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  • proud to live in waterloo!!

  • Cedar Valley stand up!!!!!!!!1

  • this vid still puts a tear in my eye, because so many are lost everyday. and hardly anyone cares anymore

  • @TheKuji777

    I definitely don't care. What has our government done in honor of the men sacrificed? Nothing. Only gained more power over those who can't sacrifice.

  • @mikeeva721 so fucing true man the govenrments a fucked up thing they don't give two shits about anyone except themselves

  • @zZhippyZz ya unfortunantly they have placed money higher on the priority list than people

  • @mikeeva721 so,just because our government doesn't care doesn't mean that we as a people shouldn't. the men and women of our armed services are risking everything they have so that we can have the freedom and rights that we have today. and i think that we need to give them the respect they deserve even if others don't. tehyve done us all a great service and we are in their dept.

  • this song makes me proud to say i was once a part of the united states mavy hooyah

  • @nachtmahr24 id like to personally thank you for your service to our country.

  • this make me happy to live in waterloo ia

  • I've heard this song before, but when I heard it in the car this morning on the way to school, I actually listened to the lyrics, and thought, "Oh, damn."

  • My U.S history teacher showd us this song in class today, and i really like it

  • Love this song. Awesome song for an awesome day

  • @livelife2thefullest2 I wouldn't call it awesome but I see what you meant ;)

  • @sunprnciss My grandmother knew these guys your right true, unique, sad story.

  • This is a video response, not a hatred club or name calling club, If you are old enough to be on here, you are old enough to know that you don't need to be this remarkably rude to eachother, Jeasus.....GROW UP!

  • wtf this band..... : d mmmmm iwant more

  • don't ever call me a slut. With all these gay remarks about the you are sarting to sound like the gay one

  • thank oyu fro uploading this it is an epic song and please people don't talk down about the song. these guys are just doing what they can to show respect to this mother. and also pray for our brave men and women of the armed services.

  • My mom knew these guys! Trippy!

  • For those who like this song I thank you, I great Grandmother knew all of these guys and it was a tragic loss this is one of the reasons why relative cannot be at the same base or stations the same place at the same time, for those who hate this song, holy crap take it easy it is a fucking song, not the end of the worl look at how this world is turning, i hate to think that this big of an argument haas fromed over a song, and i hate how they do not appreciate what our soilders do for us..nice

  • and....... horned-frog u r a freaking horny attention whore you can not hate this song

  • thumbs up if you had a relative/friend in the army

  • I fucking love America.

  • Thank you for posting this song/ some of us appreciate it.

  • I would stack this piece of shit garbage ass song in the same category as the assholes that made songs about 9/11 and other tragedies and profit from it. These people can go fuck a blender.

  • what a joke you are. They gave their lives for what they believed in. This song just honors that. Whats your problem.

  • @hornedfrog2000 You are a piece of shit. I Don't care if you served in the air force or not. Caroline's Spine did not make this song to profit off of it nor are they really a rich band. Your blatant disrespect for the the dead and a song that tributes them is disgusting. You have a first amendment right to talk about how you don't like it. But I also have a first amendment right to say you are a douchbag. Drop dead motherfucker.

  • @Lunarth

    hahaha. I don't even read your comments because people who like this song love cock, and I don't want to be talked into loving da cock faggot.

  • @hornedfrog2000 you sound like you're already addicted fucker

  • @hornedfrog2000 listen you stupid son of a bitch you wouldn't be saying shit like that and you sure as hell wouldn't call me a faggot to my face. Apperantely you just want me to kick your ass

    SHUT THE HELL UP

  • @mcrblackparade100

    Don't you ever respond to me slut. 

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  • @hornedfrog2000 fuck off bastard my grandfather was in the navy and the same thing happened to him as these boys and you say this song is a "piece of shit garbage ass song "? WELLi got news for you bastard the sullivan boys and many others risked their lives trying to save your shit stained sniviling greedy ass, and a lot of people died tryig to save our country. but obviously that fact did not reach you cuz you were too busy sucking your dad off.

  • @rosemoon1999

    I didn't read any of this because you are obviously part of the exclusive gay club that likes this queer ass "band". Congrats. faggot

  • @hornedfrog2000 hey fuckstick im a girl how can i be gay? and i think ur confusing your gay ass american hating club with my clu.

  • 10 people r the people who bombed them

  • omg i love cock all day. i listen to this song everytime i take huge cock in mah ass

  • @hornedfrog2000 You fucking piece of shit. My brother in law died to protect your faggot ass and allow you to sit behind your computer and play WOW and eat fucking twinkies. I am from a gold star family but i'm sure you dont fucking know what that means. I personally did 3 years as a detention guard protecting your ass from criminals but i'm sure you dont care about that either. Don't ever fucking let me see you or I will kick your fucking faggot ass

  • @Lunarth

    I served 5 years in the air force, so suck a cock. I have friends in the Marines/AF right now too. I don't give a shit what you did, or know. Go fuck yourself.

  • 10 people are commie bastards that hate America

  • STOP! No one's a "fag", a "douche", a "shitbag", or any other ugly word with regards to their opinion of this song! Some people just don't understand yet... Loss of life is terrible, on any side. Let's not disrespect the dead by calling each other ugly names on a video dedicated to the mother of 5 boys who gave their lives for a cause they believed in.

  • I don't understand what's the reason for disliking this song so strongly....I do not sense any hostility in the lyrics at all. I dig it and people who don't should keep their lashing opinions to themselves because you're never going to change anyones mind.And anyone who uses the ugly word "fag"...seriously? Just stop.

  • Also anyone who uses this video and song as a tool against the people of japan is a massive douchbag and should eat shit. Hate war, not Warriors. RIP to all those who died on their side of the war and who died during the tsunami.

  • I just lost my girlfriends brother in Afghanistan...He was like my own brother...Anyone who disliked this song is an absolute shit bag. I am going to cover this song acoustically in honor of him. RIP fallen heroes.

  • Do you have to be a fag to like this song, or is it just a coincidence that everyone who does is?

  • @hornedfrog2000 you obviously like it too because you cared enough to watch it and comment. Oh yeah and you are insecure too

  • @EddiePlaysGuitar

    Yeah, I'm insecure because I think a gay ass song that is ONLY PLAYED BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM AROUND IOWA, is on the radio sucks ass. Who here is not from around the iowa area.....? Exactly. The song blows which is why nobody from anywhere else plays it. I've lived other places, and never heard it. It blows.

  • @hornedfrog2000 im from virginia dumbass. i have four of their albums

  • @EddiePlaysGuitar

    thats really unfortunate. I hope you play their "albums" with headphones on so you don't make anyone else vomit.

  • @hornedfrog2000 why did you look up this video? answer me that.

  • @EddiePlaysGuitar

    I wanted to let you faggots know this music blows.

  • @hornedfrog2000 if it does, why do so many people like it? retard. get a life

  • @EddiePlaysGuitar

    yeah, the shithole bars they play in really proves why they have such a national following. Maybe you should figure out why they suck so much balls'?

  • @hornedfrog2000

    dude you are a bitch. this song is about 5 sons who gave there lives for this country. so stfu. if you fought for yuor country you can talk but most likely you haven't. so fuck off. the only one that sucks balls here is you so don;t you ever say they do...I'm not from iwoa an i love this song granite it is not the most histrocaly accurate it is still a tribute to american heros. YOU AN AMERICAN BASTARD THAT DESERVES TO DIE IN A HOLE

  • @mcrblackparade100

    They are profiting off of the deaths of people they don't deserve to represent. They probably can't wait for this band to die in a fire so they can tell them they fucking blow, and I rock.

  • @hornedfrog2000

    It doesn't matter if they don't deserve to represnet them thats is your opion but you are making fun of and ripping on five american heros so shut the fuck up

    if you hate the band then why did you look this video up

  • @mcrblackparade100

    I already told you why I looked up the video. Because I'm so enraged by how fucking terrible they are that I had to tell faggots like yourself, well, that you're a faggot.

  • This song fucking blows hard, and the only reason they play this garbage song is because they're from around this area. You suck, and please stop playing this shit song.

  • im from Cedar Rapids too!! :D

  • Great song and a great tribute. Thanks for putting this on youtube. The memory of the Sullivan boys (or their parents) should never be forgotten.

  • I've loved Caroline's Spine and this song for a long time...I didn't realize that this song was based off of a real life story... thank you for posting the back-story!

  • @sunprnciss This was based on a 100% true story.. In real life, after the Sullivan brothers had died & the war had ended, Mrs. Sullivan was invited to christen a brand new battle ship, the USS The Sullivans, & she broke the champagne bottle on its bow, said a few words, &walked away... very very sad story - VERY VERY UNIQUELY AMERICAN STORY (the story of the Sullivans is almost identical to that of my own 95y/o grandfather. When PearlHarbor was attacked he & his buddies all enlisted immediately)

  • The ultimate sacrafice, that is what these men gave to uphold the freedoms you people now take for granted. Yes, if we had lost the war with Japan and Germany we would all be speaking something else now. I hope that God will still bless America!

  • Because of this the Navy doesn't put brothers on the same ship anymore. Can you imagine being their mother? Good God.

  • Thumbs up if you're from the Waterloo/ Cedar Valley area.

  • @Krusermissile Im from Cedar rapids area still paying my respects though

  • @Krusermissile yea i havent been there for awhile since i moved to dsm.. but good memories :)

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  • SALUTE to all five.

  • Thank you for posting this song. As a lifetime Iowa resident, we know this story all too well. A tragic ending for 5 brave soldiers and brothers. This song brings back so many memories for me growing up. God Bless our Military men and women, and we all pray that you come home safely!

  • a true homage to how it was back when people acually gave a shit about our country

  • really people did you actually listen to the words? assholes

  • @MrHugAZombie ......... BTW you idiot you're blocked so don't bother posting anymore of your trashy comments to me, just behave yourself at the asylum and maybe they'll give you some milk and cookies.

  • @MrHugAZombie ......... Calling me vile names won't change the fact that you're a moron with the IQ of a turnip. Have a great day you insect.

  • can anyone help me please?

    I´m searching for a song "..when evrybody´s singing my song..then I show you my soul.."

    listened to it many years ago and now I can´t find it anymore...

    ???

  • @hrsu269

    Caroline's Spine: Rock and Roll Hero. It's one of my favorite songs from the Attention Please album. 

  • I am from the state (Iowa) that these guys are from and I am proud that we have an Memorial for them! I had a Grandfather who severed in WWII. All the Iowan's here are proud of our friends and family that sever the Military. May all the Military friends and families have their love ones come home safely.

  • Thank you for posting this.Music like this is few and far between now.

  • I want to thank the dude who posted this song. Not much for this kind of music (I listen to hxc), but love this tune, to the haters: I am a fucking Marine Corps Vet., these men gave their lives for their country. Have a little God damned respect. Right or wrong, they manned up and did what they had to. Unfortunately, it cost them their lives. Their mother lost five children. I don't know if anyone else who has commented has children (I'd assume so), but losing any is unimaginable.

  • This song almost made me cry the first time I heard it. Not only is it sad, but it's a true story. Anyone who thinks this song is bad should think about how it felt to be in Mrs. Sullivan's place: 'I heard she cracked up when she found what the war had cost, all five, five, five of her sons were lost'.

  • Our armed forces are awesome ,thank you,comrads:-)

  • our history teacher had us listen to this. grade 9 or 10

  • In the wake of memorial day i think we all need to realize how our military protects us. at the same time we need to not hate out enemies or PAST enemies that are now allied with us. Let's all thank our troops for what they have done for us.

  • WHAT KIND OF A PERSON COULD NOT LIKE THIS, OR THE SONG, NO ONE GAVE MORE TO THAT WAR THEN THE SULLIVAN'S DID.i PREY THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO LOSE ONE SON .NO MATTER HOW BUT TO ME THIS MOTHER LOST HER LIFE THE DAY SHE LOST ALL OF HER SONS

  • @lassie999 SO TRUE THIS SONG GIVES ME CHILLS!

  • @lassie999 Yes indeed!The ultimate lost!:(

  • i hate when people start pointless arguments just to tell the world their heartless, jaded, and ignorant beliefs *cough* hint *cough*

  • We had to listen to this and the acoustic version in World History AP. I liked it. The lyrics are pretty heavy.

  • @heyguesswatURSTUPID me to. in normal high school world history.

  • I got to meet Jimmy today! :D

  • I was pretty upset when all the new quarters were coming out and we didnt put them on the back of it.

  • @Rightwingman09 Agreed

  • @Rightwingman09 <-- that would have been a WONDERFUL tribute - unfortunately we have people who refuse to honor our unique American histoy at the pinnacle of power in our government right now.....and have had them for too many decades - The Barry O administration has opened peoples' eyes to that....

  • All five sons dead, one son-in-law dead.........Just tragic...

    How could thier parents go on? Just sad

  • you know whats sad, waterloo turned into a shit hole, trust me, i live there.

  • @TehWilberding this is true, I moved to CR to get out of that shit hole. Turns out the grass isn't much greener

  • @TehWilberding I was born there and much of my family still lives there...you don't have to tell me.....i went back there not too long ago after a long time being away and the place has gone to hell....logan ave all the way down to broadway has turned into a shithole

  • the middle one in the pic kinda looks like jim carrey

  • I thought it was there brother-in-law that was killed in the war and why they all went in.

  • @EDsavant their brother in law was killed in pearl harbor and that is why they all joined

  • it makes me totally sick when people complain about the stupidest things.....be quite and think if some else for a change!!! there are far more worse things....like war.....just a simple suggestion....and i am deeply sorry for anyone who has lost someone in battle :(

  • Some people just dont get it.........timeless classic for more than one reason, miss this shit

  • I love this song, mainly because im from Iowa. And its so fucking good.

  • OMG ive been looking for this song for soo long!!! that would be a horrible thing losing all of her sons.. but like the song says, at least they were together...

  • I saw these guys play at edgefest, Remember that kim?

  • @1118chargers I bet you also one of those pricks that says we should help then now because of pearl harbor?

  • @HellsCowBoy666 I am one of those assholes that can pretty do whatever I want, Please dont dis my fellow Soldiers

  • @HellsCowBoy666 actually im against helping them

  • @1118chargers Congrats you are a massive douchebag

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  • My mother and my uncle was in the military, and those who don't like dedication songs to the military and their families, can accept my size 11 military boot right up their A**!

  • I actually know Jimmy Newquist and he's an amazing guy. Really a true musician. He always tells me he can't read music to save his life and that he just plays "moods". He's so cool.

  • @Mackey1500 i think your definatly right if some one lost ALL 5 sons.. the worst

  • This is a great song and really "brings it home" to a younger generation and speaks much louder than if they read it in a history book or in class. I know it did when I first heard it. Good job Caroline Spine!

  • The people that disliked this video are absolute shit bags.

  • reminds me of ninth grade. I met these guys in disney world that same year. 97 I think.

  • IOWA HOOAH

  • Here's a salute for both Caroline's Spine and the Sullivan brothers from Iowa. *salutes.*

  • why would u dislike this honestly no soul or heart

  • great song, excellent cause to write it. Mrs Sullivan... There's no way to bring the poor woman's life back. She lost what she had, there's no God or Spirit to help one through that. I hope she was around to hear this song, as it's possibly the only peace she may ever get from the situation.

  • i love your big brother too, as do all of us in mathis, rockport and corpus christi, texas, who have all shared in your grief with the loss of our own loved ones. you are not alone. god bless the fallen and those left behind.

  • i have been looking for this song for so so so many years and thanks to you tube. i found it, it is such a sad song but so true, why why do people have to fight ect

  • One of my favorite songs of all time. Epic... Tragic... This song is deep...

  • Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the grace and mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

    We Few, We Happy Few, We Eternal Band of Brothers...

  • I think this song rocks, possibly a warning not to put all your eggs in one basket :)

  • @moose1952 It's not a tribute to then it a tribute to their mother.

  • @HellsCowBoy666

    Yes its harder to be the love one or next of kin when your family deploys and that's what they are trying to get across, I am a Marine, its not hard when you get Deployed but my Sister is Now in the Army and preparing for her first deploy men and i Admit I worry like hell about her

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  • @moose1952

    Where's your song smart boy? Music stylings are different for everyone. If you don't like it, then cool. You've got a valid opinion based on your tastes in music. I happen to love it. You don't. That's the reason those 5 boys died so we can disagree. But don't slam other peoples music just because its not your style.

  • @moose1952 dude you are a prick im not gonna sugar coat it, but you should at least try listening to it the way the band wanted it played, look for the acoustic one, and if you dont like that one try some therapy cause theres no helping you at that point

  • @moose1952 If you want a better song to memorialize those five brave men then why don’t you write one yourself... I personally think this is a very good tribute...

  • I came out of the morning sun, gotcha FMB-C tora tora tora

  • The line about changing your blue stars to gold always kills me...

  • This song captured my imagination when it came out. I've always been interested in WWII, and to hear a rock band, in the 90's playing a song dealing with a tragedy that happened during that war was really something I grabbed onto.

    There was a congressional act that passed, called the Sullivan Act that decreed that no siblings could ever again be assigned to the same military unit. Yes, they died, but not in vain.

  • @timbali01 Thats not true. Read here history.navy.mil/faqs/faq72-5.­htm But it did infact get the Sole survivor policy. Still very tragic and some good came from their loss.

  • @asawrath I tried copying and pasting but it wouldn't take me anywhere. What's it say about this. I'd be interested to know. Thanks!

  • @timbali01 Do a google search for Sullivan Act. Should be the second link. I tried to copy and paste the info but was too long.

  • bombed

  • im wondering y the fuck we cleaned up the citys wen we bobed them wen they killed great men like these five

  • @1118chargers cuz it the right thing to do…I know it's kind of a copout but it's true

  • @1118chargers cuz it the right thing to do…I know it's kind of a copout but it's true

  • @HellsCowBoy666 who cares they didnt clean up pearl harbor now did they????

  • @1118chargers Not everyone we killed deserved it. The people that the united states killed all had families just our soldiers do. Thats why we have a responsibility to make sure we give the best to the victims of collateral damage.

  • @1118chargers you sir are not only an idiot, but a bigot as well. R.I.P/M.I.A/P.O.W, you are gone but NOT forgotten! I respect/feel for all those who have/are/will serve their country. WE know what it means to serve.

  • i lived in the loo and still havent gone to the sullivan brothers covention cenetr yet

  • I live in Waterloo....it's a very sad story..but that's one war I would have proudly fought in too..

  • I am very proud to be related to these men!

  • RIP forever sweet heroes. 

  • One great movie....bring tears to your eyes when the admerial says all 5

  • @emt1605 ya i just watched it

  • we regret to inform you that all of your sons have passed away... by the way, iget the goosebumps evertime i hear that line

  • i heard this song in school its sick

  • I live in Waterloo IA we got a nice memorial meusem of the Sullivan Brothers P.S. fuck the japs

  • This song is so powerful

  • MAN i just love this song even before i saw the movie the 5 Fighting Sullivans

  • On a mighty fighting battleship, somewhere in the South Pacific...

    Dunno why, that line really gets me. Maybe because no matter how large and strong the vessel of war, it's stilljust as vulnerable as the men aboard...

  • isnt carolines spine from oklahoma?

  • @dude2347 yes. but now they are based in arizona. the original band broke up now its just jimmy. but hes got bands in the midwest, south, east coast exc. so now he just tours.

  • GREAT song!

  • My 4th or 5th grade teacher was actually the youngest brother's grandaughter. I wonder what she thinks of this song.

  • coolness

  • Amazing song, i live about an hour and a half away from where they used to live... SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

  • is it just me or is the navy loosing its touch, every bullshits the navy 2day, but in WWII the were some of the best

  • CAROLINE'S SPINE - "SULLIVAN"

  • Great tune. Meaningful and powerful. I saw Caroline's Spine live a few times. Love the band.

  • I just realized this is about people who lived near me. I've always known about the sullivan bros, and I heard this song and it said something about waterloo, iowa, and I was like whoa

  • Heard this on the radio today.. really got to me this is a good song

  • Saving private Ryan came into being becausee the U.S. War Department put into effect a new law forbidding brothjers from serving together after the tradgey of the five brothers. This whole family was wiped out in a single flash. Even though families continue to loose members during the same war the war department has tried to prevent this kind of thing happening again. They no longer even deploy brothers on the same ships or planes,

  • @jayekennedyland Siblings can join under their own free will and be in the military at the same time. The Sullivan act states that siblings cannot be 'drafted' at the same time. Just thought I'd clear that up.

    PO3(AW) USN

  • @hevchev6 Not true. You are thinking of the Sole Survior Policy. It does not say anything about not being drafted at the same time.

  • @jayekennedyland noooooooooooooo. brothers can join the same dpt. as well as serve together. it is a rare case that they end up on the same ship. as in pvt ryan some are on normandy, but one parachuted. base point is that they make the last bro come home if hes the last one. but nevertheless that would fucking suck ass if all your sons died.

  • I love this song, I remember hearing it on the radio some years ago, just heard it again for the first time in a while a few days ago