Country Joe Mcdonald - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69

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Country Joe Mcdonald - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69

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@davewayne907
@davewayne907 Жыл бұрын
Wonder how many folks are here now watching this that were at Woodstock in 69. I am one and I am also a Vietnam vet. I loved this song now and then
@Raspberrypiuser-fg6ss
@Raspberrypiuser-fg6ss 2 ай бұрын
Very few sadly! I’d love to sit down and hear your story’s for hours. Thank you for your service. Hope the years have treated you well.
@ronbelanger4113
@ronbelanger4113 2 ай бұрын
Glad you made it back.
@HavelTheCock
@HavelTheCock 2 ай бұрын
thanks a ton stud
@jacobbrumbaugh6928
@jacobbrumbaugh6928 Ай бұрын
That awesome, hope you’re still kickin. Thank you.
@Nikolai64863
@Nikolai64863 Ай бұрын
❤️
@geoffshaw346
@geoffshaw346 6 ай бұрын
"Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box." No better words against war,ever.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 17 күн бұрын
didn't stop the war in Vietnam one iota
@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775
@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775 2 жыл бұрын
The song says to be the first one on your block to have your boy to come home in a box. Well in December 1968 I was the only one on my block to have my father come home in a box.
@chadpittman3025
@chadpittman3025 3 ай бұрын
Sorry that happened to u and him,his sacrifice was and is appreciated ❤
@Mrfairchap
@Mrfairchap Жыл бұрын
"And it's 1-2-3 what are we fighting for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn". They were exactly my thoughts when I stepped off the plane at Tan Son Nhut in July 1967, even before this great song was released. I was a naive young Army lieutenant trying to make sense of it all; but I thought, "Well, Uncle Sam must know what he's doing". How totally wrong I was, as I soon found out...
@cathyberry9579
@cathyberry9579 11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately we were all clueless about the insanity of this senseless war/conflict. It was the politicians war, not the Americans war to be involved with. I was just a clueless kid in high school & many of my friends who went there never came back. The ones who did return where haunted by PTSD for decades. Just a total disaster, but I think that many who volunteered or were drafted were influenced by their relatives who served in WW2. BEYOND MY SCOPE! But it's still happening today. Very Haunting, God Bless everyone who went to that hell hole. So heartbreaking! We will never forget you and your sacrifice.😓 😓
@stevemiller1203
@stevemiller1203 10 ай бұрын
yeah, me too
@paulsherman51
@paulsherman51 19 күн бұрын
@@cathyberry9579 We are just as clueless today as we were back then. Why do we never learn (sounds like something PP&M might say)?
@HomerSaints-lo7zf
@HomerSaints-lo7zf 6 күн бұрын
Man youre so cringe instead of you leaving comments leave a video of you talking no old man in his 70s has time to be leaving long comments in youtube they dont care to do that I know you're not no old man and you were never an officer in Vietnam I swear some people are cringe leave a video of you telling your stories and showing things you have from the military cause anyone can leave a cringe comment on youtube all you did was Google where the army or marines were landing on Vietnam and you just pick a place no one really talks about so people can read your comment and be like "well I've never heard of that place hes talking about it must be true"
@shelly2599
@shelly2599 4 ай бұрын
This is a dedication to my Dad who passed in October 2022. God Bless Soldier in heaven. 🙏😇
@hannabaal150
@hannabaal150 Жыл бұрын
Those lyrics are brutal. I memorized them over 50 years ago, and still sing along every time. Gimme an F!
@itsmeh436
@itsmeh436 Жыл бұрын
F
@Daw78.
@Daw78. Жыл бұрын
U
@deanallen927
@deanallen927 Жыл бұрын
Yes, brutal often comes with funny if it's relevant and has a message.
@vikingblood0408
@vikingblood0408 8 ай бұрын
I ..... "C"...can I hear a "K"? Wooopie!
@MrBelles104
@MrBelles104 8 ай бұрын
F
@jimsmith9301
@jimsmith9301 5 ай бұрын
When I was 15 I had was attacked and stabbed and almost bled to death because I had long hair in 1969. A good Samaritan got me off the ground and took me to the hospital and they saved my life. God is good
@MegaMindYt0909
@MegaMindYt0909 3 ай бұрын
Because you had long hair? What is wrong with people
@Dr.PlatoZorba
@Dr.PlatoZorba Ай бұрын
@@MegaMindYt0909 George Lazenby would have made more James Bond movies, but the producers fired him because after he made the first one, he let his hair grow long.
@paulsherman51
@paulsherman51 19 күн бұрын
@@MegaMindYt0909 That's right, we were called long haired freaks of Jesus. I, too, was one. I was ridiculed because I looked like a girl at the time.
@georgehoffman7846
@georgehoffman7846 18 күн бұрын
Nobody stabbed you because of your hair maybe they stabbed you because they were a criminal
@jimsmith9301
@jimsmith9301 18 күн бұрын
@George. They told me while they were beating me and stabbing me "Let's give this fucking hippie a haircut"! Only GOD saved me and I forgave them because they knew not what they did! I believe they repented and will be my brothers in the Kingdom! Amen! Jim
@spookedhorse
@spookedhorse Жыл бұрын
This is the greatest protest footage ever. Peaceful, filled with unified voices.
@EphemeralProductions
@EphemeralProductions 4 ай бұрын
With the most scathing lyrics in the best protest song of the time, IMO
@maryfarrell9231
@maryfarrell9231 2 жыл бұрын
So happy to see that Country Joe is alive and well at the age of 82 and still belting this out.
@kwd-kwd
@kwd-kwd 2 жыл бұрын
holy crap, he's 82? time flies.
@thedwightguy
@thedwightguy 2 жыл бұрын
@@kwd-kwd Arroyo High School Class of 62??? My HS came up with a few great ones.
@sergeantmasson3669
@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын
mary farrell, my bride, and I, were there to see it all live in-person shortly after returning from my 2nd tour in Vietnam of doing medevac duty. We rode our 650cc BSA motorcycle there from CT. 3 days living inside an evergreen bush for shelter covered with two rain ponchos. Luckily, we brought enough food rations with us.
@andyroden8537
@andyroden8537 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergeantmasson3669 BSA 650, you had good taste, I'm well impressed - so much more old-school character than a HD 👍🏻 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇺🇸
@Vinterfrid
@Vinterfrid 2 жыл бұрын
Joseph Allen McDonald was born 1 January, 1942, in Washington, D.C.
@imisseveryone2716
@imisseveryone2716 2 жыл бұрын
This showed up on my feed today, May, 5th 2022. My cousin PFC GREGORY AMBROSE would be 75 today had he not been killed in action in Vietnam. This song helped me express my absolute rage that my cousin wasn't coming home. I was 12 years old, Greg was killed in acttion 2 months short of his 20th birthday. I would close the bedroom, when no one else was in there, and SCREAM the lyrics at the top of my lungs - the most helpful : "5 6 7 open up the Pearly Gates, ain't no time to wonder why. Woopie we're all gonna die". Thank you Country Joe, absolutely perfect time for this record to come out, we needed that song 🎵 then.
@MovieMakingMan
@MovieMakingMan 2 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry for your loss. I remember the first time I lost someone I knew. And I remember my friend who was in the marines and went to Nam. He died young in 1994. He was killed by agent orange but even though he’s a victim of that horrible war his name won’t be on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. He’s one of thousands who died from effects of the war. No one knows the number of soldiers who committed suicide because they were ordered to harm and kill countless innocent people.
@imisseveryone2716
@imisseveryone2716 2 жыл бұрын
@@MovieMakingMan The harm from that horrible war is still with us today and you're right, no one knows the true numbers of those who served but died back in the States after the war. Nor do we now how many couldn't find their way back into society ( too many). Thank you for your condolences, sorry for your lose as well. Be well and safe.
@bigunone
@bigunone 2 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain brother, my uncle was killed 28th June 1966 IIRC he was only months from coming home. And the same brand of assholes keep trying to get us into more wars. Eisenhower warned us about the Military industrial complex formed during WW2. Now it's the Multinational industrial complex.
@togaplop
@togaplop 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss. May his soul and all of the others killed in that war rest in peace, in WW1 the Brits used to say their troops were lions, led by donkeys. No where was that analogy more true than us troops in Vietnam. Peace to you.
@imisseveryone2716
@imisseveryone2716 2 жыл бұрын
@@togaplop Thank you for your kind words. Never heard that expression before "lions led by dinkeys" - perfect for war. Be well ☮
@supermamamaxi
@supermamamaxi 2 жыл бұрын
Don't stop singing guys! We ain't done yet!
@92679gary
@92679gary 3 жыл бұрын
Friend and I played this over the PA system during lunch in High School. Hundreds of kids yelling "Fuck". Principle kicked us out of school.
@chrispope5230
@chrispope5230 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@jeb1273
@jeb1273 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it was because you couldn't spell principal.🤔
@ouidaevans2611
@ouidaevans2611 3 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@sirjohn2u
@sirjohn2u 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome school man!!! The massive distribution of L.S. D. was a gift from the C.I.A. because they were worried about a "Excess of Democracy"....Viva Revolution!
@nadyagazda885
@nadyagazda885 2 жыл бұрын
Love it 😆♥️
@marccano5061
@marccano5061 8 ай бұрын
As USMC veteran I approve of this song!
@lsingstock1646
@lsingstock1646 2 жыл бұрын
Those days are long gone and I'm thankful I'm a boomer.
@petersagar3707
@petersagar3707 Жыл бұрын
As a Brit. I can only say thank you to Harold Wilson our PM at the time for keeping us out of Vietnam. Thank you Harold.
@retiredarmy3755
@retiredarmy3755 Жыл бұрын
But, but, but all the profits, kickbacks and corruption you lost out on. Just like Putin's war, no legitimate reason behind it.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 17 күн бұрын
if only America wasn't so 'communist paranoid' and stayed out of another countries civil war, there'd be less deaths from countries who had no business being there to begin with
@knockitofff
@knockitofff 2 жыл бұрын
Been singing that shit over 50 years and the swamp is still getting away with it, WAKE UP PEOPLE.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 17 күн бұрын
unfortunately, human nature in the form of power will never change
@XanthusBarnabas
@XanthusBarnabas 2 жыл бұрын
And we need this song even more today...looks like we're heading in a similar direction...
@mc-qx6ue
@mc-qx6ue 2 жыл бұрын
You're delusional if you think today is worse than 1969
@lucysmith3921
@lucysmith3921 2 жыл бұрын
@@mc-qx6ue it's similar. Government wants to sacrifice our children and many don't want that to happen. And it's 1, 2, 3 what are we fighting for Just know Bidens insane Next stop is Ukraine And 5, 6, 7 Open up the pearly gates...
@sunshinedaydream70
@sunshinedaydream70 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@helendanposh6168
@helendanposh6168 2 жыл бұрын
@@mc-qx6ue I lived through this era and if you think Afghanistan and Ukraine are not as bad as Vietnam then you are the delusional one.
@kwd-kwd
@kwd-kwd 2 жыл бұрын
@@helendanposh6168 I'm glad someone said this, Ukraine is not looking good. Putin is another Hitler, this could turn out to be FAR worse than Vietnam.
@harrymorgan666
@harrymorgan666 5 ай бұрын
Never gets old
@briankay4229
@briankay4229 2 жыл бұрын
Man. I've made it to 2022. Wishing all those who were at Woodstock an still alive and remember this, ALL THE BEST!
@Leschiguy
@Leschiguy Жыл бұрын
Yeah! It was a great performance!
@Emanuela9
@Emanuela9 Жыл бұрын
I only knew about it after the fact. I was too young to go but the Fish Chant, I'm fixin to Die Rag and Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner were standouts, I remember.
@georgehoffman7846
@georgehoffman7846 18 күн бұрын
Yeah and maybe a little shout out to the ones that survived Vietnam and a shout out for the ones that didn't survive
@pacificostudios
@pacificostudios 2 жыл бұрын
The greatest moment is when the crowd stands on their feet, not to just applaud Joe and the Fish, but to sing a song that demands passion.
@philgray1023
@philgray1023 9 ай бұрын
Kid Ory was applauding until they refused to pay performance royalties for his tune.
@loriholman1459
@loriholman1459 2 жыл бұрын
To some of the guys that didn't have a choice. Thank you guy's....And still remember this song.from a younger age. Just I hope NO MORE WARS EVER! 💜 & ☮ 2 all.
@Farweasel
@Farweasel 2 жыл бұрын
52 years ago half the population between the ages of 15 & 25 could sing this damn near word perfectly. Smiled when I came across this vid ~ and found myself singing right along. And most of the same age group today would probably not recognise it and wonder waht the hell its all about if they did. I feel suddenly *old* But kind of happy too.
@stephenater9687
@stephenater9687 2 жыл бұрын
77 now and was inna army at the time. We all knew it.
@llothar68
@llothar68 2 жыл бұрын
Next stop is now Ukraine
@suino1433
@suino1433 2 жыл бұрын
@@llothar68 Why is the western world accepting evil when it is not inevitable? I suppose this has been brewing for a long time. It's too much trouble for people to wake up. Eternal vigilance was too much trouble.
@joyflavell7385
@joyflavell7385 2 жыл бұрын
I still know every word and love this song as much as I hate war.
@jacquikirk7797
@jacquikirk7797 2 жыл бұрын
And so did I and I'm from the UK
@MovieMakingMan
@MovieMakingMan 2 жыл бұрын
A year after this concert I was in the army stationed in El Paso. Every morning about 500 soldiers went to the area between three story barracks and got in formation. I stayed in my 3rd floor room and I put high powered speakers in the open windows. I played this song to the wild cheers of every soldier in formation. They especially liked the beginning when Country Joe said, “Give me an F, give me a U, give me a C, give me a K!” Then “What’s that spell?” The entire formation yelled out f**k! It took quite awhile before they tracked down the room where I was playing that song, but not before I played it 4-5 times! I didn’t get punished at all. I was just playing music in my room. And we were allowed to do that. They never said we couldn’t play certain songs or how loud. So I drove through their huge loopholes and made a lot of soldiers happy. None of them wanted to be in the army. Everywhere you went the initials FTA were painted or etched onto a wall. Btw, FTA stands for F**k the army. I’ve always loved this song and every time I hear it I remember that day when I caused 500 soldiers to cheer. A lot of people who claim to be patriots have no idea what veterans think. I never knew one guy who wasn’t anti-war and wanted the Vietnam War to end. They knew that war was a just a way to funnel billions to defense contractors. And they knew they didn’t matter a whit to all those pro-Nixon, pro-war idiots.
@RaoulDukeSr
@RaoulDukeSr 2 жыл бұрын
Right on brother..you did real fine for everyone listening, and everyone now reading this. All the very best to you friend ✌
@adrianrodriguez9569
@adrianrodriguez9569 2 жыл бұрын
Should have written a song.
@RaoulDukeSr
@RaoulDukeSr 2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianrodriguez9569 your right on...perhaps he will 👍
@russdunn1256
@russdunn1256 2 жыл бұрын
Gotdam hippie. RLTW!
@robertwilliams9753
@robertwilliams9753 2 жыл бұрын
@@russdunn1256 give me an f give me a u give me a c give me a k what does that spell ?
@killsclown
@killsclown 2 жыл бұрын
Santana was late getting to the stage so they pushed Joe out there solo. and this happened.. One of our marching songs in 69 for sure
@judyadams4071
@judyadams4071 2 жыл бұрын
My Oldest Brother Had this Album in the Early 70's.I listened to it all the time just to hear Country Joe Mcdonald.I was 10.
@douglasalan5783
@douglasalan5783 2 жыл бұрын
The best Vietnam era protest song, hands down. And to think that pretty much everyone there is north of 70 now. Many years later, at an open mic in the West Village, I watched as David Bennett Cohen, keyboard player for Country Joe & The Fish, banged out the “Feelin’ Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” on an old upright. I may not have been at Woodstock, but seeing DBC perform that song was an experience I’ll never forget.
@robertkelly6282
@robertkelly6282 2 жыл бұрын
Check out ccr songs just as relevant if not more
@UncleJoeHikes
@UncleJoeHikes 2 жыл бұрын
North of 70 and thinking the government and Big Pharma is suddenly cool.
@douglasalan5783
@douglasalan5783 2 жыл бұрын
@@robertkelly6282 I grew up with CCR. “Fortunate Son” is one of my all time favorite songs of the era.
@suino1433
@suino1433 2 жыл бұрын
@@UncleJoeHikes Try buying RFK Junior's book The Real A F from any of the outlets that can't wait to sell you books, until you ask them for the wrong one...
@jeremyreid9582
@jeremyreid9582 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to ‘Alice’s restaurant’ - Arlo Guthrie
@jaysterling4628
@jaysterling4628 Жыл бұрын
My dad who dodged the draft said that these lyrics were really in your face for that time. When I first sang it to him a few months ago he got so jovial and dancy, and I could tell that his and likely everyone's favorite part to loudly sing back then was "be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box!"
@vickygrant279
@vickygrant279 2 жыл бұрын
Just as I walked onto the grounds Country Joe started singing this. Blew me away.
@lovetheobscurities
@lovetheobscurities 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Nice.
@crackthefoundation_
@crackthefoundation_ Жыл бұрын
What'd it smell like? Actual question not being sarcastic haha. Hope you had a good time
@gastropod557
@gastropod557 2 жыл бұрын
One song the brass did not want played in Nam. At 75 I still love this song, I sing it loud, and I sing it with heart. And, I often do it while enjoying bowls of good weed. Still hoping the world can find that elusive Peace & Love.
@lucysmith3921
@lucysmith3921 2 жыл бұрын
The ultimate protest song!
@23merlino
@23merlino 2 жыл бұрын
perchance came across this song, i'd almost forgotten it... so good to read the comments, like yours, and realize there are still a lot of us out there with the same mindset we had back then... :-) now its time to roll me some wackybacky and settle down for the evening... greetings from europe... :-)
@lucysmith3921
@lucysmith3921 2 жыл бұрын
@@23merlino the Eve of Destruction was pretty good, too!!
@gastropod557
@gastropod557 2 жыл бұрын
@@23merlino Read this as I finished work on my small bit of land in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and sat down with a bowl of fine homegrown bud. Greetings to you, and happy belated 420! Toke up.
@23merlino
@23merlino 2 жыл бұрын
@@lucysmith3921 - definately :-) and what about jefferson airplane - volunteers too...
@babalon7778
@babalon7778 4 жыл бұрын
1:07 my friend Magick is in the audience!! She's wearing a black hat (scarf?) and a striped shirt. She worked at NASA and Hewlit Packard, very smart lady, I miss her.
@olly8
@olly8 2 жыл бұрын
Saw ur friend in t audience. It's a long way from Woodstock to NASA & Hewitt Packard! Groovey ✌
@Chris-pq8oj
@Chris-pq8oj 2 жыл бұрын
So she gave in to it all and became part of the problem you were there to fight against . Crazy huh how your against it all when your young then cave to the money later
@johnderfler5183
@johnderfler5183 2 жыл бұрын
I was only about 12 years old when I first heard this song, I'm now 65 liked it then, like it now😄😄.
@jimsmith9301
@jimsmith9301 24 күн бұрын
@mrfairchap. Thank you for your service. None of us knew then how evil and corrupt our so-called leaders were. Like the Who song: We won't get fooled again!" GBY. So grateful you're still here! Amen!
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 17 күн бұрын
young men fight for democracy sacrificed for mediocrity
@johncuthbert9692
@johncuthbert9692 2 жыл бұрын
love you joe
@mrhoolie
@mrhoolie 2 жыл бұрын
And belated thanks to the camera and sound crew who really caught that incredible event at the drop of a hat!
@robertdrake7604
@robertdrake7604 2 жыл бұрын
Remember this well! Woodstock had some great musical talent!
@sharoneldridge1920
@sharoneldridge1920 Жыл бұрын
One thing I learned as a kid when 2 men show up at the soldiers house you can hear his mother's anguish for 3 blocks . A cry you'll remember so well into old age
@johnbondola3246
@johnbondola3246 2 жыл бұрын
My sister worked at The Valley Forge Army Hospital, she brought this story home: At a showing of Woodstock, this came on, & all the grunts in wheel chairs & with crutches pounding the floor, sang along with the bouncing ball. The brass, left the Hall.
@edwardharris1235
@edwardharris1235 2 жыл бұрын
All wars are horrible. Focus on the positive
@johnostaszweski2189
@johnostaszweski2189 2 жыл бұрын
@@edwardharris1235 I’m 2 years late,what has anyone on the fucking to be positive about I’ll wait.!!
@stuartsiglain3972
@stuartsiglain3972 2 жыл бұрын
When I went to my first anti-war rally vs Nam I remember a cop on horseback swinging a billy club at me. At 22 years old I could easily get away from that. Now at 75 it’s not so easy but then again no one trying to hit me. lol
@maryfarrell9231
@maryfarrell9231 Жыл бұрын
Oh my word that has me in tears. I just can't imagine what it was like for your dear sister and all the injured veterans.
@nylesfrench3568
@nylesfrench3568 2 жыл бұрын
Great days and times amongst Crazy days and times. My Uncle was a Marine in Vietnam and dug this but it was painful for him too. The late 60s is romanticized and much of it should, so much was ugly. This/ Woodstock a welcomed Bright spot, A Flower.
@rebeccawicks7692
@rebeccawicks7692 Ай бұрын
Love this dude . Helped stop a war AND dated Janis !
@joannie1q2w3e
@joannie1q2w3e 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent...I was in nursing school in the late 60s + early 70s..The song applies to today. As the saying goes "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Peace, J=
@curbozerboomer1773
@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын
This guy really represented the feelings of a majority of my fellow, then-young, Boomers...the whole idea was to "let it all hang out",, "do your own thing", etc...and that attitude did indeed eventually help stop the horrible mistake of VietNam...it is interesting to me, now an old man, how many of my "time travelers" nowadays, returned to the lifestyle that they were ostensibly rebelling against!..."selling out" was such a taboo back then, but by the late 1970s, most of my generation had done just that!...In the 80s, I would occasionally attend parties, and indelicately ask my era of people what they had been doing, b ack in the late 60s/early 70s--they would usually get angry with me--"that was then; this is now" and proceed to sing the praises of Reagan, etc. After awhile, I stopped going to parties!
@curbozerboomer1773
@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын
Also...Country Joe had been in the service, prior to becoming a "hippie icon"...he knew what it was like, to potentially sign up to give your life to your country, even when the "cause" might be so wrong...He was really a patriotic dude, just telling us to wake up to how wrong the government was at the time.
@KASABERHAGEN
@KASABERHAGEN 2 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps....just pure Goosebumps....
@jimw.4161
@jimw.4161 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! This song means a lot to Vietnam Veterans. It's right up there with WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE by Eric Burdon and the Animals. A classic song of the era.
@jimw.4161
@jimw.4161 2 жыл бұрын
@@johannarichmond106 Johanna, Could NEVER forget Creedence! They were another great band of the era. Still love Creedence today. I have a CD (yes, CD) of their greatest hits and I play it often. RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE and FORTUNATE SON were extremely popular - and, of course, we can't forget PROUD MARY!
@123bentbrent
@123bentbrent 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely right!
@johnjaco5544
@johnjaco5544 2 жыл бұрын
Or sky pilot by Eric burden
@jimw.4161
@jimw.4161 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnjaco5544 Yep.... that's another one we can add to the list. SKY PILOT was released in 1968 (right at the height of the war) and fits in perfectly. It was much loved by airmen. I say airMEN because there were no female combat pilots in those days. Those helicopter pilots and crews were extremely brave - especially MEDEVAC birds. Many grunts owe their very lives to those incredibly brave and dedicated individuals. Thanks, sky pilots!
@JohnBurnum
@JohnBurnum 2 жыл бұрын
Woodstock was the year I went to Vietnam
@ranradd
@ranradd 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best protest songs, and this performance, ever.
@caro2233
@caro2233 4 жыл бұрын
OMG when i first heard that song i didn't speak English... haven't heard it in a looooong time, and now i understand de language, i'm gobsmacked by the lyrics... always thought it was a 'happy song'... actually a very sarcastic one!
@karinstorer3575
@karinstorer3575 3 жыл бұрын
I loved always America such a beautyfull cöuntry with then so much love live then Nam as before Korea.last ever as 2nd WWar justified.not nam not Irak Iran Afghanistan that lopking at retrebution hate as the weopnsindustrie( come on wall street) as Now Co vit.here as well.how can we so democratiç country "help"these so whatevèr hatedriven as mainly rich where ever and how now zo get rid of all the twitter lies as all.do never forget where he came from .Where his so omnious rise to fame power ( including thexTrump Tower!) As as.think was ever a real promise done?;no no as hextakes he is undermining the real onDemocracie which even the slaveryholdervThomas Jefferson signed.the Declaration of imdipendence.first Step of a Democtacie.I am no studied proffesor no but with my heart & mind soul & all .we fought against peacefully denonstrated for freedom in Greece in Germany ( old Nazies still ln s democratic voted Parliament we also have still the rising 2nd lot from the East.As you our middle class getting broken..Oh Who now can Help? KARINLOVE❣
@karinstorer3575
@karinstorer3575 3 жыл бұрын
To this NO JUSTIN BIEBER.A NEW WISTFULL COUNTRY Joe must come.no vote before we all can openly listen to music!! Do all ANTI TRUMP DEMONSTATION AS ANTI RACIST DEMONSTRATIONS.Freedom is just another word if we vain't free.!! To all I do know that real 1 by Kris Kristofferson.but that fits.KARIN💗
@thegranddilligaf
@thegranddilligaf 3 жыл бұрын
There are other songs like that. Next time you hear 'Born in the USA' by Bruce Springsteen or Rockin in the Free World' by Neil Young, read the lyrics to see what they are really about.
@TheCarDemotic
@TheCarDemotic 3 жыл бұрын
@@karinstorer3575 I can assume English isn’t your first language?
@weemeemoo
@weemeemoo 3 жыл бұрын
@@thegranddilligaf Wow, I had no idea
@kalebmaxwell5725
@kalebmaxwell5725 2 жыл бұрын
This song speaks to me now more than ever
@christopherwarren3243
@christopherwarren3243 2 жыл бұрын
My Brother sent me a tape he made in his college audio video department that had Country Joe, The Beatlles and Firesign theatre and we played it in the Officers Club in Kontum Viet Nam in1970!
@richardtaylor8595
@richardtaylor8595 2 жыл бұрын
Brought me to tears singing along.
@123bentbrent
@123bentbrent 2 жыл бұрын
I was in the Army 1971. I was in Virginia in the barracks on a Saturday, when the First Sergeant came through. Coincidentally, I had this playing on my stereo at the time. As he was walking out, I cranked it up, just a bit. He looked a little disgusted, but didn't say a word
@lauraeliot7199
@lauraeliot7199 11 ай бұрын
Brilliant song. Beautiful voice. Beautiful man.
@rolhoreis6187
@rolhoreis6187 2 жыл бұрын
Rock on Brother I survived - SSG US Army, 72yo vet of the Viet Nam "Conflict"
@retiredarmy3755
@retiredarmy3755 Жыл бұрын
LoL, "Conflict." Same here. I remember when insurance companies tried to use that to not pay off claims. "It was never declared a war."
@prorespluscom
@prorespluscom 2 жыл бұрын
More than half a decade ago Seems so vibrant and present in 2022
@brucefulper2433
@brucefulper2433 2 жыл бұрын
What a killer moment in history. Good on ya Joe!
@brianfrost4556
@brianfrost4556 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite moments from the 60s
@poorthing
@poorthing Ай бұрын
Being 18 in 1969 was exhilarating & terrifying
@jaamesanderson4253
@jaamesanderson4253 Ай бұрын
Country Joe was a hell of a confident musician.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 17 күн бұрын
can you elaborate in what way this confidence revealed itself
@jaamesanderson4253
@jaamesanderson4253 16 күн бұрын
Country Joe seemed to be in sync with the audience , he came on stage confident in himself and the song he was singing and the audience picked up on that.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 16 күн бұрын
@@jaamesanderson4253 like thousands of performers before or since
@chrisclifford6457
@chrisclifford6457 3 жыл бұрын
Country Joe's hymn captured the moment perfectly . P.S. It wasn't a pacifist song, just an anti-insanity song.
@MemeYou88
@MemeYou88 2 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not hippies will fight when it suits them
@chriscoughlin9289
@chriscoughlin9289 2 жыл бұрын
@@MemeYou88 ‘When it suits them’?? Believe it or not, most of the kids shipped to SE Asian theaters by the tens of thousands to do all of killing and dying were not exactly the Sgt. Carter type. Can’t imagine what you think doing what it took to survive a hellscape like Hue or Binh Long had to do with whether you smoked dope, liked the Airplane and owned a Nehru jacket.
@kenhoward3512
@kenhoward3512 2 жыл бұрын
Young people in the late-'60s knew Americans were being lied to every night on the news, hearing, "We are winning the war," when the reality was just the opposite. Those angry years marked the first time Americans would learn that government leaders will blatantly lie to us when it comes to starting a war.
@UEE-kj6ek
@UEE-kj6ek 2 жыл бұрын
@@MemeYou88 fight for the government when the democrat overlords command them to
@hurstbournerock
@hurstbournerock 2 жыл бұрын
@@UEE-kj6ek 🙌
@jeremiahmercks1981
@jeremiahmercks1981 4 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of my dad I sure do miss him
@georgethomas4419
@georgethomas4419 2 жыл бұрын
He had good taste these are a great band country Joe and the fish
@Otis_symbol
@Otis_symbol 2 жыл бұрын
Mine died Jan 31 2016 at 215 pm on a Sunday
@lioness7582
@lioness7582 Жыл бұрын
He's still alive,80 years old and still living in Berkeley, glad to know that!
@jimsmith9301
@jimsmith9301 5 ай бұрын
I love Country Joe. Another good one is Edwin Starr' War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!!! Say it again. Ain't nothing but a heartbreaker. Got one friend that's the undertaker!
@ADAMSIXTIES
@ADAMSIXTIES 4 ай бұрын
Happy 82nd!
@DJS11811
@DJS11811 2 жыл бұрын
An absolutely perfect moment. For All Time.
@stevosd60
@stevosd60 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. It had an effect on me then even though I was in the UK. I knew an American in London who got a letter from US military saying he would be eligible for the. draft. I remember he looked ill 😱
@wolfhound67
@wolfhound67 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Country Joe McDonald ✌️☮️✌️
@censusgary
@censusgary 2 жыл бұрын
Country Joe is so, so good.
@amyh3873
@amyh3873 2 жыл бұрын
This performance was the center of the cultural universe.
@Arthur5260
@Arthur5260 2 жыл бұрын
@2:36 Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box......wow. I wonder if my Aunt and Uncle heard this song, my cousin Tim did in fact 'come home in a box.' Laos 1969
@johnpeek2122
@johnpeek2122 2 жыл бұрын
I saw Country Joe & the Fish perform this tune in Madison, Wisconsin for free at the Student Union. Super show. I don't that there was one person there that wasn't smoking weed🤯😊👌
@warrenparker8282
@warrenparker8282 3 жыл бұрын
Be the first one on the block to have your boy come home in a box
@muziklvr7776
@muziklvr7776 2 жыл бұрын
Some things never change.
@maryfarrell9231
@maryfarrell9231 2 жыл бұрын
Those words have stayed with me ever since I heard this song and meant even more since I had a boy of my own.
@curbozerboomer1773
@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын
That one line made many people gasp, in the audience, when hundreds of us were watching the first release of the Woodstock movie..it still is such a sardonic, sarcastic, nasty-but truthful- reminder of what really the end result of war is.
@letteringkwok9889
@letteringkwok9889 2 жыл бұрын
He played in my school in the70s as an opening act. This song mean so much to me now and seeing those young people and I am their age then, and I wanted to cry. War never end but peace always end. I am siding with no sides. Just men's stupidity and greed.
@sooz9433
@sooz9433 Жыл бұрын
What a memory this brings back..🥴🎼🖤
@mickcurran7926
@mickcurran7926 7 ай бұрын
What a song. Sums it up amazingly well
@tomitstube
@tomitstube 2 жыл бұрын
no song epitomizes woodstock like this one. coming off the bloodiest year for americans in vietnam (1968) and heading into the 2nd worst year, while woodstock played, the war raged on. i bought this (double) record while in 9th grade, (worked as a grocery bagger during the summer) would have been about 15 years old i guess, but i'll never forget it... i was playing the record for the first time, cranked up in my room, at some point i went to the bathroom to take care of some paperwork... as i sat there the words blared... *GIVE ME AN F!!! GIVE ME A U...* i hurried up to get back in the room, my mom coming in right behind me, i don't remember the exact conversation but it went something like, "what are you listening to?" "it's woodstock mom". she grabbed the record and threw it out not knowing there was a 2nd one. happy mothers day mom.
@JohnSmith-fj5ee
@JohnSmith-fj5ee 2 жыл бұрын
Love the mothers that taught us well.
@michaelbeard5870
@michaelbeard5870 2 жыл бұрын
Should've kept the album and thrown you out.
@johnc206
@johnc206 Жыл бұрын
I got it for Xmas, and it was 3 discs.
@Emanuela9
@Emanuela9 Жыл бұрын
It was the Tet Offensive in early '68. I remember the Viet Cong hitting Tan Son Nhut Airport outside Saigon.
@anthonyrichard8001
@anthonyrichard8001 2 жыл бұрын
84 for joe 2day.... wow! thanks....
@jameswilson4978
@jameswilson4978 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know it but I love Country Joe McDonald
@logann7942
@logann7942 2 жыл бұрын
This song rules. Everybody’s like “They were fighting to protect their country!” …how?
@au7-721
@au7-721 2 жыл бұрын
It was to stop the spread of communism. We lost. Look what is now leading our country.
@logann7942
@logann7942 2 жыл бұрын
@@au7-721 Republicans and Democrats are on the same side: Against you.
@hansombrother1
@hansombrother1 2 жыл бұрын
I have not heard that song in over 50, and I still know the lyrics.
@ralphchristianson
@ralphchristianson 2 жыл бұрын
Not all of our brain cells were killed in 69, great tune..
@danroush1191
@danroush1191 2 жыл бұрын
Some things we never forget in life.
@daledewoody6710
@daledewoody6710 2 жыл бұрын
Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box.
@omgleah
@omgleah 3 ай бұрын
My dad loved this song when I was a kid and so did I. I didn't truly understand the gravity of what the song was talking about when I was 7 years old, but I got it as much as I was able to. I understood that it was a protest song, even though I didn't truly understand the realities of Vietnam and the Summer of Love and Woodstock. This song was very extensively sampled in a track called "Dirt" by electronic group Death in Vegas in 1997. My ear instantly picked up on it when I heard it from all the times my dad had played Country Joe for me, and honestly, I love both tracks for entirely different reasons and it's a cool bridge between generations in that way. This song is still every bit as relevant now, and will be for as long as we keep bringing our kids home in boxes and let Wall Street run the country.
@imapaine-diaz4451
@imapaine-diaz4451 2 жыл бұрын
I well remember singing this song with my fellows on the plane as we landed in Vietnam. in 1969. didn't sing it coming back though.
@coe141
@coe141 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. I was there, singing along, and this brings back many memories.
@gibbogle
@gibbogle 2 жыл бұрын
Great song!!
@googlegilbertlevinmars322
@googlegilbertlevinmars322 2 жыл бұрын
Afghanistan boys welcome back 2021.
@ouidaevans2611
@ouidaevans2611 3 жыл бұрын
I was too young for Woodstock and my much older brother was an Army pilot, at this time, in Viet Nam. I hated the war, but loved my brother, quite a conflict for a 5th grader. Then I heard this song on my cousin’s soundtrack, and realized this song said it all. Took up humming it, my parents never knew what I was up to. GIvE ME A F......
@AnnetteMay1221
@AnnetteMay1221 2 жыл бұрын
F!!!
@orangezapinator7450
@orangezapinator7450 2 жыл бұрын
F
@lucysmith3921
@lucysmith3921 2 жыл бұрын
F
@Farweasel
@Farweasel 2 жыл бұрын
Eff
@garyschneider8829
@garyschneider8829 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Quida Let me first say that I Hope your brother came home alive and well. I did and I hated the situation as well...Give Me a F... give me a R... give me a E... give me a E! .... What's that spell. Peace Love And Understanding too✌😃
@robertprokop1649
@robertprokop1649 2 жыл бұрын
I myself am a Vietnam era veteran, although the Army decided I'd be of more use to them over in (West) Germany than Southeast Asia, so I escaped the rice paddies (and combat). But too many of my high school buddies went the other direction, and not all of them came back. And those that did were pretty messed up. More than a half century later, I still don't understand what that war was all about.
@curbozerboomer1773
@curbozerboomer1773 2 жыл бұрын
It was a sad combination of "fear of the Red Menace", combined with a political situation that most politicians of that time were so afraid of...even JFK was hesitant to stop sending "advisors" and troops to that questionable war zone. VietNam was in the middle of a true Civil War--North vs South--our interests were with the capitalistic South foks...we should have left before things got out of hand...Ho Chi Minh was an iconic leader, even to both sides of that country...it just was not our business...the French had tried, for years, to win a useless war, but had left. so we just HAD to show the world that we could clean up that situation! (and it was good for the military/industrial complex!) ...so LBJ, the ultimate politician, played both sides of the issue, until he realized just how badly he had messed up...over 50,000 Americans. and maybe over a million VietNamese, lost their lives over bogus political decisions...It has been now proven, that the infamous "gulf of Tonkin" incident was not an event that demanded an expansion of the war!
@retiredarmy3755
@retiredarmy3755 Жыл бұрын
@@curbozerboomer1773 That is the most astute assessment of the war that I've ever heard, and I was there in 1972. I served from 1970-1977/1978-2004, and to this date I could not understand nor justify us being there. Thank you.
@kevmichael2064
@kevmichael2064 2 жыл бұрын
I had the album in grade school...It was one of the best!!!.... not one bad cut....The album had three records....I believe it could of been four records...and Still every song would still be Good....it still Rocks Today also this Great Sing A Long!!!
@garyhunt8067
@garyhunt8067 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant song.
@pauldavid6345
@pauldavid6345 2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I first heard this song. It was the summer of 1970. I was 12. We thought it was cool as hell that someone said the "F" word in public like that. It gave us permission to use it. ;)
@amyh3873
@amyh3873 2 жыл бұрын
From a musicianship point of view, there were some moments that eclipsed this song like soul sacrifice, Villanova junction, wooden ships but no song expressed the sentiment that inspired Woodstock like this one.
@andrewbevan4662
@andrewbevan4662 2 жыл бұрын
yeah, c'mon on all you big strong men Uncle Sam needs your help again he's got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Afghanistan
@bielhdp
@bielhdp 3 ай бұрын
Awesome song and gorgeous lady right there at 0:12-0:17.
@mattvermillion6062
@mattvermillion6062 Жыл бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken. (1.5.23)
@onefatstratcat
@onefatstratcat 2 жыл бұрын
Man if I go back in the way back machine I'd hit Woodstock early on my list.. what a time to be alive!
@thedwightguy
@thedwightguy 2 жыл бұрын
Yup. Even the plain guys were getting laid.
@danielhurley7047
@danielhurley7047 2 жыл бұрын
It seems every generation has to learn the message espoused in this song the hard way.
@buddyboy3231
@buddyboy3231 2 жыл бұрын
whoopee
@KajZu2
@KajZu2 2 жыл бұрын
So in time, history´s repeating itself again..
@jeffj9322
@jeffj9322 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Country Joe McDonald born on January 1, 1942. He is an American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960's psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald
@titusswan
@titusswan 3 жыл бұрын
Back when a protest, was a protest.
@audellaroque4730
@audellaroque4730 2 жыл бұрын
when did they stop?
@cptpayday2080
@cptpayday2080 2 жыл бұрын
@@audellaroque4730 When the acid ran out
@joewest1556
@joewest1556 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah...no burning down the town, looting, starting bonfires out of the cars, etc. Like you said, a protest.
@bagsoflove6737
@bagsoflove6737 Жыл бұрын
what a song.
@simonharwar8083
@simonharwar8083 9 ай бұрын
I was 15 when the Woodstock film came out . we all went to see it and it was just one big party in the theater . great memories of a turbulent time, but looking back, it was nothing to what is happening today.
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