BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS - Billy Don't Be A Hero

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS - Billy Don't Be A Hero | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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4 ай бұрын

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@JoeCruz-hs2yt 4 ай бұрын

maybe the critics dislike it because it sounded corny at the time but the band got the last laugh because it went to no. 1 in the u.s. !

@FrankMoscato-gq9jc 4 ай бұрын

Yes, we all have a friend named Billy and we all say to them Billy don’t be a hero This bring back memories I love it

@michellekeyes1507 4 ай бұрын

As a 6yo melodramatic little girl, this song was my jam. I cranked that AM radio all the way up! Thanks for the reminder😊

@hoovgroov1571 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service my son was in the Navy and still in the reserves

@debsandz 4 ай бұрын

How sweet that was that your mom said that to you... and that you LISTENED to her!💜

@hlawrencepowell 4 ай бұрын

We knew every word of the song in high school. Everybody would be going around singing it. I remember a friend and me walking into the biology class (we didn't take biology) and singing it to the biology teacher. She thought it was great. I still remember every word and I'm 65. I think the Paper Lace original was better.

@sukebass8502 4 ай бұрын

These guys were my first concert. My 8th grade class won a contest and they played in our gym. Other than a few songs, they played covers. They were really good.

@RJ-oy7cq 4 ай бұрын

A great bubble gum pop song...the 70's had a bunch of them.

@827dusty 4 ай бұрын

Great? You're joking right?

@bryanCJC2105 4 ай бұрын

I was a kid when this song came out and remember hearing it on the radio but I had no idea what it was about. It wasn't until about 3 years ago when it came on when I was listening to a playlist on Spotify and for the first time I actually listened to it. I was stunned by what it was about. The song I thought was lighthearted and fun turned out to be about war and dying. Being that I had some family members who had died in Vietnam, it hit me pretty hard and I was walking down the sidewalk with a huge lump in my throat. We didn't have the Internet back then and I'm still finding out what the actual lyrics are for songs I've loved all my life. Finding lyrics back then was really hard. If we knew the chorus and a few lines, that was good enough.

@jodyjackson5475 4 ай бұрын

What would we do without men. Thank God for them and their courage . ❤

@M.B.ChalliesNZ 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@user-dq5xx9hi4q 4 ай бұрын

I've probably heard this one on the radio at least 2 dozen+ times since it was released. They played it a lot for awhile. In all that time I had no idea who the band was. Thanks for that. Let the music play!

@sourisvoleur4854 4 ай бұрын

Hugely popular in my middle school.

@rozequinn1519 4 ай бұрын

Please react to Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks also: Honey by Bobby Goldsboro

@rossdownes4240 4 ай бұрын

Epic ballards another one i would suggest would be Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor it went number one in 1976

@lazerx1828 4 ай бұрын

Another song in that vein is The Night Chicago Died kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoOTmJ2ia5uDjNU by Paper Lace, who also covered this song.

@GinMae 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I love those songs that tell real stories! This was great!

@Bjowolf2 26 күн бұрын

Actually it was the other way around - PL came first, this one is the cover ( and not nearly as good -way too fast and without any real emotion ).

@hlawrencepowell 4 ай бұрын

Great reaction, by the way. I love the way you relate these songs to real life.

@barrycohen311 4 ай бұрын

Dark subject and such cheerful background music....lol

@librarylady13 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ Their songs, "Who Do You Think You Are", "Hang Your Lamp In The Window" and "Deeper And Deeper" are good too.

@GinMae 4 ай бұрын

Hey, Shawn.. I'm writing this note before I even listen to you reaction.. just b/c this song was popular when I was a teenager.. and we always laughed about it.. but hearing it so many years later, I came to realize that it's actually a well-written song, and Bo had a great voice.. so whenever I hear it these days (rarely), I appreciate it.. as I'm sure I will appreciate your listen & reaction... lol (yep, that military-style drumming was such a part of the theme...)

@margaretreynolds4394 4 ай бұрын

The soldier Blues fell in behind. Paperlace was singing about the the Blues and Greys and the US wars

@pamelapasechnick6899 4 ай бұрын

Great Reaction! I always preferred this version by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Although it seemed more like it was a story about a Union soldier of the U.S. Civil War, because it came out when it did Americans could not help but draw parallels with the Vietnam War and how regardless of when it happened, the effects of war on both those who fight on the front lines and their loved ones back home are pretty much the same. Being female I viewed it from that POV, and I while I could understand the fiance's grief, her reaction always bothered me. 50 yrs later I feel as torn as I did back then. Anyway, as always I thoroughly enjoy watching your reactions and hearing your thoughts and insights! I look forward to seeing more of your reactions.

@thehorrorfanx 4 ай бұрын

Another great oldie!

@827dusty 4 ай бұрын

Lol! yeah right...

@jeffjones6221 4 ай бұрын

Damn!!!! Like 5th or 6th grade tune for me!!!

@garyarnett1220 4 ай бұрын

As part of the 'Nam generation, no, we totally got the lyrics. There were a number anti war songs going on at that time.

@otter3095 4 ай бұрын

1959 baby boomer here. This was in rotation on the dial back in the day👍🏻

@dagmar.6954 4 ай бұрын

I first remember hearing "Billy Don't Be A Hero" by the UK band Paper Lace in 1974 & then some months later it became a US hit for Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods. They also did "Who Do You Think You Are", "The Heartbreak Kid", "Our Last Song Together" etc.

@jamescox4231 4 ай бұрын

A good companion song in both music tone and message would be One Tin Soldier from the movie Billy Jack.

@thehorrorfanx 4 ай бұрын

BTW: Thank you for your service! 🙏🏼

@KJ-4321 4 ай бұрын

Great reaction! Someone suggested “The night Chicago died” by Paper Lace. Good suggestion! Hopefully you will check it out! 😀

@honestone490 Ай бұрын

This song went to number 1 on the US Billboard charts in 1974. The Paper Lace version released in UK is subpar but don't tell a Brit that.

@threekidzmom04 4 ай бұрын

😭

@Mediawatcher2023 4 ай бұрын

Originally done by a British group called Paper Lace they its a better version than this one that version went to all the way to number one in the UK and Australia they had two follow ups with The Night Chicargo Died and The Black Eyed Boys.

@steve-eq8kx 4 ай бұрын

Cincinnati kid.

@scottrbloom 4 ай бұрын

So, your Mom saved your life. Kind-of fun to enjoy some of the worst of the sixties and seventies. I suppose after this there's nowhere to go but songs like "Honey" or "Timothy." Songs so sad they're almost comical.

@Bjowolf2 26 күн бұрын

The original version by the English band Paper Lace is much better 😉

@larryjex6485 Ай бұрын

The '70s produced some of the best singles in history.......this isn't one of them.

@827dusty 4 ай бұрын

coming in at #3 in the Billboard top 10 worst Rock/Pop songs of the 70s. Boy were they ever right. This Bubblegum crap song was made fun of more than almost any song of that era, or really any era. Painfully lame! Absolutely embarrassing. I've never seen people rush so fast to change the radio channel, as I did when this fiasco was playing. Other than that, it's a great song. Thanks Shawn.