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[KillingJokes97]

Born to kill.OohRah

[Thisistheman91]

Blasting this on a huey chopper raining death on the Viet Cong would be epic!

[smedlings]

My US History teacher played this for us 4 months ago and I still haven't been able to get it out of my head

[bs22343]

the only good commie is one that's dead

[michaelwuzthere]

@bs22343 One day the 'commie's will rule the world!

[thebeastofTEXAS67]

I have a lot of family tht went to war an they said tht they liked this song?X)

[tl52]

this song speaks much truth. as a college student during this time with a high lottery number, safe: i spoke with several returning vietnam vets and am still apalled at the lunacy of many political leaders waste of american lives. i wonder if a true accounting of the war will ever be known? one more time i offer my utmost respect to those who served, willingly or unwillingly. our country owes you much.

[dualwieldm60s]

Stfu you hawk

[evashades]

Can't anyone see past the surface humor of the lyrics of this song? Some people were really offended by it because it basically belittled the service of thousands of men who sacrificed so much in honor of their country. Imagine if you went overseas to fight a war and came back and was criticized for it.

[TheHoneyCloud]

@evashades ...they were forced to go. This song was sung by hundreds of soldiers as they landed in vietnam. No one wanted to go, it was different in the 60's. You didn't enlist, you were drafted whether you wanted to go or not.

[ItachiLover291]

Both my US History teachers played this XD

[chica476]

Amazing to think that he actually served in vietnam on the Swift Boats.

He is an actual patriot, Thomas Jefferson and many of the other federalists would be proud.

[bs22343]

@chica476 Jefferson wasn't a Federalist, he was Democratic-Republican. Get it right

[srfcrz7]

Hi scc film class!

[Dominik19Z]

i LOVE THE TWO PICTURES ON 2:14 !!!

[Zeshil]

Generation Kill brought me here

[BlowTorchCinema]

@Zeshil Same here :D

[jonanico]

Fucking Vietnam! Good of you to upload this, even if some morons do not get it.

[MrFrankCalzone]

100th like! Cool! GREAT song!

[seale1234]

jes' happy to be alive, myself...

[RyukuoZenNy]

My teacher played this on for us in class today lol, i really like how he had the damn to even sing this in the concert

[TheSuckerCity]

country joe wouldve been the first frisky fucker to die if he ever faught in 'nam. ever other blind fool sings about how great peace and love is, while meanwhile the other half is busy doin shit and risking their fuckin lives for these bastards. what a world.

[residentevlidead]

@TheSuckerCity Joe is a veteran moron that's how he knows what's happening

[TheSuckerCity]

@residentevlidead joe was discharged...with good reason look at this fucker.

[residentevlidead]

@TheSuckerCity Why are you listening to a protest song then? Why do you have a confederate flag, you're a very backwards moron. Listen up, why can't we all just put our guns down and go home?

[TheSuckerCity]

@residentevlidead Fuck you, you call me a moron and then you act like a hippie. What a hypocrite you are.

[residentevlidead]

@TheSuckerCity Who said I was a hippie?

[LittleMacStudios]

@TheSuckerCity He did fight in Vietnam

[conoris14]

fuck communism, but this song is good

[mixwell1983]

haha ive heard the live version.. i love this song, i remember my friend introducing me to this song a long time ago (i am 27) so not soo long ago but yea..

[Rrwmissouri]

This song takes me back to my Haight-Ashbury days in San Francisco in 1967 and 1968. I loved it!

Peace & Love

Rick Ryan

Oh! One day after they turned Haight St. into a one-way because of all the tourist coming into the area, Country Joe got a truck with a flatbed trailer so he could set the band up on it. As they slowly came down Haight St., they were playing this song. I'll never forget that!

[wrath6647]

Unfortunately, I did this project a while ago, and since then I have had my computer crash and got a new computer, so I no longer have the original video, or song :(. If i come across the song I will shoot you a link

[cayrusal]

@wrath6647

Thanks very much for this video. I am a history teacher teaching the Vietnam war and shall be using this for my class tomorrow - it is perfect for their Controlled Assessment task. Thanks again.

[wrath6647]

@cayrusal You're welcome, and thanks for letting me know. Nice to know that its getting more views than just inside someones house. Take care.

[117gotmilk]

@wrath6647 if you lost your old version i could download this video off of youtube and send it to you.

[Spiffx615]

also. can you send me this download? cause i found another one but its all GIMME AN F-U-C-K. and i cant really use that in school :)

[Spiffx615]

omg. thank you. this. is. perfect. im doing a slide show for school on vietnam. PERFECT.

[tabguy14]

One last rant before I go. $5 says that none of you Pinkos knows anything about the Vietnam, Indochina, or Korean Wars. Read a damn book or at least wikipedia it. Don't reduce it(War itself) into something it's not. And don't indoctrinate others with YOUR bs thinking you know enough about it to 'enlighten' others. History repeats itself once forgotten, and this can be prevented only thru evaluations of the past. I said it once, I'll say it again: READ A GODDAMN BOOK! Thanks,

-Patrick.

[leaf732]

@tabguy14 i dont read books i play black ops

[tabguy14]

And I agree with shortimer09. Today's hippies don't even stand for anything. We all know War's an ugly beast, we don't need a f****** drum circle to know that. These people believed whole-heartedly that they were standing up for the greater good, and damnit, they tried everything to end it. What do hippies nowadays disagree with? "Evil" corporations? The "War on Terror" or whatever politically correct name we're calling it by now?

[tabguy14]

This exemplifies why we lost 'Nam. The lack of support of the war (which is completely understandable) seeped over into lack of support for troops. Why fight for a country that hates what you've done for it? Why die for someone who thinks you should be locked up? At least they got what they wanted. TET cease-fire, the Church Amendment, we lost a war even though we won every battle... Hate war, not troops.

[mixwell1983]

@tabguy14 - From what I've heard is in the earlier parts of Vietnam we were winning the war but they changed leaders who fucked up and held back which led to more troops dying due to a fucked up strategy and I agree my bro in law is in the marines and I hate the war, not the soldier stuck in the crappy situation.

[officer1nasty]

why? religion

[moviescout]

In times of war and pain, I guess people needs something to laugh at....

[pylgrym]

As a Vietnam veteran AND a veteran of another Texan's war (Desert Storm), I would and do discourage my sons and their friends from enlisting in the military- I fear my support of the troops falters when I realize they made a decision that may have been misinformed... not that my lads aren't weapons-proficient and deadly SHOTS mind you... they have killing skills...

[ChocolateThunderRick]

Hey, thanks for the video. Would you mind telling me where I can locate the picture at 2:05, the one of the girl kneeling next to her friend who was shot? Thanks.

[wrath6647]

@ChocolateThunderRick The picture was taken by John Filo of Mary Ann Vecchio next to Jeffrey Miller after he was shot at Kent State University by the National Guard.

If you go to wikipedia and search "Kent State Shootings" you will find it there.

[trollfinger]

@ChocolateThunderRick

Kent State shootings. Americas bloody Sunday.

[MilesIsDaBombDiggity]

@ChocolateThunderRick Type in kent state ohio shooting on google images it shoud come up idk if you found it already since you asked a year ago

[EmoXThorne]

I listened to this in my History class because we were learning about Vietnam :)

Subsequently, I found the song on a CD of my mothers...This song is amazing and is now on my iPod :D

[yeahmedude]

My dad used to sing this at the dinner table, I had no idea it was a real song, let alone a hit. Today this song would have a "parental warning" attached to it, it may even get banned; thereby increasing it's sale value.

[shootemup500]

what is everyone ARGUING ABOUT!!!??? it's a song! jesus we're not here to debate a war just to rate the song!!! jesus christ

[bluenose5151]

@shootemup500 the song was a statement about vietnam...discussing the war is paying the truest homage to the song possible...the writers wanted to make people question the war....by debating we are dong the song justice.

[L0Z7AT]

Even if you hate any wars' reasoning, that doesn't mean you should make life hell for the soldiers, it's hell for them already. Sitting in a field listening to music and smoking weed doesn't help the world in any way, and is pretty damn selfish, so if you're concerned, go off and actually help somewhere.

[IshtarPiccolo]

@L0Z7AT What about when the soldiers are war criminals?

[frasek06]

lol we listened to this in history cause we are doing vitnam war

[Sanernando]

If I were your teacher you would get an A plus!

[backoffpunk95]

I heard this song in history class for t first time, who knew id actully bring something home from there

[shorttimer09]

This song rocks, but modern day hippies are still faggots, because they don't truly stand for shit.

[sniperRobert]

i hate hippies, but this song is pretty nice xD

[GreenSharpie1342]

why do you hate hippies?

they promoted peace.

and free love.

[sniperRobert]

i hate hippies, because they promote peace and love. im going jo join the USMC, go to Afghanistan and kill as many talibans as this is posible.

[GreenSharpie1342]

mm. i see. :p

[sunnysoundblackpool]

every war is for oil and money and we dont see any of it , jammy sods

[suavea123go]

im doing this for my project too.

wierrd.

its probaly the same school,ha!

[Rozzrocks666]

Im going to enlist in the USMC in like 6 months once i hit 18.

[TheDreamgenie]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

you could almost replace, in the lyrics, Viet nam with Afanghanistan

[RickybLSD]

i wish they used the fuck cheer for this

[ErnstBecker]

Up yours country joe !

[firstbornson1952]

Who the f-u-c-k is ErnstPeckerHeadBecker?

[ErnstBecker]

Look up your arsehole and find out !

[firstbornson1952]

Are you saying you are a faggot?

[ErnstBecker]

No. It appears that you have your head up your arse.

[ErnstBecker]

you are

[firstbornson1952]

And Arsehole? You do not have to answer my prior question..... as you must be a LIMEY FAG! WHO IS YOUR DADDY, Your Uncle? Look up my asshole is the American way to say it. And while you were up there, did i have eggs or your lesbo Mom for breakfast?

[ErnstBecker]

Xin loi my boy ! I'm no limey. I know who my father was and the rest of the clan. All of us are AMERICAN. Wrong again fucj face. I know that my Mom wasn't a lesba.

[firstbornson1952]

What the heck is a fucj face? Since you see to have a hard time with words, maybe you are an AMERICAN'T..........

[ErnstBecker]

There are over 58,000 reasons why you would never understand. Their names are all on the Wall. The only thing I wanted in RVN was more ammo. You're the one that started all the insults. During the time Country Joe and his cronies were signing their shit, we were fighting Victor Charles and his counter part Mr. Nathaniel Victor. It wasn't fun. Country Joe and his people weren't there.

[firstbornson1952]

I believe it is you who does not understand. I do not know if Joe ever went to 'nam, but he did serve in the US military. I did have three relatives who were there, one uncle and two cousins. Both of my cousin's are now gone. My uncle, who is about 80, is and has been heavily sedated for the past 20 to 25 years. He never really got over all the he saw and lived through while in 'nam.

[ErnstBecker]

You're half way there. Now we can talk. Salute for your cosuins and Uncle. As I said it wasn't fun down South in The Republic That Once Was Vietnam. I was Country Joe and His Cronies that we hated. They weren't there, they wern't fighting, and they never had a clue. Hardly a day goes by that I don't think about RVN and my buddies that didn't make it. We can talk -- only if you stow the insults.

[firstbornson1952]

One cousin passed away at the age of 52. He would have been 59 this year. After being in 'nam for 6 months, a jeep he and 3 or 4 other gi's were in went over a land mine. My cousin was the only one to survive. he had shrapnel everywhere. My other cousin passed a week prior to his 60th. he would of been 65 this year. Bobby served two tours... on a chopper... side gunner and co-pilot.

[firstbornson1952]

His wake and funeral was attended by Vago's, Angle's, Outlaw's, and a plug of Viet Nam motorcycle veteran bikers. About thirty of the Vet's gave a speech about my cousin. Since I had not seen my cousin for maybe 16 years prior to his passing, I was quite surprised to learn that he became a counselor to "lost" vet's. As I am sure you are aware that many came back and were lost. My cousin did not like being in 'nam, and vas very vocal about it.

[firstbornson1952]

One more thing, have you ever seen six foot and over Viet Nam vet with Hell's Angels colors on crying? It is quite a moving site.....

[ErnstBecker]

I've seen the tears.

[ErnstBecker]

Sorry to hear this. At first, when I came home, it made me mad that Viet Nam Vets demontrated. Since they had fought the good fight, it was their right. Damn that war.

[firstbornson1952]

Part one: You need to understand that Viet Nam was a terrible situation our shit ass Government got America into. I have never for a moment believed that the Vet's were ever degrading their fellow military "family", but rather the fact our shit ass Government got America involved in the senseless conflict know as Viet Nam. And that many American soldiers were sacrificing their lives for some unknown reason.

[firstbornson1952]

Part two: I should have said "bogus" reason. To end this piece of jargon, let me just say I do not feel that the majority of the '60s Vets ever turned their back on their fellow military mate, but rather denounced the action's our Government was taking.....

[ErnstBecker]

Type O arsehole.

[ErnstBecker]

It is Viet asshole

[firstbornson1952]

Dude, I thought we were friends?

[ErnstBecker]

@firstbornson1952

Not me. It's the end product the stinks.

[firstbornson1952]

And now that i do notice, You do have a thing for the male rectum, or Arse" as you call it. You even told Country Joe ... 'Up yours'....... Go back to your monkey and get AIDS................. Homo.

[ErnstBecker]

Xin loi my boy. You keeping talking about fags -- not me. You must enjoy the life style, not I.

[ErnstBecker]

I'm a combat Vietnam Vet -- asshole. Any other stupid questions ?

[wigzy8]

WAR is FOR the spiritually POOR.

[ErnstBecker]

Your quote sounds like Karl Marx?

[joeluttas]

commi

[ErnstBecker]

You shit in one hand and wish in the other. Not today, yesterday, or ever.

[Jimhendrx67]

yeahhhhhhh 1...2....3.... yeaaaaaahhh

[BanColPan]

1-2-3

[shubniggurathsclit]

hahaha heady fuckin statement leonheart00.

tell me about your brilliant epiphany regarding the destruction of american culture, and then maybe think about how every generation has had this exact same freaking thought and its never any worse than before, just different.

[troutvt]

great song, bad bad bad memories, joe hit the fuckin nail directly on the head

[nlchamps07fan]

great song

[zlateh000]

thanks man, i need this song for a project as well (lyrics, but i wanted to listen to it)

nice job overall, btw

[bryantheirishman]

Better alive than dead.

Go sell your ancient ideals of McCarthyism elsewhere.

[KyleVerbeke]

Pinko!

[TyrVash]

@bryantheirishman Not understanding the point of the song FTW

[rickypwnz]

better Red than dead

[deathmetalguy2]

fuckin A!

lol

[LSDCoatedBrain]

Has anyone else ever noticed that at 2:25 they go from saying "Do waca, do waca..." in the background to "psychedelic, psychedelic...". I always seem to notice these things more when I'm high.

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

the woodstock version is better

[SilvanCleric]

I think the live version would had been even better but alas I ain't that old.

[hazel10987]

Thanks for the video and memories. My boyfriend was sent to Vietnam when he was nineteen. He didn't live to see his twentieth birthday. :(

[heidiperre]

have two friends on the wall war memorial in DC and now I have a brother in law lost in Iraq--does it ever end? :(

[ErnstBecker]

I'm sorry to hear this.

[spikeboogey123]

My nephew was killed in Iraq when an IED blew up the HUMVEE he and 2 of his buddies were in...

I was a civilian contractor in Iraq in '04-'05...got shot at several times pal...

I lost 2 friends in that stupid Viet Nam bullshit war...

[spikeboogey123]

Haha...you stupid little pissholes think it's "funny"?!

I kinda wish you'd get a fuckin' draft card, then find out just exactly how "funny" this song is...

Ever lost a friend in battle? Ever been scared shitless during a mortar attack?

Young punk assholes! No wonder why this country is going to shit...you little turdballs think it's just a fuckin game...

Respect those who gave their ALL for you dumb asses...

God Bless

[phazan]

lulz

[Joes353]

Well, the song is about, that nobody actually knew what they were giving their all for... VietnamWar is one of the stupidiest wars ever...

[JeanLuc5000]

"Ever lost a friend in battle? Ever been scared shitless during a mortar attack?"

No, and I doubt you have either. Iraq has solved jack shit for us.  "Weapons of mass destruction" my ass.

[EvilDeadHateCrew]

just because the war is stupid does not mean we should not support the troops 100%. they are the ones risking their life, whether its a stupid war or not

[BBulletin]

@EvilDeadHateCrew It seems most people still do not know the difference between not supporting a war and not supporting the troops. (Or, for that matter, between not supporting the President and not supporting the troops. I may have lost a job due to the "Defend America, Impeach Bush" bumper sticker on my car. I had a lead worker who had her two sons and daughter in the military.)

[moviescout]

@EvilDeadHateCrew

No, you see, I support the men who are risking their lives out there. They fight for pride and glory and what they believe in. That is admirable. I just don't like the guy who made martyrdom and self-sacrifice of proud good men and women important for the sake of the nations best. And then the fact that more soldiers take their own life when they come home than actually dies on the battlefield.

Sorry for interrupting. Didn't mean to piss anyone off.

[phddddd]

@EvilDeadHateCrew It's the universal soldier, he really is to blame. Look up Tolstoy, as he wondered what set of idiots would lie outside freezing without shoes in the bitterest of Russian winters while their officers ate smoked pork in the comfort of heated tents. Without soldiers, who count as much to them as so many plastic ducks, the officers wouldn't do one god damn thing! It's the universal soldier that enables governments and generals to declare war.

[tl52]

@phddddd many thanks to the soldiers that answer the call, such may not be said of those who command them. and use them unwisely. but no fault should be ascribed to the simple soldier. they were there when they were needed, and willing to pay the ultimate price.

[someguy672]

@tl52 I completely agree. Respect the soldiers always but not always the politicians who send them into harms way for stupid reasons.

[joeluttas]

fuck u...usmc bitch

[sendanor]

Man, this original studio version is even funnier than the one that become famous at Woodstock...great song, alas still actual today....

[Pbanksx3]

This song appears in my history book :)

[victobob]

This is what the original sounds like. It's a really cool song!

[hanmwah]

very nice.. i'm doin' the same project in history class aswel... i have yet to start it, but it's all in my head.. hah! peace 0=

[Ebaumsfault]

Nice I've been looking for the studio version. Love it, what did you get on the project and what was it about?