suicide is painless

[patchworkz7]

Thanks for putting this back up, it's hard to find a version with the complete lyrics (the stanzas about giving up the seat and joys relate are not in most versions). Thanks!

[bsehawk]

Did you know that Jamie Farr (Klinger) was the only one of the* M*A*S*H*-Crew, who was as soldier in the Korean-War? He of all people! :-)) Respect!!

[mickey8355]

@bsehawk And isnt it ironic that he stayed in Korea after the last episode untill his wife found her family? He of all people. That was a great twist.

[abcdwwjd2]

hello great serie, where can I find the whole episodes?

[kellyberry]

just like hawkeye i chase gurls and tell bad jokes i even have a dirty old bathrobe all i need is to become a doctor . :) i must thrive on rejection once at camp my roomate and me where walking to our cabin we see two female counselors i say hi gurls shall we double date? they smile and say we dont date campers i replied thats ok i perfer tents myself

[EslocoSoldado]

For some life is great nothing bad ever seems to happen unfortuanatly ther are people like me who can't seem to get a break but what does suicide acomplish not a damn thing. At one Point in every one's life they think about it but some people are stong some people are weak others lucky some are not. ther is a positive and negative for everything we do. to live afraid of death is not living, living wanting to die is not living . Life Deals us cards and we must decide weather to raise or fold.

[glockdoc101]

DVD soft is the best ,you can down load video or mp3. just Google DVD soft

[callerofmusic]

i miss that show 

[katdanmo2]

Two of us at kat work at ER. You know what ER is right? You see all kinds of ER cases... some of them are suicidal survivors(If they get lucky), they say they are happy they are back and got a 2nd chance. If you work close to some of these survivors, the stories you hear from them, are very horrifying, it is not a joke!! They compare their experiences to horrifying nightmares. ..

[djbwazhere2]

i killed myself once in the1800's. they didn't have ressurection machines. I's dead

[katdanmo2]

The survivors said the process of suicid was painful. taking pills and getting drunk will not cover the pain of dying. Dying is a very painful process. The suiciders, the survivors have died and came back. They have actually DIED and came back. Do you believe n after life? The video is abotu war but the messge is about suicid, then why say suicid is painless ?? It is a very straight forward message!

[Destroe1]

@katdanmo2 It's probably saying that the trade of killing ones self is painless compared to the Pain of living a painful life. it's in comparison.

[Roadracer987654321]

When thinking of MASH and seeing the episodes when young men get arms and legs amputated it makes me sick when these one man indestructible Army are made.They are Recruitment Propaganda. I saw Rambo and Arnold's Commando, and Chuck Norris Army films and understood it was a Movie. too bad many young men beleive these movies and think this is for Real.

[PranaFlowNZ]

fool

[almostlds]

it amazes me how often people miss the point of the song. its message is anti-war not pro-suicide . the early morning fog has to do with seeing the 6 oclock chopper as a corpsman

[eyeofhoruszero]

walking out onto the freeway... or dropping off a walkway in front of a 70mph six wheeler,, is not really going to hurt much!

neither is standing on train tracks,,, singing the mash theme song.. whilst playing it badly on the guitar...

on magic mushrooms.. whilst watching...

the sound of inevitability!!!

Of course suicide is painless!!!!

wanting to make your death hurt more than your life is a "TYPE" of suicide!

but there are both funny ways to die.. as well as painless ways..

[jenny1lesbo]

jews are not evil. as a jew, i speak up.

[balamanti2]

Jewz are killers of Jesus

[dragons2k100]

@balamanti2 you mean romans right? lol.. itallians did more then the jews.

[MrBornbadd]

kat take a typing class , and this is a good song , Listen to the lyrics not just the suicide is painless part ....

[JP12456]

figures that the Jew, Johny Mandel would write this song. the jews want the gentiles to commit suicide. the jews are evil.

[katdanmo2]

you want, see it for yoruselves. My sister worked at the ER for years, Why would I listen to you when she tells me the most frightening horrifying things about suicidal survivors their suicidal experiences the pain they go through the screem the yelling the horrifying pains, it is nto a joke!

[dagogare]

um, nobody said anything about FAILED suicide being painless ... you're getting your songs confused

[katdanmo2]

Why do not we just show the pictures of those suicide survivors and ask about their personal experiences on TV. What is wrong with that?? Why hidding the truth from eveyr one else. If you can ask yoru hopsital to let you visit their suicidal patients and go ask them any questions

[katdanmo2]

bring those survivors on TV adn interview them. A lot of survivors have brain damages,end up on the hospital bed for rest of their lives, lose body parts... The pain is unbreable, that is what they have discribe their pain when they have tried to kill themselves! Yeah I know, it sounds so cool adn so mysteriously cool, right?

[katdanmo2]

like so many! They all said they would never do it again because the pain was so scary adn huge! We all think we will exist the pain of living,have you ever checked your local hospitals lately?? I just wish that our society could be more open to this subject! I just wish they could

[katdanmo2]

All suicide attemps are painful, One of our friend attempted suicide adn he was lucky to survive, he was suicide survivar joint to a group of people who did it and taught their type of suicide would not hurt a bet! These people do not talk Bull shits

[LegallyMoi]

Who the heck is singing this? They're terrible

[HUSKY57887]

They are;worse than the version I just listened to by Marilyn Manson

[1138IJ77GGDOS5]

I've never heard this version

[KillThatUnicorn14]

best show ever

[katdanmo2]

Suicide is very painful. Suicide is nto like a Hollywood movie

[user467]

well depends on what way ppl commit suicide yhere are painful and non painful yet the will still be lost

[RuudJH]

What do you know?

[obaumpire42]

It depends on how you try and kill yourself. Different methods may induce less or more pain than others.

[um6xr]

i think this song is realy coooooooool and if you think about this realy tell a story about all war

[moisted]

Suicide here is in reference to War. That's the genius of Mash.

[Destroe1]

@moisted Hell yeah!!

[OwMyBrains]

@moisted or of the 14 year old who wrote this song

[Gk1bblezz]

LOL the song was written by a fourteen year old boy. The son of the director. And your fact isnt a fact or else there would be alot more dead veterans. Only Two thousand people actually commited suicide after vietnam. And if you got past 1st grad you should know that 51,000>2,000 so get your facts straight.

[bulletproofbomb]

There were more suicides comitted by British soldiers who were involved in the Falklands conflict, than were actually killed in combat. PTSD is a huge thing for warriors, that is only just know geting the recognition it deserves. I am not religious, but I hope all those brave men are now at pease with themselves.

[animefangirl93]

sounds a bit like woven hand

[avapepper]

Yes, it does. But I don't think it is, is it?

[fiver4ever]

3:39 *shudder* and yes i watch the show

[jamesrenshaw27]

Who is it who does this version? It's kind of different to the others. I like the verses he adds and the ethereal quality of his voice.

[avapepper]

I agree. I haven't heard this version before. It seems to go on forever.  It's more dispassionate. And a little harder to listen to. It's great.

[fight160]

could version? yes!!

[kidsintheriot89]

the best version?

surely its the manics version, james really conveys the sadness. and with the whole richet edwards saga, i think it seems so fitting. but hey thats just my opinion, different songs mean different things to different people etc.

[golf41999]

thanks for posting this. this is the first version i have heard with all of the verses! loved the movie and love the song.

[cebralatrophy]

i wish i knew a painless suicide

[elektra1984]

nobody knows how suicide feels but iam sure its pretty bad

[fight160]

lol yep

[kski94]

Always makes me cry;then I see the picture at 3:37 and my rofl copter goes soi soi soi.

[RedwoodTheElf]

I notice he avoids the high register on "and I can take or leave it if I please" - That note is awful for those with low pitched voices...heh

[sponsoredpenny]

I must admit that this probably is the most complete and best version of the song there is; great voice!

Could anyone send me the file as an Mp3; I would like to take ot along!

greets

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[cdaniels7689]

The best version is from a group called Brothers Four. I have the MP3 if you want it. You may have it, just let me know where to send it

[justahawkeye]

such a great song, whoever wrote it, wrote it in difficult era o f his life. lovethis songt

[Infidelnumber1]

Acutally the directors son of the original flm wrote this song one day when asked to. The boy was thirteen when he wrote it.

[blah22357]

you have a bad voice.

[BritishRulez]

love the lyrics..

[almostlds]

thanks for posting the whole song

[um6xr]

thank you and realy how this song was done it realy cool

[LLyndsey73]

Has anyone read a thing where all the characters meet for a reunion at Radars family farm, and at the end Henery Blakes comes back.

Does anyone know what site I can find this

[survivalrations]

wow wow wow really ive never heard of that but if you find it please reply back so i can know

[Tompie913]

Henry is dead, he couldn't come back

[Teldumor]

obviously you've never read any comic books...

[cappy1836]

To be contrarian...I find the way this was recorded to be a bit more on the haunty side, and thereby adding to the seriousness of the ambience, highlighting the lonliness. I like it as it stands, and thanks for including all the verses to the song. Great clips too by the way; should have had one of hotlips in the shower scene though. :)

[cockhillman]

If you can't find an mp3 version of this then get Audiocity (free)which will record off Youtube or anything else (enable STEREO MIX in your audio record settings first) Audicity will then be able to convert this WAV file to mpe (it will ask you to run a link file first time you do it) Dannie

[bilbo59]

That's a great idea, Dannie! I must confess I have the program (Audacity, open source multitrack recording software) and it never occured to me. Thanks!

[SuperfanGirl86]

@cockhillman either that or realplayer, it's easy enough to download songs as well

[DocLeggz]

Beautiful.

[bilbo59]

thanks jess. and thanks for sticking up for the 'ol man re the picking exercise!

[Onmitsu]

Absolutely fantastic.

[JOHNJ008]

Great series & brill music. I'd like to get them all on DVD all 11 yrs worth of M.A.S.H.

This is onw series that should be repeated on the BBC. The main song "Suicide is painless" get me going thru some bad times.

LONG LIVE M.A.S.H.

[linfinster]

THAT WAS A GREAT RENDITION!! Loved your style, wish I had an mp3 thing, I'd definitely want to have this!!

[bilbo59]

thank you!

[boomstick2004]

This is by far the best cover of this song I have ever heard. Bilbo59, you are a great musician.

[bilbo59]

now i'll just let your comment go right to my head! thanks!

[pple4]

this the best song/tv show in the hole world

[AtholWolverine]

As true today as 40 years ago. I know, I was there. Born in 1966. This is the best TV show ever.

[patchworkz7]

I love this version just because whomever did it actually did the whole version of the song and didn't leave out the verse before

"through early morning fog", along with the other often left out verse.

[bilbo59]

Absolutely right about including all the verses -- and why not, it was a brilliantly conceived piece... another song that suffers from people leaving out verses is Leonard Cohen's Hallejuah.. anyone who has ever recorded it has only included four or five verses, yet the original has something like 15!...

[xieuolo]

Brilliant. Who's doing the music?

[bilbo59]

That would be me, same person who sings it. Truly a basement multitrack recording using guitar and keyboards. Glad you like it!

[xieuolo]

The slight hollow echo gives it a more melancholy, otherworldly feel. It's not dark, per se, more like a grey, if you know what I mean. Any way of getting this for my mp3 player?

[bilbo59]

If you Google "FLV grabbers" there are several free programs that come up. One I downloaded was called "FLVGrabber" and it not only grabs the file from YouTube but you can convert to other formats, i.e. mp3. There's always a way... and yes I agree the echo does add that 'grey' effect!

[bilbo59]

Correction: FLVGrabber does a good job of grabbing the video file but does not convert. To convert, a program like "FreeFLVConverter" does the job (plus it can also grab the file in the first place).

[um6xr]

graet job

[SCODgreenhood]

Good job! We have the song in the original film as a clip. Come visit! :) *****

[DutchZoey]

cut out?

[sponsoredpenny]

well done