outstanding choice of pics for the slide show. well done editing, busting on them silver spoon fuckers. Little Bush skate ass air guard bull shit and ketchup boy Kerry, sumbitch entered theater with his own film crew then got to go home mid tour. fuckin A hard rain well done!! now about the audio....
Unnecessary, and lost war, just like Afghanistan today. What's the point, killing people who hasn't done anything to those soldiers there in Afghanistan..?? Did they make any direct threat to U.S or invade the country..?? All wars should be ended and focus on living in peace, all together, and help those unfortune ones who hasn't the opportunity to get their food from McDonalds and get fat or whatever.. What a world we're leaving behind us for the generations to come....
I've just finished reading 'ChickenHawk' by Robert Mason and what these guys went through was just brutal.
Whatever your thoughts on the rights and wrongs of the war, Vietnam has produced some of the most iconic images of the 20th Century,... and you've really captured the atmosphere with these images and this song.
@ici55 it means that you dont get it. spelling? pff. but soon people will know, I HOPE! ... that this whole country is bankrupt of any real understanding of the big picture, and no one understands why there is this "shit" in your life, that sneaks up on you. i understand that there are soldiers that are of great character and courage that will go and die for what they believe in. unfortunatly, its not a fair deal. btw ima goddamn canadian! im not supposed to be usa but its the same.
Don't go where your not wanted, don't try to impose your rule on those who do not wish to be ruled, all your selling your selling with blood, and all your buying is what your sowing.
To all Vietnam vets, I am sorry that you had to experience the things that you did. I know that you did not receive the proper "welcome home" that you deserved. This is only a YouTube post and I wish I could do more but I would like to thank you for your service and tell you that I love all of you. You deserve a lot better than what you got and all of you are heroes in my eyes. **Hugs**
@EmeraldJEM710 Thanks, from a Vietnam vet. Your comment applies correctly to many Vietnam vets. I was fortunate to come home to a small Montana town, where I was given the best welcome I could ask for. People shook my hand, thanked me, and offered to buy me a beer. Many were Korea or WWII vets. I am not a hero. I did what was required of me.
@7FlyingPenguin Have you asked the people in "enemy" countries how they feel about American troops? I'd bet they'd beg to differ. Maybe you could find a 90 year old penpal who grew up in Hiroshima and ask how s/he views American military forces.
Every time i hear this song i flash back to when i was bringing my wounded friend to the huey and seeing them take flight and geting shot down and to this day i still blame myself for his death he said he wanted to stay and i draged him to it with him screaming and me telling him hes going to see his unborn son and his daugter again. after the war was over i went to his home in texas and said he was a great man she named her son John "Brad" West My name is Brad Gibson
@7009Rice Suck it, Americunt. Take your ultranationalism and shove it far up your ass. If you weren't a god damn lemming, following the rest of your country to damnation, you'd realize that America is flawed and Capitalism is a bunch of bullshit. You fucking twit. Think for yourself instead of thinking what other people tell you to think.
@Kirara9245 I dont have to take that Shit and a Fucking Norwegian Commie! The only thing standing between Ure Country and A Russian invasion is Uncle Sam! But, U'd know that if U werent Fuckin retarded! Then again U might appreciate living under Communist rule! By the way, i do think for myself! Thats why I dont trust the media! Unlike U self-righteouss America hating Euros!
@7009Rice I hate Americans for my own personal reasons, not because of pathetic gossip. Your country is nothing but a money-grubbing, self-centered, ignorant, bullshit filled amalgamation of idiocy and isolationism. You know nothing about what goes on beyond your borders. You are the brown stain on your own flag. I bid you adieu and laugh at your stupidity. By the way, I have plenty of Slavic friends that would give you the clothes off of their back just to see you smile. Jackass.
@7009Rice No, dumb motherfucker. Take your stupidity and anger issues off of youtube. Do what the ghetto idiots do in your country, take it out on your local convenient store. Prove to me that you're the moronic savage that I think you are and continue trying to get the last word in. You don't need to get the last word in at all. Dumb authistic motherfucker.
@Kirara9245 Suck my Dick U Communist Whore! This savage Country is the only reason U Pussies havent been taken over by the Russians. If Ure so tough give me Ure fucking address!
@Kirara9245 Hey don't reply to that Rice guy. look at his channel . All he does is goes into youtube videos and starts ranting. Seriously that kid probably has some deep anger issues
@Kirara9245 No its clear you are the dumb one here. Using the word "necrotizing" in totally the wrong context proves you are one dumb fuck. How does that make you feel ? Then again, with your lack of intelligence do not bother to reply because i will not respond. Oh and do the world a favour and please never breed. Thank's.
@bond007db9 I was using it in the context I had intended to let it be used in. The post was dying, slowly creeping into its own dark hole. Your dumbass pretty much zombified something that had happened earlier. You're a fucking twit. Piss off faggot.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING. Despite my view of the war in Viet Nam You deserve to be honored for your bravery and service to your country. I choose to burn my draft card but I still respect you and Love my country.
Ist Air Cav, 1967-1969. This song still rings in my ears from time to time but the memories/nightmares persist to this day. Less now but when something like this tune triggers it, damn!
@shermanmorningstar Thanks for your service. I too have nightmares of my Nam days sometimes. The thing that triggers the memories in me is the sound of a helicopter.
@jamminjack11 I see you left a comment on my profile. I answered it on my comments page, since it was too long to post as a comment on this video. Hope you see it.
@jamminjack11 Don't know if you saw my answer to your comment. Anyway, our publicly announced combatant role in Vietnam began in August of 1964, when Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Our war of the fifties was the Korean War. And yes, I am a Vietnam veteran. All gave some, some gave all. And the beat goes on. Rich man's war, poor man's blood. That's why this song is still as important today as it was in the 60s and 70s, when we were active in Nam. It hadn't come out yet in the 50s.
When Vietnam came along, I was the son of a barber and a waitress in Montana. I was a damn fortunate son to have the parents I had, but not so fortunate when it came to Selective Service classification. I was 1A and was selected to serve. I was fortunate not to be injured or killed. Many weren't. All gave some, some gave all. This is the most important song CCR ever performed.
Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
The best members of our generation are being killed in the sands of hellhole countries for nothing while those who command them court martial those who defend their brothers. It makes me sick. Dr. Ron Paul may be the only hope for this country!
why are all of you arguing over stupid shit again? for fuck sakes do any of you even realize there's still war's raging on? libyan people are rebelling against a great tyrant, creating the NTC (national transitional council), and have even declared themselves a democracy! and meanwhile you idiots are sitting on your asses behind a computer and talking about how stupid americans are or the fact that americans get things from a communist country. all of you should grow the hell up. support libya!
this is a fucken KICK ASS SONG...but, what is it....is it america good or not? fucken going to war for oil???? nigga please nigga please....america has everyting, america needs nothing so why am I a fortunate son?
@luuzifa69 First of all, don't go saying shit about this country like it is nothing. You obviously don't know how lucky you are to live in this great nation. Second, although it may be true that America is going to war for oil( among other things) you must take into account the time in which this song is written. And last but most certainly not least...FUCK YOU, YA ANTI-AMERICAN BASTARD!
@MIGUELFREITAS66666 u mad bro? btw yes communism, and blackops but forrest gump is my fav movie, and i dont see how bfbc2 ties into this. calm down. take a chill pill, have a drink of water, and smoke some pot with me.
MrFoxbrains--- ur probabaly like 35 and you are just now swearing that you will lose ur virginity to a song that was made like 50 years ago ? thats pretty sad
Some asshole dick wad claimed I was a red neck because I have always loved ccr, This has always been one of my favorite groups. I love this band, especially John fogerty, he rocks!
dude can you just comment on the song and stop trying to start a fight about something that happened a long time ago i mean the people who are going to see your comment i had nothing to do with the war or was even born around that time so just shut up and find something else to do
also i love the the vets where treated we fought to bring them home then treated them like shit when they did nice just goes to show how human nature is.
@MrFoxbrains fisrt of all, spell because right. second of all go fuck you mother. and i was talking about, how when i heard it on the radio. dick face
these guys fought against the evil of communism....but isnt china a communist country?...funny nobody cares about that..as long as we can by cheap crap from wal mart....
i think its safe to say there is no right government because there will always be a small super power group making the significant decisions behind closed doors.
COLIN POWELL EXPLAINS WHO THE FORTUNATE SONS WERE IN HIS BOOK "My American Journey":... “I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well placed… manage to wrangle slots in Reserve and National guard units… Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country.”...FUNNY THING IS, Powell went to work for one fo those Fortunate Sons - George W. Bush
those man are dying and wat does the gouverment sitting allround a table drinking cognac or wodka smyling to the camera man and elswere in nam soldiers dying for America
The song was not really an anti-military song but rather an expression that is only the poor and lower classes sons that are sent to war. I was drafted in late 68 and could have gotten a deferment since I was in college; but felt it was not fair to let a poor person go in my place. I spent 14 months in that hell and it was the songs of home that help me get through the nightmare!
@dbworld54 I was one of the poor and was destined to be drafted with an unholy lottery number which guaranteed my passage into the realm of the war. Being the wily SOB that I was I joined the navy with a promise of an an advanced avionics curriculum. I spent 8 years in, almost all at NAS Oceana or in school in Millington, TN. No regrets. Didn't want to shoot anyone and didn't want anyone shooting at me.
I was in 2nd Battlion 25th regiment 4 Div near Pleiku and Quang Ngai Provinces Nov. 68 till Jan. 70 14 months of pure hell. I remeber the ambush night some were quiet as church and other we were running through the jungle for our lives. I wish another of the rich kids did his fair share so you might not had to go. I dont regret what I did and I am proud of my service.
Can we all just shut the fuck up and listen to the song please? I mean the most likely reason that you clicked on the video is to listen to this great song not whine like a fucking girlscout. SO QUIT YOUR BITCHING!
Amazing Pics. During the war in Vietnam people could actually see and hear from honest-to-God journalists and war photographers. Now we get embedded Fox "News" prostitutes and the occasional silly Youtube music video from bored G.I.'s.
It'll get real if we get a military draft. Things will change if these fat-ass Keyboard Commandos have to suit up or have their pampered larvae sent off to kill brown people for Exxon.
I am tired of the comments, "They are giving their lives because they love this country." Quite a bit of them are most likely doing it for the salary and for college. Others are probably persuaded by propaganda, such as those horrible commercials, "There's strong, then there's Army strong." Or the "It's nit science fiction, it's what we do everyday."
@VVDude19 I do it because somebody has to. Im in the Army. Rangers lead the way. Marines I know admire the Rangers because the 75th go in and rescue them and rescue navy seal and teir one operatives. Thats just me. There are people who coward in fear, then there are those who stand and fight not for the money or glory, just because its the right thing to do. That is me though.
@TheChriswertz You are no Army Ranger... Anyone that plays CoD MW2 will know the quote "Rangers lead the Way" and the platoon is the 75th Army Rangers. Just so you know, In real life the Marines are First in last out and most marines don't respect anyone but the people they stand next to because those are the people watching his ass every second of the day. And Navy Seals rescue Navy Seals,you know last saturday how 30 Navy Seals died while on a mission to save others? Stop pretending,ItsILLEGAL
@hester23x On most occasions they are.. and i dont know what this "hype" is your talking about my grandpa was in the Korean and Vietnam war and a marine in both and his platoon was one of the first deployed in both.
@alfalockk Army SF's, Army Rangers, MARSOC, CIA, and other Special Operation Units are always first then. You just won't hear about it on the news. Then come in your Marine Infantry.
@hester23x The only time Army SF and Army Rangers were first in was D-Day, Marsoc is a type of Marine,and CIA is always first in but not in direct combat. And feel free to list more "Special Operation Units" ill prove you wrong again and again.
@alfalockk Holy shit, i got hacked. i am no Ranger by the way which you did point out.. . & yeah i know marines that are like that, then are those who different from that. I also dont live in New York, New york(where my computer said i was hacked). who ever was sayin that shit is dumb. Everybody knows the Seals are the best & the best rescue the best..
Horrible war, great music.
youngdones 2 weeks ago
outstanding choice of pics for the slide show. well done editing, busting on them silver spoon fuckers. Little Bush skate ass air guard bull shit and ketchup boy Kerry, sumbitch entered theater with his own film crew then got to go home mid tour. fuckin A hard rain well done!! now about the audio....
Tarten46 4 weeks ago
Unnecessary, and lost war, just like Afghanistan today. What's the point, killing people who hasn't done anything to those soldiers there in Afghanistan..?? Did they make any direct threat to U.S or invade the country..?? All wars should be ended and focus on living in peace, all together, and help those unfortune ones who hasn't the opportunity to get their food from McDonalds and get fat or whatever.. What a world we're leaving behind us for the generations to come....
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HEY THANKS EMERALD coming home was a big let down,I hope the american people realise WE grunts we american......tooo.
marco1969ization 1 month ago
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HEY THANKS EMERALD coming home was a big let down,I hope the american people realise WE grunts we american......tooo.
marco1969ization 1 month ago
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HEY THANKS EMERALD coming home was a big let down,I hope the american people realise WE grunts we american......tooo.
marco1969ization 1 month ago
HEY THANKS EMERALD coming home was a big let down,I hope the american people realise WE grunts we american......tooo.
marco1969ization 1 month ago
Thank You!!!
ReigningStar1 1 month ago
Excellent video Hard Rain.
I've just finished reading 'ChickenHawk' by Robert Mason and what these guys went through was just brutal.
Whatever your thoughts on the rights and wrongs of the war, Vietnam has produced some of the most iconic images of the 20th Century,... and you've really captured the atmosphere with these images and this song.
Well done.
bonscott1812 1 month ago
@bonscott1812 Excellent book, and his other one aint bad neither. Cheers.
Tarten46 4 weeks ago
If i get 50 thumbs up ill travil back in time and kill a protesting hippie with an American flag USA USA USA
JDOG145899100 1 month ago
Poor USA...You loose the war.
JAGUARV4 1 month ago
@JAGUARV4 learn to spell dumb ass
ici55 1 month ago
@ici55 Jajajajaja stupid monkey
JAGUARV4 1 month ago
@JAGUARV4 what the fuck does that mean
ici55 1 month ago
@ici55 it means that you dont get it. spelling? pff. but soon people will know, I HOPE! ... that this whole country is bankrupt of any real understanding of the big picture, and no one understands why there is this "shit" in your life, that sneaks up on you. i understand that there are soldiers that are of great character and courage that will go and die for what they believe in. unfortunatly, its not a fair deal. btw ima goddamn canadian! im not supposed to be usa but its the same.
feztizieo 1 month ago
@feztizieo ok you canadian good for you but if your going to post a comment in english you should at least know how to spell
ici55 1 month ago
Don't go where your not wanted, don't try to impose your rule on those who do not wish to be ruled, all your selling your selling with blood, and all your buying is what your sowing.
cultofmao 2 months ago
personally i would have picked John F. Kennedy's pic for when it said "And when the band played Hail to the chief" but over all i liked the vid ^^
KevKrz 2 months ago
this fuckin rocks
sharp418 3 months ago
To all Vietnam vets, I am sorry that you had to experience the things that you did. I know that you did not receive the proper "welcome home" that you deserved. This is only a YouTube post and I wish I could do more but I would like to thank you for your service and tell you that I love all of you. You deserve a lot better than what you got and all of you are heroes in my eyes. **Hugs**
EmeraldJEM710 3 months ago 37
@EmeraldJEM710 Thanks, from a Vietnam vet. Your comment applies correctly to many Vietnam vets. I was fortunate to come home to a small Montana town, where I was given the best welcome I could ask for. People shook my hand, thanked me, and offered to buy me a beer. Many were Korea or WWII vets. I am not a hero. I did what was required of me.
jerlan23 2 months ago
@EmeraldJEM710 "to all viatnam vets" hey?
feztizieo 1 month ago
@EmeraldJEM710 HEY THANKS EMERALD coming home was a big let down,I hope the american people realise WE grunts we american......tooo.
marco1969ization 1 month ago
the us army has made some pretty poor desisions but they are nthing like the nazis
7FlyingPenguin 3 months ago
@7FlyingPenguin Have you asked the people in "enemy" countries how they feel about American troops? I'd bet they'd beg to differ. Maybe you could find a 90 year old penpal who grew up in Hiroshima and ask how s/he views American military forces.
tangieminah 3 months ago 8
@tangieminah and ask a chinese a korean a philipino a thai a viet how he feels about japan...
gprieur345 2 months ago
thanks to all vets God only knows the bloody mess war truly is.
ojosmacabros 3 months ago
0:51 young George W. Bush?
mumugamer2006 3 months ago
@mumugamer2006 where do you see young george w bush
Bunziist 3 months ago
@Bunziist sry its on 0:50 (not the group pic, i meant the picture before that)
mumugamer2006 3 months ago
Happy Veterans Day to all vets. Thank you for your service. From Jerry, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, USS O'Brien DD-725, 66-67-68.
jerlan23 3 months ago
this needs more views
Spacewalker44 4 months ago
Every time i hear this song i flash back to when i was bringing my wounded friend to the huey and seeing them take flight and geting shot down and to this day i still blame myself for his death he said he wanted to stay and i draged him to it with him screaming and me telling him hes going to see his unborn son and his daugter again. after the war was over i went to his home in texas and said he was a great man she named her son John "Brad" West My name is Brad Gibson
TheBoomstick45 4 months ago
R.I.P 2 Dogs Special Forces
CoolBreezeClub 4 months ago
Capitalism, the epitome of idiocy.
Kirara9245 4 months ago
@Kirara9245 F-U Commie!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@7009Rice Suck it, Americunt. Take your ultranationalism and shove it far up your ass. If you weren't a god damn lemming, following the rest of your country to damnation, you'd realize that America is flawed and Capitalism is a bunch of bullshit. You fucking twit. Think for yourself instead of thinking what other people tell you to think.
Kirara9245 3 months ago 3
@Kirara9245 I dont have to take that Shit and a Fucking Norwegian Commie! The only thing standing between Ure Country and A Russian invasion is Uncle Sam! But, U'd know that if U werent Fuckin retarded! Then again U might appreciate living under Communist rule! By the way, i do think for myself! Thats why I dont trust the media! Unlike U self-righteouss America hating Euros!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@7009Rice I hate Americans for my own personal reasons, not because of pathetic gossip. Your country is nothing but a money-grubbing, self-centered, ignorant, bullshit filled amalgamation of idiocy and isolationism. You know nothing about what goes on beyond your borders. You are the brown stain on your own flag. I bid you adieu and laugh at your stupidity. By the way, I have plenty of Slavic friends that would give you the clothes off of their back just to see you smile. Jackass.
Kirara9245 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 F-U! Leave me alone!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@7009Rice No, dumb motherfucker. Take your stupidity and anger issues off of youtube. Do what the ghetto idiots do in your country, take it out on your local convenient store. Prove to me that you're the moronic savage that I think you are and continue trying to get the last word in. You don't need to get the last word in at all. Dumb authistic motherfucker.
Kirara9245 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 Suck my Dick U Communist Whore! This savage Country is the only reason U Pussies havent been taken over by the Russians. If Ure so tough give me Ure fucking address!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@7009Rice If you believe you're so intelligent. I live in the northern outskirts of Oslo. Come find me faggot.
Kirara9245 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 Faggot? I thought U Pussyass Euros were supposed to be tolerant! Give me Ure Fuckin address and I will findU!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@7009Rice I am tolerant. And apparently you can't find me? I told you exactly where I live.
Kirara9245 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 U aint tolerant, homophobe! U self-righteous Euros just want everybody to think U are! Go Fuck Ureself!
7009Rice 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 hey Kirara, that Rice guy is asking for everybody's address lol . We should nickname him the mailman : D
Sheenious 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 Hey don't reply to that Rice guy. look at his channel . All he does is goes into youtube videos and starts ranting. Seriously that kid probably has some deep anger issues
Sheenious 3 months ago
@Kirara9245 Capitalism? says you posting the message on your computer.
bond007db9 1 month ago
@bond007db9 Replying to something that was already necrotizing was the dumbest thing you've done today. How does that make you feel?
Kirara9245 1 month ago
@Kirara9245 No its clear you are the dumb one here. Using the word "necrotizing" in totally the wrong context proves you are one dumb fuck. How does that make you feel ? Then again, with your lack of intelligence do not bother to reply because i will not respond. Oh and do the world a favour and please never breed. Thank's.
bond007db9 1 month ago
@bond007db9 I was using it in the context I had intended to let it be used in. The post was dying, slowly creeping into its own dark hole. Your dumbass pretty much zombified something that had happened earlier. You're a fucking twit. Piss off faggot.
Kirara9245 1 month ago
THANK YOU FOR SERVING. Despite my view of the war in Viet Nam You deserve to be honored for your bravery and service to your country. I choose to burn my draft card but I still respect you and Love my country.
Larry731000 4 months ago
I decided that if I'm ever flying over a jungle in a chopper once I've enlisted, I'll be singing this song. The whole. Damn. Time.
Thanks to all the vets out there for your service.
Korban3 4 months ago
Ist Air Cav, 1967-1969. This song still rings in my ears from time to time but the memories/nightmares persist to this day. Less now but when something like this tune triggers it, damn!
shermanmorningstar 4 months ago 2
@shermanmorningstar Thanks for your service. I too have nightmares of my Nam days sometimes. The thing that triggers the memories in me is the sound of a helicopter.
jerlan23 4 months ago
fag is out its bitch dumass!!!
jamminjack11 4 months ago
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jerlan23 4 months ago
@jamminjack11 I see you left a comment on my profile. I answered it on my comments page, since it was too long to post as a comment on this video. Hope you see it.
jerlan23 4 months ago
@jamminjack11 Don't know if you saw my answer to your comment. Anyway, our publicly announced combatant role in Vietnam began in August of 1964, when Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Our war of the fifties was the Korean War. And yes, I am a Vietnam veteran. All gave some, some gave all. And the beat goes on. Rich man's war, poor man's blood. That's why this song is still as important today as it was in the 60s and 70s, when we were active in Nam. It hadn't come out yet in the 50s.
jerlan23 4 months ago
Who ever doesn't like this song is a FAG!
jayc6094 5 months ago
Once again, Rich mans war,Poor mans blood. Some things never change.
BBFINC 5 months ago in playlist BBFINC's favorites 3
i havent heard this song in sooooo long. i just heard it on american dad and hadddd to look it upp <3
becca182fbtw 5 months ago 2
and the war machine rolls on
supercell42 5 months ago
13 ppl shame lol they must be with the Nam
xxLolzigotheadshot 5 months ago
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we will fight them again. USA USA USA!!!!!
zombiehunter614 5 months ago
I love this band. Too bad they didn't last long enough to get more than a couple albums out.
AMGwtfBBQsauce 5 months ago
dude ur a fuckin idiot
cubbie131 5 months ago
im gunna plow a chick to this song
UGZxVidz 5 months ago in playlist UGZxVidz's Favorited Videos 11
@UGZxVidz you are no fortunate son!! xD
johny9693 3 months ago
@UGZxVidz i second this ^
nathanbbcck 2 months ago
@UGZxVidz Fortunate...
SuperHemroids 2 months ago
@UGZxVidz That mental image is now burned into my retinas!
blueshogun96 2 months ago
i love this kind of singing
ramprire 5 months ago
U.S.A BITCHES!!!!!!!
killmydeadmau5 5 months ago
Brings back-memorys west pac--1970--Uss Shangri-la CVA 38
carlmills100 5 months ago 2
@carlmills100 Long live the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. USS O'Brien DD-725 1966-67-68.
jerlan23 4 months ago
R.i.p my uncle clairance ooooooh! that red white and blue!....
Rm85chs10 5 months ago
Guess my dad WAS a fortunate son,he got out of the draft,that said he WASN'T a coward,he was ready to go...
DukeOfTennessee117 5 months ago
When Vietnam came along, I was the son of a barber and a waitress in Montana. I was a damn fortunate son to have the parents I had, but not so fortunate when it came to Selective Service classification. I was 1A and was selected to serve. I was fortunate not to be injured or killed. Many weren't. All gave some, some gave all. This is the most important song CCR ever performed.
jerlan23 5 months ago
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Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
xLAxX0T1CFTW 5 months ago
Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
xLAxX0T1CFTW 5 months ago
Thank you for all troops past and present for your service. Thank you for protecting all of the American citizens and the rest of the free world. I know you guys (and girls) don't get the respect and gratitude you deserve but you have at least one dude who respects you and is grateful!
xLAxX0T1CFTW 5 months ago
The best members of our generation are being killed in the sands of hellhole countries for nothing while those who command them court martial those who defend their brothers. It makes me sick. Dr. Ron Paul may be the only hope for this country!
jmr348 5 months ago
why are all of you arguing over stupid shit again? for fuck sakes do any of you even realize there's still war's raging on? libyan people are rebelling against a great tyrant, creating the NTC (national transitional council), and have even declared themselves a democracy! and meanwhile you idiots are sitting on your asses behind a computer and talking about how stupid americans are or the fact that americans get things from a communist country. all of you should grow the hell up. support libya!
zuthenify 5 months ago
Every time I hear this song, I think of my dad. Served in 'Nam 7 years. Bless you for the video. Love you dad, I miss you!
ProfDeth 5 months ago
@ProfDeth your dad muct have been brave
101Themexicano 5 months ago
@101Themexicano My dad was implicit, it was seven years of hell, punctuated by extended periods of extreme fear.
ProfDeth 5 months ago 3
Nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning
hsollitt 5 months ago 2
this is a fucken KICK ASS SONG...but, what is it....is it america good or not? fucken going to war for oil???? nigga please nigga please....america has everyting, america needs nothing so why am I a fortunate son?
luuzifa69 6 months ago
@luuzifa69 First of all, don't go saying shit about this country like it is nothing. You obviously don't know how lucky you are to live in this great nation. Second, although it may be true that America is going to war for oil( among other things) you must take into account the time in which this song is written. And last but most certainly not least...FUCK YOU, YA ANTI-AMERICAN BASTARD!
MrParmaG 5 months ago
@luuzifa69
Yet your location on your profile says you're in the United States. How ironic.
sirdorkster 5 months ago
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noahelp1 6 months ago
1:46 I think that river is a little too high to be crossing!
xXSgtWolfXx 6 months ago
fuck comunism
fuck black ops
fuck forrest gump
fuck BFBC2
NOBODY COMMENT LIKE THIS "THIS MUSIC IS WOWWW"
you people disgusts me
MIGUELFREITAS66666 6 months ago
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@MIGUELFREITAS66666 How about you go fuck yourself.
Killerlonewolf115935 6 months ago
@MIGUELFREITAS66666 u mad bro? btw yes communism, and blackops but forrest gump is my fav movie, and i dont see how bfbc2 ties into this. calm down. take a chill pill, have a drink of water, and smoke some pot with me.
xsbsp 6 months ago
@xsbsp humm you serious about the pot ??
MIGUELFREITAS66666 6 months ago
@MIGUELFREITAS66666 yeah. i have a whole garden of the stuff. and i think my peyote might be ready too.
xsbsp 6 months ago
@xsbsp im in
MIGUELFREITAS66666 6 months ago
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xsbsp 5 months ago
@MIGUELFREITAS66666 Ummmm...wat?
WillStone072 6 months ago
@MIGUELFREITAS66666
Shut up troll.
sirdorkster 5 months ago
MrFoxbrains--- ur probabaly like 35 and you are just now swearing that you will lose ur virginity to a song that was made like 50 years ago ? thats pretty sad
codster584 6 months ago
@codster584 your just jelly
fatboi6238 6 months ago
John Kerry may have come from a wealthy family, but he fought, then spoke out against the war.
headstock48 6 months ago
1:18 : Holy $h@t !
SkavenVideo 6 months ago
Some asshole dick wad claimed I was a red neck because I have always loved ccr, This has always been one of my favorite groups. I love this band, especially John fogerty, he rocks!
TGNolan01 6 months ago
black ops
blackopsaddict101 6 months ago
dude can you just comment on the song and stop trying to start a fight about something that happened a long time ago i mean the people who are going to see your comment i had nothing to do with the war or was even born around that time so just shut up and find something else to do
kubeercat 6 months ago in playlist playlist 2 4
american assholes..try to read the "Pentagon Papers",yuo've been fooled by your goverment...
spurlin122083 6 months ago
Aww... you put a pic of George Bush in there :(
threemenplusone 6 months ago 2
Fuck war, unity amongst the world's people will win! Great song too.
obsidiandeatheater 6 months ago
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Christ, so many people are fucking stupid. :|
Kirara9245 6 months ago
I know the words to this whole song :)
nug163 6 months ago
i swear on my penis i will lose my verginity to this song
MrFoxbrains 6 months ago 42
@MrFoxbrains your not gonna like losing that bet and ill bet neither will she
oldnotweak 6 months ago
@MrFoxbrains i plan on sexin to free bird
Camohat100 6 months ago
@MrFoxbrains im thinkin Fire by Jimi Hendrix.
xsbsp 6 months ago
@xsbsp fuck hendrix, this is the bomb!
TGNolan01 6 months ago
@TGNolan01 fuck u! they are both the bomb!
xsbsp 6 months ago
@MrFoxbrains
To a mans voice going AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!...
MohoBiechiz 6 months ago
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@MrFoxbrains
" i swear on my penis i will lose my verginity [sic] to this song "
May The Force be with you, my son.
noahelp1 6 months ago
@MrFoxbrains do you mean virginity? lol
bauman921 5 months ago
i like how this video is a piece of propoganda.
also i love the the vets where treated we fought to bring them home then treated them like shit when they did nice just goes to show how human nature is.
easybakejoo 6 months ago
@barretjones PLEASE tell that to all the ignorant far right
yurikdurka 6 months ago
vietnam pops into my head when i listen to this
tylerf13ful 6 months ago
@tylerf13ful really cuse when i hear it all i can think is fuck stupid coments that state the funkin pictures in the video
MrFoxbrains 6 months ago
@MrFoxbrains fisrt of all, spell because right. second of all go fuck you mother. and i was talking about, how when i heard it on the radio. dick face
tylerf13ful 6 months ago
these guys fought against the evil of communism....but isnt china a communist country?...funny nobody cares about that..as long as we can by cheap crap from wal mart....
Dojocho 6 months ago 2
@Dojocho Great point and so true.
larrykirk1 6 months ago
Wow ...that was good
61phantom 6 months ago
fuck yea man,good music
bandofbrothers122 6 months ago
I only want to say it was very hard for these men and i think, what 15000 guys died;
evelyn84170 6 months ago
THIS IS IN BLACK OPS!!! WOOHOO
94dragonace 6 months ago
i think its safe to say there is no right government because there will always be a small super power group making the significant decisions behind closed doors.
insaneguitarboyw 6 months ago 2
COLIN POWELL EXPLAINS WHO THE FORTUNATE SONS WERE IN HIS BOOK "My American Journey":... “I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well placed… manage to wrangle slots in Reserve and National guard units… Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country.”...FUNNY THING IS, Powell went to work for one fo those Fortunate Sons - George W. Bush
VoodooPolitico 6 months ago 2
those man are dying and wat does the gouverment sitting allround a table drinking cognac or wodka smyling to the camera man and elswere in nam soldiers dying for America
Groenekomkommer1 6 months ago
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11 people are not american
nachotech221 6 months ago
I don't have a problem with communism or socialism, except that it usually goes to hell because of politicians. Not much we can do about it, so:
AMURICA!
CCR!
Korban3 6 months ago
MERICA......fuck yeah
THISWORLDful 6 months ago in playlist vietnam
THE premier American Rock-n-Roll Band!!! Thank you!
DritteGeiger 6 months ago
I love this song!
RagingAudioslave 6 months ago
I'm confused why people are talking about the military when this song is ANTI-military.
michael72986 6 months ago
@michael72986 They played this song during the Vietnam War
qejiii 6 months ago
@michael72986
The song was not really an anti-military song but rather an expression that is only the poor and lower classes sons that are sent to war. I was drafted in late 68 and could have gotten a deferment since I was in college; but felt it was not fair to let a poor person go in my place. I spent 14 months in that hell and it was the songs of home that help me get through the nightmare!
dbworld54 6 months ago 2
@dbworld54 I was one of the poor and was destined to be drafted with an unholy lottery number which guaranteed my passage into the realm of the war. Being the wily SOB that I was I joined the navy with a promise of an an advanced avionics curriculum. I spent 8 years in, almost all at NAS Oceana or in school in Millington, TN. No regrets. Didn't want to shoot anyone and didn't want anyone shooting at me.
sobm3 6 months ago
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@sobm3
I was in 2nd Battlion 25th regiment 4 Div near Pleiku and Quang Ngai Provinces Nov. 68 till Jan. 70 14 months of pure hell. I remeber the ambush night some were quiet as church and other we were running through the jungle for our lives. I wish another of the rich kids did his fair share so you might not had to go. I dont regret what I did and I am proud of my service.
dbworld54 6 months ago
Can we all just shut the fuck up and listen to the song please? I mean the most likely reason that you clicked on the video is to listen to this great song not whine like a fucking girlscout. SO QUIT YOUR BITCHING!
IFLYNTI 6 months ago
me gusta la cancion
willos1991 6 months ago
It Ain't Me..................... son
mixmaster2669 6 months ago
they're going to be in northwest washington state on friday
usernameuseruseruser 6 months ago
Ooooo The red white an blue!
XnNOBS 6 months ago
this is my favorite ccr song to bad is so damn short
17buttaz 6 months ago
Amazing Pics. During the war in Vietnam people could actually see and hear from honest-to-God journalists and war photographers. Now we get embedded Fox "News" prostitutes and the occasional silly Youtube music video from bored G.I.'s.
It'll get real if we get a military draft. Things will change if these fat-ass Keyboard Commandos have to suit up or have their pampered larvae sent off to kill brown people for Exxon.
jeromeo58 6 months ago 2
End all be all Vietnam Song.
RATM895 7 months ago
I am tired of the comments, "They are giving their lives because they love this country." Quite a bit of them are most likely doing it for the salary and for college. Others are probably persuaded by propaganda, such as those horrible commercials, "There's strong, then there's Army strong." Or the "It's nit science fiction, it's what we do everyday."
VVDude19 7 months ago
@VVDude19 I do it because somebody has to. Im in the Army. Rangers lead the way. Marines I know admire the Rangers because the 75th go in and rescue them and rescue navy seal and teir one operatives. Thats just me. There are people who coward in fear, then there are those who stand and fight not for the money or glory, just because its the right thing to do. That is me though.
TheChriswertz 7 months ago
@TheChriswertz You are no Army Ranger... Anyone that plays CoD MW2 will know the quote "Rangers lead the Way" and the platoon is the 75th Army Rangers. Just so you know, In real life the Marines are First in last out and most marines don't respect anyone but the people they stand next to because those are the people watching his ass every second of the day. And Navy Seals rescue Navy Seals,you know last saturday how 30 Navy Seals died while on a mission to save others? Stop pretending,ItsILLEGAL
alfalockk 6 months ago
@alfalockk Marines aren't "the first in and last out" kid lol don't believe all the hype
hester23x 6 months ago
@hester23x On most occasions they are.. and i dont know what this "hype" is your talking about my grandpa was in the Korean and Vietnam war and a marine in both and his platoon was one of the first deployed in both.
alfalockk 6 months ago
@alfalockk Army SF's, Army Rangers, MARSOC, CIA, and other Special Operation Units are always first then. You just won't hear about it on the news. Then come in your Marine Infantry.
hester23x 6 months ago
@hester23x The only time Army SF and Army Rangers were first in was D-Day, Marsoc is a type of Marine,and CIA is always first in but not in direct combat. And feel free to list more "Special Operation Units" ill prove you wrong again and again.
alfalockk 6 months ago
@alfalockk what are you even trying to prove lol
hester23x 6 months ago
@hester23x I don't know,What were you trying to prove when you first responded to my comment?
alfalockk 6 months ago
@alfalockk It doesnt even matter, Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, were all on the same team and deserve the same respect from each other (:
hester23x 6 months ago
@alfalockk Holy shit, i got hacked. i am no Ranger by the way which you did point out.. . & yeah i know marines that are like that, then are those who different from that. I also dont live in New York, New york(where my computer said i was hacked). who ever was sayin that shit is dumb. Everybody knows the Seals are the best & the best rescue the best..
TheChriswertz 6 months ago