Glen Campbell - The Universal Soldier [BEST quality / Original upload]

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[GoweExile]

Far too jaunty for the lyrics

[gogogeedus]

@dieselheart001 You know I was trying to think of someone really evil to compare Glen Campbell too and you no I think you put me on the right track,thanks trooper.

[gogogeedus]

No soldiers,No wars,simple,don't dance around the subject.

[westersprings]

commentators always sounded like war correspondents at that time

[hugosalarm]

@dieselheart001 Sounds like Neil Young would be comfortable having you for a neighbor. All hail Atlantis!! By this time (1968) even the most dull-witted tourists on the Magical Mystery Tour must have realized the prophets were about profits while the analytic English majors saw foreshadowing of Altamont one year on. "Brothers and sisters. Everybody just CHILL OUT!! I think the Maestro knew he'd live to hear "Moves Like Jagger". Dull minds agree that it is today's equivalent of "Tumbling Dice."

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm Nope. That's not me. I'm an irascible old ex-acidhead who God condescended to let live and see the miseries of geezerdom. Really, it's not so bad.

Between all the ham radio gear, the pipe organ and carillon in my studio/barn, occasional small arms firing and skeet shooting, and walking my property at all hours like an evil old spirit dragging its chains, the neighbors leave me alone... I'm medical but retiring. More ignorance than I wish to contend with.

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm I like your second sentence, worded pristinely as it is:"Makes me think those people weren't "there.". You could not have said it more succinctly. They really 'weren't there", and are probably still absent from life et al, if not chronically tardy. To them I would say "Hail, fair Atlantis!" because they are as far removed from everything in the realm of present sense, as the legendary city. Or, in the words of

a song from Alice Cooper: "Some folks live for no reason".

[hugosalarm]

@dieselheart001 It is mildly annoying to me when people criticize Donovan at those "zenith" moments of his career, "Univesal Soldier" being one of them. Makes me think those people weren't "there." If they had been, they likely would have alluded to the near career-extinguishing tripe that was to come, "Atlantis", "There Is A Mountain", "The Starfish on the Toast" being radiant examples, and expressed a more carefully considered opinion of his earlier work. Have a good day.

[hugosalarm]

@dieselheart001 Once, while staying in Barstow, we met a whip-smart pre-med student who entertained us revellers with wildly mesmerizing tales of days and nights spent hanging out with the Flying Burrito Bros. Years later I heard he'd been a dermatologist, recently disbarred and fully debauched. By some miracle of coincidence are you that very same larger than life character, found almost exclusively in Sam Shepard plays and nowhere else??

[dieselheart001]

Is it just me, or does the young Glen Campbell remind anyone else of "Chucky" of "Child's Play" fame?

[dieselheart001]

@lincolnsongsandmore I agree heartily with your first sentence: "GC did not have to sing this song."

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm For some unknown reason it takes a woman to write pain, but a pretty face can't always bring it to voice. Unless of course, it's Cristina Hagulera, Twitny Speerz, Lady GagGag, Hannah Rae Cyrus or Darth Bieber. While the last one might be disputed as to gender, his overall "puss"illity just shines like that one irritating spot of sunlight through ratty motel drapes.

[dieselheart001]

@ZadZadrack I always thought Shakespeare was best expressed in Klingon. And when I think of Doris Day one question burns in my mind- "Why?" It took me years of drinking and meds to get that damnable opening theme "Que Sera Sera" out of my head. I would have submitted to frontal lobotomy if all else failed. There are always fates worse than Hell, even Parallel Universe Bizarro Hell- her singing is one that comes to mind for me.

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm I remember a magazine cover of Paul Mc's caricature dressed in Mickey D counter staff attire, replete with paper glengarry, and the caption " Me- I do it all for you". Priceless. The only "One after 909" should have been "Long and Winding Road". Everything after that is insufferably commercial, with the minor exception of the Bond theme "Live and Let Die". For some weird reason I like it. But then again, girls named Buffy always made me feel giddy and my palms sweaty... 

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm Buffy Sainte-Marie... there's some aural pain to that name. She always made me think of my second ex. Easy to look at, nice adipose tissue depositation, and as long as her mouth was shut (or full...), what can I say? A real life princess...

[hugosalarm]

@ZadZadrack Ms. Saint-Marie's majestic lyric must've been partially informed by the racism, poverty, suffering and neglect that a majority of her people have endured down through the ages. You would THINK that the emotional content of the song would be best EXPRESSED BY HER, but damn if Donovan, with that gaunt hobo look and fragile voice didn't EXACTLY capture the spirit of weariness, grace, wisdom, and, with the current state of the world, boundless sadness of Universal Soldier. An opinion.

[hugosalarm]

@dieselheart001 It would take a certifiable fool to disagree with anything you expressed, and deep down, don't you wish that the last thing that Paul left us with was "TheLong And Winding Road"? I forgot about "Make Believe". That was an incredible performance! "An acoustic 12 string and no dancers" please. How many "hang-overed" all-night partiers have made THAT request at 5:00am, do you think? From one who thinks he knows good music, allow me to say, you know good music.

[ZadZadrack]

@hugosalarm It's a matter of opinion. But I bet some people think Shakespeare is nonsense too, and Doris Day is a Great Singer. George Bush Jnr. is a great President, and Fox TV is the best tv channel in the world. Take your pick. Buffy is not a great singer in the traditional since, but that UNIVERSAL SOLDIER was best EXPRESSED BY HER. Donovan sang good songs, but they were 'SWEET SUGARY FOLK SONGS', Glen Campbell is a great singer, but I would not bother to buy or keep any of his records.

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm The only performer scarier than this? "Whispering" Bill Anderson. I don't care what anyone says. He's MAS CREEPOSO!!

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm You're right- this song is Donovan's. Glen made Jimmy Webb's songs his own, and added a little magic to Conway Twitty's "Make Believe" and Paul McCartney's "Mull of Kintyre" replete with bagpipes! But the mojo only goes so far before it starts getting thin. This has the godawful crinkle of vinyl garmentry and the smell of sweat multiplied by its lack of "wicking" properties.It would have been tolerable with Glen playing an acoustic 12 string, and no dancers. Just the man.

[hugosalarm]

@ZadZadrack What an utter load of nonsense. Buffy Sainte-Marie is a smart, multi-talented, duly respected woman and artist, but honestly, to hear her sing always reminds me of my smartass neighbor's parrot who bravely soldiered through a rendition of "Lady Madonna" while choking on a button. Universal Soldier belongs exclusively to the next person in line, and that would be Donovan Leitch.

[hugosalarm]

@dieselheart001 Parallel Universe Bizarro Hell! I like that. Dante's ears must be burning. Campbell was a brilliant musician. This song is brilliant. BUT, it's one song by Donovan that no one should touch. Besides, Glen invested all the passion he could muster into Jimmy Webb songs. Maybe he had a bit left over, in which case a hardy rendition of Catch The Wind would've spared people like you and me this particular Death Valley moment of psychedelia.

[dieselheart001]

@hugosalarm (cackling insanely while spraying coffee through nose...) Your comment is priceless!! This video is really scary and cool- Glen's playing a Mosrite 12 string... so this is beyond Hell- this is Parallel Universe Bizarro Hell!!

[lincolnsongsandmore]

GC did not have to sing this song. He chose to take a chance at a time when the country was divided on the Vietnam War. It is clear the way he sings especially the 2nd half of the song, that he feels passionately about it. The dancers are just part of the setting of the times. I believe he deserves some respect for helping get this message out into the mainstream even if Donovan did it before him. Buffy Saint Marie is a great songwriter. Campbell is an pleasant singer and an excellent musician.

[hugosalarm]

A Cecil B. DeMille production, complete with six urban hipsters milking imaginary cows. It's frightful and humorous. The Witchita lineman has crossed the county line and discovers he's in Hell.