@stagehand113 Thnx for your comment. I prefer Jimmy Webb sing his own songs to the artists who have made his songs famous. Jimmy sings with more emotion.
Great tribute but I have to tell you, the song is not about Vietnam which you would expect being written in '69. It's actually about the Spanish/American war. Galveston was a primary American port during that war. Cannons surrounded the port, which is what he is referring to in "I can see the Cannons Flashing." Not saying Campbell wasn't making a deeper referance to Vietnam, but it's really not about the that war.
@The2guard It is about all the senseless wars this country has engaged in so the politicians could get richer from the lifeblood of all the young men and women who shed it.
Great tribute but I have to tell you, the song is not about Vietnam which you would expect being written in '69. It's actually about the Spanish/American war. Galveston was a primary American port during that war. Cannons surrounded the port, which is what he is referring to in "I can see the Cannons Flashing." Not saying Campbell wasn't making a deeper referance to Vietnam, but it's really not about the that war.
THANK YOU! My husband is a Vietnam Vet I've seen a lot of pictures and heard a lot of stories and this song brought the tears flowing all over again. I thank you so much for this. I sent a copy of the link to my husband and his fellow Marines that we have found through the internet. 10 thumbs up my friend
@Aquahoma I am glad that you found this version of the song and my video so moving..... and I thank you for your comment.. My description of my video echoes my sentiments.
i love the men who served and sacraficed in vietnam.those in government must answer WHY? it did not make logical sense for those men to die in that f ing war
The little sweet girl at 24 seconds that had her clothes burned off, has a rest of the story. I can not remember her name, but she came to the states shortly after this picture was taken and became a doctor in the New York area. Quite a story and can be found with a little research. You can find it on the net
I NEVER heard Jimmy sound better! so I came to read to disover who was singing. Wow! I've never considered Jimmy much of a singer, tho I seem prefer his version of his songs to those of the "artists" who cover them.
Also loved what you wrote in the info tab. Words' powerful ability to cause one to reflect upon a subject & consider anew impresses! You captured how I felt as a girl of 12 when I'd listen to Glen; I could sense what the soldiers were feeling; it was my favorite on the album! Thanks
@enilegnave21 Thnx for your comment. Until I heard Jimmy Webb do this song, Glen Campbell did my favorite version. I have another song here by Jimmy, "Sandy Cove". I became a big fan of his after hearing a bunch of other songs he wrote and sang.
I see you write songs so I think you appreciate that Bill Pursell left a comment about the video I did of his song, "Our Winter Love". I would love Jimmy Webb to also comment on my video of his 2 songs that have here.
I do believe this is one of the best versions of this song I have ever heard. I think it is Michael Mc Donald (Doobie Brother's) singing harmony on this great tune. Jimmy Webb...You are one in a million!! :)
I have never heard a more beautiful version of this song..and I do believe it is Michael Mc Donald (Doobie Brother's) doing the harmonies on this song. I can't stop listening to it.
@Yoshikihinhin Thnx.... Your sentiment is partly what this song and video are all about. My description of this song and video are what I tried to express as I listen Jimmy Webb's version. I hope it is the same thing that Jimmy felt in writing and singing this song.
Kudos to Jimmy Webb for writing and performing this song. I think it makes the recording industry's version of it an abomination. I've had the honour of getting acquainted with a number of vets and this version of the song, to me, is a heart felt tribute. Thanks, and here's wishing you all the best.
@BarneyUSMC : thnx for the comment. My description tells why I made this video and for whom it was made. I am glad you like and appreciate this version.
Am I correct that James Webb is the original writer of this song? I think I messaged him a few years back. My son and nephew joined the army in Galveston in 2005. They both went off to Irag. My son came home, but my nephew did not. This song tears at my emotions and is dear to my heart. I hurt but can't follow leftist illogic . Look at the course of this country and reconsider. Hard left liberals spit on soldiers, shout baby killers and want to protect foreign terrorists. Discordance = hell.
Thanks for posting. . Just a friendly note: the sound effects detract form the song, I'm afraid. They frown out the piano and vocal. It'd be really good without them. Just a friendly notes:
Although I do like Glen Campbell's version better, I do think that this one fits the images in this video better. My uncle was in Vietnam and we're fortunate enough to still have him here with us today. My heart goes out to those who werent so lucky :(
eastonsteve before you make comments about issues you should probalbly resd up on the subject..the real problem militarily was that the was being run by johnson and Mcnamara from the white house, read up on the Rules Og Engagement for the"police action. Our men were crapped on by their own countrymen and the media. The reality is that you do not fight for your country but the guy next to you in the foxhole!!!!
War never changes and whether you support the war or not support those who fight it. I know vets from WWII through the current conflicts in the middle east. Some are still here, some have passed on, and some have lived hard lives being only a few years older than my own 22 years. They don't deserve to be derided for ill advised wars. They just need to be thanked for doing there jobs. Thanks for the tribute to our soldiers.
1969,IA, waiting for my Drat Notice, still scares the hell out of me and makes me sad. All the people I grew up with that didn't come back or those scared for life.
I always felt that Campbell's version, while very good, was too upbeat. When I first heard it (as a preteen), I didn't even understand it was an antiwar song. I knew he was "cleaning his gun," but didn't make the connection.
I agree with you. After hearing Webb's version, I saw the song & its images in a different light and realized Glen's version was too upbeat to properly interpret Webb's lyrics. The same is somewhat true of Wichita Lineman. Webb's rendition is more impactful and meaningful.
The biggest battle Aussie vets faced was not LongTan it was in Australia. The lack of recognition has caused emotional damage and loss of life through suicide because these brave people were not supported by the government that sent them to Vietnam.
Lest I forget....
Collectively, the vets should be nominated for Australians of the Year.
Fascinating! I had no idea. My late father-in-law, a very taciturn man, served in Papua, New Guinea during the entirety of WWII. They always went to Australia for R&R and he just loved the country. He always got tears in his eyes when he talked about "those wonderful folks."
@Catandthespoon I like Campbell's version but Webb sings with the emotion that befits these images. After hearing Webb sing this song, I immediately understood what the lyrics were trying to convey. Please copy my video and import Campbell's version into the video. However I don't think Glen's version would have the same impact in watching the video as Jimmy's version. That is why I used Webb's version. Try turning the volume of my video and play Glen's version.
Thanks for replying to my comment. Actually I have played your video a few times with the sound down and Glen's version over the top. The combination elicits such an emotion inside me, it's incredible. Love the iconic photo of the US soldier you start with...you can really read the emotions and thoughts behind his eyes.
I hurt seeing this. My brothers died next to me, while I came home. 21st Century Presidents, politicans and 30- somethings have no idea. War is Hell ... but sometimes we must lay our lives down to protect our children. I my case, 4 grandchildren.
Thank you. Today of all days -My great love died before we could be married. He was sent to Vietnam,returned ,and a gentler soul I have never known-but I always knew I was safe with him. His ashes are scattered at Galveston. This is a measured cadence with the respect this quiet hero deserves.
Thank you for your kind words. Every day that we honor our veterans makes it hard to breathe and immensely lonely.Don't waste a day apart.Your few words were comforting and respectful to this strong,quiet, gentle man who left us to find the quiet herorism he lived -no greater love hath a man than this -he was willing to lay down his life for another.I was blessed that he came back and had that time with him. Thank you for your tribute to him.
Beautiful tribute to those men and women that put themselves in harms way because their country told them. Lets make sure when we send them to war its for the right reasons, any thing less is treason.
These men/wpmen didn't die in vane. Sometimes giving the most, yourself, teaches us a leason to believe, to change.I believe I have changed to make things better, because of them. God bless.
Very moving and thank you. You succeeded in accomplishing your goal. My Dad fought at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea so I am always attentive in heart and mind to what befalls those who go to war for it had a huge impact on our lives that our father was in Korea. My nephew is in Iraq. A very few people have paid a huge price on our behalf and deserve our respect and thanks and more...what more can we do? I do not know but this haunts me.
Thank you for your comments...I very much appreciate them and am very glad I have honored those in your family and others who have served dutifully their country by putting themselves in 'harms way'.
The revised version shows the same images but not as pixalated as in some areas of this video.
Bless you, Drinking Star, for your sentiment, your tribute to the brave, and for making me aware of Mr Webb's own, stunningly tender version of this song. I wholeheartedly agree with your view: it is neither pro, nor con, it is merely human.
Similarly, my song A Letter To the Universal Soldier (Dear Soldier) was written with the same sense: as a thank you to those who served under gut-wrenching circumstances.
1970...18 years old ...the mail delivered my conscription notice...I received an exemption as I was attending teachers' college...by the time that I would have been called , it was , thankfully...over...but the great waste of young lives ...IOWA farm boys , the uneducated black youth of America , the poor 500+ Aussie boys(KIA) , sent by a government to bolster the ego of a Prime Minister in my case, mothers have to barricade the roadways if CONSCRIPTION is ever allowed again.
I believe everyone should minimally be required to carry a gun and stand the line, at the very least undergo some training so they can appreciate fully what some people sacrificed. Basically you were right about the unfairness of the draft, because if you wanted out of it, you could manage. Look at Clinton and Bush.
We invested 58,000 lives in Vietnam, 50,000 in Korea and over 4,000 in Iraq, 3500 got murdered in Sept 2001. Communism, Fascism, and Nazism have been quelled. The Berlin airlift. Panama, Grenada. The Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) fought the Japanese on the side of the Chinese before we were ever "officially" in WW II. You could spend hours writing about the times America has stood up against the jackboots of oppression.
@wojo403: For as many times as America has stood against oppression, it has oppressed. The Trail of Tears, Slavery, a Policy of non-involvement during the early days of Hitler. America has done some great things, but we have our faults. Don't paint us Americans as Lily White.
It seems llike the pros are more than the cons. Yeah, the history is mixed, but we don't deny it or run from it. The deficiencies such as civil rights and environment have been addressed, maybe not remedied, but not swept under the rug, either. This is the spirit of our country, like a father, not being perfect, but always working at the job,
Thanks for this, love the Jimmy Webb version - deeper and darker than Campbells. A great tribute. Really makes one think. My Dad was drafted in the UK in the 50s and served with the Black Watch in Cyprus - it's only now (in my mid 40s) that I'm beginning to appreciate the enormity of these things. Like you say, it's no longer about whether these conflicts were morally right or wrong, it's about the boys that went there, just doing their duty, and remembering the ones that didn't come home.
Drinking Star, your video in my book is priceless. God will remember all those that served in Viet Nam, weather now or from the past. I myself had a "high draft number" back in October of 1970, I turned 18 June 6, 1952 and many of my buddies were drafted including my ex brother in law whom came back pretty well fried (his head/mind). The important issue is not who is right or who is wrong, but to remember these soldiers living and dead and pray for all human beings involved with this war...Amen!
Thank you for your comment. The last sentence of your comment was exactly what I tried to express in my video. Several people missed the point but you got the message I was trying to relate. I hope you don't mind me copying part of your comment as a reply to someone who seemed to have missed the point of what the images both in picture & in sound were meant to express.
I have seen Jimmy Webb perform this song at least 4 times, and practically everytime, he has said that this song was written about the Vietnam War. He said that he was proud of his generation for standing up in protest against this war and wonders why the youth of today aren't doing the same thing.
I love both versions, but find Webb's more thoughtful and true to its subject. I dated a Vietnam vet whose mind got screwed over good and is alone and unmarried to this day. My great-uncle was a M*A*S*H surgeon there (he started in WWII on D-day) and later opened a teaching hospital in Ho Chi Min City later. His daughters say he was not a nice man, but he saved a lot of lives. I think this video could do without that background noises. The faces say it all.
"The important issue is not who is right or who is wrong, but to remember these soldiers living and dead and pray for all human beings involved"...I copied this from someone who also viewed this video. His comment was the whole point & my vision of what this song was all about. I am sorry that you missed what I was trying to express in my video.
Thank you for this, my uncle served and he's never been the same since. He's never been able to talk about it either. And now my nephew is in Afghanistan.
What's interesting is that Jimmy Webb admitted that he didn't write this song with Vietnam in mind, although the timing was perfect. However, does it really matter? Anyone who has ever been in a foreign or domestic conflict or war, in fear of their life, and wishing to be anywhere than there, can relate to this song. Let us not repeat some of the mistakes we made during the 60's/70's to our men and women.
I wish all our vets could now how much some of us appreciate their sacrifices. If I was alive back during Vietnam, I would probably have ended up in jail after fighting the protestors. If you support the troops, you have to make sure they know that. And protesting isn't the way.
Just remember folks, we have a whole new group of veterans. We need to make sure they are treated the way they should. Let's not make the vietnam mistake again of treating our veterans like dirt.
A lot of the anti-Vietnam protestors weren't against the troops. They were against the policy which put the troops in Vietnam. Big difference. It's important to make that distinction. If the government policy is harmful and counterproductive, then the people are entitled to protest against it.
bracken1000 comment made a lot of sense. Troops are patriots. However, politicians are different story. We should always support our army because they sacrifice their life for us and make sure the politicians are doing the right things. Killing each other are not civilized at all, life is too valuable !
Have you forgotten about all the protesters spitting on our troops and calling them "baby killers" when they came home from doing a job they were told to do. I haven't and probly never will.
I wish that more of the protestors realized that spitting at troops (yes they did then and still do now, they spit at Joshua Sparling who was in a WHEELCHAIR) and throwng bottles of paint and urine at marine recruiters does not show that they make that distinction beatween the policy and the troops. But I am glad to hear that some do understand that.
Served with the 101st Airborne Division 68/69 Viet Nam Infantryman. I always liked the song Galveston and reminded me of the loved ones I left back home. I wish Glen Campbell would have been more supportive of us troops.
The events of late have overshadowed the plight of the Nam Vets.They won't be forgotten.
I have known 3 Vets, and two suffered severly from post traumatic stess syndrome.If old enough,I would have protested against this self made war;like most,it was an obscene political fiasco,with no winners and many victims.But I am discusted over the way the vets were treated when they came home.They did what they thought they had to do.if not for them and their ilk,our world would have been lost years ago.
the little girl running in the nude is now a married women living in toronto canada, CBC did a story on her and she said she has come to terms with that picture
Thanks for this. Although I am too young to have served in Vietnam I am touched by the stories of those who did. I am also touched by the stories of the innocents who edured that war. What we often don't hear are the stories of heroism to stem the tide of Communism in South East Asia only to come home and learn that their peers were doing all they could to defeat the forces of freedom.
How about a nice "tribute" to the screaming Vietnamese kids in the video? Will the likes of 'johnboy9898' be making the same remarks about Iraq in 30 years time I wonder??
This video is a for all those who were forced to endure horrors of war and really any war including Iraq and Afghanistan regardless of nationality or belief. This is not a tribute to those who enjoyed killing. This is for those children at the beginning of this video, for all those forced to be there and for those waiting for the return of their loved ones. It is for all the innocent victims of war.
I am humbled by and thank you for your comment. I hope this video helps you & your family in some small way to deal with your loss so long ago and that you consoled by it.This is my tribute to all those who bravely served in that conflict.
Thnx for your comment. This video was for all those who served in the Vietnam conflict. I repeat to you what I replied to in my reply to soxbearshwks. Again thnx.
Thnx for your comment. I hope my video and this music version did capture in some small way the sentiment of what it was like by the individuals serving over there.
vietnam was not the waste many say it was, it was a war with Russia and we showed them they were not going to advance their communist agenda wothout a fight, try to come up with an original thought instead of parroting all you hear and have heard, look at the bigger picture and quit bein a whiney isolationist American who thinks they should live in peace and freedom without fighting for it..
Each time that I see our flag sway in the breeze of each season; I bow my 'heart' in gratitude. The real heroe's continue to sacrifice for debts that they and their loved ones have never made.
Good job. Went through it. Our greatest tribute to our brothers and sisters who served in Viet Nam would be to not let it happen again...but we did...mislead again by our "leaders". What will it take to stop this waste?
I served in the US Army at the very end of that era. Met so many folks who'd been "in country" - and not many had received the thanks and honors they earned. That was a tough time to wear the uniform. God bless all of those brave folks.
Thanks for the posting! Wasn't aware of the song's back-story. All too often, in my selfish delusions, I act like a petulant child simply because things don't go the way I want them to. Easily forgetting the great courage and sacrifices brave American men and women have made for this country. They are better people than me and should not ever be forgotten. God bless them all....
i live in galveston on the seawall and take for granted the images i see every day....no longer.bring our troops home safely and never forget the Sacrifice these men have made. i almost feel guilty seeing this everyday and not loving every moment.
May god bless all those who served in the armed forces........vietnam and all our branches. I think of Vietnam every day and wondered what went wrong in 1967. I have very deep feelings since I remember the blood that was shed from man kind............
Thank you for this video it means alot to me I have a uncle who is a Vietnam veteran and thank god he is still with us today! Thank you to all the vietnam veterans!
What a beautiful rendition of this song. Thank you for this powerful, soulful tribute. I was about 6 when Galveston was popular, but only know Glen Campbell's version. My parents were "against" the war but never against soldiers. My friends' son is a Marine and I think we've learned as a nation that the soldiers who fight are not responsible for the failures of a govt. Their bravery & sacrifices are real. Let's pray, yet again, for an end to all war...
To bad people cant leave there political comments out on weather you agree for or agaisnt the war..I think it shows how a soldier longs for whats most important.Many US servicemen have a lot stronger sense of love for there country and our way of life than most people will ever know.
many mornings this song came on the radio in vietnam it was always the first one, when i heard it i knew that .i servived another night, when i here it now i close my eyes and go back in time what a song it was for me then
Was this version sung by Jimmy Webb or Glen Campbell's version that you heard every morning? I hope this video conjures up the right images and thoughts for you and all the others who served in Nam.
This song could apply to today's soldier, too. We honor all of those, throughout the history of our country, who have ever served... those brave souls who have felt the pain, loneliness, fear, and heartache caused by war. God, I love Jimmy Webb songs. And I love to hear him sing them, himself. Thanks for posting. I've made this one of my favorites.
This is 1 of 2 Jimmy Webb videos I have here. The other is Sand Cove. Sandy Cove & Galveston are very moving in terms of the lyrics and especially Jimmy sings them.
All will give some and some will give all ...... We can never forget the cost of war is paid long after it ends ... My prayers to all who know the cost of war ...... And that someday we might yet learn to live without wars .....
Thnx for the comment. I tried to capture the images & emotions of this great rendition of the song by Jimmy Webb. I am sure this is how he intended the song to be sung and not the way Glen Campbell did it.
The revised video is the same but does not have any of the scenes 'pixellated' as in this video. The scene with the lyrics you are referring to, for some reason, got pixellated so I redid the video copy. In the revised video, none of the scenes are pixellated. So give a look at that video.
I hope I will live to see the day that all these pointless wars like Vietnam or Iraq end and people will do what is right instead of what makes them the most money. Look at all the coup d'etats the CIA has done or all the wars the US has been involved in or other dirty business. I look at it and I don't blame half the world for hating people like Bush.
When will the day come that people will see that there is more to life than making a penny? Someday never comes it seems. I do not support the war, but I support the troops. It takes a brave soul to do what they do. And they are used as puppets in the same sick play.
brings a tear to the eye. good vid. it's just sad what those people have to go through because of our foreign policy and beacuse of the greed of some of our politicians. idk. they are right that it is for the greater good, but what cost are we willing to pay for that greater good? I certainly don't think it's worth the lives of young men.
Thnx & G'Day Mate...my friends in OZ made me an honorary citizen of your great country. My name here & in other sites offer part of the reason for that.
I love the melody, the big fat chunky piano chords, probably 9th's and 13th's, the affectual accordian, the melancholy allure and pain the depth of this written song lyrics. the one note repitition dramtic opener. .....this is good example of excelllent songwriting.
One of the greatest anti-war songs, without ever mentioning the word 'war'. The soldier is alone, he's afraid of dying, and all he wants is for it to be over so he can go home. No talk of winners or losers, because in a war, there are no winners, only degrees of losing. Not only is this oen of the most beautiful melodies, but it really makes you think of the hell those men and women in VietNam went through. This arrangement is even more powerful than the original. Yay Jimmy Webb.
This song's for ALL OUR BRAVE USA VETERNS. Its about someone leaving home & his dark eye girl in GALVESTON. Listen to the words. In his mind & dreams he see & hears the sea waves crashing. While he watches the cannons flashing, artillery & cleans his gun, M-16, he still dreams of GALVESTON. He see his girl looking out to sea perhaps looking for him on their beach. He's so afraid of dying but he dries the tears she's crying before he goes. He dreams of GALVESTON. THANK YOU & WELCOME HOME VETERNS!
It sounds like you & I had the same images run across our minds as we listened to this song. I hope the video was a reflection of what your mind's eye envisioned.
Lets give thanks also to Jimmy Webb for writing this beautiful song in remembrance of those who served bravely..Praise God for inspiring him to write it.
I thank your for your comment and am humbled by it. This video & its remake are a tribute to honor you and those who served in Vietnam. My son-in-law just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Like you, he left loved ones to do his duty in the service of our country. My brother's grandson, a marine, came back from Iraq a few months ago. I just wish there was a song out there today to honor them. I would love to make a video deserving of them.
I prefer Jimmy Webb's version of all of his songs. This was absolutely beautifully put together. The best tribute I've seen so far...very moving.
stagehand113 1 week ago
@stagehand113 Thnx for your comment. I prefer Jimmy Webb sing his own songs to the artists who have made his songs famous. Jimmy sings with more emotion.
DrinkingStar 1 week ago
Great tribute but I have to tell you, the song is not about Vietnam which you would expect being written in '69. It's actually about the Spanish/American war. Galveston was a primary American port during that war. Cannons surrounded the port, which is what he is referring to in "I can see the Cannons Flashing." Not saying Campbell wasn't making a deeper referance to Vietnam, but it's really not about the that war.
The2guard 7 months ago
@The2guard It is about all the senseless wars this country has engaged in so the politicians could get richer from the lifeblood of all the young men and women who shed it.
benkit49 3 months ago
Great tribute but I have to tell you, the song is not about Vietnam which you would expect being written in '69. It's actually about the Spanish/American war. Galveston was a primary American port during that war. Cannons surrounded the port, which is what he is referring to in "I can see the Cannons Flashing." Not saying Campbell wasn't making a deeper referance to Vietnam, but it's really not about the that war.
The2guard 7 months ago
Thanks for this lovely video to J Webbs song. I love the song by G Campbell, also; but your pairing of images with Webb is very moving.
bellevans 10 months ago
From a Viet vet, a simple heart-felt "Thanks."
pipingmarine 10 months ago
THANK YOU! My husband is a Vietnam Vet I've seen a lot of pictures and heard a lot of stories and this song brought the tears flowing all over again. I thank you so much for this. I sent a copy of the link to my husband and his fellow Marines that we have found through the internet. 10 thumbs up my friend
Aquahoma 11 months ago 3
@Aquahoma I am glad that you found this version of the song and my video so moving..... and I thank you for your comment.. My description of my video echoes my sentiments.
DrinkingStar 11 months ago
i love the men who served and sacraficed in vietnam.those in government must answer WHY? it did not make logical sense for those men to die in that f ing war
garebear1015 1 year ago
The little sweet girl at 24 seconds that had her clothes burned off, has a rest of the story. I can not remember her name, but she came to the states shortly after this picture was taken and became a doctor in the New York area. Quite a story and can be found with a little research. You can find it on the net
VF96falcon 1 year ago
I NEVER heard Jimmy sound better! so I came to read to disover who was singing. Wow! I've never considered Jimmy much of a singer, tho I seem prefer his version of his songs to those of the "artists" who cover them.
Also loved what you wrote in the info tab. Words' powerful ability to cause one to reflect upon a subject & consider anew impresses! You captured how I felt as a girl of 12 when I'd listen to Glen; I could sense what the soldiers were feeling; it was my favorite on the album! Thanks
enilegnave21 1 year ago
@enilegnave21 Thnx for your comment. Until I heard Jimmy Webb do this song, Glen Campbell did my favorite version. I have another song here by Jimmy, "Sandy Cove". I became a big fan of his after hearing a bunch of other songs he wrote and sang.
I see you write songs so I think you appreciate that Bill Pursell left a comment about the video I did of his song, "Our Winter Love". I would love Jimmy Webb to also comment on my video of his 2 songs that have here.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
I do believe this is one of the best versions of this song I have ever heard. I think it is Michael Mc Donald (Doobie Brother's) singing harmony on this great tune. Jimmy Webb...You are one in a million!! :)
dmsonntag 1 year ago
I have never heard a more beautiful version of this song..and I do believe it is Michael Mc Donald (Doobie Brother's) doing the harmonies on this song. I can't stop listening to it.
dmsonntag 1 year ago
Very touching, really wish no more wars!
Yoshikihinhin 1 year ago
@Yoshikihinhin Thnx.... Your sentiment is partly what this song and video are all about. My description of this song and video are what I tried to express as I listen Jimmy Webb's version. I hope it is the same thing that Jimmy felt in writing and singing this song.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
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Beautiful. So many memories. Brings tears to my eyes every time I watch.
LoreleiDuLac 1 year ago
@LoreleiDuLac Thnx, that is what many people feel when they watch this. It is hard to keep a dry eye.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
@DrinkingStar Especially for those of us who were there...
LoreleiDuLac 1 year ago
Beautiful. Brings tears to my eyes every time I watch.
LoreleiDuLac 1 year ago
Kudos to Jimmy Webb for writing and performing this song. I think it makes the recording industry's version of it an abomination. I've had the honour of getting acquainted with a number of vets and this version of the song, to me, is a heart felt tribute. Thanks, and here's wishing you all the best.
Tuleinaarii 1 year ago
As a Marine who served in 'Nam, this tune was very poignant for me at the time. Thanks for posting. Great job. Semper Fi.
pipingmarine 1 year ago
I got something in my eye.
Very moving tribute!
great job.
aknowneemus 1 year ago
Very poignant video. Where did you get this version of the song?
voighthead 1 year ago
@voighthead , Thnx for the comment. I can't recall where I got it from.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
@DrinkingStar
Ten Easy Pieces, (Guardian-EMI) by Jimmy Webb
voighthead 1 year ago
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@DrinkingStar
I found it:
Ten Easy Pieces, (Guardian-EMI) by Jimmy Webb
voighthead 1 year ago
DrinkingStar,
Thank you for this.A close friend sent it
to me. I too must concur about liking Jimmy
Webb's version better. The video is
so powerful. Thanks again.
Semper Fidelis,
Barney
BarneyUSMC 1 year ago
@BarneyUSMC : thnx for the comment. My description tells why I made this video and for whom it was made. I am glad you like and appreciate this version.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
Am I correct that James Webb is the original writer of this song? I think I messaged him a few years back. My son and nephew joined the army in Galveston in 2005. They both went off to Irag. My son came home, but my nephew did not. This song tears at my emotions and is dear to my heart. I hurt but can't follow leftist illogic . Look at the course of this country and reconsider. Hard left liberals spit on soldiers, shout baby killers and want to protect foreign terrorists. Discordance = hell.
judykins2002 1 year ago
VERY affecting! great montage.
paladin520 1 year ago
very good,nice song,
cloudbuster66 1 year ago
Great piece of work, Drinking Star.....
Ystadcop 1 year ago
This is captured beauty & pain. There are some things we must not forget even though they hurt. Thank you for posting.
trish5800 1 year ago
Thanks for this great tribute to those who served.
menotyoudude 1 year ago
Thanks for posting. . Just a friendly note: the sound effects detract form the song, I'm afraid. They frown out the piano and vocal. It'd be really good without them. Just a friendly notes:
sweeneymcqueen 1 year ago
Although I do like Glen Campbell's version better, I do think that this one fits the images in this video better. My uncle was in Vietnam and we're fortunate enough to still have him here with us today. My heart goes out to those who werent so lucky :(
countryrockstar2008 1 year ago 2
Very good indeed ! Thanks for posting.
granger18trains 1 year ago 2
i'm now 59 and only just now realize its a song of those poor souls who did not return from vietnam ,god bless you all, pete ( uk)
MrPeterbolger 1 year ago 2
eastonsteve before you make comments about issues you should probalbly resd up on the subject..the real problem militarily was that the was being run by johnson and Mcnamara from the white house, read up on the Rules Og Engagement for the"police action. Our men were crapped on by their own countrymen and the media. The reality is that you do not fight for your country but the guy next to you in the foxhole!!!!
furtrader19 1 year ago
Always remember the "Greatest Generation" using WWII tactics and strategy led us into the debacle of the Vietnam war.
eastonsteve 1 year ago
War never changes and whether you support the war or not support those who fight it. I know vets from WWII through the current conflicts in the middle east. Some are still here, some have passed on, and some have lived hard lives being only a few years older than my own 22 years. They don't deserve to be derided for ill advised wars. They just need to be thanked for doing there jobs. Thanks for the tribute to our soldiers.
Neomalysys 1 year ago 2
1969,IA, waiting for my Drat Notice, still scares the hell out of me and makes me sad. All the people I grew up with that didn't come back or those scared for life.
brainerdrebel 1 year ago
I always felt that Campbell's version, while very good, was too upbeat. When I first heard it (as a preteen), I didn't even understand it was an antiwar song. I knew he was "cleaning his gun," but didn't make the connection.
binkle1 1 year ago
@binkle1
I agree with you. After hearing Webb's version, I saw the song & its images in a different light and realized Glen's version was too upbeat to properly interpret Webb's lyrics. The same is somewhat true of Wichita Lineman. Webb's rendition is more impactful and meaningful.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
No doubt . . . Webb s timing and passion on this song makes it for this video. Good selection Drinking Star. Good !
Larryproudfoot 2 years ago
@Larryproudfoot
Thnx.
DrinkingStar 1 year ago
The biggest battle Aussie vets faced was not LongTan it was in Australia. The lack of recognition has caused emotional damage and loss of life through suicide because these brave people were not supported by the government that sent them to Vietnam.
Lest I forget....
Collectively, the vets should be nominated for Australians of the Year.
martinmartinshaw2 2 years ago 3
Fascinating! I had no idea. My late father-in-law, a very taciturn man, served in Papua, New Guinea during the entirety of WWII. They always went to Australia for R&R and he just loved the country. He always got tears in his eyes when he talked about "those wonderful folks."
binkle1 1 year ago
This would be awesome video if it had the Glen Campbell version that I like the most...can I make a request? lol
Catandthespoon 2 years ago
@Catandthespoon I like Campbell's version but Webb sings with the emotion that befits these images. After hearing Webb sing this song, I immediately understood what the lyrics were trying to convey. Please copy my video and import Campbell's version into the video. However I don't think Glen's version would have the same impact in watching the video as Jimmy's version. That is why I used Webb's version. Try turning the volume of my video and play Glen's version.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
@DS,
Thanks for replying to my comment. Actually I have played your video a few times with the sound down and Glen's version over the top. The combination elicits such an emotion inside me, it's incredible. Love the iconic photo of the US soldier you start with...you can really read the emotions and thoughts behind his eyes.
"Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying..."
Wonderful. Keep up the good work.
Catandthespoon 2 years ago
As Ernie Pyle titled one of his books, "Brave Men, Brave Men".
Thank you for this tribute and fine music!
rocksmeller99 2 years ago
I hurt seeing this. My brothers died next to me, while I came home. 21st Century Presidents, politicans and 30- somethings have no idea. War is Hell ... but sometimes we must lay our lives down to protect our children. I my case, 4 grandchildren.
gto66solstice08 2 years ago 2
Glad someone sets the record strait.
Amen , and thanks to drinkng star , and Jimmy Webb.
judge6754 2 years ago 2
Thanx, ...I think the images tell the story as it really was and felt by those who served in Vietnam.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
this song is stil so moving when you think of the young men and women fighting in afghanistan do things ever change when will it all end.
fogmajor1 2 years ago
Thnx for the comment....this song could be about the men and women fighting in any war.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
I went to galveston a very nice place but it made me feel very sad
cocklemuncher 2 years ago
Thank you. Today of all days -My great love died before we could be married. He was sent to Vietnam,returned ,and a gentler soul I have never known-but I always knew I was safe with him. His ashes are scattered at Galveston. This is a measured cadence with the respect this quiet hero deserves.
virginia7d 2 years ago 19
Your comment truly moved me when I read it.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
Thank you for your kind words. Every day that we honor our veterans makes it hard to breathe and immensely lonely.Don't waste a day apart.Your few words were comforting and respectful to this strong,quiet, gentle man who left us to find the quiet herorism he lived -no greater love hath a man than this -he was willing to lay down his life for another.I was blessed that he came back and had that time with him. Thank you for your tribute to him.
virginia7d 2 years ago 3
Thanks Drinking Star! Awesome video and song!
broncobob59 2 years ago 2
Wow, I love the chords. Who is this? Sounds like Michael McDonald singing back up.
steverothsteinmo 2 years ago 2
Jimmy Webb is the artist.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
God Bless our Vietnam troops.They did not get a hero's welcome upon return to our great country.
I thank all of you who served there.
God Bless you!
sssmmitt 2 years ago
Beautiful tribute to those men and women that put themselves in harms way because their country told them. Lets make sure when we send them to war its for the right reasons, any thing less is treason.
williamnorvell 2 years ago 4
These men/wpmen didn't die in vane. Sometimes giving the most, yourself, teaches us a leason to believe, to change.I believe I have changed to make things better, because of them. God bless.
tkwesthu 2 years ago
I join the other viewers, You have succeeded!
TheFRiNgEguitars 2 years ago
Very moving and thank you. You succeeded in accomplishing your goal. My Dad fought at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea so I am always attentive in heart and mind to what befalls those who go to war for it had a huge impact on our lives that our father was in Korea. My nephew is in Iraq. A very few people have paid a huge price on our behalf and deserve our respect and thanks and more...what more can we do? I do not know but this haunts me.
ausetthequeen 2 years ago 2
Thank you for your comments...I very much appreciate them and am very glad I have honored those in your family and others who have served dutifully their country by putting themselves in 'harms way'.
The revised version shows the same images but not as pixalated as in some areas of this video.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
Bless you, Drinking Star, for your sentiment, your tribute to the brave, and for making me aware of Mr Webb's own, stunningly tender version of this song. I wholeheartedly agree with your view: it is neither pro, nor con, it is merely human.
Similarly, my song A Letter To the Universal Soldier (Dear Soldier) was written with the same sense: as a thank you to those who served under gut-wrenching circumstances.
Again, Thank You.
~Michael Walsh, Veteran
mikewalshicarus 2 years ago 2
touching and very beautiful
cardsnchipsplz 2 years ago 3
May our Lord bless all those who in some way died or was injured, Amen
pkappel006 2 years ago 6
I was stunned by this, and this is the first time I have ever commented on this site. I lost my brother in VN, this is very well done....
jwmeara 2 years ago 8
Any man or woman who wears the uniform of our armed forces in the US is a hero to me.
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago 5
I love Jimmy Webb for singing his own song and I love the picture of the man with his gun and guitar on his back climing up the hill. THANKS!
srvinfinity 2 years ago
You are welcome. The revised video of Galvaston does not pixelate as it does in some of the photos of the original video version I made.
I you like Jimmy Webb singing, you might also like my video of him singing his song "Sandy Cove".
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
1970...18 years old ...the mail delivered my conscription notice...I received an exemption as I was attending teachers' college...by the time that I would have been called , it was , thankfully...over...but the great waste of young lives ...IOWA farm boys , the uneducated black youth of America , the poor 500+ Aussie boys(KIA) , sent by a government to bolster the ego of a Prime Minister in my case, mothers have to barricade the roadways if CONSCRIPTION is ever allowed again.
6905632418 2 years ago 4
I believe everyone should minimally be required to carry a gun and stand the line, at the very least undergo some training so they can appreciate fully what some people sacrificed. Basically you were right about the unfairness of the draft, because if you wanted out of it, you could manage. Look at Clinton and Bush.
wojo403 2 years ago 2
Glen Campbells hitversion is OK this version brings the song to a new level. Very moving.............
steppene 2 years ago 4
We invested 58,000 lives in Vietnam, 50,000 in Korea and over 4,000 in Iraq, 3500 got murdered in Sept 2001. Communism, Fascism, and Nazism have been quelled. The Berlin airlift. Panama, Grenada. The Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) fought the Japanese on the side of the Chinese before we were ever "officially" in WW II. You could spend hours writing about the times America has stood up against the jackboots of oppression.
wojo403 2 years ago
@wojo403: For as many times as America has stood against oppression, it has oppressed. The Trail of Tears, Slavery, a Policy of non-involvement during the early days of Hitler. America has done some great things, but we have our faults. Don't paint us Americans as Lily White.
captainsmith1 2 years ago 3
It seems llike the pros are more than the cons. Yeah, the history is mixed, but we don't deny it or run from it. The deficiencies such as civil rights and environment have been addressed, maybe not remedied, but not swept under the rug, either. This is the spirit of our country, like a father, not being perfect, but always working at the job,
ecworczak 2 years ago 2
Haunting.
Is the memory.
Timeless.
The songwriter.
onawinganaprayer 2 years ago
Thank You!! My Father is A WW II Vet and my Nephew served 4 tours in Iraq. Your posting of this song means alot to us!!!
jclee35903 2 years ago
Thnx so much for your coments.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
Thank you to all who served.. to my friend Steve Flinn... May God Bless You!!!!!!
kapcom105 2 years ago
The government made them loosers.
Theyre Heroes in our Hearts
zoooing 2 years ago 6
A Scotch toast to all who served. May God bless and keep you. Thank you for my freedom.
meddetect10 2 years ago 2
Thanks for this, love the Jimmy Webb version - deeper and darker than Campbells. A great tribute. Really makes one think. My Dad was drafted in the UK in the 50s and served with the Black Watch in Cyprus - it's only now (in my mid 40s) that I'm beginning to appreciate the enormity of these things. Like you say, it's no longer about whether these conflicts were morally right or wrong, it's about the boys that went there, just doing their duty, and remembering the ones that didn't come home.
quine63 2 years ago 5
Drinking Star, your video in my book is priceless. God will remember all those that served in Viet Nam, weather now or from the past. I myself had a "high draft number" back in October of 1970, I turned 18 June 6, 1952 and many of my buddies were drafted including my ex brother in law whom came back pretty well fried (his head/mind). The important issue is not who is right or who is wrong, but to remember these soldiers living and dead and pray for all human beings involved with this war...Amen!
pkappel006 2 years ago 4
Thank you for your comment. The last sentence of your comment was exactly what I tried to express in my video. Several people missed the point but you got the message I was trying to relate. I hope you don't mind me copying part of your comment as a reply to someone who seemed to have missed the point of what the images both in picture & in sound were meant to express.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
not a problem Drinking Star, take care partner
pkappel006 2 years ago
Well said.
tgatsby 2 years ago
I have seen Jimmy Webb perform this song at least 4 times, and practically everytime, he has said that this song was written about the Vietnam War. He said that he was proud of his generation for standing up in protest against this war and wonders why the youth of today aren't doing the same thing.
Bevoe 2 years ago
I love both versions, but find Webb's more thoughtful and true to its subject. I dated a Vietnam vet whose mind got screwed over good and is alone and unmarried to this day. My great-uncle was a M*A*S*H surgeon there (he started in WWII on D-day) and later opened a teaching hospital in Ho Chi Min City later. His daughters say he was not a nice man, but he saved a lot of lives. I think this video could do without that background noises. The faces say it all.
mrsmagloo 2 years ago
Yes, the faces say it all. If someone doesn't see anything there in the faces, then they missed the point of what this song and I am trying to say.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
ALL FOR WHAT???????
walleyrt69 3 years ago
"The important issue is not who is right or who is wrong, but to remember these soldiers living and dead and pray for all human beings involved"...I copied this from someone who also viewed this video. His comment was the whole point & my vision of what this song was all about. I am sorry that you missed what I was trying to express in my video.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
Thank you for this, my uncle served and he's never been the same since. He's never been able to talk about it either. And now my nephew is in Afghanistan.
tgatsby 2 years ago
This video was meant to honor men like your uncle and nephew while showing the tragedy of war on all affected by it.
DrinkingStar 2 years ago
I meant,Drinking Star,that the War was for nothing 57k men died for nothing.
walleyrt69 2 years ago
Outstanding!
shipscompass 3 years ago 4
I have never heard this version of Galveston. It is beautiful. Thank you so much.
billybeth3 3 years ago 5
What's interesting is that Jimmy Webb admitted that he didn't write this song with Vietnam in mind, although the timing was perfect. However, does it really matter? Anyone who has ever been in a foreign or domestic conflict or war, in fear of their life, and wishing to be anywhere than there, can relate to this song. Let us not repeat some of the mistakes we made during the 60's/70's to our men and women.
burninsome 3 years ago 3
I wish all our vets could now how much some of us appreciate their sacrifices. If I was alive back during Vietnam, I would probably have ended up in jail after fighting the protestors. If you support the troops, you have to make sure they know that. And protesting isn't the way.
Just remember folks, we have a whole new group of veterans. We need to make sure they are treated the way they should. Let's not make the vietnam mistake again of treating our veterans like dirt.
iamlegendgt500 3 years ago 7
A lot of the anti-Vietnam protestors weren't against the troops. They were against the policy which put the troops in Vietnam. Big difference. It's important to make that distinction. If the government policy is harmful and counterproductive, then the people are entitled to protest against it.
bracken1000 3 years ago 4
bracken1000 comment made a lot of sense. Troops are patriots. However, politicians are different story. We should always support our army because they sacrifice their life for us and make sure the politicians are doing the right things. Killing each other are not civilized at all, life is too valuable !
bobchewaing 3 years ago 2
Have you forgotten about all the protesters spitting on our troops and calling them "baby killers" when they came home from doing a job they were told to do. I haven't and probly never will.
DriftIAm 2 years ago
I wish that more of the protestors realized that spitting at troops (yes they did then and still do now, they spit at Joshua Sparling who was in a WHEELCHAIR) and throwng bottles of paint and urine at marine recruiters does not show that they make that distinction beatween the policy and the troops. But I am glad to hear that some do understand that.
ariamne97 2 years ago 4
Served with the 101st Airborne Division 68/69 Viet Nam Infantryman. I always liked the song Galveston and reminded me of the loved ones I left back home. I wish Glen Campbell would have been more supportive of us troops.
redriverski 3 years ago 6
Awesome song.
alankillian 3 years ago 3
The events of late have overshadowed the plight of the Nam Vets.They won't be forgotten.
I have known 3 Vets, and two suffered severly from post traumatic stess syndrome.If old enough,I would have protested against this self made war;like most,it was an obscene political fiasco,with no winners and many victims.But I am discusted over the way the vets were treated when they came home.They did what they thought they had to do.if not for them and their ilk,our world would have been lost years ago.
neohip 3 years ago 4
the little girl running in the nude is now a married women living in toronto canada, CBC did a story on her and she said she has come to terms with that picture
mikeemerylevesque 3 years ago 2
Thanks for this. Although I am too young to have served in Vietnam I am touched by the stories of those who did. I am also touched by the stories of the innocents who edured that war. What we often don't hear are the stories of heroism to stem the tide of Communism in South East Asia only to come home and learn that their peers were doing all they could to defeat the forces of freedom.
BASavage81 3 years ago 4
How about a nice "tribute" to the screaming Vietnamese kids in the video? Will the likes of 'johnboy9898' be making the same remarks about Iraq in 30 years time I wonder??
drwhatson 3 years ago
This video is a for all those who were forced to endure horrors of war and really any war including Iraq and Afghanistan regardless of nationality or belief. This is not a tribute to those who enjoyed killing. This is for those children at the beginning of this video, for all those forced to be there and for those waiting for the return of their loved ones. It is for all the innocent victims of war.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
With respect, what happened to the Cambodians when the Khmer Rouge were free to do their worst?
agnesmoorhead 3 years ago 2
Thanks! Sgt. E-5 1st Combat Engineer Bat.
1st Infantry Div. No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First...
coleyman1 3 years ago 4
On behalf of my mother's cousin, who never made it home, thank you.
Sisario, Felix A. Sgt. 1/C Amsterdam, New York
Jan. 1, 1968 in helicopter crash in Bink Dink Province, Vietnam
Buried Jan. 26, 1968; St. Michael's Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
mezzofondo 3 years ago 4
I am humbled by and thank you for your comment. I hope this video helps you & your family in some small way to deal with your loss so long ago and that you consoled by it.This is my tribute to all those who bravely served in that conflict.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
thank you...robert "doc" waltz...25th Infantry (4/9th Infantry {MANCHU} Tay Ninh, Mole City, RVN...1969.........
RobertWaltz 3 years ago 2
Thnx for your comment. This video was for all those who served in the Vietnam conflict. I repeat to you what I replied to in my reply to soxbearshwks. Again thnx.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
well done, very well done....
3rd Batt.7th Marines,ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
soxbearshwks 3 years ago 3
Thnx for your comment. I hope my video and this music version did capture in some small way the sentiment of what it was like by the individuals serving over there.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
R.I.P.God bless the troops who died.
acceitunas 3 years ago 2
vietnam was not the waste many say it was, it was a war with Russia and we showed them they were not going to advance their communist agenda wothout a fight, try to come up with an original thought instead of parroting all you hear and have heard, look at the bigger picture and quit bein a whiney isolationist American who thinks they should live in peace and freedom without fighting for it..
johnboy9898 3 years ago
Thank you...and Thank you to ALL of our Veterans who have served our mighty country...
7959225 3 years ago
Each time that I see our flag sway in the breeze of each season; I bow my 'heart' in gratitude. The real heroe's continue to sacrifice for debts that they and their loved ones have never made.
onawinganaprayer 3 years ago 2
Good job. Went through it. Our greatest tribute to our brothers and sisters who served in Viet Nam would be to not let it happen again...but we did...mislead again by our "leaders". What will it take to stop this waste?
Stukadriver 3 years ago
semper fi all USMC and service personel who served in country.
seamonkey41 3 years ago 5
I served in the US Army at the very end of that era. Met so many folks who'd been "in country" - and not many had received the thanks and honors they earned. That was a tough time to wear the uniform. God bless all of those brave folks.
bayswam3333 3 years ago 5
This is Jimmy Webb singing, he wrote the song. Great tributeto a calssic song. Thanks!
maronytv 3 years ago 3
Thanks for the posting! Wasn't aware of the song's back-story. All too often, in my selfish delusions, I act like a petulant child simply because things don't go the way I want them to. Easily forgetting the great courage and sacrifices brave American men and women have made for this country. They are better people than me and should not ever be forgotten. God bless them all....
gimmeeabreak1 3 years ago 3
God Bless all our servicemen and women...the memory of my older brother in Vietnam and his lost Brothers...
thanksforthemusic 3 years ago 6
i live in galveston on the seawall and take for granted the images i see every day....no longer.bring our troops home safely and never forget the Sacrifice these men have made. i almost feel guilty seeing this everyday and not loving every moment.
akerr1995 3 years ago 2
May god bless all those who served in the armed forces........vietnam and all our branches. I think of Vietnam every day and wondered what went wrong in 1967. I have very deep feelings since I remember the blood that was shed from man kind............
pkappel006 3 years ago 2
Thank you for this video it means alot to me I have a uncle who is a Vietnam veteran and thank god he is still with us today! Thank you to all the vietnam veterans!
FTC1970 3 years ago 2
What a beautiful rendition of this song. Thank you for this powerful, soulful tribute. I was about 6 when Galveston was popular, but only know Glen Campbell's version. My parents were "against" the war but never against soldiers. My friends' son is a Marine and I think we've learned as a nation that the soldiers who fight are not responsible for the failures of a govt. Their bravery & sacrifices are real. Let's pray, yet again, for an end to all war...
crooner62 3 years ago 3
To bad people cant leave there political comments out on weather you agree for or agaisnt the war..I think it shows how a soldier longs for whats most important.Many US servicemen have a lot stronger sense of love for there country and our way of life than most people will ever know.
greenbeenie60 3 years ago 4
many mornings this song came on the radio in vietnam it was always the first one, when i heard it i knew that .i servived another night, when i here it now i close my eyes and go back in time what a song it was for me then
fawn2002com 3 years ago
Was this version sung by Jimmy Webb or Glen Campbell's version that you heard every morning? I hope this video conjures up the right images and thoughts for you and all the others who served in Nam.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
This song could apply to today's soldier, too. We honor all of those, throughout the history of our country, who have ever served... those brave souls who have felt the pain, loneliness, fear, and heartache caused by war. God, I love Jimmy Webb songs. And I love to hear him sing them, himself. Thanks for posting. I've made this one of my favorites.
Chiffon56 3 years ago
I am glad you love Jimmy Webb's song.
This is 1 of 2 Jimmy Webb videos I have here. The other is Sand Cove. Sandy Cove & Galveston are very moving in terms of the lyrics and especially Jimmy sings them.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
i really dont know who sung it . it was in 69 and it was a good song, thanks for putting up the song i love it thank you and God bless
fawn2002com 3 years ago
All will give some and some will give all ...... We can never forget the cost of war is paid long after it ends ... My prayers to all who know the cost of war ...... And that someday we might yet learn to live without wars .....
gulfgypsy 3 years ago
My sincere thanks to all of you who went and served over there. Our family lost a good man there... you guys are and will always be my heros!
brianboeshart 3 years ago 2
lets kick ass galveston--
hermancando 3 years ago
lets kick ass
hermancando 3 years ago
this video and song give me shivers ''before i dry the tears she's crying''
iainc 3 years ago
Thnx for the comment. I tried to capture the images & emotions of this great rendition of the song by Jimmy Webb. I am sure this is how he intended the song to be sung and not the way Glen Campbell did it.
The revised video is the same but does not have any of the scenes 'pixellated' as in this video. The scene with the lyrics you are referring to, for some reason, got pixellated so I redid the video copy. In the revised video, none of the scenes are pixellated. So give a look at that video.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
Outstanding. Takes me back to my tour in the Army Security Agency 1971-74. I was born in Galveston.
Wiley84 3 years ago 2
as i sat in a turit on an acav in vietnam i remember this soon my god it keep me alive...proud to serve in the blackhorse 11th cav
fawn2002com 3 years ago 2
I am honored & humbled by your comment. I thank you deeply. ...and may God continue to bless you.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
I hope I will live to see the day that all these pointless wars like Vietnam or Iraq end and people will do what is right instead of what makes them the most money. Look at all the coup d'etats the CIA has done or all the wars the US has been involved in or other dirty business. I look at it and I don't blame half the world for hating people like Bush.
hogger129 3 years ago
Your 3 posts about war make good points about war, who fights them and why many wars are fought.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
When will the day come that people will see that there is more to life than making a penny? Someday never comes it seems. I do not support the war, but I support the troops. It takes a brave soul to do what they do. And they are used as puppets in the same sick play.
hogger129 3 years ago 3
brings a tear to the eye. good vid. it's just sad what those people have to go through because of our foreign policy and beacuse of the greed of some of our politicians. idk. they are right that it is for the greater good, but what cost are we willing to pay for that greater good? I certainly don't think it's worth the lives of young men.
hogger129 3 years ago 3
nicely put together, You cought the meaning of the song with photos and video very well
Bosphotoman 3 years ago
Nice Mate..
TheAngryFishermen 3 years ago
Thnx & G'Day Mate...my friends in OZ made me an honorary citizen of your great country. My name here & in other sites offer part of the reason for that.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
Its a great Song dude i like Campbell's one as well its just a Great song..
TheAngryFishermen 3 years ago
I love the melody, the big fat chunky piano chords, probably 9th's and 13th's, the affectual accordian, the melancholy allure and pain the depth of this written song lyrics. the one note repitition dramtic opener. .....this is good example of excelllent songwriting.
Thank You DrinkingStar
funkandgroovin 3 years ago
One of the greatest anti-war songs, without ever mentioning the word 'war'. The soldier is alone, he's afraid of dying, and all he wants is for it to be over so he can go home. No talk of winners or losers, because in a war, there are no winners, only degrees of losing. Not only is this oen of the most beautiful melodies, but it really makes you think of the hell those men and women in VietNam went through. This arrangement is even more powerful than the original. Yay Jimmy Webb.
llw40 3 years ago 3
God bless our great friends in the USA.
Where other countrys in Europe and Nato have deserted you...i dont
a Welshman
monsmoy 3 years ago 3
This song's for ALL OUR BRAVE USA VETERNS. Its about someone leaving home & his dark eye girl in GALVESTON. Listen to the words. In his mind & dreams he see & hears the sea waves crashing. While he watches the cannons flashing, artillery & cleans his gun, M-16, he still dreams of GALVESTON. He see his girl looking out to sea perhaps looking for him on their beach. He's so afraid of dying but he dries the tears she's crying before he goes. He dreams of GALVESTON. THANK YOU & WELCOME HOME VETERNS!
yrdsale 3 years ago 2
It sounds like you & I had the same images run across our minds as we listened to this song. I hope the video was a reflection of what your mind's eye envisioned.
DrinkingStar 3 years ago
Lets give thanks also to Jimmy Webb for writing this beautiful song in remembrance of those who served bravely..Praise God for inspiring him to write it.
bethhallel 3 years ago 2
Drinking - Thank You for the Tribute. From a Marine who left part of himself in An Hoa 1966.
Unklebillybob 4 years ago
I thank your for your comment and am humbled by it. This video & its remake are a tribute to honor you and those who served in Vietnam. My son-in-law just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Like you, he left loved ones to do his duty in the service of our country. My brother's grandson, a marine, came back from Iraq a few months ago. I just wish there was a song out there today to honor them. I would love to make a video deserving of them.
DrinkingStar 4 years ago