Suicide is painless / Johnny Mandel

[MattArchives]

My favorite movie opening sequence of all time.

[ZydosTheDrake]

Having watched the television show, and fallen in love with the theme, hell even having struggled with depression and suicide not many years ago, hearing this full version brings a tear to my eye.. but a tear of contentment, that it's an amazing song

[Hrko1992]

Actually, suicide is very painfull full of agony, terror, fear, pain, panic and just sheer torture.

[worldwildwest]

My theme Song, If Some Day I Can no Longer Bear the Pain if i ever Lose my chainsmoking Wife, lover very much but not proud of her Smoking habits.

[TheaKour]

We sing it now a-capella, I'd never belive it's so hard to hold a rythm :D

[Assassinxstudios]

lol

[Assassinxstudios]

this song with video is to be played at my funeral

[Lazurath101]

If I commit suicide it will be to this song.

[lodie311]

I can't believe they let a title like that pass in that time.

[crow672008]

A great movie follow by a great television show

[sugarlanskee8]

@xxxGreenRainxxx

Re-runs in our area never include this song.

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Korea: the forgotten war

[OldSchoolPatriot2012]

4 people did not find suicide painless.

[TheDecbass]

I love the Manic Street Preachers version of this song!

[rwanda666]

LOVE IT !!! SUPER SERIAL ,SUPER ACTORS.all the best from ROMANIA !!!

[YashaWhiteTiger]

<3 I LOVE THIS SONG, Thanks for uploading!!! <3

[theonlymoo5e]

Hit #1 on the UK pop chart for 3 weeks on May 31, 1980 credited as the group Mash - original instrumental version by Al DeLory never charted in the UK and only peaked at #70 on the Billboard pop chart

[rackers]

everyone loves my M.A.S.H. ringtone!

[cellopypo]

RIP Sherman Potter/Harry Morgan

[MWPintheD]

When I was a kid - I used to get so excited when M*A*S*H would come on. The theme song would just make me happy - didn't know the words until I was older.

[Raider17]

RIP Harry Morgan.

[dozer882]

RIP Colonel Potter.

[EssexAggiegrad2011]

R. I. P. Harry Morgan :(

[bdalen]

I really miss this show. I spent some time in Korea (Peiontek) and I remember it like it was yesterday.  I can not get enough of the theme song...

[icjd80]

amazing how much korea looks like california =)~

[TheMeWash]

so peacefull...

[Janni598]

Beautiful song! Great movi!

[silkyinkstudios]

That was some great cinematography, and the song really helped push the visuals. Great upload.

[MrManuel822]

A very haunting Song!

[victorios27]

GREETINGS FROM POLAND- GOOD MOVIE AND GOOD SONG

[soun59]

I have to admit, even though I do like marylin manson, the original version is way way better.

[yeeboy666]

@soun59 it sounds better because unlike the Manson cover this one has good harmony, and this song sounds nicer played with the acoustic guitar.

[Zasha44]

I love this show and im 13

[KedViper]

@Zasha44 lol, but this is the movie.

[Zasha44]

@KedViper well ive seen the movie and I love it 2

[tiki754]

4 people will leave it if they please

[meggyroni]

JASON!!! Me too! I was watching the family guy were stewie gets drunk

[lordtarnerran]

This is truly the most beautiful song ever written by man.

[Tyrell667]

@lordtarnerran how morbid of u to say

[lordtarnerran]

@Tyrell667 For someone like me, who's been through so much, and who is currently with a girl who has been through even more in life at the age of 16? This song is truly an icon for me and my girl. It is quite a morbid song on the face of it, but perhaps you do not understand the real meaning. The song is dedicated to life and endurance, not to the easy way out presented by suicide.

[KLOLWTF]

@lordtarnerran *One of the most.

[lordtarnerran]

@KLOLWTF honestly i do think it is THE most. thanks for sharing tho

[SuperHunter930]

The show did not have the lyrics. man this is a sad song!!!

[imthebest4624]

stewie

[Roadracer987654321]

Matt Damon would work as Captain Trapper John Mc'Intyre in a Remake,

Only Kelsey Grammer would work as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake, Commanding Officer of the MASH 4077th. I know who would work as Corporal Radar O'Reilly. Will Ferrell would work as Snooty Major Winchester.

Gale Harold as the Neurotic, Funny, Ice Cold and Brilliant Medical Wonder Captain Benjamin Franklin" Hawkeye " Pierce. Who could play Major Margaret Houlihan ? & the Awesome Frank Burns...... : )

[cinemaspaz]

I'm 14, so I didn't see the show when it was new, but looking at reruns on TVLand, I noticed that the reruns don't have the lyrics to the song in the intro. Why is this?

[xXxM4A1xXx08]

@cinemaspaz its like that now a day just listen to the deadliest catch theme song it has no words

[cinemaspaz]

@xXxM4A1xXx08 I mean here it has the lyrics, but when I watch the reruns, it doen't. Did the series ever have the lyrics to the intro, or is this video ediited?

[JASONFIED]

Family Guy bought me here! lol

[terrorrname]

long live the 4077

[eatthecakeify]

@terrorrname its one of my fav show cant belive potter deied he was cool mash was the last film he was in

[terrorrname]

@eatthecakeify yeah

[eatthecakeify]

@terrorrname well thats the power of mash

[terrorrname]

@eatthecakeify love it to death, right?

fire your weapon!

your fired

[eatthecakeify]

@terrorrname ha

[idonotweet]

@eatthecakeify Potter never died in the tv series and Harry Morgan (the actor who portrayed Potter) is still alive at 96. You might be thinking of Col. Henry Blake who died at the end of season 3

[DataTasha4Ever]

Now whenever I watch the intro to the TV show, I'm adding the lyrics in in my head.

[MrDuffyduck75]

A cult Movie !

[terrorrname]

i love mash

GREETINGS FROM INDIANA

[mutzman17]

This song is an existential statement that no true lover of life can agree with. Godless philosophies are in abundance here on Earth. This pretty tune is set to senseless words that cannot be disguised.

[philculmer]

@mutzman17 you need to put it in the context of the film - the Painless Pole decides to commit suicide over what he perceives as a failure, and the team use the "attempt" to resolve the issue. In context, it is not senseless - the events of the film answer the nihilism of the theme.

[Aspergian]

M*A*S*H, a novel, movie and television series for anyone who was anti-military.

[sirtheshado]

The only acter that stayed the same from the movie to the tv show was Raydar

[Wsj1994]

Really intriguing song and movie..

I would assume it really took off the attitude many americans had toward the vietnam war at the time.

Is sad

[digitalmaven]

@Wsj1994 For what it's worth, M*A*S*H was about the Korean War, not the Vietnam War.

[DataTasha4Ever]

@digitalmaven It was set during the Korean War. It was about the Vietnam War. Setting it in a different war was the only way they could get away with some of what they did.

[Wsj1994]

@digitalmaven sorry thanks, brain fart

[JagdPanther101]

This alone makes the movie better than the TV. Such a great song and opening

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[Antihippie24]

Im in the army, I just want to thank all the Medics out there, always making sure were alright and busting your all's asses. Also to all the Corpsmen, and airforce medics. God bless you all......

[DeadJesus100]

@Antihippie24 and thanks to the criminal government for sending the troops to war

[Antihippie24]

@DeadJesus100 Well you can feel the way you feel about us, I guess that's your right. If you think war will ever stop, you're sadly mistaken. There will always be war so why throw out stupid comments?

[jantroll1]

The song sounds happy, but the contents and the reason why they should/would commit suicide is far from happy. How can you love a song like this. I don't get it

[CountSmokeula]

@jantroll1 I hope you never get it. God bless you

[jantroll1]

@CountSmokeula

I'am happy there excist at least two people on the world with common sence

[DataTasha4Ever]

@jantroll1 I can love this song for how perfectly, hauntingly beautiful it is without saying I think it's a happy song. I like it for the emotions it stirs.

[CSavageSr]

Beautiful.  Haunting. Relevant. Beautiful.

[Altair9678]

Still love the song, learned it in 92' as a freshman in H.S. whatching on it on Abc...I think it was before nightline? In any case doesen't matter because I played with my dad's gun when 13...why? guess nobody has any anybody elses expierence...this why I hate this general condemnation of relieving one's own pain...if the 9/11 hijackers had just killed themselve instead of making a point would anyone care...and since I have space I'd suggest you look up on fragging on wikipedia...there's a bur

[cking597]

Better than the show!



[hound403]

BEST FILM OPENING YET

[rtraincollector1]

dubs19842009 sorry but alan alda did also he played hawkeye in both

[dubs19842009]

Movie - Series

Donald Sutherland - Alan Alda

Elliot Gould - Wayne Rogers

Roger Bowen - McLean Stevenson

Sally Kellerman - Loretta Swit

Robert Duvall - Larry Linville

Gary Burghoff - Gary Burghoff (Only actor to play the same character in movie and series.)

Rene Auberjonois - William Christopher

[razgoldenbrau]

Stewie drunk

[chenalos]

Excellent audio-visual lineup in the first shot. The lens focus makes clear from misty haze the words MASH for just a moment and the lyrics begin "Through early morning fog I see."

The more I see this intro, though, the more I realize this has got to be the most depressing introduction to a comedy ever. It's far more unsettling than the B-52 bombers re-fuleing to "Try a little tenderness" in "Dr. Strangelove"

[libertyomnilife]

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[RhinoPunch]

@libertyomnilife what?

[libertyomnilife]

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[edthehead1975]

For most people reading this, this song is worth more than everything you will accomplish your entire life combined.

[Ramubay]

@edthehead1975 Speak for yourself only underachiever.

[vaporchu]

At first I wondered why Rebecca Black showed up after the video ended, but then I realized that the song is called Suicide is Painless.

[TheMashwatcher585]

I have the entire series on dvd includeing the series finallie,the movie, and the 20th anny and memories of mash (hosted by shelly long)

[recoverfromhydro]

What year did Richard Hooer write the book M*A*S*H*?

[billthedancingpeanut]

@recoverfromhydro It was originally published in 1968. But I'm not sure of when Hooker started writing it.

[Roadracer987654321]

My Dad was in the 8068th QuarterMaster Corps during the Korean War from late 1952 to October 1954. That unit, at least where he was stationed was located on the Island Okinawa. He tells me once in awhile about it. he recalls seeing bomb craters from World War 2 there. The 8068th, he tells me handled Fuel and supply for the Army. Has anyone else heard of the 8069th QM Corps ?

[Weezydropsthebomb]

@Roadracer987654321 Never heard of the 8068th, so this reply may be a little useless, but my dad was stationed in Okinawa too.

[Boobr]

M*A*S*H NEVAR FORGET

[marty34156]

as a kid we used to watch reruns of this on a&e while eating dinner, brings back memories

[100CommonCents]

@marty34156 haha yes, it was ALWAY on when at dinner time. i'm not even american, it was on Australia tv at 5-6pm.

[JK666JK666JK]

this song speaks the truth!

[TheBookWorm1718]

2:04 That guy tripping and dropping the stretcher was not scripted.

[inferno232]

Best song ever written by a 14-year old.

[PassTheSkittles]

@inferno232 Was it really written by a 14 year old? I had no idea!

[marinasibila]

@inferno232 , was de schrijver maar 14 jaar, moeilijk te geloven, zo'n AF prachtnummer, zou je van jonge kinderen niet verwachten meestal scheelt er harmonisch en ritmisch wat aan,van wie is de tekst, weet je dat ook?

[mrspdrcr2]

CRACKED

[robertoinfinite10]

CRACKED, bitches! Represent!

[TravenV]

How epic is this, this old show the whole time the theme song was this. Incredible XD

[abab279]

CRACKED was here!

[blabbermouth777]

@abab279 This movie is not based on a book called The Deluge! The original novel was called MASH: A novel about three army doctors.

[charlieladder]

@blabbermouth777 Sorry. I realize that, of course, about the title of the book (I've read it half a dozen times.). I meant the sequence in the script and its corresponding section of the original novel, is routinely described as "The Deluge" sequence by critics, fans, and in production planning for the film. :)

[abab279]

@blabbermouth777 i know that already but thanks

[tig2007ger]

Suicide is Painless sounds like a song a 14 year old would write?

Well, a talented 14 year old maybe. I wasn't going around writing stuff like this at 14. Don't remember thinking about suicide when I was 14 either, even though I was a geek and school was hell...

[TinklestheGoat]

First whole minute is just dead body on the side of a helicopter video. Fucking hippies.

[MysticalSelah]

@TinklestheGoat He's actually only wounded. And what's really poignant is the closeup of the wounded soldier as the song goes, "the game of life is hard to play, I'm gonna lose it anyway." I can only imagine that's how the it must have felt for wounded soldiers and for the ones who lost family members at war.

[PsytheWickedOne]

A 14 year old wrote this...and has received $2 million dollars from royalties from it. The fuck...

[SergeantLuke]

This song was written by a 14-year-old. It's actually not that surprising, because this sounds exactly like a song that a 14-year-old would write.

[cmulwee001]

What I find interesting is that the vocals are provided by The Ron Hicklin Singers, who were best known as the voices of The Partridge Family! This is about as un-Partridge as you can get.

They also sang theme songs for "Love American Style" from season 2 onward, "Flipper" "Happy Days" and "Batman"!

Never know how diverse they were.

[RayMaxer]

interesting , did it get father worried at least a lilttle bit about his son after he wrote such lyrics...

[ExplorerDS6789]

South Korea looks in no way like Southern California

[aseriousman91]

This country seriously owes the veterans of the Korean War an apology. War is terrible regardless of when and where, but Vietnam gets all the attention despite the fact that the casualty rate in Korea was much higher.

[MrRobHoogstraten]

@84rofflemows: obvious your brain is about the same size as your toe, if you think that this serie is about Vietnam....

So this means that all 11 seasons i have from M*A*S*H* in Korea are all fake...

Next time when u post first search for the truth and don't just post when u are drunk or doped up on some kind of drugs

[pienatguard]

MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL OR OTHER M*A*S*H ROCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[84benfiquista]

i kinda feel like killin myself

[rofflemows]

for anyone--ANYONE..! who still doesn't know it, M*A*S*H* is about the Vietnam War. no, not Korea...the Korean War was just a red herring in M*A*S*H*.

for younger folks, for those who didn't pay much attention to this movie/tv program when it ran, and for anyone living on Mars for the past 35 years, PLEASE understand that this movie/show is about the atrocities and horrors of Vietnam. yet it does justice to Korea at the same time, which was just as rotten as Vietnam (albeit shorter).

[MrNik1001]

@rofflemows @MrRobHoogstraten rofflemows means the show uses the korean war as a metaphor for the vietnam war. try to read better before you start hating

[stan2778]

@rofflemows uh the conflict and active battles maybe quite for now, but that one is a long way from being over. That divided country can turn into a terrifying hairball, nukes, bio, you name it any second, day or decade.

[militarymuseumvol]

@rofflemows i am sorry to say, but it is most definately not about the Vietnam War. If you had looked into it, and by that, i mean official sources and not other assumptions about the series, the show almost didn't exist because the network thought people might think exactly what your are saying in your comment...that it was about Vietnam and would bring people to think negatively about the show at the time of the war.

[ladydeath093]

its funny how its sanged in a happy mood

[BlistElk]

This song is either the worst or best thing to listen to while depressed.

[satanga]

@BlistElk Totally right! :)

[yankeemhi]

what is interesting is that it was a 13 or 14 year old kid who wrote this song... fact

[PhilUpProductions]

good song, mansons cover makes you want to kill yourself lol, this one not so much :P

[gloglebag]

What a stunningly beautiful song,

[charlieladder]

It's among my favorite openings of any film, as well.. I suspect it was originally shot as part of a sequence from the script, based on the novel, called The Deluge, when the camp was overwhelmed with casualties and Hawk and Trapper are called back from Japan in their golfers' togs. I suspect that Bob Altman, in editing, fashioned this amazing credit piece afterward. Jazz man Johnny Mandel took the lyrics Altman's son Milke proposed to his dad and the producers and wound up with a classic.

[rduke1979]

@charlieladder I agree. The mix of imagery and the song is brilliant. What an opening ...

[HalfBornUnicornFetus]

@charlieladder

Only the Last Waltz has a better start. This is great/

[blabbermouth777]

@charlieladder Mike Altmen was 12 at that time.

[charlieladder]

@blabbermouth777 And apparently obsessed with Leonard Cohen (whose music Bob Altman used extensively in McCabe and Miller.)

[jonmayo15]

One of the greatest openings of all time I think.

[cashnash78]

love it



[dez10ify]

i love this movie!!! (and show)

[califgirl101]

@dez10ify Me too!

[hippiechick19]

"a brave man once requested me to answer questions that are key..." amazing!!

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Respect to all those men who shivered in winter and sweated in summer, trudging along the roads, dug into their foxholes and caught up in Hellish battles....Pusan, Inchon, the march on the Yalu River, Kunur-i, Chosin Reservoir, Kapyong,Heartbreak Ridge, Punchbowl, Old Baldy and all other Korean battle zones.

[TheZombieKiller29]

And then there was... Korea.

[89lukasp]

That's interesting.

It's my favorite part too...

[califgirl101]

Yay! I'm so happy to see this again! Thank you so much! :)