Dispatch - The General

[Emmasweetiepie]

Amazing:)



[s1lasf0ster]

this song helped me.

[xWoodcockx]

this song is so...so beautiful it really jacks me up

[ps2knutz]

can we play this to the radical extremists too?

[sLytesTylez]

wow look the ratio of likes and dislikes! awesome band, awesome song :)

[nbampton1]

i really like the visuals in this video, probably my fav version

[nicjacques12]

God i jsut discovered this song and the band, they are f'ing badass !

[rg813]

what does "FES" mean?

[greatererdemon]

i love this song sooooooo much =D

[leahgamer]

my shit on dem sad days for all the shit i don

[semjaavria]

Dudes can't you shut up and take some meaning from the lyrics of this song?

[Passion4Rock88]

Why is everyone Hazeal Shit, they're not saying the song sucks.. BUUUUT his guitar is out of tune.

[wesNYC]

so i was like, wtf is that band dispatch, so i check this song, and discover this is terrible, shitty music, some gutless tune with guy singing about shower and shining shoes, seriously wtf is this, this SUCKS, who the fuck listen to it 40year old moms ? yet another spineless "artist"

[jeffclarkemusic]

youre spineless



[charlesmiorino]

@wesNYC dude if you don't like it stop commenting and stop listening... they write good music if you don't like it, fine, let the people who do, listen to it without the negativity.

[rg813]

@wesNYC you're twelve? oh okay

[allorasen]

@wesNYC so basically you kinda suck ADVICE- keep your opinion to yourself becuz no one cares wat you think and even a 40 year old mom could probably beat you up also and WOW you haven't even heard the song its about a general sending the troops back because they shouldn't be dying

[mrsvidiot]

@wesNYC- wow.... you really are an ass hole!

[mrcrazymonkey7]

@wesNYC wow you cock sucking hater, we dont dont need to hear that shit

[mrcrazymonkey7]

@wesNYC wow you cock sucking hater, we dont dont need to hear that shit

[NotReloaded]

@wesNYC he's actually talking about the atrocity of young people in war. not shining shoes. try to actually know what you're talking about. you don't like it? nobody cares.

[SLEG1100]

@wesNYC this band and state radio are a bunch of long haired punks that do noyhing but cry about war and globle warming because they arnt real men

[becanshrman]

@tylang6 Yeah dude I got right up to the front. I saw the guy who got dropped on his head but the only bad turn in my crowdsurfing was when some dude poured beer in my pants

[italianqt1000]

<3



[becanshrman]

Dude I just crowdsurfed during this song at their show in

Berkley, CA

[RobinUngureit]

Love this song. And btw, if you don't enjoy the music why waist your time leaving a comment?

[RobinUngureit]

Love this song. Dispatch is the band that I go to when I'm having an off day, they always lift me up a bit =)

[Pencil1337]

better stay oldschool

[TheBonVojage]

@Pencil1337 true words!

[superfishyface]

Take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose you are young and you must be living, go no you are forgiven.

[keenanmcfarlane]

his song is for fags

[NotReloaded]

@keenanmcfarlane *isn't

[Buubbls]

nice.. =)

[SkyCabin6]

To tell you the truth I don't like many of Dispatch's songs but this one... man, it really gets me. I've been listening to it all day.

[jahsway4life]

this song makes me smile

also check out syndicated noise on facebook there a reggae/rock band

much love

[emiliovandradejr]

i remember in the early 2000's everyone was all about this song..... well...where are you at now cuz now is the time to sing it more than ever.... so sing it already, make everyone sing it, and maybe we can actually bring all this nonsense violence to an end. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR TROOPS!!!! BRING'EM HOME!!!!!!!

[Koshesha73]

One Week.

--Street Team

[Koshesha73]

DISPATCH 2011. TWO WEEKS. GET EXCITED. SPREAD THE WORD.

--Street Team

[mlortime]

@Koshesha73

im spredding the news, dont worry!

watch?v=ncSJFJ-ay7I

[tobymcwair]

I first heard of this band and this song in a facebook game called "music Challenge" so i guess fb has at least one useful app. Thanks for the songs LordUldren.

[xssRavenssx]

Anyone that thinks the beginning is bad is truly stupid. Its a style of playing the guitar, stop trying to bash it.

[Bullymen93]

yeah!

[zhmack]

I love pussy

and this song.

[RosetreeMusic]

Its better from "State Radio"

[nanocoolio]

theres 1 dumbass in the world

[MyBojangles92]

love it!

[OneWingDuck]

Wow int he beginning it sounded just sketchy enough left me thinking this was a cover or something, then it grew on me, this song is awesome

[beautifulliar5263]

this is like m theme song but no one gets sit but me. no one truly understandss the burden soldiers bear for having to kill to acheive peace. how useless? but its what we have to result to...but in the back of their minds theyre all thinking one thing, theyre thinking that this fight is NOT worth fighting. and if we win all we have to show is blood on our hands.

[guitardudeguy00]

Who was the one guy who disliked the song? Probably said he did just for shenanigans.

[LunaticQuutamo]

@guitardudeguy00 It must be a miss-klick

[porkypine745]

This is real music. Great meaning, very deep lyrics and the song is really touching. We need to get back to this inspirational music and away from the crude and unthoughtful lyrics that surround us. Especially rap and hip-hop, we need to have some meaning to songs, not just random rhymes that make no sense. We need to fix our generation.

[OneWingDuck]

@porkypine745 Go ahead I'm not stoppin' you

[ruofhatem]

@porkypine745 Maybe you shouldn't generalize and say that rap and hip-hop don't have meaning. if you're referring to maybe drake, lil wayne, etc, i agree that they lack substance and have no creativity. listen to conscious artists like common -a dream, talib kweli -get by, killah priest -b.i.b..l.e. and if you still think they have "unthoughtful" lyrics, then you just don't get it. it's a sample of what's out there not just what you hear from top 40 stations or mtv. open your ears

[porkypine745]

@ruofhatem

I agree with you man. I was just generalizing. I listen to a lot of oldschool/underground reggae and hip hop that actually has meaning and emotion.

[ruofhatem]

@porkypine745 right on man. never stop searching for good music. peace..

[megan999101]

@porkypine745 Amen

[lwelb182]

@porkypine745 Agree 100% with every word

[SyonaraSenorita]

@porkypine745 cause people rap, the generation is fucked? listen to a rap song and actually hear it. I used to hate rap but now 2Pac is one of my favorite artists. Biggie, Eminem and this newer guy called WAX are amazing. Give them a chance, dont just shrug them off and be like "oh, rap is crap". Thats just ignorant and its ignorance that we need to get out of our heads to "fix our generation" as you put it.

[Lexskate123]

@porkypine745 all agreed except that some rap and hip-hop is meaningful actually.

[elijahsnyder]

@porkypine745 Please do not feed ignorance, it's already bloated enough in the music scene. There is no one genre that is complete nonsense. There are great hip hop artists out there who make meaningful, deep, inspirational music. Same with electronica, rock, metal, and every other genre. I garuntee that at least one person in dispatch has a rap artist they like.

[xxxjuxxxxx]

ahh i love my cousin :)

[SKAisJOY]

@Figgzt

he meant jam band you idiot

[maaanda]

i love this song! :D

[lowell191]

great song.

[wafffelz]

sweet music. its somethin different than black singers saying the same things over and over again

[fire2penguin]

this isnt really your every day antiwar song I really like the story, excellent song 5 star

[rayraytoast]

such a hippy anti war song. not like a jame band song

[campusmang]

way to state the obvious

[crazyst1ck]

My civics teacher did merchandise for this band and he said they were all cock smokers

[rayraytoast]

whats a cock smoker?

[PuttinOnnTheRitz]

clearly it's one who smokes the cock.

And at crazyst1ck's comment, it takes one to know one.

[WeGoLiveAt11]

well said

[WeGoLiveAt11]

you

[iraqsucksalot]

great song

[kinggoatpete]

i think by "messed up" he meant "awesome"

thanks for putting this song up man

[hazeal]

why is the beginning so messed up?

[LordUldren]

Tell me how it's messed up? It's playing just like from the CD

[wowhobbster666]

@LordUldren yea its playing right i have cd toso we know

[Passion4Rock88]

@LordUldren His guitar is slightly out of tune

[getatme12321]

@hazeal THE BEGGINING IS FUCKING AMAZING

[jakesta345]

@hazeal u mean the guitar buzz? thats normal

[Dubiousness92]

Beautiful song

[stephisverylost]

oomg i love this song!

[1kta]

great song

[eternalelk]

Hey thanks... to everybody. I'm a US Navy Sailor and its songs like this that keeps me going. Thanks for the support.

[BenAnkenmann]

Songs about leaving battle?! I love the song...but I can't see how it is supporting. However, you have my full support...keep doing what you're doing.

[Fyraptor]

the general is willing to fight, but he doesn't want to have his young men killed. He realizes that the other side feels similarly and that there really isn't any point to the battle.

[virginmaryaxxe]

this song really does bring a tear to my eye.

I wish someone would say that to our troops.

[cable401]

pretty much best song i've ever heard

[longhorn765]

i love this song... there was a decorated geral genral with a heart of gold...

[niall2512]

That likened him to all the stories he told

Of past battles won and lost and legends of old

A seasoned veteran in his own time

On the battlefield he gained respectable fame

With many metals of bravery and stripes to his name

He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face

And always urged his men on

[niall2512]

But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream

The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning

He awoke from the night just to tell what he had seen

And walked slowly out of his tent

All the men held tall with their chests in the air

With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare

And it was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare

Till the old general told them to go home

[niall2512]

He said,

I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting

And I've have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going

So, take your shower, shine your shoes

You got no time to lose

You are young men you must be living

Take your shower, shine your shoes

Well, you got no time to lose

You are young men you must be living

Go now you are forgiven

[niall2512]

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders

Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders

The general said he would do his own duty

But he would extend it no further

The men could go as they pleased

But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead

Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said

And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head

He then prepared to fight

[niall2512]

He said,

I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting

And I've have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going

So, take your shower, shine your shoes

You got no time to lose

You are young men you must be living

Take your shower, shine your shoes

Well, you got no time to lose

You are young men you must be living

Go now you are forgiven

[niall2512]

Go now you are forgiven

Go now you are forgiven

Go now you are forgiven

Go now you are forgiven

[niall2512]

first comment haha this songs awesome

[Captainobvious57]

@niall2512

*song's