Garbage .. Eric Burdon hated war and this is very much an anti-war song. There is no room for interpretation of this song at all. I knew Eric and this song was not to praise war. It was meant to tell the killers/military to think about what they are still doing today. And stop blaming God or assisting God as God does not need your advice!
Mate have to disagree, England sucked the US into two world wars.Germany offered peace terms to England after the stale mate on the Western Front, powerful Jews offered to get the US into the war if England signed the Balfour Agreement. Also England knew of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbour weeks before. Aussie Coast Watchers in the Pacific alerted UK of the presence of Jap fleet this wasn't passed on to US Navy. With friends like that who needs enemies?
You must really be very weird to think this is a pro-war song. I wonder if you also think that Springsteens Born in the USA is a tribute to the war in Vietnam?
For Heaven's sake! Don't impeach Obama. If you do, we will get Joe Biden for the rest of Obama's term, plus make him eligible to serve two terms on his own if we're crazy enough to elect him! Just bit the bullet and vote Obama out in 2012! Pray he doesn't develop lung cancer and no fool assassinates him before that.
America is a terrific country! Thank you to all those service men and women in our great country's armed forces. The world is lucky that America exists, and that she is the super that she is.
@usernotuser1... no. the war was fought so that Vietnamese could speak freely. today the people IN VietNam cannot speak, or pray freely. Funny, the Vietnamese that hiked, rowed or swam to the US can say whatever the hell they want, pray whatever and to whomever they wish, and even get on YouTube and sound off. So who convinced all these hikers, swimmers and rowboaters that we had a pretty good gig? A whole bunch of American GI's risking our American lives for them. THAT's who. Peace.
I remember playing the 45 I had of this song over and over back in the day. You had to flip the record over in the middle of the sound effects. So long ago.....
as the song reinforces the fact that it's in your hands. whether combat or when you stand in front of God. You have to face your abilities or lack of.
I can't accept these cynical posts;you just don't understand;your right to self expression,religous beliefs(or lack of them)are ALL liberties that have been paid for on the battlefield.Human life is the most precious thing on earth,and deaththe most terrible. Butthese men & woman went into battle fighting for what they believed to be a just cause,and most believed that there is another life beyond this one;read your history,then read your Bible,and think upon these things that you disregard.
Extremely powerful antiwar song, far from being an homage to chaplain. Based on personal experience of young adults from postwar era, badly relived at time of Vietnam era. It tells us about hypocrisy of chaplains and weakness of religion, especially in time of war. Yes Padre has good words for troops, but he stay behind, lay on his bed with God HE is never alone, while others kill and get killed. Couldn't be more clear. The chaplain, for his act will never go to heaven, will never reach the sky.
@Manatenish... if you think Padre stays behind, then i guess you've never had to attend any burial details for sky pilots. i have. It sucks just as much as any other. i dont like burying medics either, but when i got nicked i was sure glad there were a couple back at the medic tent/ship/foxhole/lean-to! Not everybody goes forward at once. Not everybody goes forward. That would be really, really dumb strategy. But you dont know who's going to heaven. You aint God.
klingoncelt, only soldiers truly understand war and what goes on, illegals acts? yea, it happens, as for the diplomacy not everything can be fixed with it and richard your an idiot
What about the civilians in the war zones? And civilian contractors (not Halliburton or Blackwater, but humans) that work alongside the military in the war zones?
Yeah, diplomacy doesn't always work, I can't argue with that.
To think that ONLY soldiers understand war is pure arrogance, as is the notion that only by committing illegal military actions do we preserve freedom.
That said, the soldiers fight honorably, I appreciate their efforts.
wars are a great way for old men to get rid of the competition for young sexual partners - in our society which is falsely based on competition rather than cooperation - (there are plenty of old women to go around, who would be great sexual partners)
hey all you good people out there.I notice some tension here. but what are we talking about here. music. not war. lets enjoy the fact we are a live and well.meant no desrespect.you are good people. god bless you.
I see that the War in Viet Nam still brings out the Hate. I was there twice 1966-67 and 1969-70 .. I am proud to have Served and Only us who were there undertstand
think more, post less. Yours is truly an idiotic post. Most of the most "anti-war" guys I know are soldiers. They alone--not morons like you--know what war is like. Fool.
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making a tribute to the (American) military is the most stupid thing i ever heard cause they kill people and are proud about it cause "they did the right thing" and "toke down a treat"
With out the necessary evil of the military you would not be opening your mouth, hell you'd be another slave to socialism or worse, a dog terd rotting in the cantoloupe patch.
War is experienced on different levels. Most who survive even one firefight understand the dichotomy of combat. The experience is not all good nor is it all bad. To understand this helps one to move forward to the next battle in life.
if you not at 0:59 the guy in the back wearing his cover and holding the gun is the chaps body guard in the army they ar called chaplain assistants in the navy marines coast guard merchant marines they are called Religious Program Specialist (RP) which is what i do kill anyone who decides to take a shot at my chaps...we are thier secretary/bodyguard fun job....
WhiteTreeProd: I respect the fact that you (claim to) have been in a war, but I agree with bassnman60. It's a necessary thing. And it probably always will be. To be anti-war is to believe that there's nothing worth fighting for, and that's about as wrong-headed as can be.
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."
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War is organized mass murder and there's nothing lower on the spectrum of human expression. The only necessary war that you could probably justify is if being attacked by another country or to stop a bully as in World War II. If we didn't have the Revolutionary war we would be like Canada, we didn't need to have war with the Indians, North Korea and Vietnam were not necessary, George (W&H)Bushes oil wars are all for big business. Destroying more lives than the other side does not make you right
A lot of wars are fought for the wrong reasons, but some wars, even if there are casualties, are for the right reason, you give the example of the Korean War, despite no change in the border, we stopped an evil man from just crushing a nation. There will always be evil people, but there will always be good people to stand up to them, sometimes in the form of war. War is never good, but sometimes what your fighting for can be.
The information and the pictures go together well with this song. Chaplains have the hardest job, military wife is the hardest job, but chaplains come a close second ;)
Wonderful job and interpretation of this song, ironically the idiots who oppose war post their comments and forget that if not for the military gun toting bomb makers, we wouldn't be free to say what we want.
Thanks for the tribute to veterans and war heroes.
@19DeltaWife chaplains and military persons break, "Thou shall not kill" every day, and they break it over and over again.... While you can say they are responsible for our freedom, they are not even close to being Christians. In fact, they do exactly the opposite of Jesus' teachings.
@quicksiliva the 10 commands were misquoated. it is "tho shall not murder" after the 10 were written god led the jews to the promised land and ordered them to kill and destroy everything in that land. babies, women and the animals. desteroy all buildings.look it up, it's called the "bath" what about christians? you should get down on your knees and bless the ground our military men and women walk on. with out them you would be saying "hail hitler" instead of saying anything you want.
@windymeadows2 Thou Shall not Kill..... NO excuses! God have mercy on your evil soul. You will join all soldiers in hell, because you support the devil.
I hate to burst your Communist remarks. Who are you to tell me what "the words are meant to be". Did I ask for your interpretation? You need to read and understand what one is saying before you but in with your condescending remarks. This is my interpretation of the song and I standby 'my' interpretation. I have never viewed and NEVER will view this as an anti-war song. So get over it and have a great day.
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L-L! Take a break, theDeitz -- Whatever that inane ID is supposed to mean. You need to get back to collecting machine guns and building bombs out of fertilizer and kerosene. That is the only thing your kind is good at.
You said in an earlier post you don't want to talk about it. Then you slam tD because tD's interpretation of the song is different than yours & you do it in a derogitory manner. Music to the listener is as beauty to the eye of the beholder. We each preceive things differently. You could've left it alone but your own karma bit you in the ass with tD response. You sound just like a hypocritical liberal. This is why your words are empty and no one listens.
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hey deitz do us a favor please look up the word communist in the dictionary, ill tell u what maybe the world would be a more pleasent place if we shared every thing i think a peace loving man loved by billions made a remark similar to this one john winston lennon
to ddd: We all know what she meant. Dream of world peace all you want, it ain't gonna happen. You and your ilk need to wake up and quit following neville chamberlain's example or you'll find yourselves either enslaved or dead. Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
This is my favorite song of all time.I stole my old man's Eric Burdon tape when I was a kid and used to listen to this song over and over again.Now I'm watching this video over and over.The main part of this song is based on the role of a Sky Pilot[military chaplin]but at the end it speaks of the hypocrisy of the Sky Pilot."A young soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot remembers the words; Thou Shall Not Kill",but that's just my interpretation of the song.Only Burden knows for sure.
Thanks POZ, those are some great words you posted. Also, thanks for your service to our country! I've always loved this song and I love it even more now.
Though that shall join war shall not return, losing all they know and all they have. All in rage they fall in line.... They cast rvenge on what made this happen to them. They realise war is hell, and hear death ringing like a bell.
Talking about it is a good way to deal with Nam. Especially, talking with other vets. Check out my videos about Nam. Closure only comes after facing the reality of it all. Take care, OHLeeRedux.
This song brings out the complexities of War and the Moral issues that surround the killing of your fellow man. I remember it from my youth and I have nightmares of the men I killed at the young age of 18. If I had to do all over again, I would still kill anyone trying to kill me or my friends.
exactly... this song is about the great paradox of chaplains - aka sky pilots - and war... bless the soldiers and then send them to kill. "he blesses the boys... as the young men move out into the battle zone... remember the words: 'Thou shalt not kill'." however, eric didn't write this about vietnam, but about his father and WW2.
marisiriella reference; 'eric didn't write this about vietnam, but about his father and WW2.' Your statement made me stop and think. The song 'When I Was Young' must be about Eric when his father was in the service. Or was the song a re-make of an earlier release?
Eric Burdon & The Animals, 'When I Was Young' 1967.
Ummm............. this is an anti war song.......... about Vietnam. Not that I'm against the army, but this feels less than honoring the soldiers. I don't believe in war, but I respect solidiers. This is an insult, uninteded or not. I hope this isn't taken as an insult. I support the cause and love the song, but.................
you're right, it was an anti-war song. Much along the lines of Springsteen's "Born in the USA," the song was taken to mean something different from what its author intended. Just goes to show--as bayonetman said--the complexities of war....
Haunting video, very sad.......so sorry it ended with George Bush's photo - he is a war criminal!
krompony 2 months ago
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Sky pilots are the priests who encourage all the killing in all foolish wars.
69ssrszl1 4 months ago
Sky pilots were the priests who encouraged the killing in all foolish wars.
69ssrszl1 4 months ago
Garbage .. Eric Burdon hated war and this is very much an anti-war song. There is no room for interpretation of this song at all. I knew Eric and this song was not to praise war. It was meant to tell the killers/military to think about what they are still doing today. And stop blaming God or assisting God as God does not need your advice!
ThisBoyTV 4 months ago
Man that pic.@5:40-5:45 is fricking powerfull !!
hanalei169 6 months ago
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Thou shall not kill
benloe3 7 months ago
Odd interpretation you have there. If it wasn't for the protesters, we'd probably still be fighting in Nam. What would the death toll be now?
OaWorld 8 months ago
@OaWorld Oh the ones who told the troops"hey babykiller how did you like it??""" Those Sons of bitches peaceprotesters!
MrAllthatnmore 7 months ago 3
HANG IN THERE YOU BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN!! IM A 22 YEAR VET! BEHIND YOU ALL THE DAMN WAY! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
dcemerson1 8 months ago
LOCK n LOAD BABY
lmarieed1 8 months ago
TY DUDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
utubesux691 8 months ago
Doing this video wasn't an easy task. As an aging Vietnam era Vet I thank you, it gave me goose pimples.
crorivpro 9 months ago
I served proudly U.S.ARMY 1985 -1989 thanks 4 this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gassmann 9 months ago
I find it pretty ironic that you would use an anti war song as a tribute?????
and make no mistake, this is ANTI WAR!!!!!!!!!
Sconan42156 11 months ago
any on that think hitler was for peace is all screwed up by his queer folk in san fran cal.suck on that mommy girly boy.
edharless 11 months ago
I love this great anti-war song by one of my favorite groups...The Animals.
jimmyratz 1 year ago
Hats off to you TOM.
Please carry on!
poopoo111222333 1 year ago
Mate have to disagree, England sucked the US into two world wars.Germany offered peace terms to England after the stale mate on the Western Front, powerful Jews offered to get the US into the war if England signed the Balfour Agreement. Also England knew of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbour weeks before. Aussie Coast Watchers in the Pacific alerted UK of the presence of Jap fleet this wasn't passed on to US Navy. With friends like that who needs enemies?
rag5206 1 year ago
God Bless Our Troops,Each and every one!!!!!! Without our military we would all be speaking German!!! in America.
losthombre 1 year ago 2
@losthombre or wearing a kimono and speaking japanese
gassmann 9 months ago
i am like remembering this song and wow took me long enuf 2 understand it...and ty 4 the pics
pam101dalmatians 1 year ago
It's how high can you fly?
Not how low in the mud can you drag your youtube neighbor.
Sky pilots transcend the mundane with positive energy
that is in the energy fuel mix.
Starwheel6 1 year ago 3
You must really be very weird to think this is a pro-war song. I wonder if you also think that Springsteens Born in the USA is a tribute to the war in Vietnam?
Harmaakummitus 1 year ago
For Heaven's sake! Don't impeach Obama. If you do, we will get Joe Biden for the rest of Obama's term, plus make him eligible to serve two terms on his own if we're crazy enough to elect him! Just bit the bullet and vote Obama out in 2012! Pray he doesn't develop lung cancer and no fool assassinates him before that.
marniesmom 1 year ago
Most excellent
preluki 1 year ago
sun moon ?
alexandersname 1 year ago
welcome home god bless
fatbowlingguy1 1 year ago
@fatbowlingguy1
fatbowlingguy1 1 year ago
to all veterans every where welcome home and happy memorial day.
fatbowlingguy1 1 year ago
America is a terrific country! Thank you to all those service men and women in our great country's armed forces. The world is lucky that America exists, and that she is the super that she is.
geekintheperimeter 1 year ago
thank you Tom
splicer01 1 year ago
@user1... being a diplomat aint as easy as it looks, is it?
batuganko 1 year ago
@usernotuser1... no. the war was fought so that Vietnamese could speak freely. today the people IN VietNam cannot speak, or pray freely. Funny, the Vietnamese that hiked, rowed or swam to the US can say whatever the hell they want, pray whatever and to whomever they wish, and even get on YouTube and sound off. So who convinced all these hikers, swimmers and rowboaters that we had a pretty good gig? A whole bunch of American GI's risking our American lives for them. THAT's who. Peace.
batuganko 1 year ago 3
"The easiest way to wage an unjust war is to convince soldiers that it's all for God." IX
Nazi Germany?
Suicide bombers?
TheHigherVoltage 2 years ago
Like John Lennon says: NO MORE RELIGION!
Truth has no need for religious dogma
jesusjamey 2 years ago
@jesusjamey WITH OUT RELIGION THERE BE NO T R U T H at ALL sob
edharless 1 year ago
@edharless ...or with it!
kfengler 1 year ago
Good morning Viet-Nam!!
I recall this same song and dance..wake up my friend.
bet01tubo09 2 years ago
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bet01tubo09 2 years ago
I just like the song Jamer, presentation is Great!! God Bless the USA and our Troops!!!!!!!
losthombre 2 years ago
You misread the message: this challenges the Faith, and questions the Pastor, that sends children of to "never reach Heaven!"
jesusjamey 2 years ago
Great Job !!!!! Great Song!
losthombre 2 years ago
This is an anti-war song...
deweypug 2 years ago
I remember playing the 45 I had of this song over and over back in the day. You had to flip the record over in the middle of the sound effects. So long ago.....
magicimagellc 2 years ago 6
Nice tribute, great presentation.
Thank you for posting.
A Proud US Navy Veteran!
5 *****s
TunesNorth 2 years ago 4
Kill a terrorist for Christ!
sphorbrains 2 years ago
Kill a terroist for any reason.
hiwayhand 2 years ago 3
Sounds like the "Black Watch" at the end."The piece of heaven is theirs that lift their swords in such a just
and charitable war" - Wm. Shakespeare King John, Act II, Scene I
maxinfidel 2 years ago
as the song reinforces the fact that it's in your hands. whether combat or when you stand in front of God. You have to face your abilities or lack of.
cpartly 2 years ago
I can't accept these cynical posts;you just don't understand;your right to self expression,religous beliefs(or lack of them)are ALL liberties that have been paid for on the battlefield.Human life is the most precious thing on earth,and deaththe most terrible. Butthese men & woman went into battle fighting for what they believed to be a just cause,and most believed that there is another life beyond this one;read your history,then read your Bible,and think upon these things that you disregard.
bossanova3255 3 years ago 2
Hm very well said.
therandman1 2 years ago
Extremely powerful antiwar song, far from being an homage to chaplain. Based on personal experience of young adults from postwar era, badly relived at time of Vietnam era. It tells us about hypocrisy of chaplains and weakness of religion, especially in time of war. Yes Padre has good words for troops, but he stay behind, lay on his bed with God HE is never alone, while others kill and get killed. Couldn't be more clear. The chaplain, for his act will never go to heaven, will never reach the sky.
Manatenish 3 years ago
Your analyse to this beautyfull song seems the best of all I've read, excuse my english, but your analyse is very clear and certain to me..
ramon130754 2 years ago
@Manatenish... if you think Padre stays behind, then i guess you've never had to attend any burial details for sky pilots. i have. It sucks just as much as any other. i dont like burying medics either, but when i got nicked i was sure glad there were a couple back at the medic tent/ship/foxhole/lean-to! Not everybody goes forward at once. Not everybody goes forward. That would be really, really dumb strategy. But you dont know who's going to heaven. You aint God.
batuganko 1 year ago
Great anti - Vietnam war song!!!
ChromeHome 3 years ago 2
beautiful song!i really like the melody part! powerfull!!!
babypetter 3 years ago 3
I know. I love the "soaring" quality of the production. Feels like an adventure of music.
MarshalltheIrish 3 years ago 2
This song is about Chaplains in the military.
Keolu86 3 years ago 4
This is the greatest anti-war song ever.Eric Burdon wrote and sang it.
orsiorsi186 3 years ago
klingoncelt, only soldiers truly understand war and what goes on, illegals acts? yea, it happens, as for the diplomacy not everything can be fixed with it and richard your an idiot
kpo1303 3 years ago
What about the civilians in the war zones? And civilian contractors (not Halliburton or Blackwater, but humans) that work alongside the military in the war zones?
Yeah, diplomacy doesn't always work, I can't argue with that.
klingoncelt 3 years ago
To think that ONLY soldiers understand war is pure arrogance, as is the notion that only by committing illegal military actions do we preserve freedom.
That said, the soldiers fight honorably, I appreciate their efforts.
I'd rather see diplomatic peace talks, though.
klingoncelt 3 years ago 4
wars are a great way for old men to get rid of the competition for young sexual partners - in our society which is falsely based on competition rather than cooperation - (there are plenty of old women to go around, who would be great sexual partners)
richardmullins44 3 years ago
@mull44... You're right. Our society sucks. Let's leave. You first.
batuganko 1 year ago
hey all you good people out there.I notice some tension here. but what are we talking about here. music. not war. lets enjoy the fact we are a live and well.meant no desrespect.you are good people. god bless you.
centurian55428 3 years ago 15
I see that the War in Viet Nam still brings out the Hate. I was there twice 1966-67 and 1969-70 .. I am proud to have Served and Only us who were there undertstand
I still Live with it
FredFrick16 3 years ago 5
Thank you for your service to our country. You truely are one of America's finest!!
JackFlemingFan 3 years ago 3
think more, post less. Yours is truly an idiotic post. Most of the most "anti-war" guys I know are soldiers. They alone--not morons like you--know what war is like. Fool.
proffromgview 3 years ago
whats the link for the picture at 0:30
kravensark 3 years ago
Sorry can't remember. Try to Goggle military chaplains.
POZ48 3 years ago
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making a tribute to the (American) military is the most stupid thing i ever heard cause they kill people and are proud about it cause "they did the right thing" and "toke down a treat"
yes i am one of those make love no war boys
starques47 3 years ago
With out the necessary evil of the military you would not be opening your mouth, hell you'd be another slave to socialism or worse, a dog terd rotting in the cantoloupe patch.
madcrazy1672 3 years ago
you ARE an idiot
proffromgview 3 years ago
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if you go on my page this video is in my videos.
wtf?
SuperchargedXX 3 years ago
how is this a tribute video this song is a protest song to the vietnam war i dont think it shuld be a tribute
nayr87 3 years ago
being a combat veteran myself, i have a personal view on war, one originally attributed to Ben Franklin: there never was a good war or a bad peace.
dizzygtrguy 3 years ago 7
War is experienced on different levels. Most who survive even one firefight understand the dichotomy of combat. The experience is not all good nor is it all bad. To understand this helps one to move forward to the next battle in life.
POZ48 3 years ago
@POZ48 no war is always bad
thanksforthemessdick 1 year ago
@POZ48 some fire fights last only 5 mins,or less some times more life is forever
fatbowlingguy1 1 year ago
Some excellent photos, very cool! 5/5!!
M249SAWzALL 3 years ago 3
Remember the reasons (men & women who died for us) that you are able to speak freely on this site....and listen to any music, for that matter....
"To everything, there is a season, a time to kill...."
I remember being a young girl and not understanding this song during the late 60's.
Tell me how you feel on Sept. 11 of this week...
lynxhue 3 years ago 4
The line "with god you are never alone" says it all.
God bless all who were the uniform!
rostam101 3 years ago 6
if you not at 0:59 the guy in the back wearing his cover and holding the gun is the chaps body guard in the army they ar called chaplain assistants in the navy marines coast guard merchant marines they are called Religious Program Specialist (RP) which is what i do kill anyone who decides to take a shot at my chaps...we are thier secretary/bodyguard fun job....
aesineous 3 years ago 3
Just out of curiosity, I would like to know why some of you speak of "Antiwar" as a bad thing?
Do you think war is a good thing? Have you ever been in a war? I have and it's hell
WhiteTreeProd 3 years ago
It's not that war is good, but that it is often necessary.
bassnman60 3 years ago 4
WhiteTreeProd: I respect the fact that you (claim to) have been in a war, but I agree with bassnman60. It's a necessary thing. And it probably always will be. To be anti-war is to believe that there's nothing worth fighting for, and that's about as wrong-headed as can be.
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."
---Niccolò Machiavelli
mrfantastic407 3 years ago 2
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War is organized mass murder and there's nothing lower on the spectrum of human expression. The only necessary war that you could probably justify is if being attacked by another country or to stop a bully as in World War II. If we didn't have the Revolutionary war we would be like Canada, we didn't need to have war with the Indians, North Korea and Vietnam were not necessary, George (W&H)Bushes oil wars are all for big business. Destroying more lives than the other side does not make you right
WhiteTreeProd 3 years ago
A lot of wars are fought for the wrong reasons, but some wars, even if there are casualties, are for the right reason, you give the example of the Korean War, despite no change in the border, we stopped an evil man from just crushing a nation. There will always be evil people, but there will always be good people to stand up to them, sometimes in the form of war. War is never good, but sometimes what your fighting for can be.
DCFGS3 3 years ago 3
The information and the pictures go together well with this song. Chaplains have the hardest job, military wife is the hardest job, but chaplains come a close second ;)
Wonderful job and interpretation of this song, ironically the idiots who oppose war post their comments and forget that if not for the military gun toting bomb makers, we wouldn't be free to say what we want.
Thanks for the tribute to veterans and war heroes.
19DeltaWife 3 years ago 12
Thanks to you and your husband for serving our country.
POZ48 3 years ago
Touche!!
lynxhue 3 years ago
@19DeltaWife chaplains and military persons break, "Thou shall not kill" every day, and they break it over and over again.... While you can say they are responsible for our freedom, they are not even close to being Christians. In fact, they do exactly the opposite of Jesus' teachings.
quicksiliva 9 months ago
@quicksiliva the 10 commands were misquoated. it is "tho shall not murder" after the 10 were written god led the jews to the promised land and ordered them to kill and destroy everything in that land. babies, women and the animals. desteroy all buildings.look it up, it's called the "bath" what about christians? you should get down on your knees and bless the ground our military men and women walk on. with out them you would be saying "hail hitler" instead of saying anything you want.
windymeadows2 7 months ago 2
@windymeadows2 Thou Shall not Kill..... NO excuses! God have mercy on your evil soul. You will join all soldiers in hell, because you support the devil.
quicksiliva 5 months ago
@quicksiliva So it was wrong to stop Hitler? JUDGE NOT, LEST YE BE JUDGED.
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@quicksiliva
That does not with mad dogs.
If you roll over they will own you and your family.
ireload2 5 months ago
This was a anti-war Vietnam song. I remember in 68 the only radio you heard this was on FM. They banned it.
countercultureaustin 3 years ago
I'd never thought of this as anything other than anti-war (and I first heard it in 1965). But yes, other people can hear the words in other ways.
richardmullins44 3 years ago
the song was released in 1968... i always thought of it as ironic
shrew06 3 years ago
OHLeeRedux
I hate to burst your Communist remarks. Who are you to tell me what "the words are meant to be". Did I ask for your interpretation? You need to read and understand what one is saying before you but in with your condescending remarks. This is my interpretation of the song and I standby 'my' interpretation. I have never viewed and NEVER will view this as an anti-war song. So get over it and have a great day.
theDeitz 3 years ago 5
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L-L! Take a break, theDeitz -- Whatever that inane ID is supposed to mean. You need to get back to collecting machine guns and building bombs out of fertilizer and kerosene. That is the only thing your kind is good at.
OHLeeRedux 3 years ago
OLR,
You said in an earlier post you don't want to talk about it. Then you slam tD because tD's interpretation of the song is different than yours & you do it in a derogitory manner. Music to the listener is as beauty to the eye of the beholder. We each preceive things differently. You could've left it alone but your own karma bit you in the ass with tD response. You sound just like a hypocritical liberal. This is why your words are empty and no one listens.
moatboat 3 years ago 5
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hey deitz do us a favor please look up the word communist in the dictionary, ill tell u what maybe the world would be a more pleasent place if we shared every thing i think a peace loving man loved by billions made a remark similar to this one john winston lennon
dadadruma 3 years ago
to ddd: We all know what she meant. Dream of world peace all you want, it ain't gonna happen. You and your ilk need to wake up and quit following neville chamberlain's example or you'll find yourselves either enslaved or dead. Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
moatboat 3 years ago 6
This is my favorite song of all time.I stole my old man's Eric Burdon tape when I was a kid and used to listen to this song over and over again.Now I'm watching this video over and over.The main part of this song is based on the role of a Sky Pilot[military chaplin]but at the end it speaks of the hypocrisy of the Sky Pilot."A young soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot remembers the words; Thou Shall Not Kill",but that's just my interpretation of the song.Only Burden knows for sure.
Axlegun 3 years ago 2
Thanks for your insightful comment.
POZ48 3 years ago
Thanks POZ, those are some great words you posted. Also, thanks for your service to our country! I've always loved this song and I love it even more now.
bferre 3 years ago 4
Thank you.
POZ48 3 years ago
Though that shall join war shall not return, losing all they know and all they have. All in rage they fall in line.... They cast rvenge on what made this happen to them. They realise war is hell, and hear death ringing like a bell.
ExpiredSkydiver 3 years ago
I never viewed this as an anti-war song.
"You're soldiers of God, you must understand
The fate of your country is in your young hands
May God give you strength
Do your job real well
If it all was worth it
Only time it will tell" ..... The Animals
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theDeitz 3 years ago 5
Excellent point.
POZ48 3 years ago
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Hate to burst your war mongering bubble, theDeitz, but the words are meant to be IRONIC. The song is decidedly ANTI-war.
OHLeeRedux 3 years ago
old men start wars for young men to fight(unless you circumvent the draft).
tomloft2000 3 years ago
Reminds me of Nam. But I don't like to talk about it.
OHLeeRedux 3 years ago
Talking about it is a good way to deal with Nam. Especially, talking with other vets. Check out my videos about Nam. Closure only comes after facing the reality of it all. Take care, OHLeeRedux.
POZ48 3 years ago
This song brings out the complexities of War and the Moral issues that surround the killing of your fellow man. I remember it from my youth and I have nightmares of the men I killed at the young age of 18. If I had to do all over again, I would still kill anyone trying to kill me or my friends.
bayonetman 3 years ago 3
You're absolutely right.
POZ48 3 years ago
exactly... this song is about the great paradox of chaplains - aka sky pilots - and war... bless the soldiers and then send them to kill. "he blesses the boys... as the young men move out into the battle zone... remember the words: 'Thou shalt not kill'." however, eric didn't write this about vietnam, but about his father and WW2.
marisiriella 3 years ago
marisiriella reference; 'eric didn't write this about vietnam, but about his father and WW2.' Your statement made me stop and think. The song 'When I Was Young' must be about Eric when his father was in the service. Or was the song a re-make of an earlier release?
Eric Burdon & The Animals, 'When I Was Young' 1967.
theDeitz 3 years ago 2
Ummm............. this is an anti war song.......... about Vietnam. Not that I'm against the army, but this feels less than honoring the soldiers. I don't believe in war, but I respect solidiers. This is an insult, uninteded or not. I hope this isn't taken as an insult. I support the cause and love the song, but.................
Dragonfreak47 4 years ago
The basic premise behind the Sun Tzu treatise on War is to turn a negative into a positive.
POZ48 4 years ago
I feel this is a great protest song....... and, once again, I hate war/combat
Dragonfreak47 4 years ago
you're right, it was an anti-war song. Much along the lines of Springsteen's "Born in the USA," the song was taken to mean something different from what its author intended. Just goes to show--as bayonetman said--the complexities of war....
proffromgview 3 years ago
Amen to that!!!!
POZ48 4 years ago
I,m a Pagan. but theres nuthin wrong with a good chaplain who cares for his soldiers..
acerb45666555 4 years ago 3
Real Nice Video! Thanks for bringing this to You Tube! + I remember this song :) have not heard this one in many years! Thank you again!
Triumph1976 4 years ago 3