My neighbor Santos was a coddled mommas boy. We used to call him baby Huey. Well, he was drafted and sent to Viet Nam, and came back a differentt person. Heavy drinker, violent temper. His mother would later say that her son died in Viet Nam and some other person came home.
My brother got 30 days leave just before going to Vietnam. He came into the house saying"hey kids(to his siblings) you gotta hear this". He had that album, that is the studio version which uses more instruments. When my mom heard the line "whoopee we're all going to die" she ran out of the room screaming in fear. For her husband,our dad, had been one of Darby's rangers and after four beachhead landings and numerous actions suffered a great loss at Cisterna Italy. Two battalions of Rangers were ambushed and wiped out in a 10 hour fight with the Germans. Only a handful of 900 men walked out that day. Dad was one of them . When my brother came home from Vietnam he told us to flee to Canada if we got called up and he would send us money to help. I'll never forget that.
I just cried when the crowd finally stood up to sing, all those men we lost, 58,000, all these kids wanted was to stop the meaningless carnage all around. While the government lied constantly.
I was there. Santana had dropped acid right before going on stage and needed some extra time. Joe was asked to sing a few songs without his band until Santana was ready. He sang a few and asked his band if he could sing this becuse he was running out of songs. He wasn't on the roster to sing solo. Well the moment he yelled,"Gimme an F" it was on. He was really surprised so many knew the song since it had been banned from radio and such. History in the making,
My fondest memory of this song happened in 1970. The school I was teaching at let kids play music over the loud speakers at lunch. They played this. When it came to the gimme an F etc. part... Those kids made it loud and clear they could spell!!! No more music on the speakers!!!
🇨🇦hello from Canada 🇨🇦! As anti war, peaceniks we sang this at our peace rally’s, anti war, anti USA & were ready to help out the young guys who came to Canada to resist the draft! I wonder how many of those young guys singing in the crowd were drafted & forced to go to that illegal, horrible war, how many came back and never were the same ?? How many did not come back Amazing what drugs booze etc did to calm the nerves of someone who never held a gun before! The ‘lucky’ ones not drafted were from rich families whose daddy’s got doctor notes to keep them safe at home, like 🤥 trump got out of the draft more than once!😡It was not a nice time in history except for our music 🎶 back then! You should listen to Run Through The Jungle by CCR, another anti Vietnam song.
This is an iconic song! Love it! Have you seen the 60s with Julia Stiles? It’s focused on two families, one black and one white. From Civil Rights to the Vietnam War. Even Woodstock and did I mention the music is incredible all the way through? It came out in the 90s as a mini series but, it’s a movie on DVD now. Sooo good! You won’t be disappointed!
So a little bit of woodstock lore right here: Country Joe wasn't supposed to play until 1 or 2 days later, and in fact The Fish hadn't even arrived yet, but Joe had went there before the band, just to hear some of the other performances. Now, I can't remember who were supposed to play right here, but they had just canceled. The next band up were Carlos Santana. The issue was that Santana, in the belief that he wasn't up for another couple of hours, had just dropped some acid together with a few other band members. Just as it started to kick in the organiser came and said they had to get on, as the act before them had canceled. So they were kind of short on time, as the crowd had sat there without music for quite some time, but at the same time some of them were to high to perform. Which is when they bumped into Country Joe by accident. They asked him to entertain the crowd for a bit while they were getting ready. He said he could, but he didn't have a guitar, so they found a cheap Yamaha for him. He then said he really needed one with a strap, as he needed to stand up to sing properly. So somebody went and got the improvised strap you see in the video. Shortly afterwards Santana got on and had a legendary performance, but he said afterwards he wasn't comfortable, as it felt like his guitar was like a snake trying to get away from him while he was trying to play it. Sources: Interviews with Joe and Carlos.
Jefferson Airplane premiered their "revolution" song Volunters at Woodstock - the LP wasn't released until after the festival. That's another good one you should do.
Great song and nice reaction. I remember hearing that Woodstock album the first time when it came out and my sister bought it. I was about 9 or 10 and I thought it was the wildest coolest music I ever heard in my life and I still think so.
Cool shirt, I want one. Finally someone got it right about this song. When Woodstock was played in the movie theater the lyrics were put on the screen and all us freaks sang along with the bouncing ball.
Thanks for reacting to Country Joe. I would you listen to Bass String. It is one of the most psychedelic songs of the era. Listen closely, towards the end for very faint chant of “LSD.
Cool beans MOJO 😎! I was a waiting for someone to listen to this song and do a review. Since it is the 51st Anniversary of Woodstock this weekend, I played this today. My husband and I were talking about how many of those young men went to Vietnam and never came home. Really sad. You take care and stay safe 😷
I enjoyed your comments, when I was late teen, either the friend group was coming back, or not. then the other guys were bringing their selective vice numbers and trying to decide what to do. it was a different world back then. before and after 911I praised my young family members who joined.up. But being forced to go to war is wrong.
I use to listen to the song often in my youth. Never considered it psychedelic music; although Joe McDonald and Barry Melton did produce quite a bit of psychedelic music, I considered this song more Woody Guthrie.
And no better way to validate 10 years of government subsidized lunacy than by putting 58 thousand names on a wall...Back then when we wore the green, we signed out in 1970 at the administration building at Ft Benning...6 of us at a line in front of a warrant officer sitting at a desk...The guy at the desk getting his paperwork turned around to us and said "Holy shit...we're still breathin'"...I remember that like it was yesterday.
please play section 43 at the monterey pop festival in 1967- by them ,its great-btw section 43 was the number of the state law in california that made LSD ileagle in oct of 66 just in case you are wondering-peace
Some say not as good as the studio version. The story I heard was that his band got caught in the huge traffic jam on the way to the festival and so he went on stage alone. Iconic moment!
Can't personally corroborate but I seen somewhere that another band had a technical issue so Joe went up by himself for 1 song while they got it sorted, then came back later with the fish
Dig 👉 "Section 43" th-cam.com/video/qrop2MRtsZE/w-d-xo.html The Monterey performance is a famous one but the studio *Collected* take is the best version.
My neighbor Santos was a coddled mommas boy. We used to call him baby Huey. Well, he was drafted and sent to Viet Nam, and came back a differentt person. Heavy drinker, violent temper. His mother would later say that her son died in Viet Nam and some other person came home.
My brother got 30 days leave just before going to Vietnam. He came into the house saying"hey kids(to his siblings) you gotta hear this". He had that album, that is the studio version which uses more instruments. When my mom heard the line "whoopee we're all going to die" she ran out of the room screaming in fear. For her husband,our dad, had been one of Darby's rangers and after four beachhead landings and numerous actions suffered a great loss at Cisterna Italy. Two battalions of Rangers were ambushed and wiped out in a 10 hour fight with the Germans. Only a handful of 900 men walked out that day. Dad was one of them . When my brother came home from Vietnam he told us to flee to Canada if we got called up and he would send us money to help. I'll never forget that.
God Bless your brother.
@@thomastimlin1724 and may God bless you..
Be the first one on the block to bring your boy home in a box.
Great line
I just cried when the crowd finally stood up to sing, all those men we lost, 58,000, all these kids wanted was to stop the meaningless carnage all around. While the government lied constantly.
And about 2 million Vietnamese died.
@@andyandy2629Not to mention All the other civilians in the surrounding countries, like Laos
And all they did was make it worse.
I was there. Santana had dropped acid right before going on stage and needed some extra time. Joe was asked to sing a few songs without his band until Santana was ready. He sang a few and asked his band if he could sing this becuse he was running out of songs. He wasn't on the roster to sing solo. Well the moment he yelled,"Gimme an F" it was on. He was really surprised so many knew the song since it had been banned from radio and such. History in the making,
My fondest memory of this song happened in 1970. The school I was teaching at let kids play music over the loud speakers at lunch. They played this. When it came to the gimme an F etc. part... Those kids made it loud and clear they could spell!!! No more music on the speakers!!!
At least he acknowledged what an iconic moment this was.
He’s a legend. Country Joe And The Fish have some AMAZING music. Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Hey Mojo, like that T-shirt! This song pretty much summed up the youth movenment's sentiments at the time.
🇨🇦hello from Canada 🇨🇦! As anti war, peaceniks we sang this at our peace rally’s, anti war, anti USA & were ready to help out the young guys who came to Canada to resist the draft! I wonder how many of those young guys singing in the crowd were drafted & forced to go to that illegal, horrible war, how many came back and never were the same ?? How many did not come back Amazing what drugs booze etc did to calm the nerves of someone who never held a gun before! The ‘lucky’ ones not drafted were from rich families whose daddy’s got doctor notes to keep them safe at home, like 🤥 trump got out of the draft more than once!😡It was not a nice time in history except for our music 🎶 back then!
You should listen to Run Through The Jungle by CCR, another anti Vietnam song.
This is an iconic song! Love it! Have you seen the 60s with Julia Stiles? It’s focused on two families, one black and one white. From Civil Rights to the Vietnam War. Even Woodstock and did I mention the music is incredible all the way through? It came out in the 90s as a mini series but, it’s a movie on DVD now. Sooo good! You won’t be disappointed!
I loved that miniseries! Josh Hamilton and Jordana Brewster had some unmistakable chemistry in their roles! I've been looking for that DVD everywhere!
@@victormagana774 Amazon has it, but it’s kind of pricey, though.
So a little bit of woodstock lore right here: Country Joe wasn't supposed to play until 1 or 2 days later, and in fact The Fish hadn't even arrived yet, but Joe had went there before the band, just to hear some of the other performances.
Now, I can't remember who were supposed to play right here, but they had just canceled. The next band up were Carlos Santana.
The issue was that Santana, in the belief that he wasn't up for another couple of hours, had just dropped some acid together with a few other band members. Just as it started to kick in the organiser came and said they had to get on, as the act before them had canceled.
So they were kind of short on time, as the crowd had sat there without music for quite some time, but at the same time some of them were to high to perform.
Which is when they bumped into Country Joe by accident. They asked him to entertain the crowd for a bit while they were getting ready. He said he could, but he didn't have a guitar, so they found a cheap Yamaha for him. He then said he really needed one with a strap, as he needed to stand up to sing properly. So somebody went and got the improvised strap you see in the video.
Shortly afterwards Santana got on and had a legendary performance, but he said afterwards he wasn't comfortable, as it felt like his guitar was like a snake trying to get away from him while he was trying to play it.
Sources: Interviews with Joe and Carlos.
Jefferson Airplane premiered their "revolution" song Volunters at Woodstock - the LP wasn't released until after the festival. That's another good one you should do.
Great song and nice reaction. I remember hearing that Woodstock album the first time when it came out and my sister bought it. I was about 9 or 10 and I thought it was the wildest coolest music I ever heard in my life and I still think so.
this song is current
Yes young man , you got it straight, enjoyed your take on the song and the times.
Cool shirt, I want one. Finally someone got it right about this song. When Woodstock was played in the movie theater the lyrics were put on the screen and all us freaks sang along with the bouncing ball.
Thanks for reacting to Country Joe. I would you listen to Bass String. It is one of the most psychedelic songs of the era. Listen closely, towards the end for very faint chant of “LSD.
Cool beans MOJO 😎! I was a waiting for someone to listen to this song and do a review. Since it is the 51st Anniversary of Woodstock this weekend, I played this today. My husband and I were talking about how many of those young men went to Vietnam and never came home. Really sad. You take care and stay safe 😷
My brother and I had the LP from the get go
I enjoyed your comments, when I was late teen, either the friend group was coming back, or not. then the other guys were bringing their selective vice numbers and trying to decide what to do. it was a different world back then. before and after 911I praised my young family members who joined.up. But being forced to go to war is wrong.
I use to listen to the song often in my youth. Never considered it psychedelic music; although Joe McDonald and Barry Melton did produce quite a bit of psychedelic music, I considered this song more Woody Guthrie.
Their first two albums are psychedelic as f***!
And no better way to validate 10 years of government subsidized lunacy than by putting 58 thousand names on a wall...Back then when we wore the green, we signed out in 1970 at the administration building at Ft Benning...6 of us at a line in front of a warrant officer sitting at a desk...The guy at the desk getting his paperwork turned around to us and said "Holy shit...we're still breathin'"...I remember that like it was yesterday.
Woodstock poster very cool
Ya man, you get it.
You got the name of the song right, as opposed to others which call it "the Vietnam Song".
please play section 43 at the monterey pop festival in 1967- by them ,its great-btw section 43 was the number of the state law in california that made LSD ileagle in oct of 66 just in case you are wondering-peace
I have 26 lp's from Joe.
I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!
I'd really like to hear a punk version too.
And it was true.
An honest song for an evil war.
Cool t shirt CSN
If you liked that review "2 + 2" by Bob Seger.
You need to listen to Bob Seger Song Is called yellow beret which was a anti-Vietnam song but against those cowards that went off to hide in Canada
Some say not as good as the studio version. The story I heard was that his band got caught in the huge traffic jam on the way to the festival and so he went on stage alone. Iconic moment!
Can't personally corroborate but I seen somewhere that another band had a technical issue so Joe went up by himself for 1 song while they got it sorted, then came back later with the fish
Nice, watched this smoking skunk, music aint what it used to be. have the best day
Dig 👉 "Section 43" th-cam.com/video/qrop2MRtsZE/w-d-xo.html
The Monterey performance is a famous one but the studio *Collected* take is the best version.
This is a bad version, you need to react to the audio version, it's night and day, this was not the version that was a hit.
hey google toronto peace festival 1969
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