I wish to all the people who are listening to this song that they have the power to go on.
I wish you the power to talk to your folks and people around you, and state clearly that there is no reason to go to other people country with the idea to change anything, than just provoking more pain and sadness.
The verse at 2:50 he sings "And look how the sun shines from under the clouds, there's no..." The original sings "The trenches have vanished long under the plow, there's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no guns firing now." I like the original better, because I think of the millions who lived, fought and died in the trenches. The thought of those same trenches plowed under and returned to farmland somehow highlights the futility of the battles and the needless human carnage.
I beg to differ - nobody sings this like Eric. The actual title is "No Man's Land" and he has done a sequel some 30 years after the original.
If you like this song go search for more Eric Bogle on youtube - there are some fine ones including some quite recent ones.
John does do a fine version of this song (and a number of other Bogle songs) and they have done some touring together including Eric's last trip to Canada.
i wish my great grandfather hadn't passed away when i was 5 yrs old i would have loved to have sat down and talked to him about the great war. my late grandfather started to tell me about ww2 before he died .. we need to preserve the veterans memories as best we can now or the future generations will not know the sacrifices that we made for them. Lest We Forget! RFC Observer A.D. Cameron 1914-1918 , RCA S.Sgt. D.H. Cameron 1939-1945
"The killing and dying was all done in vain . . ." I get choked up whenever I hear that line. All those naive, innocent boys, flushed with patriotism, goaded into the meat grinder of war by nationalist politicians and doddering generals.
And only a generation later,they did it all again. The children of the veterans of the 1st world war, (the war to end all wars), were just old enough to go fight in the 2nd world war.
The war to end all wars!!!! HUH !!!!!! People who order people to war should listen to our war vets!!!! Soetimes theres no choice...... Churchill was completely against Hitlers appeasement
"Or are you a stranger without even a name, enclosed then forever, behind a glass frame; in an old photograph, torn, battered, and stained, and faded to yellow in a brown leather frame?"
This line gets me more than any other- how many people today have old pictures of ancestors whose names they barely remember, and of whose sacrifices and suffering they know little to nothing? Santayana's words about those who don't remember the past come to mind.
I wish to all the people who are listening to this song that they have the power to go on.
I wish you the power to talk to your folks and people around you, and state clearly that there is no reason to go to other people country with the idea to change anything, than just provoking more pain and sadness.
Hillerich111 1 day ago
Best version
Coseepo 3 months ago
The verse at 2:50 he sings "And look how the sun shines from under the clouds, there's no..." The original sings "The trenches have vanished long under the plow, there's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no guns firing now." I like the original better, because I think of the millions who lived, fought and died in the trenches. The thought of those same trenches plowed under and returned to farmland somehow highlights the futility of the battles and the needless human carnage.
Kauwhaka 5 months ago 2
I was in Flanders this year and this song and your video is so poignant
PaulaPotch16 5 months ago 2
think it might be just starting sorry m* :(
happyogre1 5 months ago
@happyogre1 as well its one the truest, and it is all starting over again.
Hillerich111 1 day ago
This has got to be the saddest song of all time.
greatgulffixed 6 months ago
/Salute
Let there never be a WWIII
IamSkipp 7 months ago
i like the dropkick murphys version but this is nice
liam1997gbr 7 months ago
I beg to differ - nobody sings this like Eric. The actual title is "No Man's Land" and he has done a sequel some 30 years after the original.
If you like this song go search for more Eric Bogle on youtube - there are some fine ones including some quite recent ones.
John does do a fine version of this song (and a number of other Bogle songs) and they have done some touring together including Eric's last trip to Canada.
You may also try Liam Clancy's cover.
rdvqc 7 months ago
This is by FAR the best rendition, I'm a history teacher and all of m classes agree with me.
novanationk 8 months ago
@novanationk This is excellent, but the one by the Fureys really touched me - it seems more raw and sorrowful, but that is may be just me.
Manxypop 3 months ago
i wish my great grandfather hadn't passed away when i was 5 yrs old i would have loved to have sat down and talked to him about the great war. my late grandfather started to tell me about ww2 before he died .. we need to preserve the veterans memories as best we can now or the future generations will not know the sacrifices that we made for them. Lest We Forget! RFC Observer A.D. Cameron 1914-1918 , RCA S.Sgt. D.H. Cameron 1939-1945
stefansmom 9 months ago
"The killing and dying was all done in vain . . ." I get choked up whenever I hear that line. All those naive, innocent boys, flushed with patriotism, goaded into the meat grinder of war by nationalist politicians and doddering generals.
dennis345 10 months ago 3
And only a generation later,they did it all again. The children of the veterans of the 1st world war, (the war to end all wars), were just old enough to go fight in the 2nd world war.
employee691 11 months ago
Dropkick murphys version is the best
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Abbigaylelatisha 1 year ago
The war to end all wars!!!! HUH !!!!!! People who order people to war should listen to our war vets!!!! Soetimes theres no choice...... Churchill was completely against Hitlers appeasement
mtma10 1 year ago
@mtma10 We need to kill the Hitlers and the Churchills of this world instead of thousands, millions of innocents.
absoftitanium 10 months ago
John McDermott is a good man for helping us not to forget the horrors of the 20th century.
Kperson123 1 year ago
This is a song by Eric Bogle, covered by John McDermott.
mislyau 1 year ago
VERY well done!
mysterious1961 1 year ago 2
500,000 dead in the third battle for Ypres, Passendale. We will remember them.
Sarendil 2 years ago 2
It seems, the song was written by Eric Bogle and not by John McDermott.
Zentra2 2 years ago 11
@Zentra2 correct
cmchrismolyneux 1 year ago
"Or are you a stranger without even a name, enclosed then forever, behind a glass frame; in an old photograph, torn, battered, and stained, and faded to yellow in a brown leather frame?"
This line gets me more than any other- how many people today have old pictures of ancestors whose names they barely remember, and of whose sacrifices and suffering they know little to nothing? Santayana's words about those who don't remember the past come to mind.
Biniou7 2 years ago 21
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wilde4445 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for John McDermott
Listen to "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" sung by McDermott as well. Touching. Perhaps too touching.
lauraciara 2 years ago 4
Wonderful song.
THRILLHOUSE85 2 years ago
SAD! We'll NEVER LEARN the useless of the whole thing. Being a realist, I know we shall always have wars. G_D help us ALL! amen!
jlemgoy 2 years ago 2
Excellent video! Powerful and thought-provoking images... plus a very good musical score. Thank you for posting!
PJAX57 2 years ago