Jonathian Edwards, I remember this song being sung at my 5th grade teacher Mr. Coopers, birthday party at Feather River Elementary school in Challenge Ca. Will never forget this song. Had a major crush on my teacher. My favorite uncle got drafted to vietman (I cried) brothers were called to service and I remember my teacher who was 25 saying war did not solve a thing. Thankyou for this song, still loving it.
I got drafted into the Army in 1972 and this song was called by each one of us the Army song. What good does a good day with sunshine while you're in the Army?
my wife has an album signed by Jonathan Edwards about 33 years ago. Well, in an hour and a half we're going to go see JE again. Local high school, benefit show. Should be fun. Saw this guy a lot in my teens.
I found out about this song via a Rockline interview with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. Apparently "Whose Life is it Anyway?" from their latest album was inspired to some degree by this song. Funny how music puts out roots and branches and affects people and what comes of that...
hey my name is Marisa.. Jonathan Edwards is my great uncle and later I'm going to sing this song and put it on YouTube please view it and comment because if anoff views I'm hoping I could sing with him when he comes back to Minnesota for my grandmas birthday
My grandson, Hayden Wayne Cornelious loves you, too!!! Just like his Granny Lynn Melanie Williams! Without you, I will not ever imagine, you life saver!! I love you always, Lynnie th' Pooh aka Waterfall! Kisses and Hugs forever! Bells are ringing! My HERO!!! XOX
@silvior47 Wow! It is the anger & ignorance of you & others like you that continues to land us in these wars & times of trouble. Perhaps you could stop & think about why we are always feeling the need to send our young men & women to die in wars we have absolutely nothing to do with!
@silvior47 does anybody know the chords to this song that is upbeat and makes people happy.
Criticism is everywhere and everything and I wish that we could take it as that and not hate. Pray for folks that arent as enlightened as you think you are. Not a prophet, just an 52 yr old talkin. Thanks Johnathan.
@charlesburke3 Here's a better quote, though, by Thomas Jefferson that relates:
"Those who spout foolish or dangerous ideas should not be forcibly silenced, but only as a testament to the inherent greatness of the principle of liberty, and not because the ideas themselves have any merit whatsoever."
Thanks, this feels good. I was more interested in what this man was saying than the silly stuff that I really should have focused on! Baby Boomers, Hippies, we don't stop being happy, right? Just don't forget to feel for our children, they are so lost. They know y they are individuals, but they can't understand what we thought was so valuable! Maybe they will get it in 15 mins or 15 years, whichever comes first.
Most of the anti-war people in the Vietnam days vote Republican now. Those who vote Democrat may not like Obama's lying about stopping the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, but they'll still vote for him just because he is a Democrat.
@ParagonCity : Well, the Democrats and Republicans are still in control. Somebody's voting for them. Every anti-war protester I've talked to claimed that their generation gave up after 1972. They realized that burning draft cards, protesting the war, etc. was not going to change anything as long as the dumbass voters continued voting for the same old parties who were keeping up the war! Now THEY are the dumbasses. On the whole, people under 30 do not vote, so who's to blame?
@Mufaso1000 There wasn't ever really a democratic and democratically elected President after JFK anyway. They just started to install their NWO with the beginning of those assassinations..
I never knew this was an anti-war song. When it was on the Top 40, I was in junior high and simply liked the guitar work and liked "Emma", the song on the other side of the record... Thank you, MindTV for this!
This song is so very relevent to today's War that we are in ! The only thing that we do not have is the draft, but the war has no end game of winning !
For the ninnie who tried to draw a comparison to the President's health care program and this song. At least good health care for ALL Americans isn't going to kill you like a good old Republican war will.
Actually...if you listen to what Edwards says at the beginning of the video..he is referring to the Iraq war and that we were lied to and deceived just like in Vietnam...and this song still is fresh even today.
Yeah, how dare anyone pick on those poor, innocent insurance companies!
I'll admit the Dem's plan is very much flawed, but what did the Republicans do? Other than bend the American people over for a good-old reamin', GW accomplished nothing positive.
Go watch some more Fox News, and come back with more stupid comments for me to mock! I enjoy laughing at your expense.
@kmchristian35 How about you name me one accomplishment your messiah Obama has accomplished. And while your at it how about you give me one example of Universal Health care being successful. Go watch some more msnbc you and come back with some more stupid comments I can mock. Liberal drone.
Never said Obama was a messiah. In fact, he's pretty weak! I'm not even a Democrat, but I am an American, and I know we've been screwed (repeatedly).
You, on the other hand, are probably some uneducated back-woods douche bag who is too busy drinking the Glen Beck man juice to even think about what the fuck you're even saying. I never said the Obama plan will work. It's too watered down and too generous to insurance companies.
@kmchristian35 Oh!!!!! All apologies!!! Your one of those idiots who can't make up their mind either way. You know I'm still a little shocked at how deep and intelligent your remark really was. "Bend the american people over and give them a good reamin' " Man the words of a true genius. Now are you directly quoting Einstein? Notice how I actually stated facts rather than just calling you an ignorant back-woods fuck.
This song popped up in my mind to day. I started thinking about how much I missed the sun. So I don't want the sunshine to go away. Anyway I love this song....
To the one lad who mentioned the lyrics don't make sense. If you had ever had an experience with the draft board I can assure you that dancing was the last thing on your mind. Giving some dude a uniform and rank doesn't do anything to increase his intelligence. They don't get stars & bars for their IQ
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@pnb1130 , Lifeless, envious, jealous, ignorant bozo who has no talent so he criticizes people who do on a web page for other who enjoy whats presented...Fail
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@pnb1130 Haha! That and the song makes no fucking sense at all. He doesn't feel like dancing. Waaaaaaaaa! Another bad acid trip that made it onto a piece of vinyl.
@53moreHP just another you tube hard man that doesnt realise that while he was writing his sensless wrong dickish appinion i was round his mums house smashin her dirtbox in while his dad cried in the corner
I heard this song a lot on radio WHFS in Maryland when I lived in the US '69 to '71. Very interesting hearing the song again after all those years and the background to it from Jonathon. Great post. Thanks.
I understand not wanting violence, however there are those times in life when violence is the "best" solution. I always have to ask what guys like this would have been singing during the revolutionary war, which is ironic because it was the very thing that gave him the freedom to be able to create and sing these types of songs...hmmm.
I understand not wanting violence, however there are those times in life when violence is the "best" solution. I always have to ask what guys like this would have been singing during the revolutionary war, which is ironic because it was the very thing that gave him the freedom to be able to create and sing these types of songs...
@gwildgoose India managed to gain its independence without violence. I figured these "hippies" think if they could gain their freedom from Great Britain with out war, then maybe we could we could be a peaceful nation as well...hmmm, crazy talk
He wrote a great song and ton more. 15 albums is no slouch. Get his live one in Cambridge Mass, 1974. If you like folk bluegrass and blues you will dig...
Who the hell is "comeon224" and how does this imbicile think he can tell a creative genius like Jonathon Edwards what to do. The man is explaining how the song came about and this knucklehead is complaining, go figure.
well thanks to these corporate fucking cunts we cant find the original version from the 70s i dont want to see old men remenisce fucking godamn you fucking scum thanks for taking all thats cool and trying to make a buck out out of it goddamn you all to hell
I always loved this song, really nice to hear from the songwriter in his words, a piece of history ...1971 and the powers that be still haven't learned war is not the answer !!! " He can't even run his own life I'll be damned if he'll run mine "
this fellow is an american hero, the grand pity is that many dont realize his importnance.... he will live in the annals wi men like tom paine to me... a man of common sense....
this song proves that all u need is a guitar and a good vocal pattern to write a timeless classic song. Awesome post. God bless the US troops no matter what they have to do
you told it like it was, j.e...in '71 i was in the marines overseas and we played this song all the time in the barracks...loudly!!!...uncle sam had plenty of cards they weren't showing back then....this is one of the greatest protest songs of all time...thanks for these words...we needed these types of songs to end that f...ing war and pave the road back home for our safe return...peace. bro!...thanks for the post, mindtv35...5 stars!
wow...thanks for the powerful words...those were very strange times in those years, frank...some of these hippies were vets and protested the loudest to bring their brothers home...some hippies just made noise and other hippies were drafted and are sadly still mia....i just consider myself lucky....very lucky.
I love this version. I remember going to my grandparents house in Wichita Kansas. They had an old record player radio. You know the kind in a console that you had to lift up the lid to get access? I always played Sunshine and the "B" side blue money, Brings back memories..
Damn, could anyone possibly look more fried than that bassist. Haha, wonderful song and this interview was more than enough to make me feel guilty about all the elitist things I've said from time to time about artists that only have one big hit. He's so genuine.
I love this song, My daughter introduced me to the lyrics when she was 18, she is 46 now. "he can't even run his own life I will be damed if he will run mine" refer to her father. How crazy is it that I have lived my life inflluenced by the lyrics of songs. It has worked for me thus far,
Happy 63rd, Jonathan! I'm 45 and must admit I never realized this was an anti-war song. I wasn't exactly sure what it was about, just a toe-tapper that stuck with me over the years and still makes me smile and that ain't too shabby!
Nice Jonathan! Glad to hear you still enjoy performing this great song! Still comes on our classic rock station frequently! I grew up to this and Shanty! Thanks for making great music!
I had heard somewhere that Sunshine was recorded as a replacement for another song that got messed up during post production, and they needed another song that day so he busted out Sunshine real quick.
80F, no wind & clear sky in Manhattan Beach today (Los Angeles), in January.
Rode my bicycle 25 miles on the beach bike path, sweated out last night's beer & hummed this tune most of the way.
Singer-songwriters this good are rare these days.
Take care now...
JoeSexPack 1 day ago
I love this song and I love this man. Keep on singing for us Jonathan!
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Jonathian Edwards, I remember this song being sung at my 5th grade teacher Mr. Coopers, birthday party at Feather River Elementary school in Challenge Ca. Will never forget this song. Had a major crush on my teacher. My favorite uncle got drafted to vietman (I cried) brothers were called to service and I remember my teacher who was 25 saying war did not solve a thing. Thankyou for this song, still loving it.
prairiewindsongs 3 weeks ago
He starts singing at 2:28
stephl349 3 weeks ago 2
I got drafted into the Army in 1972 and this song was called by each one of us the Army song. What good does a good day with sunshine while you're in the Army?
daddyb60056 1 month ago
Jeep commercial
MackMooreInc 1 month ago
my wife has an album signed by Jonathan Edwards about 33 years ago. Well, in an hour and a half we're going to go see JE again. Local high school, benefit show. Should be fun. Saw this guy a lot in my teens.
paddlesailnitro 2 months ago
I found out about this song via a Rockline interview with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. Apparently "Whose Life is it Anyway?" from their latest album was inspired to some degree by this song. Funny how music puts out roots and branches and affects people and what comes of that...
yzetta 2 months ago
Shut up and LISTEN.
cardothe8 3 months ago
hey my name is Marisa.. Jonathan Edwards is my great uncle and later I'm going to sing this song and put it on YouTube please view it and comment because if anoff views I'm hoping I could sing with him when he comes back to Minnesota for my grandmas birthday
missqualitymusic 3 months ago
damn, kathy bates can rock the hell out of a drumset.
hiramspiral82 4 months ago
I went to Fishburne Military School with Johnny and he was a good guy but would have mood swings alot of the times and get real Gung Ho.
OgPsQd 4 months ago
My grandson, Hayden Wayne Cornelious loves you, too!!! Just like his Granny Lynn Melanie Williams! Without you, I will not ever imagine, you life saver!! I love you always, Lynnie th' Pooh aka Waterfall! Kisses and Hugs forever! Bells are ringing! My HERO!!! XOX
60Waterfall 6 months ago
Song is still relevant today perhaps more so
silvior47 6 months ago
I still liked his story :)
dabom12898 7 months ago
Political dissent is a luxury paid for by men much better then they.
charlesburke3 7 months ago
@charlesburke3 Take that communist bullshit talk somewhere else, you f*&^ing sheep.
DamagedDisciple 7 months ago
@DamagedDisciple Take your redreck bigot views to Hell where u belong
silvior47 6 months ago
@silvior47 peace brother
Salinear 6 months ago
@silvior47 Wow! It is the anger & ignorance of you & others like you that continues to land us in these wars & times of trouble. Perhaps you could stop & think about why we are always feeling the need to send our young men & women to die in wars we have absolutely nothing to do with!
lolangford1 5 months ago
@silvior47 does anybody know the chords to this song that is upbeat and makes people happy.
Criticism is everywhere and everything and I wish that we could take it as that and not hate. Pray for folks that arent as enlightened as you think you are. Not a prophet, just an 52 yr old talkin. Thanks Johnathan.
realdealmusicman 3 months ago
@charlesburke3 Here's a better quote, though, by Thomas Jefferson that relates:
"Those who spout foolish or dangerous ideas should not be forcibly silenced, but only as a testament to the inherent greatness of the principle of liberty, and not because the ideas themselves have any merit whatsoever."
danning1 6 months ago
Thanks, this feels good. I was more interested in what this man was saying than the silly stuff that I really should have focused on! Baby Boomers, Hippies, we don't stop being happy, right? Just don't forget to feel for our children, they are so lost. They know y they are individuals, but they can't understand what we thought was so valuable! Maybe they will get it in 15 mins or 15 years, whichever comes first.
kimpalmerful 7 months ago
What an amazing talent by a true folk-type artist not afraid to go his own route in the music world.
orlando31213 8 months ago
Most of the anti-war people in the Vietnam days vote Republican now. Those who vote Democrat may not like Obama's lying about stopping the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, but they'll still vote for him just because he is a Democrat.
Mufaso1000 8 months ago
@Mufaso1000 So.... do you have anything to back up your claims? Just asking, I would like to see that data, it would be interesting to say the least
ParagonCity 8 months ago
@ParagonCity : Well, the Democrats and Republicans are still in control. Somebody's voting for them. Every anti-war protester I've talked to claimed that their generation gave up after 1972. They realized that burning draft cards, protesting the war, etc. was not going to change anything as long as the dumbass voters continued voting for the same old parties who were keeping up the war! Now THEY are the dumbasses. On the whole, people under 30 do not vote, so who's to blame?
Mufaso1000 8 months ago
@Mufaso1000 There wasn't ever really a democratic and democratically elected President after JFK anyway. They just started to install their NWO with the beginning of those assassinations..
Ningirsutyr 7 months ago
@Ningirsutyr : It turned out to be a different world after JFK.
Mufaso1000 7 months ago
I keep going back to this song. I've favorited it and put it in my playlist. I've listened to it 17 times today. I'm addicted!
DiscoFunkademic 8 months ago
freaking hippie right down to the bare feet LOL!!!!!
great tune :-)
honour123 8 months ago
I never knew this was an anti-war song. When it was on the Top 40, I was in junior high and simply liked the guitar work and liked "Emma", the song on the other side of the record... Thank you, MindTV for this!
coraggio93 8 months ago
I'll play this over and over when Obama is on his way out...
Can't wait. Shouldn't be long now.
NCat999 8 months ago
@NCat999 Jonathan Edwards wrote this as an Anti-war, Pro liberal song. Just for the record.
NickPBrett 8 months ago 3
sucks
NCat999 8 months ago
This song has a strong vibe in my life..................I never knew till i heard this vid just how much, thanks for being U JE
jajimmerjammer 9 months ago
This song is so very relevent to today's War that we are in ! The only thing that we do not have is the draft, but the war has no end game of winning !
amateurextra58 9 months ago
For the ninnie who tried to draw a comparison to the President's health care program and this song. At least good health care for ALL Americans isn't going to kill you like a good old Republican war will.
marhaba4hello 10 months ago 2
Beautiful Song. Nice Fellow.... I appreciate his genius and good heart.
thomhong1 10 months ago
This is such a great song...We don;t have this today.
joey1127 10 months ago
So beautiful !!
Siamterri64 10 months ago
I love this :)
hezmora 11 months ago
So many great songs by Mr. Edwards and the writers he worked with: Sunshine, Shanty, Bye Bye Blue, Emma, Sometimes, it goes on an on.
It's great to see an old hippie singing anti-war songs, strumming his guitar, pink pants and barefoot. Hang on to that dream, man!
chessic4 11 months ago
This song still works for today for President Barack Hussein Obama and his Medical plan
n1qeh62 11 months ago
@n1qeh62
Actually...if you listen to what Edwards says at the beginning of the video..he is referring to the Iraq war and that we were lied to and deceived just like in Vietnam...and this song still is fresh even today.
texasghost 11 months ago 2
@n1qeh62
Yeah, how dare anyone pick on those poor, innocent insurance companies!
I'll admit the Dem's plan is very much flawed, but what did the Republicans do? Other than bend the American people over for a good-old reamin', GW accomplished nothing positive.
Go watch some more Fox News, and come back with more stupid comments for me to mock! I enjoy laughing at your expense.
kmchristian35 11 months ago
@kmchristian35 How about you name me one accomplishment your messiah Obama has accomplished. And while your at it how about you give me one example of Universal Health care being successful. Go watch some more msnbc you and come back with some more stupid comments I can mock. Liberal drone.
Jakepatriot13 9 months ago
@Jakepatriot13
Never said Obama was a messiah. In fact, he's pretty weak! I'm not even a Democrat, but I am an American, and I know we've been screwed (repeatedly).
You, on the other hand, are probably some uneducated back-woods douche bag who is too busy drinking the Glen Beck man juice to even think about what the fuck you're even saying. I never said the Obama plan will work. It's too watered down and too generous to insurance companies.
kmchristian35 9 months ago
@kmchristian35 Oh!!!!! All apologies!!! Your one of those idiots who can't make up their mind either way. You know I'm still a little shocked at how deep and intelligent your remark really was. "Bend the american people over and give them a good reamin' " Man the words of a true genius. Now are you directly quoting Einstein? Notice how I actually stated facts rather than just calling you an ignorant back-woods fuck.
Jakepatriot13 9 months ago
@kmchristian35 I just farted..for the record
cw6983 8 months ago
so is the drummer a guy or a girl?
kylemorriss 11 months ago
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spunit1439 10 months ago
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@kylemorriss
Seriously, The message that this song entails, and your worried about if the drummer is a guy or a girl. Wow what an ignorant attitude!
spunit1439 10 months ago
@kylemorriss why does it matter?
TheLakshmiLotus 9 months ago
Hi Jonathan
bless you
Andy
recordsare 1 year ago
This song popped up in my mind to day. I started thinking about how much I missed the sun. So I don't want the sunshine to go away. Anyway I love this song....
wbfjwebguy 1 year ago 2
Shut up and sing!
imdbl 1 year ago
What a great song! I love it!
hulkout666 1 year ago 4
love this song! does anybody notice the lady or maybe not lady on the bongos? lol just saying they made me laugh
Mat89hei 1 year ago
ahh...Jon.. why you gotten go ruin the video with the angel shining down...just give yourself and credit and leave the sky daddy out of it...
flya750 1 year ago
@flya750
I have a feeling that perhaps he wasbeing a little facetious with the angel reference.
A1l2l2e2n4 5 months ago
He is amazing!!!
lcbabineaux48 1 year ago 3
sweet find!
bblank05 1 year ago 9
saw him in 1977 doing this song!
pattyjune1 1 year ago
To the one lad who mentioned the lyrics don't make sense. If you had ever had an experience with the draft board I can assure you that dancing was the last thing on your mind. Giving some dude a uniform and rank doesn't do anything to increase his intelligence. They don't get stars & bars for their IQ
frank3z 1 year ago 2
peace and conscience love to all life~~~
furnacefire 1 year ago
Great song, sounded a lot better though 30 years ago.
brando56894 1 year ago 3
@brando56894 still sounds good.
rsymonds53 11 months ago
@dimpledick3inch That's not him, it's Jonathan Edwards who just looks... nothing like him. See his heart?
briddle2 1 year ago
It's one of those songs that works for any mood. I never get tired of hearing it.
sketchguy2006 1 year ago
I heard him sing this live on the Stone & Digital Dave Radio Show. He talked less.
FooFightFoo 1 year ago
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Angry, aging Boomer with daddy issues and a $3000 guitar, ersatz hippie bass player in Dockers, and fat ugly chick with a Farrah Fawcett 'do pretending to play beatnik bongo. EPIC!
pnb1130 1 year ago
@pnb1130 whats wrong with you?
blaqphyre 1 year ago
@pnb1130 , Lifeless, envious, jealous, ignorant bozo who has no talent so he criticizes people who do on a web page for other who enjoy whats presented...Fail
Cheeta1020 1 year ago
@pnb1130 Oh, jealous one. You should do more looking at yourself.
briddle2 1 year ago
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@pnb1130 Haha! That and the song makes no fucking sense at all. He doesn't feel like dancing. Waaaaaaaaa! Another bad acid trip that made it onto a piece of vinyl.
53moreHP 1 year ago
@53moreHP just another you tube hard man that doesnt realise that while he was writing his sensless wrong dickish appinion i was round his mums house smashin her dirtbox in while his dad cried in the corner
all who agree thumbs up!!!!
25206453 1 year ago
@53moreHP
fuck you.
whenairhitsyourbrain 1 year ago
@53moreHP ur a dickhole licker
SrvSlash69 1 year ago
Great Song of the 70's......
MississippiWerewolf 1 year ago
It was a different time then...These words are true to what was going on in my life then...Ron - Class of 1970
PS - 'The Man Won' - I ended up chasing Victor Charles for two years...but I made it...Senper Fi.
fishrecon 1 year ago
hells yah!
jerdoe 1 year ago
shineshine is one of my all time favorites excellent video
billytheoldhippy 1 year ago
too much taliking'
SHUT UP AND PLAY
sammysole1 1 year ago
He looks like Ed Harris.
donsamji 1 year ago 2
Great song! Great performance. Thank you, Mr. Jonathan
Frankie Yih from GuiZhou, China
MrYih1949 1 year ago
2 thessa 1;4-10 brothers and sisters
2cor1;2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
naomidavelaar 1 year ago
I heard this song a lot on radio WHFS in Maryland when I lived in the US '69 to '71. Very interesting hearing the song again after all those years and the background to it from Jonathon. Great post. Thanks.
wilsonmcphert 1 year ago
I love this, thank you Jonathan
prplhart 1 year ago
I didn't know Red Forman was a singer. (dumbass)
eggjones1 1 year ago
I understand not wanting violence, however there are those times in life when violence is the "best" solution. I always have to ask what guys like this would have been singing during the revolutionary war, which is ironic because it was the very thing that gave him the freedom to be able to create and sing these types of songs...hmmm.
gwildgoose 1 year ago
@gwildgoose violence is the answer for only unevolved humans
quicksiliva 1 year ago
I understand not wanting violence, however there are those times in life when violence is the "best" solution. I always have to ask what guys like this would have been singing during the revolutionary war, which is ironic because it was the very thing that gave him the freedom to be able to create and sing these types of songs...
gwildgoose 1 year ago
@gwildgoose India managed to gain its independence without violence. I figured these "hippies" think if they could gain their freedom from Great Britain with out war, then maybe we could we could be a peaceful nation as well...hmmm, crazy talk
LKellySmith 1 year ago
He wrote a great song and ton more. 15 albums is no slouch. Get his live one in Cambridge Mass, 1974. If you like folk bluegrass and blues you will dig...
crayrail 1 year ago
goin to see him on the 17 next month!
jonny08p 1 year ago
I always loved this song
Thank you Johnathan
TheShar1234 1 year ago
geezus it was one damn song, a good one mind,you, but just one, now he's a genius?
michaelflorida48 1 year ago
Who the hell is "comeon224" and how does this imbicile think he can tell a creative genius like Jonathon Edwards what to do. The man is explaining how the song came about and this knucklehead is complaining, go figure.
awoosoul 1 year ago
well thanks to these corporate fucking cunts we cant find the original version from the 70s i dont want to see old men remenisce fucking godamn you fucking scum thanks for taking all thats cool and trying to make a buck out out of it goddamn you all to hell
martyj125 1 year ago
I always loved this song, really nice to hear from the songwriter in his words, a piece of history ...1971 and the powers that be still haven't learned war is not the answer !!! " He can't even run his own life I'll be damned if he'll run mine "
googirlsmiles 2 years ago 2
The song actually starts at 2:35... Just FYI
RedEye20 2 years ago 51
@RedEye20 not shit dude?...i would have never known lol
cjinbama 1 year ago
@RedEye20 LOL :) ...
MrJtuck4 1 year ago
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Dude, shut up and sing.
comeon224 2 years ago
This song is so nice! I remember listening to it when I was a kid and never forgot it. Now 40, still loving this song.
scarletdaisies 2 years ago 2
Always loved this song :o)
nyesteiran 2 years ago
yes, and he can see dead people, too
CowbellProfessional 2 years ago
Awesome!
thequeenofhartz 2 years ago 19
i played guitar with this guy!! he is the man it was an honor to play with him and my uncle
bamaman824 2 years ago
I absolutely love his self titled debut album, listen to it all the time.
But I do not like how his voice has aged at all.
jakesever 2 years ago
@jakesever - that is a valid point, my friend, a very valid point.
This song is a moment captured in time, and the two voices do not seem to mesh...
Does not detract from the message, however; at least not in my humble opinion, anyway.
Cheers!
FrankC32
frankc32 2 years ago
That's an awesome album and I knew there was more to this guy than just Sunshine(Go Away Today).
landrykkb 2 years ago 2
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Mr3000400 2 years ago
I saw him in concert a few weeks ago.... outstanding! What a beautiful man.
FunnyMan5432 2 years ago 2
this fellow is an american hero, the grand pity is that many dont realize his importnance.... he will live in the annals wi men like tom paine to me... a man of common sense....
vanness5 2 years ago 2
@vanness5, Thom Paine, WOW! What a SWEET ANALOGY! You are a prince/princess amongst mere mortals! (And you snuck in the whole "Common Sense" theme!)
I tip my m'r f'n cap to your historical/ literary/perceptive capabilities!!!
Cheers!
FrankC32
frankc32 2 years ago
hahaha, well a boston boy knows these things, in 3 days I will be out of san francisco drinking sam adams over the grave of sam adams
vanness5 2 years ago
@vanness5, ever the consummate patriot!
Enjoy those American-made red-white-and-blue cold ones, my friend!!!
Cheers!
FrankC32
frankc32 2 years ago
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hedgehogamy300 2 years ago
3:54
shes so ugly lool :D
stigpp 2 years ago
this song proves that all u need is a guitar and a good vocal pattern to write a timeless classic song. Awesome post. God bless the US troops no matter what they have to do
HAMMERDOWNROKK 2 years ago
wow! great hippy song!
Gots to loves the hippies!!!
We could all kill each other, but that does not make much sense, does it?
Cheers!
FrankC32
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hedgehogamy300 2 years ago
fuckin hippie...good song though
cbarkett1214 2 years ago
What a great guy, and the song is timeless!
Johnfern99 2 years ago 2
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Edwards, you're a faggot and a disgrace to the U.S.A Piss on you.
MrColeman65 2 years ago
YES!!!
clancytheman 2 years ago
you told it like it was, j.e...in '71 i was in the marines overseas and we played this song all the time in the barracks...loudly!!!...uncle sam had plenty of cards they weren't showing back then....this is one of the greatest protest songs of all time...thanks for these words...we needed these types of songs to end that f...ing war and pave the road back home for our safe return...peace. bro!...thanks for the post, mindtv35...5 stars!
sirg31 2 years ago 3
@sirg31, you are a legit vet, my friend, and we owe you a debt of gratitude that most of these punks do not understand.
Real vets are the last breed of heroes that our culture is capable of breeding...
Cheers!
FrankC32
frankc32 2 years ago
wow...thanks for the powerful words...those were very strange times in those years, frank...some of these hippies were vets and protested the loudest to bring their brothers home...some hippies just made noise and other hippies were drafted and are sadly still mia....i just consider myself lucky....very lucky.
sirg31 2 years ago
@sirg31, I hear that, my friend. Have a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.
Cheers!
FrankC32
frankc32 2 years ago
thanks, bro...i'm wishing the same for you.
sirg31 2 years ago
Monster... I hope you grow up and wise someday...:(
raymond2u55 2 years ago
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Faggot hippie...
IPOMonster 2 years ago
Jonathan I seen you in Dallas at Poor Davids Club years ago.
Wow you still are fantastic!
liktom 2 years ago
Dude, still remember the first time I heard the song...!!!
MaddZzee350 2 years ago
What a great guy, and one hellva song! I had the 45. 10+ stars!
jsbach15 2 years ago 2
Enough talking already! Song starts at 2:32 and seems speeded up... :-(
valleygirlknits 2 years ago
This guy treats women like crap, he's a loser.
cucumber2911 2 years ago
Great protest song.
marrs20 2 years ago 3
i saw jhonathan edwards in willamantic connecticut he was superb
atgskater14 2 years ago
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I never knew this song was about an American hating communist.
martyshack717 2 years ago
it isnt
cwazywabbit1 2 years ago 2
...what?....
Cheeta1020 2 years ago
I love this version. I remember going to my grandparents house in Wichita Kansas. They had an old record player radio. You know the kind in a console that you had to lift up the lid to get access? I always played Sunshine and the "B" side blue money, Brings back memories..
ZXLNT 2 years ago 3
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i want to tell the obama "you can't even run your own government i'll be damned if you'll run my life"
gterps 2 years ago
Damn, could anyone possibly look more fried than that bassist. Haha, wonderful song and this interview was more than enough to make me feel guilty about all the elitist things I've said from time to time about artists that only have one big hit. He's so genuine.
RoughitforGreen247 2 years ago
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this song is so amazing! nice job jonathon!
tehflowereater 2 years ago
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i love it! it's my theme song!
TrickyTori13 2 years ago
I love this song, My daughter introduced me to the lyrics when she was 18, she is 46 now. "he can't even run his own life I will be damed if he will run mine" refer to her father. How crazy is it that I have lived my life inflluenced by the lyrics of songs. It has worked for me thus far,
ybarrai 2 years ago
also, he seems like such a sweet, genuine man!!! and talent he has. what a good person with a good message. <3
SupHobagg 2 years ago
Happy 63rd, Jonathan! I'm 45 and must admit I never realized this was an anti-war song. I wasn't exactly sure what it was about, just a toe-tapper that stuck with me over the years and still makes me smile and that ain't too shabby!
TinyDancer500 2 years ago
I love this song. Two of my favorite songs are Sunshine and Brandy by Looking Glass. They just don't have songs like that anymore.
fudgefucker666 2 years ago 2
so true! i love this song!!! mom used to sing it to me =D
SupHobagg 2 years ago
The 70's are a haze!
fd1836 2 years ago 2
Nice Jonathan! Glad to hear you still enjoy performing this great song! Still comes on our classic rock station frequently! I grew up to this and Shanty! Thanks for making great music!
twitards247 2 years ago
I had heard somewhere that Sunshine was recorded as a replacement for another song that got messed up during post production, and they needed another song that day so he busted out Sunshine real quick.
Sounds pretty lucky to me.
Daid006 2 years ago
I thought it was 1972. Are you sure it's 1971?
EpiDot52 2 years ago
I too, didn't know that this was a protest song. I just remember it as a nice, simple song that was fun to sing along to.
ftsjr 2 years ago
the djembe played in this video looks like my mom haha
garrity5 2 years ago 2
GREAT SONG
GirlGeorgeTVshow 2 years ago
Such a lovely song and yet, so powerful. Gee, I didn't know it was a war protest song.
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Remember, Jesus Saves!
MrBigDub 2 years ago
I didn't know it was a war protest song either.
And here I was at that war protest rally he spoke of ...way back as a young teenager then.
lol!
ckaybiker 2 years ago
That's awsome!
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Remember, Jesus Saves!
MrBigDub 2 years ago
What a great song!
thezone4241 2 years ago
i saw that bass player playing a fiddle somewhere
bitterchew 2 years ago
is that drummer crisp eater??? haha
PeterHope2 2 years ago
NOTE THE SONG DOES NOT START UNTIL 2:31
Kevsgirl234 2 years ago 3
THANKS FOR THE VID......and THANK YOU MR.EDWARDS
JDPackard 2 years ago
when i was a little kid this was my favorite song & I still love it! thanks for posting
ROCKSLIDZ 2 years ago
NO SHOES!!!! I LOVE IT:D
trevinoj007 2 years ago
One Word ! ***** COOL*****
mdog2700 2 years ago
At first glance...I thought he was robocop.
mooch37 2 years ago
Most underated American muscian ever....an Amerrican icon!
fredg61 2 years ago 7
FYI Every one the song starts at 2:31
endrun5 2 years ago
THEN HOLD UR BREATH FOR 2:31 and then enjoy the song !
derberzz 2 years ago 4