Eric Bogle - No man's land - (Green fields of france)

[dersaratinmykitchen]

good and sad song

[cinedores]

to quote bill hicks

anybody stupid enough to want to join the army should be allowed.

[deako99]

11:11.11am 11/11/11

11th second of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, what a day! once in a hundred years, imagine that :) we are lucky to live through this.. xx

RIP to every single person who gave their life to the terrible war, brave and amazing! :')

[gravewatchers]

too many,too often,too many times.in truth man lives by the feud...and once again i hear the marching of young men.all for the turn of a coin and profit for these men with there pens.

[HappyDay989]

No-one dislikes this song. This goes to prove that Eric Bogle is troll-proof.

[paulkearnsmusic]

I lost my Great Uncle in this war. He died in later 1917 - having only been born in early 1900 (one of the youngest to die in action). Not much of a "life" for him was it?He was one of the "lucky" ones who was found - there still remain 10s of thousands who still lie "alone" - lost or blown to bits.

[absoftitanium]

I have heard this song sung by numerous cover artists. They almost always change some of the lyrics, but why I don't know. This is the original and it should be treated as sacred. It's the best by far, by miles. Changing it always messes up some of the emotion and the message.

[Guenter51]

@absoftitanium It is the best version because it is the original!

[Shawnziii473]

@absoftitanium I mostly agree, although I do like Bob Seger's No Man's Land. But I see them as two different songs with the same name.

[ArtLRgt5]

I love this song! This said, I dare to mention that in this version I hear the words 'glorious falling'. There is nothing glorious on either side. They were all 'butchered and slain'.

Nothing more to say...

[absoftitanium]

@ArtLRgt5 ...when you joined the 'glorious fallen' in 1916...The words are sympathetically sarcastic. The soldiers were sold the big lie of the 'Glory of War'. Then they were butchered and damned.

[TheGamersEnjoyment]

Why are there wars? Why can't people just live in a peaceful world? Why can't we just say "no more killing! Let's all go home"?

Yes I am a pacifist and proud of the fact. Too many people have died. That means so much people mourning. Why are there people fighting in Afghanistan? Please enlighten me. The Taliban did nothing to us. It was al-Qaeda that perpetrated the 9/11 attacks.

Beautiful song. Brings me to tears.

[Highlander01]

@TheGamersEnjoyment Because war, like racism and hatred is innate. It's what makes us who we are.

[TDAForbes]

@TheGamersEnjoyment "Yes I am a pacifist and proud of the fact. ..,. The Taliban did nothing to us. It was al-Qaeda that perpetrated the 9/11 attacks."

That works if the other guy is also a pacifist, but what if he isn't? At some point one has to fight as the Brits found in 1939 after years of appeasement. The Taliban aided and abetted Al Qaeda so needed to be attacked.

[mantis1955]

Oh dear. mysaphireflame, yet another one who thinks 'English' means 'British'.

[CrystalHunter1989]

Happy Armistice/Veterans Day. Say a quick prayer of thanks and beg God that we do not suffer the same fate.

[KLSmovies]

i only knew about it cause i had a memorial asembaly today and we listened to this song i love it

[Guenter51]

@mysaphireflame

Many poor dead people, very large cemeteries ......

Liebe Gruesse, Guenter.

[Guenter51]

@mysaphireflame

Does it matter what graves you see here? Each grave is a grave too much!

LG G.

[TheSouthernGentleman]

Its important to remember the German soldiers too. They suffered and died just like everyone else.

[Guenter51]

In war there are only losers!

[themighty6]

true, both sides lost , they where followeing orders, from poeple safe behind the lines, so sad, and we have not learnt anything, the same learders sending men and women to there death, and for what???

RIP to the fallen in all wars, on all sides

mighty6 UK

[toothyp1cks]

@themighty6

Except the Nazis. Every last one deserved it.

[moinsimion]

@TheSouthernGentleman The same is happening in Afghanistan the moment we speak.

[Crommlech]

Ich kannte bisher nur die Version von Wader,Mey und Wecker. Ich finde sie beide mehr als nur bewegend. Sie sind aufrüttelnd (auch wenn diese sogar noch etwas ausdrucksstärker ist). Krieg ist das schlimmste was der Mensch jemals erfunden hat.. Streit um Land, Hass gegen Bevölkerungsgruppen und reine Dummheit kosten immer wieder Menschenleben. Es wird mir immer unverständlich bleiben und leider beschäftigen sich immer noch viel zu wenige Menschen mit dem Thema Krieg.

[Rhoxos]

Hey guenter das video ist echt klasse und so traurig respekt... und eric fish hats auch voll gut gesungen okay ich muss sagen alle haben das voll gut gesungen selbst die leute die es gecovert ham

[Guenter51]

Vielen Dank, Gruß

[wimpous]

Great Vid ... but very sad : (

Hope Mankind learns from this but as Mr Bogle sung " .... it all happened again and again and again" .... its stills goes on ... = (

[Guenter51]

....again and again and again....!

[sjbaldwin11]

Yes, Guenter...again and again. Will we never learn? Lest you think I'm some daft liberal, I served more than 20 years in the U.S. military. In all of that time, I believe that my service helped to avoid a repeat of the lunacy of 1914 and 1939. Have we learned? Oh dear gods, I hop so.

[Guenter51]

Ich hoffe auch!

Gruß from Germany

[mistersister44]

I'm afraid you,(and your comrades and supposed 'enemies'), made the same mistake every soldier has made since the dawn of 'Civilization". Believing that killing and serving the Satanic Military Machine,(I know you didn't know/ believe this WAS YOUR MASTER,But IT WAS), you could prevent a worser tragedy. YOU CAN'T! This IS the worst tragedy;to believe this and then take up arms to fail to prove it, but the opposite instead. Listen to Donovan's "Universal Soldier" to get a true dose of reality!

[chickencowman]

:(

Great song

Sends a strong message :)

[codyrocs]

beautiful Song so sad