Play this at ANY Aussie pub at 1 am and you'll get a sing-along like nothing ever heard 🤣. Classic
@olafkelm644111 ай бұрын
Play it anywhere in the world, if there's an Aussie present you got a song along
@SusanneRoberts-pb7eb3 ай бұрын
True dat😅
@SusanneRoberts-pb7eb3 ай бұрын
True dat😅
@johnrussell478811 ай бұрын
I was not conscripted like many others to fight in Vietnam, i knew quite a few who were and who suffered badly on return. Returned vets were treated really badly due to very large opposition to the Vietnam war by Australian citizens. Khe Sahn sums this up really well. Pretty sure it was written by Cold Chisel keyboard player Don Walker, a great songwriter who wrote many Chisel hits, including 'Flame Trees' which you already reacted too. He never wasted a word. Love your work Honi Mama, thanks very much!!!!
@ItsAlwaysHappyHour8 ай бұрын
Yep, Don did write it. I have met Don as we move in the same circles. He's a very measured, astute, fascinating man.
@markcroydon319510 ай бұрын
This was probably the most popular song in Australia for most of the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's on all the 'rock' radio stations. Play it in a pub and any Aussie over 30 will be able to sing along to all the lyrics.
@357HFC9 ай бұрын
Last Chisel gig I was at in Busselton a few years ago, 50% would have been in their 20's or less. B the way, I wasn't the oldest either.
@steviegreenthumb47206 ай бұрын
Im 32 but im blown away sometimes by how many of the younger lot actually know this shit hey its timeless
@theubiquejim11 ай бұрын
The band spoke with a heap of vietnam vets (who were all treated extremely badly on return) and from the stories they told, an Australian Rock Classic was born
@kathyconway532711 ай бұрын
One of my brothers had the wrong birthday but was saved from conscription with the election of the Labor Government. I was young then but invested in the politics and what I recall was that everyone was just relieved that we were out of this really stupid war. Your version of recrimination is the history written by the conservative press. They had that click bait back then too, but also the legacy of conservative government to uphold. But these days the recrimination I’ve heard from vets, not an anecdotal experience or manipulated video but men who went to camera on ABC and said they were shunned by the RSL - it was from them they they felt the revulsion. They didn’t explain the why the RSL was so aggressive. Was it because they weren’t triumphant? … or because they were dragged there by government under the threat of imprisonment …. Or because so many civilians were killed in the war? I live in SA where the RSL isn’t a powerful lobby/enterprise and so the facts have always been far clearer to me.
@kathyconway532711 ай бұрын
The other fact that needs to be corrected was that Australians were never at Khe Sanh. When John Schumann wanted to record the song he asked Walker if he could change it to Long Tan. And the answer was please, please - he’d written the song long before they’d been any prospect of getting a recording contract and never thought it’d matter. But I guess the vets felt that it was a song that recognised them and their trials when no one else did and so it was successful and that was why it was an important song. Walker is a superb song writer but it was Drummer Steve Prestwich who wrote the ultimate tribute to the modern veteran - When the War Is Over.
@theubiquejim11 ай бұрын
oh, you are so, so right. i am sorry i wasn't as informed as you - i do stand corrected. I will ask my army mates what they think - does a slight historical/geographica anomaly matter more than getting the story told? Believe you me, Kathy, I will get back to you in regards to their feedback
@kathyconway532711 ай бұрын
@@theubiquejim I thrive on the opinions of others so I welcome the views of your friends. And I accept that I may have to reevaluate my sense of what was occurring if your friends did experience abuse as history via the press has said. But I feel that because I’ve never seen that evidence and also because anti war protesters at the time well understood that soldiers were there under threat of imprisonment, I have concluded that the animosity didn’t really exist. But people in the eastern states get excited in ways that don’t relate to facts so much. But they can also be convinced of shit that didn’t happen because they’ve been hammered with that story. What I have now since recalled from the previous post is that a Vietnam Vet saying when he tried to join the RSL - they said - That wasn’t a real war. Who knows what that means? Little club mentality most likely. A territorial thing. So yeah, maybe I made my point too strongly … or not? Could be that they didn’t want veterans from a stupid war that lacked political integrity coz it was off brand.
@stevelever8310 ай бұрын
Maybe you need to talk to some Vets. My uncle had a hard time on returning. There was the typical name calling, being spat at and other garbage from the anti war crowd (painting "rape" on the Shrine was soo fucking low) but also girls wouldn't go out with Vets, people that he knew didn't want to know him anymore. Even Jon Fein apologised for how he treated returning Vets. The RSL members didn't think Vietnam was a real war, though both my uncle and father in law assure me as front line combat troops, the VC were shooting real bullets.
@AndyFNQ8411 ай бұрын
Great song great reaction. All the verses, then the chorus! Australia went to Vietnam too. This was their first ever hit, although at first they couldn't get it on the radio due to the references to drugs and sex. But you put this on in a pub and people will still sing along today! Thanks for reacting
@adriang62592 ай бұрын
Peace to you. Thanks for listening to our spiritual national anthem.
@SusanneRoberts-pb7eb3 ай бұрын
Thankyou my darl'n, for taking time out of your day to react to this brilliant Aussie classic.
@SunShine-qk4rb3 ай бұрын
Thank goodness for the words on the screen..I understand if people don’t want it but it really does help me
@mikeythehat669311 ай бұрын
The song was written by the Pianist (Don Walker) for his uncle who returned from duty in Vietnam with PTSD.
@adampritchard50113 ай бұрын
Sorry for the misspellings, I'm drunk.🤣❤️
@peterstinton93615 ай бұрын
U Rock beautiful Lady and thank you for your reaction..So much Love & Respect from DownUnder 🙏❤🙏
@adampritchard50112 ай бұрын
Its Adam again. I just rewatched your video and I have to say that what I love is you don't stop the song to waffle on. You let it play and then comment. If only more people took a many leaves from your book.🤟❤️
@adampritchard50113 ай бұрын
You are such a sweetheart! Their saying "the last plane out of Sydneys almost gone.". meaning of you want to go back, that's your last flight fia while. Like he says,"I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry".
@fritzkrieg23442 ай бұрын
The Khe Sanh lyrics should be on the Aussie citizenship test!
@georgeibrahim794511 ай бұрын
Always love a song when it’s got a harmonica playing in it. This is one of my favourite Cold Chisel songs that’s heaps for doing my request. You might wanna fix the spelling in the title, it’s Sanh not Sahn. Could make a difference In the algorithm of people finding this reaction
@DavidPola196110 ай бұрын
Cold Chisel formed in Sydney in 1973 same time as AC/DC
@RedRob04 ай бұрын
Formed in 1973 but in Adelaide. Moved to Sydney in 1977.
@adriang62592 ай бұрын
Adelaide
@randalleighty-nine6759 ай бұрын
Most of us know this song word for word
@357HFC8 ай бұрын
When this is done live by chisel, Louder, Harder & faster. Live , not a studio band.
@Tupacnas10 ай бұрын
You should listen to Redgum "I was only 19"
@ACE-gk5gi11 ай бұрын
Hey hey fucknnn hey LOL 😂its ya goofy m8te from Australia..the picture is of what i want you to react to next..[ you got nothing I want music video- cold chisel ]..its about cold chisel turning there backs on being big in America...ya goofy m8te from Australia