My Daddy went to Vietnam and Korea he served the Air Force for 35 years then he served after the service I loved my Daddy more than he could have ever known he was Amazing Daddy❤
@sandraharding26246 ай бұрын
What a brave and honourable man. He's a Hero as are all the Armed Forces
@billhorstkamp985 ай бұрын
Believe me, hon, he knew how much you love him✌🏼
@sandraharding26245 ай бұрын
@billhorstkamp98 I also believe that her dad would definitely know, how much she loved him. He would would have always loved her
@trickymicky31083 ай бұрын
Respect 🙏
@effiemcfarland67359 ай бұрын
Still My Favorite Song Still Listening In 2024
@brintsmith2329 Жыл бұрын
I was a young kid mowing lawns when the Tet Ofense was happening. A Verteran of the Korean War was reading the paper as i finished mowing his lawn. He threw down the paper in disgust and said, "When will our politicians learn we cannot buy world peace with American blood!"
@tricorvus2673 Жыл бұрын
I’m 58. This song made me cry as a little girl and it makes me cry now.
@lisatarrant70535 ай бұрын
Yeh me too 😢
@keithdoherty91554 ай бұрын
@@lisatarrant7053 me too 1-1 1966
@Grey_Lamb4 ай бұрын
Just hearing the drums in the beginning always got me started. And dammit, they still do. Too many memories about 'Nam, none of them good.
@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat3 ай бұрын
I'm 48, Same.
@tonyhibbert2342Ай бұрын
me too! i am 63 and aboy
@GeorgeMccormick-r7t8 ай бұрын
My 80 year old Father fought in Vietnam. I was a Marine.
@DonnielSeymour7 ай бұрын
You still are😊
@pamelavandervennet840516 күн бұрын
Thank you for your service 🙏 ❤️
@karishort18914 жыл бұрын
God bless every man or woman that ever put their lives on the line for ours 🙏
@sharonnanyes97984 жыл бұрын
Amen
@denniswoods77214 жыл бұрын
Yessir
@coldwynn4 жыл бұрын
Many of them were shot by thugs hired by corporations and their names stricken from history.
@seanassociateproductions16914 жыл бұрын
Lew Sifer maybe they weren’t the most educated, maybe they didn’t have the cleanest morals, but their actions paved way for a better America
@rosemarymatuz64664 жыл бұрын
@@sharonnanyes9798 ,Zedekiah's
@karenrenner22373 жыл бұрын
My James went to VietNam he didn't make it back . we had our plans made when he would come back all of our dreams laid on the VietNam ground when they killed him I always remember the last time I said good by
@56thSPSk9703 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@ronasilverman36752 жыл бұрын
So so sorry May he Rip
@karenrenner22372 жыл бұрын
@@ronasilverman3675 Thank You
@aaronlaing42442 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss
@karenrenner22372 жыл бұрын
@@aaronlaing4244 Thank you life goes on and many years later I did find another love and married but my first love will always have a special place in my heart for ever and I know someday I will see him again in Heaven
@dianesanfilippo83398 жыл бұрын
My late husband's name was 'Billy' and we eloped from college - I was a freshman and he was a junior. The college was 24/7 military for the men, and of course I knew I would be an officer's wife before I was even 20, but I guess I didn't count on anything bad happening. We had a son during finals his senior year and our daughter was born right after he graduated from Ranger School, having finished Airborne that summer. We had orders for Hawaii, asked for surface (ship) transport, and got it! We thought life could not be much better. Oh, we were 'poor' - even a 1st Lt made very little $ in 1965, but we soon found a house on Sunset Beach right next door to our neighbors from Benning - Life was amazing! Our son was bright and mischievous and our daughter a beautiful baby. But back to the song - it came out about 1968, I think, but it always broke my heart since my Billy was killed in September 1965, and at 22 I was a widow. And this song always reminded me of him. He thought nothing bad could ever happen to him! That part 'don't be a fool with your life' for me should say, 'and come home to your wife'.
@tenoriomaya8 жыл бұрын
this is a beautiful story.
@karinshipman86188 жыл бұрын
So sad. Someday, maybe, we will learn that no one wins at war
@loosewheels10008 жыл бұрын
true, you only have to walk around the war cemeteries of Northern France to see that.
@samanthajanemorrison21098 жыл бұрын
Diane sorry to ask but you don't regret any of it makes you think a lot about the song billy don't be a hero Diane if you want to have a chat give me a shout
@georgeburns39248 жыл бұрын
Diane Sanfilippo
@annettelacey79137 ай бұрын
Love this song,
@sunshine181022 жыл бұрын
This is a very sad song.I always cry when I listen to this song.
@annettelacey79136 ай бұрын
It reminds me of my grandfathers sister,She lost her Fiancé in world war 2,she never found a new partner,she lived with my great grandparents untill they died,She never wanted to find someone either,I always felt sorry for her,She was of cause saving herself till she was married & after losing him she was never with a man like that her whole life,no kids of cause,she has passed away now ,I hope they are together now,😢
@EricMilone7 ай бұрын
I was 9 years old when this song came out. Listening to it now brings back a distinct memory of listening to it at bedtime on my handheld am/fm transistor radio. It moved me then as it moves me now. A perfectly crafted song for its era and it still resonates today. No doubt in my mind that music in itself is a Time Machine. ❤
@bryanlloyd9916 Жыл бұрын
I was just 8 yrs old , now at 57 this song has still stuck with me and i’ve never forgotten it. I played it all the time on my parents record player. I retired from the Army after 22 yrs . I wonder if this song had anything to do with it .. awesome song.
@angelinaduran-miller4255 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. May God Bless you!!
@TheTaz1999 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@RedIce989 Жыл бұрын
@bryanlloyd9916.Thank you so very much for your service and dedication to your country...God bless you
@grisellpena97167 ай бұрын
I was 10 and wore out that 45!!!❤ Still in all mg playlists..
@deniceblack44254 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service
@buckeyefangirl1976 Жыл бұрын
Loved this song back in 1974 and still do.❤️❤️😥
@leeanneyoungman8028 Жыл бұрын
I just love it too..love songs that tell a story 😁
@SavedByFaithInJesus Жыл бұрын
O-H!
@firemanonyou1542 Жыл бұрын
I do too
@muppetonmeds Жыл бұрын
I remember I was 9 years old and just started waking up to how evil this world was just heard people put razor blades in Halloween candies and then learned about the war it was hard for my 9-year-old mind to grasp that we kill each other and I asked my Dad would I have to go to war? he told me the truth he didn't know how I wish this world was as it was when I was 8 and the world looked so beautiful without hate or death sometimes ignorance is bliss.
@annettelacey79137 ай бұрын
It's my favourite songs from the 1970s when I was a kids, loved this song
@frankschiavone45576 ай бұрын
Back in a day when they could take a subject matter and write a complete song around it THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD
@richardruff8712Ай бұрын
Absolutely agree... From a time when we could sing all the words of the entire top 20 each week... ( And no lyrics easily accessible on line ) .... Those were the days... !
@AzhidaReminiec99999 ай бұрын
This is the memory of my late cousin. RIP. Jim
@Spiralclarity2 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss😢. Hopefully he rests in peace.
@suzannebultitude11042 жыл бұрын
My most favourite song from the 70s A Boyfriend of mine passed only.19. I think of you alot Patrick Higgins. Never forgotten to this day.xx
@thomaswright27702 жыл бұрын
Very nice you still remember
@billybarr74436 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@sburnette6038Ай бұрын
SemperFi God Speed
@rockingphilip210 жыл бұрын
As the original singing drummer on this record and just to put a few facts straight, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods covered the song after we had a number one with it in the UK, also the girls part was sung by Joanne Stone formerly Williams a great and gifted session singer. Let's face it people, it's a popular song not Beethoven's 5th and I for one am very greatful
@clarkbailey197310 жыл бұрын
It's a good tune. I like it. Like you said sir, it isn't Mozart ( well you said Beethoven but he point is the same) but most stuff isn't any. Anyway I enjoyed and thank you guys for making it.
@SandBucketList10 жыл бұрын
It marked an era, and it stayed in my heart and my head since I was an emotional post Vietnam teen. It was shared with my children and grandchildren. When I post it on Facebook it is inundated with responses full of memories. I tried that with Beethoven and nothing. Thank you Philip Wright. You still don't miss a beat. = )
@josephlynch816210 жыл бұрын
Hi Philip , didnt know Joanne Stone sang on it , very beautiful lady taken way too soon , was sad to read recently of Russels passing too , best wishes
@tonywood674510 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece !!
@radiomerseyside10 жыл бұрын
do you remember Butlins, not sure if it was minehead or pwelli, a guitarist was ill, I stood in and even managed to hit a few correct chords...that same weekend so many people got food poisoning and I'm sure the guitarist was one of the first to go down with it...anyways, is was a laff!!!!!
@thisis.michelletorres444Ай бұрын
I loved this as a child. I didn't know what it meant then. Now (2024) I love sharing these old songs with my kids and explaining the meaning! We had great songs, they meant something and were all unique!
@charlescuster97887 жыл бұрын
Many attribute the song to the Vietnam war, others have commented that it is about the Civil War due to the video. This song, even if written for a particular war, is just as meaningful to today's wars as it can be applied to any wars in the past few hundred years. There have always been men, and women as well, that have given their lives for their fellow soldiers, and there have always been loved ones at home, waiting for their soldier that will never return.
@Bargerland Жыл бұрын
Exactly, in the same way that MASH was set in Korea, it was very much about the Vietnam war... and for that matter, any wars that followed.
@barbaracataldo566 Жыл бұрын
A combination of both I guess. When I first heard it in '74 I immediately thought of the Civil War ( I think because I was learning about it in history at the time). I've never seen this video before though.
@amightysailingman Жыл бұрын
The connection to the Civil War is not because of this video. Listen to the lyrics. "Soldier blues," as in Union soldiers wearing blue uniforms. US Army doesn't have blue uniforms, either during the Vietnam War or since. Billy needs to ride out for reinforcements. A platoon in Vietnam would just radio for help.
@danb6838 Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was about The Jigetts beating The Squeegees on Davy and Goliath on Sat. morning!
@autobotjazz1972 Жыл бұрын
The US army hasn't used blue uniforms either BDUs or dress since before Word war 1. So the US Civil war makes more sense than Vietnam, could have been set during the Indian wars as well to be fair.
@sora94682 жыл бұрын
My history teacher would play this a lot and hum. At some point it came back to my head and it’s so good to listen again . Salute 🫡 to those who gave there life to fight for this country condolences to those who lost a loved one for fighting for this country they are hero’s in my book.
@eloiseockert9233 Жыл бұрын
The 'boys,' who were lost and so many women without a man in this time period.
@ILoveBeautifulWomen2 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that, God bless you and may Trump win in 2024
@lizvogler4238 Жыл бұрын
That Draft Dodger!!! Donnie had bone spurs so bad he couldn't go to Nam, but somehow has managed to play golf everyday, with no pain in his feet!!
@1Hotbeefjerky Жыл бұрын
@lizvogler4238 what about that draft dodging Biden? Bone spurs on his brain maybe?
@jonathanstorm7201 Жыл бұрын
@@lizvogler4238 He dodged bullet…literally. “Fools go in where wise men feared to tread “. 🧐
@cindygarcia61592 жыл бұрын
This song has so many emotions, I cried at the end, this is a timeless melody
@Lustie2 жыл бұрын
@Things on the ocean agreed. It’s a timeless plot for a song and millions have experienced it in real life.
@leszekjakubisiak10819 ай бұрын
To jest ponadczasowe♥️
@billybarr74436 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@ianbell73427 ай бұрын
cor just found this by chance... fantastic song . takes me back❤
@annettelacey79136 ай бұрын
Takes me back to the 1970s,My dad always had the record player on,Takes me back to being a kid,
@cynthiabinder37304 жыл бұрын
Was a kid when this played. Still a timeless 🎵 song
@АлексейСидорин-ш9ы2 жыл бұрын
Удачи всем вам!
@debbiewilkins1623 Жыл бұрын
Me too! It brings back memories of my youth
@TheDon-m3h Жыл бұрын
@@debbiewilkins1623 me to ✨ 😁✨
@kimmullins337 Жыл бұрын
Yes on 45🥰
@cchapman2955 жыл бұрын
My Mom died when this came out . I was 5, the youngest of 4.... My Uncle just came out of Vietnam only to Man up once again, to collect us 4 kids from grade-school, for my Father to give the news. This will always be a imprint in my heart!😪💕💕💕
@xxboonisbadfortnitexx15493 жыл бұрын
I love this song sorry to hear that
@pamelajordan28903 жыл бұрын
😥😥😥🐱❤️♥️ what more can I say?
@josephblake41352 жыл бұрын
God bless you. MAJOR.
@JosephDonaldson-h5c Жыл бұрын
Xxx
@tdoran6162 ай бұрын
Damn you made me shed a tear.
@davidoreilly32138 ай бұрын
This song made number one on Tuesday 12th March 1974. I was born at 5am on Wednesday. I've no recollection of either event.
@peanutbutter35665 ай бұрын
On my birthday 🎉
@davidoreilly32135 ай бұрын
@@peanutbutter3566 Nice one!
@billhorstkamp985 ай бұрын
I remember that😂✌🏼
@Plisken653 ай бұрын
😂😂
@ellib22316 жыл бұрын
I love this song because it portrays the love of a woman who does not want to be proud of the man she is with, she just wants to have him there to love because she is proud of him already. Why do we always have to strive for more instead of appreciating what is right there in front of us? This is a never ending road we travel and sometimes it takes us round and round in circles. Sometimes it brings us home.
@LucaFox Жыл бұрын
Everyone there had someone waiting for them back home too. They all would have died if someone didn't volunteer. But hey, fuck em I guess! The girlfriend in this story is a complete bitch.
@ernestturriziani24897 ай бұрын
Women love money This is fiction
@dianesanfilippo83395 күн бұрын
@@ernestturriziani2489 If I loved money, I would never have married two soldiers! I love GOOD men, who are brave and love our country as much as I do. When my Billy was commissioned a 2nd Lt., he brought home $222/mo and we had a baby. I am still married to a soldier and after 57 years he gave me the mortgage to our home and told me it was ours! He waited on me when was sick with COVID and again when I finally came home after 6 weeks in the hospital. He did it again when I had spinal surgery, and we both cried when we had to put our little Japanese Chin down after loving him for 13 years! YES I would marry a soldier all over again - most are REAL men!
@coltenpatrick6956 Жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old when this song came out. I am 57 now, how time passes
@WHISKEY19587 жыл бұрын
As a viet nam veteran I am glad I made it home.
@charlesdell28647 жыл бұрын
Me to glad your home, Korea was bad, but I'd rather Korea then Vietnam.
@phillipwoods63777 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and may God bless you for serving
@paulagarnett47637 жыл бұрын
Bless you x
@j.r.boltonheatingairfirepl7557 жыл бұрын
me too
@k2mslskier7 жыл бұрын
Welcome home brother!
@AvocadoRoyalty2 ай бұрын
I cry every time I hear this thinking of some of my cousins, neighbors & others who never made it home from Vietnam, I was just a kid when I saw the military car pull up to my neighbors house & everybody was standing in the front yards & I still hear the scream & wailing from Mrs. Bart haunts me til this day.
@Alan-v7k9r7 ай бұрын
All time classic my good friend Tony c used to sing this in the pub rip Tony ❤
@sandraharding26249 ай бұрын
I was a young girl when this first came out loved it then and still listen to it 09/01/2024❤❤❤❤❤❤
@Joe-i2m8k7 ай бұрын
yes i was young also but this hit a cord with me. imagine back in the time
@breigesheppard83396 ай бұрын
Me too
@sandraharding26246 ай бұрын
@@breigesheppard8339 I love listening to it
@rivka61410 жыл бұрын
For my friend,Tom who served two tours of duty in Viet Nam. You are gone but iive in my heart forever. Thank you .
@keidwyn7 ай бұрын
Im so sorry you lost such a special friend
@trickymicky31083 ай бұрын
RIP Sir 🙏
@petecastellano70464 ай бұрын
My brother Billy was in Vietnam when this song came out. So it always had a special meaning to me..
@doomsday99732 ай бұрын
Not possible the song came out in 1974. Long after the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam
@Strangestangel642 жыл бұрын
When this song came out, I had 2 brothers go to Vietnam and only 1 came back! He's been MIA for 48 years, this year!! We won't give up hope!!
@dianemayoss37704 жыл бұрын
I remember this song as a youngster it came to mind so I just had to hear it again and I’m so glad I did brilliant
@tradewindsonthebay86673 жыл бұрын
Have not heard this song in years but still knew every word!
@Allegrapiro Жыл бұрын
Wowwwww I just wanted to see what it was bc it was a reference in friends but wowww I mean the history in some things I will never fully get
@Kissameassa5383 жыл бұрын
I remember this from early 70’s ❤️🇬🇧
@alireza983254 жыл бұрын
To all the men and women in uniform I just want to say we honor the service of you and the sacrifices you and your families make every single day
@alvaroakatico91883 жыл бұрын
And to think an American President savagely attacking our heroes while alive, and even in death!
@williamshea44253 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Fercough2 жыл бұрын
The song is about not joining any military. Peace, give it a chance.
@Peater_Nutrus420 Жыл бұрын
@@Fercough he was just thanking the men and women that serve in the US military. you got something against men and women that serve in the military if not then read before you open your fat mouth
@paulineverriere8054 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing for me not capable or able to do…..
@NovaFryer Жыл бұрын
I still get chills when I hear this song ❤
@marshacampbell2903 жыл бұрын
Vietnam Oct 16, 1970! On behalf of a grateful nation ! We regret to inform you. God Bless you Babe ♡♡♡♡
@becsbaby97866 жыл бұрын
This song always reminds me of my late mum...she had this on record as a school girl. Imagine my surprise and delight when one of the guys walks into work a few months ago to play for us! He comes and entertains us quite often, I just wish mum knew. ❤
@angelinaduran-miller4255 Жыл бұрын
So SORRY for your loss. WOW, yeah that would be a HUGE surprise to have this played for you. That is GREAT that he was/is able to entertain you all from time to time. GOD BLESS!!!
@nileshvyas33804 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Smithwick, West Midlands. ..England. ..the summer holidays were so nice. ...slangles coke flavoured. ...walkers cheese and onion crisps. ...British bands were so great
@billhorstkamp985 ай бұрын
What is a slangle? Coke flavored slangle.. it sounds wonderful. Yes British bands were great. I still listen to at least one Led Zeppelin song every day. Especially live bootlegs
@marykulp37036 ай бұрын
Yes 2024 still listening
@IPADD123454 ай бұрын
I’m here with ya mate👍
@mirav88883 ай бұрын
Me too!
@stevenquigley42082 ай бұрын
✋
@samanthajanemorrison2268 жыл бұрын
this song brings tears to my eyes it's still happens today our men and women are dying they are all hero's rest in pease to all
@dickydido21117 жыл бұрын
Souper!
@SUGAR_XYLER5 жыл бұрын
*NO SYMPATHY FROM ME*
@dangerousdennis16765 жыл бұрын
They are not hero"s, they are fodder for the autocrats.
@billyblarf51005 жыл бұрын
unfortunately they are something else,, mainly gullible enough to enlist for a cause contrived simply to garner oil profit from countries they have no business stealing from or meddling with at all. Pawns, and cannon fodder. Sad how greed controls, and ends, so many human lives.
@Robert969024 жыл бұрын
What the song tries to convey is that we shouldn’t paint them as heroes with honor, when in reality their superiors see them as disposable pawns. “I heard she threw the letter away” She rejected the values of the military cause they’re ultimately fake:(
@lynnzubich3119Ай бұрын
It is 9:30 pm my time & I've been listening to the classics from my time for 2 hours here on KZbin when I should be settling into bed. Can't help it, they are just to good to pass by.
@daviddyer15553 жыл бұрын
Haven't heard this in decades! Still a great song!
@RussellMarsh196710 жыл бұрын
1974 now seems like another world and time
@hemmay10 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately too many changes for the worse.We can only look back and enjoy the "good old days" and songs like these.
@adm.arthurledock824110 жыл бұрын
yeah, but being 58 it's still (musically) very alive - the best music ever was from the 60's/70's with all due respect
@hemmay9 жыл бұрын
Adm. Arthur LeDock And 1967 was the best year.
@top.61806 жыл бұрын
Yes, the time passes away running
@raychelfitzgerald53085 жыл бұрын
I wasn't born until 1975 and the world is better for it because there's no way I could've stayed out of jail had I witnessed anyone disrespecting a soldier/marine/airman etc
@BigfootCountry7 жыл бұрын
I love the old songs like this. Back then a song like this told a story.
@sprucey19906 жыл бұрын
i agree
@viviekazanili10776 жыл бұрын
Me too miss those days
@craigadams63916 жыл бұрын
spot on
@gilbertmartinez15045 жыл бұрын
They're called BALLADS. True fact.
@madeinAmericasince-rz9cp4 жыл бұрын
@Raquel Stoner you calling me old? 😜
@carolcortez87162 жыл бұрын
My big brother DOUG(Douggie)to me...RIP...KIA VIETNAM 1970
@tinawilson260 Жыл бұрын
I was little when i discovered this song on an album at home i played it continuously my dad was called billy sadly passed now. I still play the song. He truly was and will always be my hero!
@melissanoelle4103 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful and under appreciated song. I would take Billy’s place.
@jimhaut4802 жыл бұрын
As a substitute ? That's a song too !
@joeyjojoshabadoo25082 жыл бұрын
No the point of the song I think lol
@MARYGAIL10002 жыл бұрын
I'll be turning 66,this month,i have always this song!
@alanmontgomery59049 жыл бұрын
I was 6 years old when this came out and it still gives me warm fuzzy feelings. It must be the memories from rose tinted childhood glasses lol
@aarondigby98592 жыл бұрын
I was young when I would hear it on the radio, it got a lot of air time. Even then I learnt that war and military was serious business and you could lose your life at any moment on a battlefield.
@teresamdevans2087 жыл бұрын
I love this song much love and respect to all our soldiers and now female soldiers as well God bless you
@delanamckay3 күн бұрын
I had these three favs: Billy Don't Be A Hero, Run Joey Run, and The Night Chicago Died......and played them over and over and over and over...... The absolute best music in the history of music was made in the 70s and 80s. Rock on Xers!
@joeysnail886 жыл бұрын
My grandfather's name was Billy. And he was meant to go to war in Egypt. But as a train driver, he was too valuable here in England. This song was played at his funeral just over 2 years ago. Makes me cry everytime I listen to it
@murphman74486 жыл бұрын
The closest thing to a time machine are these songs that take us back....
@justadream1232 Жыл бұрын
Still gives me chills..one of the best of all time : )
@rebeccaquaintance34422 жыл бұрын
My husband, a Vietnam vet loved this song very much. I love it also. I remember my best friend in school introduced me to this song!
@melindaroller8798 жыл бұрын
Billy don't be a hero & one tin solder & me and you and a dog named Bo. Was the best story telling songs made, I still love them
@mandam90133 жыл бұрын
My mom used to sing this to us before bed when I was little....Man the things you never know you would miss the most in life...priceless moments like this, I'd give the world for...if I knew then what I know now I would've showed her how much I LOVE HER...!! I WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT HER SIDE FOR ONE BIT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD CANCER...IF ONLY I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW....I LOVE YOU MOM MAY I REST WITH THE ANGELS UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.!! R.I.P Yogi Martinez.!💕
@SuperEvilC8 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid around 5-7yrs old my older brother had a 45 record of this.... I played this song a lot and it always made me cry.
@mysticalmargaret61058 жыл бұрын
+SuperEvilC Same here! I was about the same age too. :)
@Belcas698 жыл бұрын
+SuperEvilC me too
@javierburboa8 жыл бұрын
+SuperEvilC Likewise myself. But when I was young, I was like is Billy a dam Male or Female? Then I listened to song and paid attention.
@SuperEvilC8 жыл бұрын
+Javier Burboa lol :O
@rowley19508 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised mate, it would make me cry too having to listen to that load of crap...Couldn't you take the record and smash it up when they weren't looking?
@betha.vanlangen19797 жыл бұрын
I have always loved this song. Teenage years can't be forgotten.
@adamelliott15362 жыл бұрын
i was only a toddler at the time but i remember my mother putting this on when my father left for NAM . R.I.P ol man xx
@chadmcginney1600 Жыл бұрын
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. This song was about The war between the States, but it could easily be applied to the Vietnam War or any other war. God bless our troops!!! God bless the United States Army!!! 🇺🇸
@williamscott258022 күн бұрын
in aus this song is played most anzac days and resonates strongly with us all also. as you point out... war never changes..
@Tesiay9 жыл бұрын
Song still makes me cry after all these years.
@miguellucero5593 жыл бұрын
Brings happy and sad tears. Love this song.
@allanprimeau78647 ай бұрын
I remember hearing that song. I was 6 in 1974.
@tracyannesmith796110 жыл бұрын
these 70s songs are just awesome!!! what a way to remember my life back then. boy times have changed...
@georgemiller84529 жыл бұрын
Yes
@sprucey19906 жыл бұрын
i love this song i hate to days songs
@robsieger18865 жыл бұрын
Times have changed ... for the worse, by far.
@aiexmorley14075 жыл бұрын
o yes mate@@georgemiller8452
@SUGAR_XYLER5 жыл бұрын
*The 70s were heaven*
@lisahutcherson89325 жыл бұрын
GREAT SONG.. TOO BAD NO ONE MAKE THESE ANYMORE.... IT'S REAL MUSIC.... IT'S TRUE, REAL FEELINGS, REALISTIC, AND FROM HEART.... MISS THE OLD DAYS 60-70'S....
@robertsantiago93502 жыл бұрын
Billy is Paul ha
@robertlatimer-ur1oe Жыл бұрын
I agree
@orca129611 ай бұрын
nah mate, im 16 and im still here
@knightowlofhorde385 Жыл бұрын
Just found this song like...four days ago, and I just keep playing it. It is poignant, catchy, and tells a sad story. It makes you contemplate the reality of heroes, people who choose to selflessly travel the path angels fear to tread, and how in that moment they forget about those waiting for them at home. A lot of epithets and compliments can be sent at heroes, from being too reckless, or having more bravery than sense. Most of them coming from pain or grief... Some wondering why they did something like that, why did they take that risk, and for many it was duty, love, the job, or even reckless bravery... In all cases it was...tragic.
@sherimcdaniel3491 Жыл бұрын
Wow. You got ALL THAT from this little song? I am impressed! I just liked it…..now I’ll have to reanalyze. 👍🏻
@Emerald00700710 жыл бұрын
Isnt amazing how a song can bring back so vividly how good times were?
@JarOfRats10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, gas shortages, the Vietnam war, riots, the cold war, Watergate... good times indeed, right?
@JarOfRats10 жыл бұрын
Veronica Goodan I was one of the rare kids back then that actually listened to the lyrics of the songs of the era... that were filled with content about all the bad things happening. But please... have yourself a pleasant valley Sunday.
@Emerald00700710 жыл бұрын
Yea but do we love each other
@JarOfRats10 жыл бұрын
Chris Coppola Love is the greatest, purest, most wonderful thing... that money can buy.
@Emerald00700710 жыл бұрын
JarOfRats will you love me?
@GeorgeVreelandHill9 жыл бұрын
God I miss the 1970s.
@lisasimmons63389 жыл бұрын
You and me both, George!
@bealtown8 жыл бұрын
+George Vreeland Hill I don't, not listening to this tripe.
@grahamgarrett56708 жыл бұрын
+bealtown .... so sod off u troll
@matoko1238 жыл бұрын
+Lisa Simmons Count me in :)
@lisasimmons63388 жыл бұрын
matoko123 I'll count you in, I guess beantown is out:)
@janicedefazio5934 Жыл бұрын
Karen, I'm he didn't come back . My brother stepped on a land mine , he got torn up, but he survived 🙏. The pain
@robertlytle97527 жыл бұрын
I was drafted into the Marines in 1969. I was friends with a couple of girls, in fact one cried on my shoulder before I left. I had no illusions anyone but my family would be waiting for me when I got home and I was right. I felt sorry for the poor saps who thought their girlfriends would be waiting for them. Absence makes the heart grow fonder for the boy next door. There were many variations of 'Jody Boy".
@lifboat5445 жыл бұрын
remember jody. got my dear john in boot camp. lol
@ck_banana_noob71455 жыл бұрын
Robert Lytle did u married her?
@robertlytle97524 жыл бұрын
@cornskid I thought I was going to be drafted into the army but a LCPL came in and said they needed 14% of us for the marines. Then they called my name. I served with two other guys who were drafted into the marines.
@dianesanfilippo83393 жыл бұрын
Robert Lytle - and all other VN vets - WELCOME HOME! We love you and honor your service! You know for the first time, and since moving to TN, my husband seems really proud of his service and wears his hat - but then again the hair on his head is almost gone! He had special plates for the car and a United States Army Retired decal on the back window.
@philippacharnley37432 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful heartfelt song. So awesome even if sad
@JimWalshsheisamazingon10 ай бұрын
❤
@JimWalshsheisamazingon10 ай бұрын
❤
@nileshvyas33804 жыл бұрын
70s were innocent times. ...Happy times. ...wonderful times. ...as a child / teenager
@jennifercollie84686 жыл бұрын
"I heard she threw the letter, away." Always makes me cry.
@Fleeglebutt2 жыл бұрын
I could never figure out why Billy fiancee would get a letter from the government; they weren't yet married. Surely Billys father would have been the one to be notified?
@doughesson2 жыл бұрын
@@Fleeglebutt Maybe he'd put her name on his enlistment paperwork & she was his next if kin.
@sallycambray42266 жыл бұрын
Can't believe this song still gives me goose bumps after all these years..... love it!
@suehaynie50543 жыл бұрын
To all Vietnam vets: welcome home❤️ I saw a meme that many of you were not welcomed home. There is a grassroots effort to welcome each and everyone of you home. I have done it four times. It is amazing when you walk up to these vets and welcome them home. It’s like they never heard it. The next time you see a Vietnam vet sit with them it will enrich your life❤️ One more time to every Vietnam vet out there welcome home
@dr.ronbagwellthdphd35343 жыл бұрын
It is true. I stepped off the plane onto the tarmac only to have a rock thrown at me and when I went through the crowd some young woman spit on me. But I have gotten over all that crap as I knew the people back home had no idea what we went through.
@defleppardette3 жыл бұрын
My hubby is a Vietnam vet. We've been married 41 years 😁
@dangrabske32383 жыл бұрын
Yea we have more war vets not just viet nam vets so lets quit being so inclusive to one war lets thankful for all veterans
@rogerbrown17503 жыл бұрын
I was a Medic in 69,Australian Army,and still got called a "Baby Killer"stupidity at its best.
@teressamcclain65644 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your service. As a daughter of a vet it just helps reinforces the respect our women and men in the armed services
@Kewpielove624 жыл бұрын
Still gives me goosebumps...
@jackiesharp669 Жыл бұрын
Karen I've always loved this song from when they first sang it.,because of the lyrics mostly. I can't even imagine what you recollect when you hear it. I hope you just remember the lad you loved and lost.
@D3dh3d668 жыл бұрын
I have a brother Billy that joined the military we sang this song to him before he went to boot camp
@smileyface88326 жыл бұрын
*Tom Cortis* *That is such an emotional story...*
@SUGAR_XYLER5 жыл бұрын
*THAT SHOULD HAVE FROZE HIM RIGHT THERE*
@lourcanyoung81375 жыл бұрын
Same
@johngowan8154 жыл бұрын
This song brings back some memories of the magic years of life in the south.
@andrewmatthews68614 жыл бұрын
We all live on a thin line 🤔🤔
@sarahdixon6011 Жыл бұрын
I was 6 when this was a hit. Its etched as one of the first songs I can remember clearly.
@sarahdixon6011 Жыл бұрын
@@Sam-qm1io oh
@Sam-qm1io Жыл бұрын
Do you recall a similar song by Paul McCartney and Wings around the same time, called Listen to What the Man Said? Soldier boy, kisses girl Leaves behind a tragic world (Or something to that effect...)
@Sam-qm1io Жыл бұрын
@@sarahdixon6011 Sorry for being rude...I was just trolling.
@sarahdixon6011 Жыл бұрын
@@Sam-qm1io Ah Wings? The band the Beatles could have been........
@Sam-qm1io Жыл бұрын
The title reads 'Sir Paul McCartney and Wings...'
@suehathway23447 жыл бұрын
Such vivid childhood memories of this amazing song
@thomasdeenihan41918 жыл бұрын
There was a great line from Only Fools and Horses by Uncle Albert - They promised us homes fit for heroes, but all they got was heroes fit for homes..... Politicians start wars and poor men fight them.....
@suzannechapman75986 жыл бұрын
Thomas Deenihan no that was grandad in only fools n horses who said that line
@SUGAR_XYLER5 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY *GUYS SHOULDN'T FIGHT A LEADER'S WAR*
@siouxcatwoman67525 жыл бұрын
Buster Merryfield was the first grandad in Only Fools and Horses! Always made me tear up when he told his stories! 😭
@skipraida54975 жыл бұрын
@@siouxcatwoman6752 ,during the war.....
@hecke19595 жыл бұрын
You might think that ,but as I sit in America with the freedom we have. I think about what would of happen if my grandfather in world war two decided he didn't want to go fight Hitler. Freedom cost and if my grandfather thought that same way as you do,we would been doomed.
@karenmcardle142 Жыл бұрын
This song stiil gives me Goosebumps , R. I. P Billy till we meet again ❤
@viviekazanili10778 жыл бұрын
this song brings back alot of memories hearing this on the radio when i was getting ready for school miss those yrs.
@allanmatusevics71769 жыл бұрын
When I joined the army in 1979 my then girlfriend played this for me on my last night as a civilian, Still makes me think of more innocent times, and no, I wasn't a hero and came back to no one.
@charleswheeler33959 жыл бұрын
I went in the Army is 69 and like you came home to no one either.
@agoogleuser34439 жыл бұрын
I understand it's common now for troops on deployment to put up a noticeboard where they pin the letters from their sleazy partners who 'found someone else'. Ugh
@gordongreninger61099 жыл бұрын
Mark Edwards Yup the DJ letters could be rough. Had a dude step off the side of flight deck of a carrier while coming home from our first deployment. He had received a few DJ letters and musta feared getting home to deal with it. Wouldnt have been so bad but he had to make his last eye contact with me on his way down.
@WPShannon9 жыл бұрын
Mark Edwards
@FrannyWard9 жыл бұрын
Allan Matusevics God Bless you guys. I was graduating High School in 79. total Respect for you all.
@sarahmoviereviewer41092 жыл бұрын
rip to all the men & women who have given their lives in battle
@charlestourneur28406 жыл бұрын
I remember walking into a music store and buying this album. My very first album. I remember the store owner gave a plastic harmonica free. It was 43 years ago and I was 4. Seems like yesterday.
@rhonda7872 жыл бұрын
I think this song-by Bo Donaldson and the Haywood’s- is the first record I bought. I went on to buy more classics like BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE.😊
@SPORTSNUTIM6 жыл бұрын
Remembering the classics from the 70’s plus the 60’s bring up the good and bad. Music kept me going through the dark times.
@theultimatereductionist7592 Жыл бұрын
I thank anyone - whether a soldier of a government army or a civilian political activist - who sacrifices their energy, freedom, or life for a just cause.
@mysticalmargaret61058 жыл бұрын
I remember as a little girl I'd cry at the end of this song. And I thought that 'Billy' was a Vietnam War soldier! I didn't think he was a Civil War soldier. Interesting!
@retrorage18 жыл бұрын
+Margaret Tudor yes, it's was a Vietnam war protest song..
8 жыл бұрын
+Margaret Tudor It was an anti-war song... but the actual lyrics refer to "Bluebelly" soldiers which ARE Civil War Union troops - but as many songs of this genre, it was meant to apply to the Vietnam War.
@forbes6468 жыл бұрын
+retrorage1 served
@sandysaidak83678 жыл бұрын
+Margaret Tudor Same!
@googoo60778 жыл бұрын
+retrorage1 YES it was about Vietnam.
@TheLadyluna27 жыл бұрын
I was in Elementary School when this song came out. WOW! And I still remember every word.
@philippacharnley37432 жыл бұрын
I not heard for 25 years plus but every word comes back. I do have an original vinyl album so much play more often
@debracummings60052 жыл бұрын
2022 and still in my play list
@CaptainBill2210 жыл бұрын
It seems a lot of people think that this is a bad song. I say it's still better that most of the junk they call music today. I don't hear any auto tuned voices in the song.
@koch4610 жыл бұрын
So true and I'm 10
@MoMoMyPup1010 жыл бұрын
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods sung it, not Paper Lace.
@DavidThomas-sv1tk10 жыл бұрын
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods also recorded Billy Don't be a Hero and their version went to #1 in the US, but Paper Lace's version went to #1 in the UK
@TheGodOfVictory10 жыл бұрын
It is an awesome song.
@thedarkabsol464910 жыл бұрын
Modern music is potential crap I have to listen to it everyday because of my friend :'(
@williamellis43092 жыл бұрын
I remember this so well my friends from Drama club gave me a small party as I was going into the Army this was the song we played ....brings back bittersweet memories
@duncanupjohn14816 жыл бұрын
Ahhh. Paper Lace - a favourite of mine from the 70s. Songs you could understand and sing along to.
@danielsellers87073 жыл бұрын
My mum told me she used to dance to them at the Palais in Mansfield in the late 1960s.