Pakistan etc?

you EXPOSE the filth/immorality of the hoax of islam

and never forget submissive slave wimp...your own koran PROVES youve been LIED TO

REAL men dont accept being lied to ..but you do

what a DIRTY wimp you are

[dospassos23]

I'm a jew telling you to shut the hell up

[proudfemale]

you dont have the right to tell me to shut up

I dont care what you are!!!

[dospassos23]

fuck you...youcan come on with your racist crap and I can tell you to shut up...it's called democracy

[FXThug]

stfu bitch

[rblwoaclu]

Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul. 12 Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands

[lsophial]

Gun control will create work and money for gangs/maffia. Everything that the government put a ban on, it ends up on the hands of the maffia, gangs, etc...creating a multidollar business for them.The problems with our world ARE: Poverty, poor education, intolerance, racism, harassment, discrimination, hate for other races, regilion. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF THE DR. TURNING AGAINST THE ARMY. SOME PEOPLE CAN BE VERY CRUEL, EATING UP THE SOUL OF THEIR VICTIM.

[ak7wyf]

no it's not... pistol is a single handed weapon. does'nt have shit to do with semi auto. think uh revolver, rolling block, look at the single shot pistol. dude get it straight

[yorusoisj]

Fuck you and drag your rotting corpse to rot in hell you faggot!

[ak7wyf]

give me yer address and i'll come see you you muslim fuck. i'll send you to hell

[FXThug]

bullshit pussy

[MareBellator]

i know, im stupid right.

[ramote8]

Everybody in this video looks retarded!! and about 90% of people's comments are OBVIOUSLY retarded...

[dospassos23]

gun control now!!!!!!

[jordinlovesnathan]

dospassos23 "gun control now!!!!!" ???? LOL!

I hope that was sarcasm, cause if not, it's utter idiocy.

Firstly, nations that have the strictest "gun control" still have high gun crime. Either the same or worse than before "gun control". (Ergo, gun control does NOTHING)

Second, the Bill of Rights. Guaranteed right. Not going away. Americans will die before a government tries to take their guns. Sorry. If you don't like that, move to another country.

Third, this was a military base...

[dospassos23]

o no I'm serious.....

why would an army shrink need w/ a gun. I don't care if they were ata firing range.....

and lastly the only amenedment stupider than the 22nd is the 2nd

[faladith]

carry a legal weapon and feel safe.

[JadeDragon007]

A psychiatrist... going crazy. How's that for IRONY!

4 reasons why he might gone crazy!

4. Divorce or family problems!

3. Didn't want to go to war or against it!

2. He's a terrorist sleeper agent.

1. And the number 1 reason the he went off is...! He got tired of the offensive jokes, remarks, and insults made by stupid, asshole, rednecks towards his race and religion. ( that guy's an arab, I think...)

[jetta918]

Your an ass seriously first off the guys not an arab hes american born in Virginia and was raised Christian he converted to Islam. He never even went to war and was not about to either. Its soldiers who give you the right to make stupid comments that you know nothing about. Freedom isn't free just remember that those men and women who gave their lives so that you can be ignorant and say what you want to say. Maybe people should remember that when they want to say stupid crap.

[Frasure3000]

actually, he was arab....he was born to palestinian parents in virginia...lol...so yeah, he was arab. since he was born to palestinian parents, he was most likely always muslim. and no one, and i mean no one, has reported that he was an Islam convert. I don't where u got ur infomation from.

[Frasure3000]

and he was about to be deployed to the middle east.

[ZakMorbid]

go kill yourself

[MareBellator]

He had a semi-automatic pistol on one hand and normal pistol on the other hand.

[Censual81]

LMAO!!! OF COURSE this IS TERRORIST RELATED. Their #1 mission/purpose in this life is to KILL ALL INFIDELS (ALL NON-BELIEVERS) of ISLAM. They HATE freedom of religion. They will STOP AT NOTHING to DESTROY AMERICA. When are all you ppl really going to WAKE UP????!!!!

[ZakMorbid]

You people have no Idea whats really going on here.

[xyberfunk]

I will bet you $10,000 that it was a muslim scum sucker who perpletrated this horrible act!!

Only a sneaky islamic insect would sneak into our military and murder Patriots and Heroes in cold blood...

I'll bet ya 10 grand this was a muslim animal that did this..

any takers?

[dudelikesWoW]

If it was a Muslim, it was a radical one. Normal Muslims are okay.

[Frasure3000]

the Koran orders all muslims to kill anyone who doesn't believe in their religion.

[dudelikesWoW]

Keep telling yourself that, Frasure. Maybe one day, you'll get enough self-esteem to grow up.

[Frasure3000]

go read the Qu'ran and tell me otherwise.

[Frasure3000]

you are a little fucking faggot who accepts losing. go suck on ur mommy's boobs. little cock sucker

[dudelikesWoW]

6 days and that's the best you got? I've heard better insults from my autistic brother. And I do actually own a Quran, unlike you. Grow up, you ignorant Nazi fucker.

[MonsieurVouDou]

that might be so but i dont know....to get to the rank of major it takes about ten years at least. so why would someone stay in for ten years and then do it, when he could just do it as soon as he gets into the army. i'm in the army and was stationed at fort hood. i know exactly where that happened and its hard to believe that he did that much damage by himself with pistols

[Censual81]

BECAUSE this person recently converted to Islam. .... GEEEEE MAYBE THAT'S WHY??????? HHHHEEELLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ak7wyf]

it's way hard to believe he did that much with pistols....Probably a couple .45s right? hard to believe, unless the place was just packed. what a sad day!

[ZakMorbid]

I hear ya. My husband and I are here at Ft. Hood too. Killeen is the Hood. LOL gosh I hate this place.

[AirForcedude5]

are you two ok?

[ZakMorbid]

Yes, oh my gosh, I can't believe this has happend. He is still on post and I can't get on, we are still on lockdown. Thank you.

[AirForcedude5]

glad to hear that. its always horrible to get home turn on the tv and see something like that in the news

[ZakMorbid]

yes it is very horrible. thanks for the concern.

[bakerstevenr]

hi there. are you on base? can you call me at abc news in NY? 212 456 7965. thank you

[Charliedajake]

I wanna dance with the funky chick in the brown boots up front .

[Charliedajake]

brilliant

[Cathode0]

It's about the war. The oil can that said "used" on it, implied that some persons were "used" to obtain it.

Titled Fort Hood because that's a place where sick soldiers come back from Iraq to heal up from mental trauma.

The real "meat" of the song is:

"I smell blood and there's no blood around,

blanked out eyes and a blanked out sound,

I see them coming back motionless in an airport lounge"

In my humble opinion, the song could have used more dark tones, but still a good vid & song

[rothaone23]

Thanks bottlesandcans01 Im stationed out her at Fort Hood and this song aint got jack to do with this post..And thug4life1979 ur full of shit Im having a great time out here!!

[proud11bwife]

Rothaone23. The song is about Fort Hood, the soldiers, Killeen, He's an Army Brat. at 1:04 youll see cheerleaders. Killeen HIGH SCHOOL! We as a family were stationed there for 15 yrs. YES 15 yrs. The song is about the post, the way of life for soldiers their feelings when they come back from deployements at 1:24 into the video he is talking about soldiers coming back you. see Another local high school football teams colors. It have everything to do with Hood!

[money0309j]

That song sucked and as someone at Ft. Hood I really wish it was named something else.

[bottlesandcans01]

I met Mike Doughty in Nashville. We hung out for a min. He is a military brat. Hence.. Ft Hood. Put 2 and 2 together asshats. Not that it matters. Not that you matter or I matter. Either way there is your answer.

[rothaone23]

Why did he name tha song Ft Hood??? Any one know???

[jeknee]

Fort Hood is the base in Texas that has the highest number of casualties in Iraq.

[thug4life1979]

Fort Hood is in the middle of a shithole. You have more of a chance of getting shot in Killeen TX than you do in Iraq or Afghanistan. Ft Hood was the only post I went to where there was gang problems ON post. There as a drive by on a PT formation!

[loveskuls11223344]

im going to his concert on may 15th

[taagteam]

Doughty - you freakin' rock!

[Poolzclosed]

As ex military this song speaks to me. There is no good fight and not one soldier that can enjoy what he does and think its the right thing. Boycott war.

[ravenssettle]

Tell that to every American soldier/sailor/Marine who fought in WWII that.

Just because the war we're in now isn't a well-liked war doesn't mean that no war is right.

[monkeymule]

Missing the point here. No war is wrong or right becuase of some populatiry contest. War is wrong because innocent people die. In WWII millions got bombed, and had their lives taken or their livelyhoods destroyed.

The Iraqi civilian bodycount is up to 92,126 100,580 people.

Nobody who truly values human life can support a war.

[ravenssettle]

Fighting to protect those who were being slaughtered wholesale. I consider that a good and necessary war.

The fact that Hitler shouldn't have been doing it is one I take note of, but the war to stop him was necessary and good.

I never said that it being popular made it right, but it being right did make it popular.

[BlueCloneTrooper521]

Yet people say War is fought to keep there from being more casualties.

There would have been alot more dead jews than there was if we'd not fought in a certain war. Hell, the bible says there will always be war and fighting on earth so why question?

[twoarmpropeller]

Why not question?

There isn't right or wrong answer but everybodys got to think

[organtaker]

i shook this guys hand when he did an in-store at a local record shop here in boise. he's real nice.

[MagnusVerBrubaker]

Mike Doughty - I wish I'd thought of everything you've ever done.

[taagteam]

Well put, Mangnus, well put!

[Deanbass77]

Jeeze I love the way that dude with the beard in that red shirt dances.

[xNarrowSoulx]

Are you all really this stupid? Yes, Mike Doughty salutes the service of soldiers, but he has a well-documented opposition to the war... He's not 'hooah' about serving in Afghanistan..

Sorry to the actual soldiers here, you do a great service to our country, but the fools who don't have a clue need to read some.

[ZeppoBrothers]

The best part of the song is the "Let the Sunshine In" part, the part he ripped off or remade from the original medley from the musical "Hair."

[buck87x]

leaving for army basic training next month- hooah!

mike you're my idol. scrap livingston is everywhere. wheres dave matthews been?

[XthatsrightX]

Dave has been trying to act. He was in You Don't Mess With The Zohan recently and played a bartender in some movie I forgot.

[piggerbenis]

video sucks and nobody fucking cares where you or your love ones are stationed.

[ajimenes7]

Proud girlfriend of a soldier who's stationed at Hood but is serving overseas!!

HOOAH!!

[bahdahdoop]

fort gordon here HOOAH

[sunray03]

proud wife of an army infantry soldier in 3rd BCT-1st ID... serving in afghanistan from fort hood! hooah!

[gottdog]

Great tune. This song speaks to me as a needed reminder that these soldiers (and their families) make sacrifices, some of which they deal with long after they hang up their boots.

[brennan1026]

when i was a baby i would play with that guitar when my dad lived with mike

[rf123490]

i'm an army wife and my husband is in the 89th MP bde.

[Leadacetate]

I heard this for the first time at River Rocks a few weekends ago. The video is too happy, the song to me is terribly sad. I cried at the end of Hair though. Don't tell me I'm the only one.

[LLRider]

I got paroled out of Ft. Hood back in '97 - good luck to those of you stuck out there.

[NateMcMurph]

"I'd rather hang up the flag and be done with it" best line of the song. That and the one about Young Jeezy, ha.

[Rabbid0281]

werd

[kayalbright]

Love the song. I currently live on the Fort Hood base, my husband is deployed in Iraq.

[jdcool038]

i feel ya im in cove and my bf is deploying in feb.

[beejaysucka]

HEY! im in cove too!

HOODS THE PLACE TO BE!

[maggotxsicx666]

haha there is he guy from the supersecretproject in there

[canofmeatfilm]

Yeah great job guys, and such as it is, so goes Brooklyn so goes the WORLD, love your work, and all the dancin, peace out, can of meat.

[sophiadoughty]

wow...i wonder if this guys in my family some how...

like im a doughty...

wow....

thats cool xD

[aphextron]

Fort Hood soldier here, leaving for Iraq in a month. Keep up the good work, Mike.

[luckystripegum]

It's called that because he wrote the song about soldiers coming back from Iraq.

[JLGoller]

rather the ones that don't come back.

"Fort Hood is the base in Texas that's lost the most people in Iraq and Afghanistan." - MD

[Scarlytte]

Not to mention the largest military base in the world.

[manda112388]

really?!

wow. I live at the biggest one east of the Mississippi.

Stewart.... it sucks too.

[thegreatmccowan]

:( Don't remind us. So depressing. To think we actually requested Ft. Hood. If we only knew what we do now

[AshleyArmyWife]

Same here. We didnt request it but to think we might be stuck in the black hole for years and years makes me wanna kill myself..

[Deanbass77]

They'll come home one day.. hopefully all of them. Hang on.

[JCV31]

I lived there for three years, and it's not that bad. I know Killeen isn't great, but Austin is fun and just down the road, go to 6th Street.

[rf123490]

why the fuck is it called FORT HOOD? it fucked up my search for the army post

[iftreedog]

nice job big guy, way better than Lee Greenwood.

[Street5pirit]

excellent tune as always, scrap 'n mikey d

thank you.

but considering the subject,

why did you make the video so lighthearted?

[RES1234PECT]

Dear Mike:

This was beautifully done. The meaning grows each time the song is played. The words, details, and photography move the viewer/listener/receiver. Sorry to have missed you in D.C.

[altrus2k]

still lovin' the green guitar

[JLGoller]

The very end is the best.

[starbex]

hi scrunt22 - the whole video is massively color-corrected. i think that's what you're seeing at the top. we shot in HD on an HVX 200.

[Sweetcollision]

I love it.

[sethgecko13]

I don't get it.

[PaintedDeserts]

LOVE!

[scrunt22]

bex - did you just shoot on regular video - at the beginning looks like you might have used a filter of some sort? the look of this is really great, of course and the message is timely.. good work!

[johnmayerhadatvshow]

Awesome video Mike. I'm gonna share this with as much people as a can. Great message dude!

[TopherPolack]

Mighty Nice Video, Mr. Doughty!

[nashipaipulei]

Right on!! Stop standing around, watching it all happen - start dancing it up!! Shine on, sun!

[sdstanley]

Mike, thank you for making this.

[hollywoodpsychic]

Really nice job. Love it.

[annefrank11]

Zomg, I'm the first commenter!

I love you Mike, and I agree.

Let's get the sunshine in. ^^