50's 2012 Friday the 13th Geaux Saint$ Geaux Texan$ The time has come to galvanize! Ron Paul for President 2012 (832)245-6319 James Partsch-Galvan for Mayor of Houston 2013 (713)528-2607
I know of no other example where an artist by speeding the tempo up from the original recording and making it more "lasvegasy" actually increases the level of emotional intensity. Because now there is a certain levity to the song. Astonishingly good song crafting by Webb, just... "I am so afraid of dying" says it all: no more war, please...
I had a boy-friend in the Navy SEALS around the time this song was released. Since everything was so highly confindential, & with him on Coronado Island, & me in MI we drifted apart. I still consider him the LOVE OF MY LIFE. This song wil always remind me of him. Still love you, & will always miss you Kurt!
I did not mean to imply that this was a protest song. It charted in early 1969 and there was no way you could hear it at that time and not be reminded of Vietnam, which was right in your face. Webb may not have written it about Nam but in April 1969 you couldn't hear "Clean my gun and dream of Galveston" and not relate to that war.
@anthonytorelli According to the BBC Radio 2 special on Glen Campbell, Webb did write this as a protest song, but Glen arranged it as it was, which made it a hit.
The song was widely, but erroneously, perceived as a protest song. The protagonist is a soldier, as shown in the original promo video with Campbell dressed up in a military outfit. Webb confirmed in interviews that he didn't have the Vietnam War in mind when he wrote the song, as he had imagined it taking place during a battle of the Spanish-American War, the time period when the City of Galveston reached its civic peak.
Song never fails to remind me of the incredible fun times I had in Galveston as a kid back in the '70s. My mom & step-dad lived in south Houston so Galveston was just a short trip down the Gulf Freeway.
@pompom11, yes you say it with "clearest". He had in his former years, let me say until 1980, that clearest voice of ALL in the world. Uncomparabable.Bought my first LP from him about 1980, named "Glen Campbell Anne Murray, in Bavaria, Germany. Since then I am a great fan of Glem / Jimmy Webb. He could also become a classic singer like Placideo Domingo or Luciano Pavarotti or José Carreras, he was able to be in the same league.
There's an amazing version of Galveston by a british band called 'Straw' It's the secret track at the end of their album 'Shoplifting'. Not uploaded on Youtube. Go out and buy the album.
@dburkssr I hear you loud and clear on that note! I was 5 years old when this was a new album in the household.A fan for over 40 years! He's on his American tour now,but can't make his show tomorrow up in Black bear casino.Check out his "Guitar Man" video with Jerry Reed. A list players!!
One of twelve children born to a dirt-poor Scottish sharecropper in Arkansas, Cambell took on Jim Reeves’ mantle as the leading cross-over singer of pop and country music. Performing during the Vietnam years, his haunting classics “Galveston” and “Wichita Lineman” are rightly considered among the best ballads of the period. Unusually for a male soloist, he sang extremely well with women, notably Bobby Gentry, and his duet version of “Carolina on My Mind” with Linda Ronstadt is beyond compare.
We sure thought this song was about the Viet Nam War. Hotel Company, Second Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment at Nong Son in the Rocket Belt South of Danang.
This classic hit reached #4 in 1969. (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) -- It also was a #1 Country hit for 3 weeks and a #1 Adult Contemporary hit for 6 weeks!
classy music. pleasing to the ear and tells a story. Some folks just can't appreciate anything that stimulates the gray matter. Assuming they have some.
When is Nashville gonna show some appreciation and have a "Tribute to Glen Campell" concert? C'mon people show some respect for the man who showed you how it was done!
I hate country music, I find it for the most part to be horrid. However...Artists like Glen Campbell , or Ronnie Milsap are nothing short of amazing...in fact their music does not really strike me as country that much. Just my opinion. Nice song, and thanks for the upload.
@arrowisb you are correct. it is not so much country as it is nashville trying to get on the top 40 as many country songs in the 70's and 80's had many cross overs into adult contemporary and pop.
@arrowisb , you express my sentiments exactly. I've always hated -- HATED -- country music, but I think Glen Campbell's great. I can listen to him any time.
This came out during America's war with Vietnam, and whether or not it was about the war, it came to be known as a song about that war. Very beautiful and poignant melody sung by the great Glen Campbell.
@007jimmymac It was actually meant to be about a guy in the Spanish-American War, but many associated it with Vietnam. However you interpret it is fine.
Glen Campbell did wonderful show 7-23-11, Mission Viejo, CA. said he's 75 and forgets things now. Music and voice sounded GREAT. 2 daughters w/ beautiful vocals. had 3 sons in band. played favorite songs including duet w/ daughter did Jackson by Johnny/June Cash. Gentle on my Mind, Wichita Line Man,S.Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, ...Phoenix, Country Boy, Hank Williams Sr …, Rolling In My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Dueling Banjos w/ dtr Ashley, Elvis song, Righteous Bros.’ Song. THANKS Glen.
I needed these lyrics and video for my English student. We are studying hurricanes, and Galveston's is still recorded as the worst in US history. Thank you very much for posting. study@wordwide.us
@statestreetoffices The book Jacob's Storm ( by Erik Larson ) covers it well. The lyrics writer of this song actually said he had Galveston, when it was at its peak just prior to the storm, in his mind when he wrote this song.
@statestreetoffices While the hurricane may have been horrid, this song is about a man going to fight in the Vietnam war and leaving Galvestion and his love.
Another #1 hit for Glen Campbell on the Country & Western charts. It was the 161st #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts here and in Canada. It also hit #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts. Glen has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Let us all keep him in our prayers.
I want to say... I'm only 13 and modern 'country' ain't worth a couple of mouse tails. Why is there a dislike button on this video and why have 6 people disliked it?
I know. I wish I could have lived 'back then' when mos of the good music was sung. This is a great song, there are very few new ones that I like. Everyone in my classroom thinks I'm crazy for not liking the new stuff, but is new always better and old worse? I think not.
Thank you, very much. This song is great, and though I'll get made fun of at school, I'll wear my Confederate Railroad t-shirt I have. Screw those who don't like it.
I have to say I'm a girl. Wish I could have been able to see his show. I read on Wikipedia thatr Jerry Reed had a show that lasted two whole episodes. I got in trouble though for being on wikipedia at school instead of playing games. Is that logical?
No one asked you, and I'm pretty sure in this lifetime that I'm only 13. That's what my birth certificate says, as well as common sense. Would you like some? Maybe someone can get you some. I was merely using my age to show that the REAL country music IS NOT dying out. Pardon me for thinking some people might like to hear that.
Oh Glen....remember this so much from my last year at school, and driving to our caravan at Aberystwyth. My mom and dad loved him! great listeneing to it again. Thanks for posting.
@calalilygirl Check out the Kieth Urban video link on this page. I think he did it well. He also mentioned the story behind the song. Good of him to do that. It is still hard to beat Glen's 1969 version.
The song is simple enough for any amateur to play on guitar and sing along. The meaning is what we give to ourselves, not necessarily what is thrust upon us. It doesn't have to be perfect to sing along with the music.
long, long not heart! listen to that voice! listen to that musical arrangement! He/they KNEW how to make great music! (and people happy! Thanks a lot for posting!
Thats something else than nowadays modern rap/crap and so on.
I remember as kid back in the 70's songs like this on the radio mom would have the doors and windows open to catch the slightest breeze in the Arizona summer. I would be in the front yard with my Tonka trucks and i could hear her singing with the radio as she did her house cleaning. A tear for the lost days of inocents and simplisity.
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful memory. My mom loved this stuff from Glen Campbell too and often sang while doing the housework. I was a child then and have many simple memories, as you did... eating rhubarb in the tire swing on hot summer days, hearing music like this on the radio, trading baseball cards, etc.
Now we find out we're losing Mr. Campbell to alzhheimer's disease. Sometimes we can get lost in nostalgia, but then again, sometimes we need to.
I WAS 19 WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT IN EARLY '69. IT GREAT WAS THAN AND NOW. I WOULD SAY YES THIS SONG ABOUT A SOLDIER IN VIET NAM. I WAS IN THE ARMY '70-"71 DIDN'T MAKE TO TO NAM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE GUYS THAT DID SERVICE THERE AND SORRY ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT DID THANK YOU WHEN YOU CAME HOME.
love of my life was in viet nam when this song came out - living about 50 miles from Galveston. He survived , thank God - but we didn't. still love him today wherever he is:=):=)
I was in Galveston a few years ago. There was a pan handler playing a mean tenor sax. I figured it would be fun to hear someone play this song on the island it was named for. He never played it before, so he took a few minutes to work through it. Then played an awesome solo! I slipped $5 in his bucket and thanked him. One of my favorite memories of that legendary island.. and this song.
@LateNightCable That's what a "panhandler" is.. as opposed to a beggar. Panhandlers are street artists, in other words, they do something for the money they are asking for.
@DrivinBarefoot I would like to clarify. A street artist is a street artist - I'm am one myself, and we are not referred to as panhandlers. I live in Key West Florida where we have plenty of both beggars, and street artists/performers - as well as rules against panhandling. And the beggars are always known as panhandlers. Any English dictionary will describe the term as to accost, or to beg.
A beautiful song - I was told that it was written during the American Civil War, as meaningful during that terrible conflict, I am sure, as it was during the horrors of Vietnam.
even though the song was recorded during the Viet Nam War, and everyone thought it was about a GI, Jimmy wrote the song while he was hunting. he was never in the Viet Nam war.
I have to know...did he come from Nam and was she waiting? You can't tell this story and not end it!!!! Does anyone know if the song writer come home to his girl?
@LivInAwe There is some debate about whether it was about Vietnam or about any war. There were no further verses, so we do not know if the singer returns home. There are many war songs like that. There is the lighter song from WWII, I believe, called "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else but Me." We do not know if the solder makes it home to sit under the apple tree with his girl again. We don't know if he got to take that "Sentimental Journey".
@ChicagoSouthDan I have to think the line "while I watch the cannons flashing" is a war reference. I remember when this song came out. I was in junior highschool, and it was a big hit. I was a dedicated hard rock fan, but still liked this tune.
@cypresscoach Very true. The song is about someone who is away at a war. LivinAwe asked if the singer came home from Vietnam and I said I did not know if the song is about Vietnam or if the singer makes it home.
I grew up listening to all the metal music from the 70s, 80s and early 90s like Judas Priest and Slayer. I still love that stuff, but I'm also a huge fan of the guitar style and vocals of Glen Campbell. The man is a virtuoso, and he's also a badass with several run-ins with the law. I love this song, as the lyrics are dark and cryptic much like Metallica's Disposable Heroes: another song about how Americans shit on their vets. Respect!
Good Stuff, 99
99strange 5 days ago
A great anti-war song .....
oceanbound222 1 week ago
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50's 2012 Friday the 13th Geaux Saint$ Geaux Texan$ The time has come to galvanize! Ron Paul for President 2012 (832)245-6319 James Partsch-Galvan for Mayor of Houston 2013 (713)528-2607
MayorGalvan1956 2 weeks ago
What a beautiful song! It's hauntingly beautiful. Makes you think of old times of joy and loss.
bracken1000 2 weeks ago
Waterloosunset2,
Because you posted the teasing comment to the viewers who rated lower this video, I deleted it and also blocked your account.
60otaku3
60otaku3 2 weeks ago
I know of no other example where an artist by speeding the tempo up from the original recording and making it more "lasvegasy" actually increases the level of emotional intensity. Because now there is a certain levity to the song. Astonishingly good song crafting by Webb, just... "I am so afraid of dying" says it all: no more war, please...
EnoVarma 3 weeks ago
I had a boy-friend in the Navy SEALS around the time this song was released. Since everything was so highly confindential, & with him on Coronado Island, & me in MI we drifted apart. I still consider him the LOVE OF MY LIFE. This song wil always remind me of him. Still love you, & will always miss you Kurt!
TheMustangsally75 1 month ago
Listen to this song in Vietnam all of 1971 It help me survive. Thanks Glan
sassyshoes1 1 month ago 4
Looking forward to going to his last tour. i just want to shake his hand for the goodtimes he gave me and my folks those many years ago.
efrem1 1 month ago
So beautiful...
chingchangchongfly 1 month ago
12 yrs old kid , biked 3 miles , everyday, with this on my mind
pngaia 1 month ago
She was 21, when I left Galveston! Awesome song, Awesome man!
poke69ful 1 month ago
I love, love, love this song! He is amazing.
MsJan1974 2 months ago
His new album is a masterpiece.....Glen is a living legend
DavidLeePickton 2 months ago
I did not mean to imply that this was a protest song. It charted in early 1969 and there was no way you could hear it at that time and not be reminded of Vietnam, which was right in your face. Webb may not have written it about Nam but in April 1969 you couldn't hear "Clean my gun and dream of Galveston" and not relate to that war.
anthonytorelli 2 months ago
@anthonytorelli According to the BBC Radio 2 special on Glen Campbell, Webb did write this as a protest song, but Glen arranged it as it was, which made it a hit.
gab21113 2 months ago
a wonderful classic by Glen....great audio, thanks so much for posting....
MsJune54 2 months ago 4
You're very welcome, MsJune54-san!!
Otaku3 (*^o^)/
60otaku3 2 months ago
Glen Campbell has an absolutely incredible voice. Calveston is one great song and I love those beautiful lyrics.
427dynodon 2 months ago
Love Glen, awsome performer..
dodgeboykev 2 months ago in playlist dodgeboykev's favorites
Great VietNam song. Going away and maybe not comimg back.
anthonytorelli 2 months ago
@anthonytorelli
The song was widely, but erroneously, perceived as a protest song. The protagonist is a soldier, as shown in the original promo video with Campbell dressed up in a military outfit. Webb confirmed in interviews that he didn't have the Vietnam War in mind when he wrote the song, as he had imagined it taking place during a battle of the Spanish-American War, the time period when the City of Galveston reached its civic peak.
MacLeod1905 2 months ago
Song never fails to remind me of the incredible fun times I had in Galveston as a kid back in the '70s. My mom & step-dad lived in south Houston so Galveston was just a short trip down the Gulf Freeway.
JimHadar1 2 months ago
this is the clearest copy of the song, great sound thanks for posting it
pompom11 2 months ago 3
You're welcome, pompom11-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)/
60otaku3 2 months ago
@pompom11, yes you say it with "clearest". He had in his former years, let me say until 1980, that clearest voice of ALL in the world. Uncomparabable.Bought my first LP from him about 1980, named "Glen Campbell Anne Murray, in Bavaria, Germany. Since then I am a great fan of Glem / Jimmy Webb. He could also become a classic singer like Placideo Domingo or Luciano Pavarotti or José Carreras, he was able to be in the same league.
Beste Grüße aus Bayern to Glen, Reinhard.
rrreinhard 2 months ago
mirandalambertfan88,
You posted here the comment to insult me.
Therefore I deleted it and also blocked your account.
60otaku3
60otaku3 2 months ago
I knew he was a great guitar player, but I didn't realize he was such a wonderful singer!
bareknuckles2u 2 months ago
I think Glen Campbell is the best singer of all time. His voice is beautiful.
tgoodman52 2 months ago
Timeless classic.
CHD221185 2 months ago
I read that Glen mentioned that it was about a soldier during the Spanish American War, and the soldier was dreaming of his home in Galveston.
Wellch 3 months ago
One of the best songs pertaining to the Vietnam War.
mattjackleroy 3 months ago
There's an amazing version of Galveston by a british band called 'Straw' It's the secret track at the end of their album 'Shoplifting'. Not uploaded on Youtube. Go out and buy the album.
nicksubtle 3 months ago
this is golden country as it use to be always will be for me i remember Glen in his prime days this brings so much joy to me hearing it
dburkssr 3 months ago
@dburkssr I hear you loud and clear on that note! I was 5 years old when this was a new album in the household.A fan for over 40 years! He's on his American tour now,but can't make his show tomorrow up in Black bear casino.Check out his "Guitar Man" video with Jerry Reed. A list players!!
ESmithStringSlinger 3 months ago
mick89085,
Because you posted the teasing comment to the viewers who rated lower this video, I deleted it and also blocked your account.
60otaku3
60otaku3 3 months ago
I got to see him last Saturday 10-1-11 in Reno. It's his "Goodbye Tour" Catch him before he is gone. His band has his daughter and two of his sons.
SgtBooker44 3 months ago
who could possibily dislike this song, really ??
fixitdude74 3 months ago
I'm forever intrinsically wired into bacharach/warwick, Webb/cambell melancholia.
georgemorenstein 3 months ago
piehole23,
I deleted your critical comment.
If you were not able to understand this video, please do not comment here.
60otaku3
60otaku3 3 months ago
This song had meaning for a lot of us in Nam.
NcicHit2 3 months ago
This was written about a young guy fighting in Viet Nam and dreaming of home and the girl he left behind...very touching and so well performed...
bluerick 4 months ago
This was written about a young guy fighting in Viet Nam and dreaming of home and the girl he left behind...very touching and so well performed...
bluerick 4 months ago
One of twelve children born to a dirt-poor Scottish sharecropper in Arkansas, Cambell took on Jim Reeves’ mantle as the leading cross-over singer of pop and country music. Performing during the Vietnam years, his haunting classics “Galveston” and “Wichita Lineman” are rightly considered among the best ballads of the period. Unusually for a male soloist, he sang extremely well with women, notably Bobby Gentry, and his duet version of “Carolina on My Mind” with Linda Ronstadt is beyond compare.
jucameron 4 months ago
We sure thought this song was about the Viet Nam War. Hotel Company, Second Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment at Nong Son in the Rocket Belt South of Danang.
version261 4 months ago
i grew up on those beach's of that city it was so long ago it's not the same any more how i miss it.
bayfly12 4 months ago
Did you know the same guy that wrote this song wrote "MacArthur Park"?
ron431984 4 months ago
Of course I know it and also have already uploaded that song on YouTube.
Otaku3 (^_^)b
60otaku3 4 months ago
@ron431984 I didn't know that. Appreciate the info, Ron, I would have never known. That's too great.
boliverful1 4 months ago
@ron431984 Yepper, the great Jimmy Webb. He also wrote Witchita Lineman too for Glen.
fishman35 3 months ago
@ron431984
written by the great jimmy webb
rdfab3 2 months ago
WONDERFUL !!!!!!
RamRockManchesterU 4 months ago
This classic hit reached #4 in 1969. (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) -- It also was a #1 Country hit for 3 weeks and a #1 Adult Contemporary hit for 6 weeks!
rin3guy 4 months ago in playlist rin3guy's Favorited Videos 2
ethereal folk music
ryanbrownnew 5 months ago
Just read a great article in Rolling Stone about Glenn..had no idea he played guitar on so many studio songs!!! Insane!! Outstanding axeman!!
pillsburysbest 5 months ago
classy music. pleasing to the ear and tells a story. Some folks just can't appreciate anything that stimulates the gray matter. Assuming they have some.
Ku0ji0ki0ri 5 months ago 3
this song takes me back to my child hood such a simpler time then.
dred55loc 5 months ago 3
Absolutely LOVE IT!
hondo2greece 5 months ago
When is Nashville gonna show some appreciation and have a "Tribute to Glen Campell" concert? C'mon people show some respect for the man who showed you how it was done!
NormaCluster 5 months ago 21
@NormaCluster LOOKS LIKE CMT just did recognize him, Glen is da man..
dodgeboykev 2 months ago
@NormaCluster The reason is because this, his biggest hit, is clearly an anti-war song. Those who say it isn't are in denial.
*****POW-MIA****** Never forget.
chingchangchongfly 1 month ago
明るい曲調ですが、この曲聴いたり歌ったりすると恋人を思う当時の兵士が自分に乗り移ってくる気がします。肌で感じやすい曲の１つだと思ってます。
グレンキャンベルは本当に好きですね～～＾＾
そして、認証ありがとうございました＾＾末永くお付き合いお願いします。
Naotoshi100 5 months ago
Naotoshi100さん、コメントをありがとうございます！
他のコメント（特にアメリカのユーザーから）でもこれはベトナム戦争がもたらした歌だという声が多いようですね。
中には当時日本に駐留していた頃に流行っていたので懐かしい、という方もいらっしゃいます。
ストリングスの美しい流れが明るい曲調ながらも切なさが表れていて素晴らしいですね。
p.s.
私がアップしている動画の中で歌われたものがあればいつでもレスポンスして下さい。
60otaku3 5 months ago 2
sing it glen
nickjames46 5 months ago
Only Glen Campbell could have sung this song.
windyazdesert 5 months ago
I hate country music, I find it for the most part to be horrid. However...Artists like Glen Campbell , or Ronnie Milsap are nothing short of amazing...in fact their music does not really strike me as country that much. Just my opinion. Nice song, and thanks for the upload.
arrowisb 5 months ago 28
You're welcome, arrowisb-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)b
60otaku3 5 months ago
@arrowisb not sure bit i think at the time this may have been considered more pop crossover music.
mrph1983 4 months ago
@arrowisb you are correct. it is not so much country as it is nashville trying to get on the top 40 as many country songs in the 70's and 80's had many cross overs into adult contemporary and pop.
kdj29 4 months ago
@arrowisb , you express my sentiments exactly. I've always hated -- HATED -- country music, but I think Glen Campbell's great. I can listen to him any time.
Beejjjjjj 4 months ago
@arrowisb You share my sentiment. :)
TehJew22 3 months ago
@arrowisb I feel the same.
kinc1967 3 months ago
This came out during America's war with Vietnam, and whether or not it was about the war, it came to be known as a song about that war. Very beautiful and poignant melody sung by the great Glen Campbell.
007jimmymac 5 months ago
@007jimmymac It was actually meant to be about a guy in the Spanish-American War, but many associated it with Vietnam. However you interpret it is fine.
guarddog22 5 months ago
My friend told me that I was too young to be enjoying this so much. I asked her how old you had to be to stop enjoting good music.
ultamatefrogmaster 5 months ago
Glen Campbell did wonderful show 7-23-11, Mission Viejo, CA. said he's 75 and forgets things now. Music and voice sounded GREAT. 2 daughters w/ beautiful vocals. had 3 sons in band. played favorite songs including duet w/ daughter did Jackson by Johnny/June Cash. Gentle on my Mind, Wichita Line Man,S.Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, ...Phoenix, Country Boy, Hank Williams Sr …, Rolling In My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Dueling Banjos w/ dtr Ashley, Elvis song, Righteous Bros.’ Song. THANKS Glen.
musicwest62 6 months ago
Galveston is a shit hole. lol
glimmer2158 6 months ago
@glimmer2158 I've been there a few times, old atebellum houses, the sea, shithole? what shithole are you from?
huskerbird1 6 months ago
airbedane,
Because your comment had nothing to do with this song, I deleted it.
60otaku3
60otaku3 6 months ago
GREAT GREAT SONG.
hardcorehouse 6 months ago
I needed these lyrics and video for my English student. We are studying hurricanes, and Galveston's is still recorded as the worst in US history. Thank you very much for posting. study@wordwide.us
statestreetoffices 6 months ago 4
You're very welcome, statestreetoffices-san!!
Otaku3 (*^o^)/
60otaku3 6 months ago
@statestreetoffices The book Jacob's Storm ( by Erik Larson ) covers it well. The lyrics writer of this song actually said he had Galveston, when it was at its peak just prior to the storm, in his mind when he wrote this song.
guarddog22 5 months ago
@statestreetoffices Whoops. I'm sorry. The correct title of the book is Isaac's Storm.
guarddog22 5 months ago
@statestreetoffices While the hurricane may have been horrid, this song is about a man going to fight in the Vietnam war and leaving Galvestion and his love.
lindaneddermaneaton 5 months ago 7
Another #1 hit for Glen Campbell on the Country & Western charts. It was the 161st #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts here and in Canada. It also hit #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts. Glen has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Let us all keep him in our prayers.
mkl62 6 months ago
I generally hate Country Music, but God, I love this song.
Baritone45 6 months ago
...Galveston, Galveston...and the 100 year old Galvez Hotel. Thanks for the memories "...floating G"..oh and a nice tribute to the island city.
Ricky72246 6 months ago
This was a comment on the vietnam war
boogapilot3 6 months ago
Songs Have Hidden Romantic Themes And Names.
crzyazme 6 months ago
GOD BLESS GLEN CAMBELL!!!
DarkAnimeAngel2006 6 months ago 2
I want to say... I'm only 13 and modern 'country' ain't worth a couple of mouse tails. Why is there a dislike button on this video and why have 6 people disliked it?
SandstarSilverstar 6 months ago 34
There is no accounting for tastes.
Please do not mind bad ratings.
...Otaku3
60otaku3 6 months ago
@60otaku3
I'm sorry,but this video is awesome. This song is amazing.
SandstarSilverstar 6 months ago
@SandstarSilverstar
Cheers.......that's a great comment. And I'm a lot older than you! This is a priceless song
kev6409 5 months ago
@SandstarSilverstar You're right. I suppose there's a few good new songs, but it's not the same as it used to be.
AegisNova 4 months ago
@AegisNova
I know. I wish I could have lived 'back then' when mos of the good music was sung. This is a great song, there are very few new ones that I like. Everyone in my classroom thinks I'm crazy for not liking the new stuff, but is new always better and old worse? I think not.
SandstarSilverstar 4 months ago
@SandstarSilverstar You are very wise for your age.
NcicHit2 3 months ago
@NcicHit2
Thank you, very much. This song is great, and though I'll get made fun of at school, I'll wear my Confederate Railroad t-shirt I have. Screw those who don't like it.
SandstarSilverstar 3 months ago
@SandstarSilverstar Amen to you sir. I grew up on the Glen Campbell TV show. Old school all the way.
SgtBooker44 3 months ago
@SgtBooker44
I have to say I'm a girl. Wish I could have been able to see his show. I read on Wikipedia thatr Jerry Reed had a show that lasted two whole episodes. I got in trouble though for being on wikipedia at school instead of playing games. Is that logical?
SandstarSilverstar 3 months ago
@SandstarSilverstar Who cares that your only 13? Are you sure you're not 5? or 50?
bareknuckles2u 2 months ago
@bareknuckles2u
No one asked you, and I'm pretty sure in this lifetime that I'm only 13. That's what my birth certificate says, as well as common sense. Would you like some? Maybe someone can get you some. I was merely using my age to show that the REAL country music IS NOT dying out. Pardon me for thinking some people might like to hear that.
SandstarSilverstar 2 months ago
Oh Glen....remember this so much from my last year at school, and driving to our caravan at Aberystwyth. My mom and dad loved him! great listeneing to it again. Thanks for posting.
LadyGmarilyn 6 months ago
You're welcome, LadyGmarilyn-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)b
60otaku3 6 months ago
Ricky72246,
Because your comment had nothing to do with this song, I deleted it.
60otaku3
60otaku3 6 months ago
My Dad recently passed,died of Alzheimers in VA home in Phx., Az.. One of last
albums he listined too, especially this song....G-D speed...
sonoyta5386 6 months ago
@sonoyta5386 Your dad had good taste .. Bless him
MsGemini321 6 months ago
Beautiful song that brings back memories of my youth, thanks for posting!
celticladydar 7 months ago
You're welcome, celticladydar-san!!
Otaku3 (^o^)/
60otaku3 7 months ago
I love this song, I'm sad for Glen Campbell. :=(
rockabillygranny 7 months ago
ahhh i just love this song...takes me back to a time of youth n discovery...on ya glen...
jophillips27 7 months ago
My prayers are with you brave man
amandaax121 7 months ago 5
A wonderful anti-war song !!!!!!
oceanbound222 7 months ago 4
1969
calalilygirl 7 months ago
Aah so nice, I listen to this and suddenly it's spring, 1969 and I'm in the 5th grade...not a care in the world.
winscott9601 7 months ago
just beautiful
Peaches6589 7 months ago 3
ベストCD持ってますが､1:05からのハル・ブレインの９発がいつ聴いても泣かせます｡
handafutou2007 7 months ago
こんばんわhandafutou2007さん、コメントをありがとうございます！
なかなか細かい所を聴いてますね（笑）
ジミーウェッブ絡みでは「マッカーサーパーク」でのハルブレインが素晴らしいと思います。
60otaku3 7 months ago
I'd just like to say......i'm 14 and I LOVE GLEN CAMPBELL SO MUCH. Cheers for posting this it's awesome quality.
xdisneyfreakx 8 months ago 16
You're welcome, xdisneyfreakx-san!!
Otaku3 d(^_^)b
60otaku3 7 months ago
The song is still poigniant for this generation of fine young deployed men. I would like REM or someone similar to redo it.
2300Kenzie 8 months ago in playlist odd stuff 2
@2300Kenzie I really like it and maybe they should just play this classic more often. Could anyone do this as much justice? If so please try.
calalilygirl 7 months ago
@calalilygirl Check out the Kieth Urban video link on this page. I think he did it well. He also mentioned the story behind the song. Good of him to do that. It is still hard to beat Glen's 1969 version.
The song is simple enough for any amateur to play on guitar and sing along. The meaning is what we give to ourselves, not necessarily what is thrust upon us. It doesn't have to be perfect to sing along with the music.
I am glad you like it.
2300Kenzie 7 months ago
8 years old now 49 and I still listen to Glenn folks this is timeless country
wdeatonjr 8 months ago 2
...Bamboo Hut....Galveston!!!! :=)
txncgirl1 8 months ago
I met Glen at London Heathrow in 1974,the man is a legend - one of the finest vocalists to grace vinyl.
SCANIAMAN66 8 months ago
gone are the simple days when a melody gave identity and purpose to moments with family and the ones we loved , Thanks Glen
BillandKiby 8 months ago
i LUV THE FACT THAT THIS SONG AND SONGS BY HENDRIX WE ON THE RADIO AT THE SAME TIME!! GOTTA LUV THE 60"S :=):=)
txncgirl1 8 months ago
long, long not heart! listen to that voice! listen to that musical arrangement! He/they KNEW how to make great music! (and people happy! Thanks a lot for posting!
Thats something else than nowadays modern rap/crap and so on.
4orsaorsa 8 months ago 10
You're welcome, 4orsaorsa-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)/
60otaku3 8 months ago
I can't decide whether his best song is this or Rhinestone Cowboy. Close call.
jackdav34 8 months ago
@jackdav34 Sorry, but not even close. It's Galveston
calalilygirl 8 months ago
I remember as kid back in the 70's songs like this on the radio mom would have the doors and windows open to catch the slightest breeze in the Arizona summer. I would be in the front yard with my Tonka trucks and i could hear her singing with the radio as she did her house cleaning. A tear for the lost days of inocents and simplisity.
justoldhank 8 months ago 3
@justoldhank
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful memory. My mom loved this stuff from Glen Campbell too and often sang while doing the housework. I was a child then and have many simple memories, as you did... eating rhubarb in the tire swing on hot summer days, hearing music like this on the radio, trading baseball cards, etc.
Now we find out we're losing Mr. Campbell to alzhheimer's disease. Sometimes we can get lost in nostalgia, but then again, sometimes we need to.
notredamehesamighty 7 months ago 2
Country music for lots people brings back good old memories which is sweet .
Wish you all the best .
mehdihweb 8 months ago
Talent plain and simple
andwen66 9 months ago
Great song.
28drew28 9 months ago
Glen is Fab!!!!...My mum had his album, and I listened to it in the early 70's. saw him recently in Dundee..he was fab (Nov2010)...xxx
viv3051 9 months ago
lovedchamp,
Please do not comment drunkenly.
Because your comment criticized this song, I deleted it.
60otaku3
60otaku3 9 months ago
I WAS 19 WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT IN EARLY '69. IT GREAT WAS THAN AND NOW. I WOULD SAY YES THIS SONG ABOUT A SOLDIER IN VIET NAM. I WAS IN THE ARMY '70-"71 DIDN'T MAKE TO TO NAM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE GUYS THAT DID SERVICE THERE AND SORRY ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT DID THANK YOU WHEN YOU CAME HOME.
AOS1738 9 months ago 4
@AOS1738 Was 17 when I went in the Marines in 87, dates may change but the feeling is still the same.
jozuha68 9 months ago
"I clean my gun and dream of Galveston" ... FTW!!!
torontothegood 9 months ago 5
love of my life was in viet nam when this song came out - living about 50 miles from Galveston. He survived , thank God - but we didn't. still love him today wherever he is:=):=)
txncgirl1 9 months ago 3
I was in Galveston a few years ago. There was a pan handler playing a mean tenor sax. I figured it would be fun to hear someone play this song on the island it was named for. He never played it before, so he took a few minutes to work through it. Then played an awesome solo! I slipped $5 in his bucket and thanked him. One of my favorite memories of that legendary island.. and this song.
DrivinBarefoot 9 months ago 3
@DrivinBarefoot Cool story. Though, if he was playing music for money, I wouldn't call him a panhandler exactly, lol.
LateNightCable 9 months ago
@LateNightCable That's what a "panhandler" is.. as opposed to a beggar. Panhandlers are street artists, in other words, they do something for the money they are asking for.
DrivinBarefoot 9 months ago
@DrivinBarefoot I would like to clarify. A street artist is a street artist - I'm am one myself, and we are not referred to as panhandlers. I live in Key West Florida where we have plenty of both beggars, and street artists/performers - as well as rules against panhandling. And the beggars are always known as panhandlers. Any English dictionary will describe the term as to accost, or to beg.
LateNightCable 9 months ago
@LateNightCable Thanks for the information! I guess I had it backwards and upside down. :~D
DrivinBarefoot 8 months ago
Longing for yesterday...Thank you Glen.
bill4hill 9 months ago 2
1969 i was 21 wine women and song loved every minute thanks for the memories great music
1948richo 9 months ago 5
You're welcome, 1948richo-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)b
60otaku3 9 months ago
@60otaku3 Dude. I was 6 yrs old but I remember my dad playing campbell all the time. Love id. thanks for posting
chillichomper 8 months ago
You're welcome, chillichomper-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)/
60otaku3 8 months ago
A beautiful song - I was told that it was written during the American Civil War, as meaningful during that terrible conflict, I am sure, as it was during the horrors of Vietnam.
george89908 9 months ago
Thanks for upload ...one of the greats ..and great on guitar player also ...hear him about 20 yrs ago in Dublin.
Lisnageeragh 10 months ago
You're welcome, Lisnageeragh-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)b
60otaku3 9 months ago
even though the song was recorded during the Viet Nam War, and everyone thought it was about a GI, Jimmy wrote the song while he was hunting. he was never in the Viet Nam war.
michaeldeannelson 10 months ago
I have to know...did he come from Nam and was she waiting? You can't tell this story and not end it!!!! Does anyone know if the song writer come home to his girl?
LivInAwe 10 months ago
@LivInAwe There is some debate about whether it was about Vietnam or about any war. There were no further verses, so we do not know if the singer returns home. There are many war songs like that. There is the lighter song from WWII, I believe, called "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else but Me." We do not know if the solder makes it home to sit under the apple tree with his girl again. We don't know if he got to take that "Sentimental Journey".
ChicagoSouthDan 10 months ago
@ChicagoSouthDan I have to think the line "while I watch the cannons flashing" is a war reference. I remember when this song came out. I was in junior highschool, and it was a big hit. I was a dedicated hard rock fan, but still liked this tune.
cypresscoach 9 months ago
@cypresscoach Very true. The song is about someone who is away at a war. LivinAwe asked if the singer came home from Vietnam and I said I did not know if the song is about Vietnam or if the singer makes it home.
ChicagoSouthDan 9 months ago
jimmy webb is a genius
tomomiko202 10 months ago 3
@tomomiko202 A gifted man
calalilygirl 9 months ago
@tomomiko202 A gifted man
calalilygirl 9 months ago
I grew up listening to all the metal music from the 70s, 80s and early 90s like Judas Priest and Slayer. I still love that stuff, but I'm also a huge fan of the guitar style and vocals of Glen Campbell. The man is a virtuoso, and he's also a badass with several run-ins with the law. I love this song, as the lyrics are dark and cryptic much like Metallica's Disposable Heroes: another song about how Americans shit on their vets. Respect!
ebonics4everyone 11 months ago
not the best actor, but i like this song
superburrito201 11 months ago
in the side of the screen where all it shows is one picture i swore it was batman.
360killroy 11 months ago 2
Is your comment connected with this song?
I cannot understand that meaning quite.
...Otaku3
60otaku3 11 months ago
@60otaku3 if you look at her shadow in the backround i said it looked like batman.
360killroy 11 months ago
Thank you for explanation of the comment, 360killroy-san!!
I had not looked at such a thing...
Otaku3 (^_^;)
60otaku3 11 months ago
Another one of Glens great ones.. love this guy.. thanks for sharing..
oceangirllorna 11 months ago 3
You're welcome, oceangirllorna-san!!
Otaku3 (*^_^)v
60otaku3 11 months ago
1973-galveston texas. one of the best memories i will ever have!
chuckewhitt 11 months ago
what a great story told in under 3 minutes.....they dont make them like this anymore
Soldaten308 11 months ago
the best pipes in the business, love you glen!!!!!!!
6459131 11 months ago
Glen Campbell sang many beautiful songs with many of them written by Jimmy Webb.
epgrove1961 11 months ago
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MarkCarbon1 11 months ago