R.E.M. - Orange Crush (Official Music Video)
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- "Orange Crush" from R.E.M.’s sixth studio album, GREEN (1988).
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Mike Mills and Michael Stipe on backing vocals is one of the most sublime things in music history
If you don't recognize REM... they were brilliant!
Underrated? I'm not sure what you're talking about.
1988
Really underated! Heard this Song at the home depot the other day. I had forgot all about this one. Had to listen again. the play between Mills and Stipe is a fantastic part of the early songs like 'Fall on me'. Not sure why they got away from it.
The guitar riff for this song is absolutely class in a glass. The bass is choice too. Such an underrated band in the grand history of rock and roll
I see you are also a person of culture. 😌👌
yeah we were in nam then
I always felt this was almost an edge from u2 riff......I don't know if it was the scratching or the great tone... great tune
The harmony in the bridge gives me chills
I never thought they were underrated. I have them in my top 5-6-7 bands of all time from the US. Absolutely epic. The musicianship. The lyrics. The understanding of their fellow man and his struggles.
I miss the 1980s everyday. The late 80s were when I started to grow up musically and R.E.M were the impetus that brought me to where I am today.
This song still kicks ass 30 years later -- ferocious.
30 years? Frick im old
@@nanaimogirl2000 i prefer "old-ER", I refuse to ever get old!
More like 35 ... ouch
Good riding song. Turn up the sena bluetooth, grip it and rip it. Will change your life
Sadly relevant today
For my life long friend and Brother- In- Arms Gene Webb, 101st Airborne. I remember when the VA told you they had never seen anyone with as much Agent Orange in their body and still be alive. Two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and Presidential Citation. You've been gone almost five years but I think of you daily. Two tours in Nam. Damn I miss you. RIP Brother.
Rest in Peace brother.
Rip to your friend and all the others who died
Your story has touched all of our hearts. RIP to your fallen comrade. And you find comfort for many years to come. RIP to all of our servicemen and women. And dear Lord, please watch over our current service men and women in Afghanistan, especially to my cousin, who is like a kid brother to me. Protect him, guide him and bring him home to us safely. Amen.
mate thats low, yes i agree with what your saying about the government and the bankers, but these men thought that what they was doing was right, servicemen and the locals are the people who suffered the most. Servicemen must be respected for what they suffered
Jaerock, why don't you mature.
"Agents Of The Free", you have never been as needed. Fight for what has been ours for 248 years.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
I love listening to the LIVE version. Powerful!!
No it’s not ! But it’s catchy
@@knownpleasures You even know what the song is about?
Really wish REM music was all like this,,,rare a band has 15 20 excellent tracks then their are all the rest ,,,not so much for me,,,different taste I guess,Mr. Stipes is a awesome artist nothing to be taken away at all 1 mine top at 54 yr .in April 2023,,,,I could jam on Rem along time before I need a break,,,even get complaints because iburn it up!!!,,it's awesome
@@jasonreynolds8597, Orange Crush?
Yes. This is a great song 🎵. Bands like REM are missed
REM stands for really excellent music 🎶
Very true.
Love you brother yes indeed
Ha ha
you're talking out of your arse
I thought it stood for rapid eye movement
Guitarist may be one of the most underrated musicians ever. He comes up with countless cool as riffs.
Peter Buck is one cool dude.
♡
Peter Buck? Yes, he is one of the best. Unfortunately he's too far left now and pretty putrid as a person.
“Guitarist” is the LEGENDARY Peter Buck
Try saying, "pretty putrid as a person" three times fast.
As if Peter Buck's incredible tone isn't enough, Stipe and Mill's amazing harmonies make this an all-time classic.
How can you leave out Bill Berry's out front drums? One of their best overall
One of my favorites of Bill's drumming.
1988
Peter Buck
No matter how loud you play it, still not loud enough.
good
@@sallyjoan1988
@@sallyjoan 1988
Oh, Totally!
Yup
The way Michael says "Orange" never fails to give me chills, I adore this song.
an undeniable band.
Brilliant video, brilliant lyrics, brilliant vocals, brilliant band
Probably REM's best song
Either this or "Radio Free Europe" in my opinion
No but it's still pretty damn good!
Just erase that 'probably'
Losing My Religion -_-
no lmr is better
I've had my fun and now it's time to show my conscience overseas. Thank you Michael Stipe and everyone from REM. I love you😔
I thought that it was served my country.
@@Looneybin You're both wrong and both right. It's "serve my conscience."
@@dars5229I ❤u
I was up watching Morning Joe this morning. I haven't heard this song in decades. I immediately looked for my phone to download to my playlist. This takes me back to my high school days. When we were in a good space 👈🏾👈🏾
Same here! Heard on Morning Joe today. Definitely took me back to high school.
this song almost gives me chills it sounds so good.
This song has a new meaning to me since my dad got Parkinson's disease while serving with the Marine's in Vietnam. Agent Orange caused his Parkinson's along with many other Vietnam vets. Thanks for exposing this through your art and video.
My mom got Parkinson's while being treated, medically, for schizophrenia. She never ever had it before. I told them they were overmedicating her. Of course, they did not listen.
I am taking care of a Vietnam vet, he has Parkinson's, b/c of agent orange. Love you,Mike!
Yes, and my fellow vet Mason died of this two years ago. When i last saw him, dispossessed of his home, he said he "had to re-home his cats" -- like his kids to him. I was so grief-stricken i could not talk. Damn Monsanto for this and their other Poison Shit like "Round-up". . . DAMN THEM!
Imagine what it did to the Vietnamese...
Not to mention the countless Vietnamese who are still living with the effects of agent Orange to this day.
I think part of the genius of Micheal Stipe is the way he puts words together in his songs..like Bob Dylan most of his lyrics are poetry set to music. Everyone is familiar with ' serve your country overseas'.....but "serve your conscience overseas' is similiar yet profoundly different enough to capture the imagination long after the song has ended. He has dozens of lines, maybe hundreds like that throughout his songwriting career.
Recently I'm rivetted by his use of words. You are right... It's actually how he says it that gives us actual TRUTH-- paints The picture! Especially today now that humanity slowly awakens.
Based ❤
You might like the Tragically Hip, and the frontman Gord Downies use of wordplay / poetry.
IMO Michael Stipe sounds very, similar to Gord (or vice versa), they even use the same mannerism in interviews.
if you check 'em out, i recommend their albums 'Up to Here' , ' Fully Completely ' and ' Phantom Power'
Well said👍
Bob Dylan sucks though
Lost my Dad to Agent Orange and got a denied tourt-claim response from the Department of Veteran Affairs. He had over 1,500 flight missions and 42 air medals (equivalent to 42 bronze stars), then six months later my little brother passed (and this was in his CD collection from the late 90’s).
God bless John & Jeffery 🫡
Bills, drums sound so punchy and big. The driving force of this song....well done and great snare choice!!!!!
Agent orange (aka orange crush) was an herbicide used during veitnam and the maylayan emergency as a defoliant and crop killer to reduce the food and cover for guerilla fighters. The batches were contaminated however because of the high-heat method of making it, which resulted in a highly toxic chemical mixture which caused numerous defects in Vietnam vets and their children. The former us airbases are still contaminated nearly 3 times the lethal limit for exposure.
An explanation at last. thanks for that
My great uncle died from Agent Orange exposure after Vietnam. :/
Bad Shit. Banned by the Geneva Convention . USA were not always the good guys in reality of war. Why do we think they are now?
MAC s. Unintended consequences. Next time they use Agent Orange, it will be safer. It was quite a genius plan that could have worked great if not for the health defects. It worked in Malaya and brought victory to the British. " President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam asked the United States to conduct aerial herbicide spraying in his country" And it was approved by President Kennedy to be researched. It's not illegal to use Agent Orange, simply that it can be illegal in certain cases where it damages civilian life significantly.
Logician Collateral Damage Reduction Plan?
This song has a distinctive Aussie pub rock vibe of the 80s/ early 90s a la, Midnight Oil, INXS, Hunters & Collectors, Australian Crawl, etc.. daringly earnest and political, but not overbearingly preachy or the vacuous millennial political gesturing. It's unpretentious and truly authentic blue collar, working class realism.
REM was from Georgia and had their own sound
It was finally America band that addressed the elephant in the room, Agent Orange.
No it does not, you are imaging it.
Australia does not have any culture of note. Neighbours and Kylie Minogue ( the ugly sister ) are your cultural high lights. All your bands are shite.
Nick Cave got out at the first opportunity and never came back. You live in a culture less wasteland known as Australia.
what' a finest comment.... 🤔
No, nerd. This song is about America and Americans.
The best REM song, as far as I'm concerned. That bass line and guitar tone set it up perfectly. And such great use of the backing vocals.
Fall on me. My personal favorite
Nice comment, my friend! Aptly phrased!👌👏
the one i love x
My uncle was all ruined from Agent Orange exposure. Top to bottom. He lived into his 70s, but suffered mightily for it. The government's willingness to experiment on its own citizenry continues to this day.
I’m sorry for him 😢
Follow me, don't follow me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
Collar me, don't collar me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
We are agents of the free
I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me
OOh (x2)
Follow me, don't follow me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
Collar me, don't collar me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
We are agents of the free
I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me
High on the roof
Thin the blood
Another one came on the waves tonight
Comin' in, you're home
We'd circle and we'd circle and
we'd circle to stop and consider and
Centered on the pavement
Stacked up all the trucks jacked up and
Our wheels in slush and orange crush
in pocket and all this here county
Hell any county it's just like heaven here and
I was remembering and I
Was just in a different county and all then this whirlybird that I
Headed for I had my goggles pulled off
I knew it all I knew every back
Road and every truck stop
Follow me, don't follow me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
Collar me, don't collar me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
We are agents of the free
I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me
High on the roof
Thin the blood
Another one came on the waves tonight
Comin' in, you're home
High on the roof
Thin the blood
Another one came on the waves tonight
Comin' in, you're home
This is my first time reading the lyrics. Thank you.
Thanks
Nicely done thank you 🍻
This song is so good and people can relate to the meaning of the is song. My grandpa was in the Vietnam War back then and was surrounded by Agent Orange. Sadly, he had a reaction to it and got a severe heart attack. But the miraculous thing that happened is that he survived it. He passed away about 1 time in the ambulance, and 2 times at the hospital but got saved by the doctors. He is still here today and is better than ever. Thank you for the first responders and doctors who kept him alive, and RIP to the people who has passed away due to Agent Orange.
thanks for posting this my dad was a river rat on the quaviet river in 66-67, it hasnt been good since
Oh My god, he's a 1st Quality survivor
I lost my Uncle who served in Vietnam because of Agent Orange .Thank You REM Still my favorite in 2022
Thank the Lord, your Grandpa's work here on earth isn't finished!
@@creeperzombie6996 be in
Probably one of the best bands ever!
1988
R.E.M. Green 💚 1988
remhq
R.E.M. Orange 🍊 Crush 1988
This is the best REM song. They have produced many wonderful compositions, but they never managed to surpass Orange Crush. An all time classic that will live to the ages.
right, its been my favorite since i was a little kid
That’s subjective. I love orange crush but there are other REM songs I like more
@@atticustay1 yes ty
The first time I heard this song on wbab 102.3 in long island,it was middle of the night,me and my old friend Billy was cruising west on I-495 in his gold '76 camaro,we stayed out all night long,we were still in high school,what great memories it was,may you rip Billy 1972-2018
Thanks for a beautiful story.
@@whitetigress7448 you're absolutely welcome,I miss those good old days
To all the Vietnam Vets.... Thank You so much for what you sacrificed. I can only imagine what you had to go through...
amen brother
All that for what?! To serve the rotten dirty interests of the US political and social elite... The soldiers were meat for weapons... Nothing more... The war must be held not to viet people of the north but against your sh... Politicians
You dont want to.
Mike mills bass playing on this song is awesome 👍
You're right! Sounds simple, but it's hard get it tight with all the syncopation.
I agree the Bass Line is indeed straight ahead but it drives the song forward relentlessly :=)
He's always awesome
him crying on twitter is also awesome!
Делать "просто" всегда сложнее
Loved this era of REM. Saw them on tour for this album & they ROCKED TF out. Amazing show in Portland, OR back in the day.
My 2 favorite REM songs - Orange Crush 🧡🍊 and The One I Love 💕💕💕
You know orange crush is a poison gas right?
Man I miss these days. I remember being a kid when this came out and I still love it just as much
An incredibly thought provoking song from the most thought provoking band ever. REM please come back.
I TOTALLY AGREE 👍 PLEASE COME BACK!! 🙏 🙏🙏💜💜💜💜
Don’t go back to Rockville … says stipe
@@zulfhashimmi2040 Heh, one of the few R.E.M. lyrics not actually written by Stipe. Mike Mills wrote that song.
yah we need REM to come back!
@@lucyluvn More emoticons they may come back if you up your emoticon game!
Tragically Hip will always be Canada's REM
thank you REM for over 30 years of incredible music....you are in a class by yourselves.....
My favorite by REM. Terrific song from the late '80s.
Totally agree
It was up in the mud. It was in the food. It was in the water. It was in the air. Thanks a lot Agent Orange. Like so many other things, its victims were long ignored, ridiculed, erased, marginalized by powerful forces with deep pocketbooks and zero accountability.
Apparently even the likes of Jessie Ventura were also victims of Agent Orange (which is why his Rasslin' career was cut short)...
Shits fucked up, my grandfather retired in the 70’s and worked next to the lake where they dumped the left over Agent Orange. His heart disintegrated at 65 years old, VA and EPA both deny the chemicals in the lake had anything to do with it. That shit now has seeped into the aquifer along with aircraft fuel from leaking tanks many get water from. EPA won’t touch the clean up.
He owns half of Ga he bought old buildings to preserve his hometown ❤❤❤ smart man ❤
1988
Really WoW
I’m a Georgia Girl
Can’t listen to this without thinking of my uncle John. He died two years ago. I didn’t find out until months after his death that he was being treated for exposure to Agent Orange. At least he lived a long life until cancer caught up with him. Too many of our young men didn’t get that chance. RIP Uncle John. I didn’t know him well enough while he lived. He loved traveling to Italy and Shelter Island. Worked a long time for NBC in Manhattan. How can you grieve someone you hardly knew?
Of course you can but don't forget you're not grieving the man as he really was just your own construct ...an ideologue of him. Nobody is ever remembered as they really were. It's the nostalgia effect. The " good old times" were never as good as they seem looking back. Memories are always distorted so we recall only the best or the worst. Reality lies somewhere in between.
By honouring his memory and not allowing this type of war to occur again
Respect to my brother D. I watched my brother take care of his father (Vietnam vet) while watching a man, his father, comparable to atlas, deteriorate into a shell of the former man he was. My brother, I love you and pops more than you know. My heart and shoulder will always be here for you brother.
Damn agent orange and "The Machine" straight to fucking hell.
One of the most underrated bands of all time. I love nat
This video is so well done artistically and conveys just as much unspoken but yet seemingly loud messages and emotions as the music.
Agent Orange was the product of Monsanto. In the 1960s and 1970s, Monsanto was a producer of Agent Orange for United States Armed Forces operations in Vietnam. And they were sued later but still are in business. They make products like RoundUp, PCBs and Dicamba and were sued in 2020. Bayer (the company that now owns them) agreed to pay numerous settlements in lawsuits involving Monsanto products
I first heard this on local radio in the middle of the night in the lambing shed when they were new . I went right out and bought it . The best song they ever put out .
You know a song means something special when you can remember where you were and what you were doing the first time you heard it.
Lambing shed? Right on, Good Shepherd 👍
I dedicated this masterpiece to my dear mum mutter MNJF aka PR my only friend in the world 74 anos, 13-11-1949 07h 07-2-2024, 15h08, but she is alive on my heart for eternity, forever, who's listening this anthem on 2025 and so on?
Combat medic, army brat- I was aware of what was in store for me. Don't cry for me, It was all done before. We didn't expect to live forever, we just wanted to make a difference.
Well said, sir.
/salute
MASTERPIECE, ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!!!
This song is so deep. A dead soldier that can be interpreted digging his own grave hence the one tag not two, the agent orange reference, just so damn deep
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEpPPPpppPPPPPppppPP
they said its not an agent orange reference sooooo many times but u go with that
hi
.WHAT A MASTERPIECES OF THE SONG OF REM BAND!!!
I was born in 1965 and love rem ❤this song like all there songs is brilliant
I'd like to dedicate this song to my friend Steve, a Vietnam vet who served 3 tours of duty.
To Steve! And all those like him.
My uncle was a Vietnam Vet, I turned him on to this song.He loved i!! Thanks for your service,Unc!
Always loved the bass in this. It's a great song regardless, but for me the bass was always 👌
This song starts the ssme as it finishes with the drum beat by the brilliant Bill Berry,long live REM.
God the 80’s were amazing!
I love the guitar in this song.
+Shitbeatz McStankerson tosser
tosser
+Shitbeatz McStankerson Lovin' the chill man.
yeah, he nailed it.
The riff is sublime.
This song is sick! Love it! I can’t stop listening to this song. Plus I listen to it when I’m biking, on a road trip, and with my friends!
Ya’ll have great taste of music R.E.M. 🎉❤
The bass is strong with this one.
Oh, man. I was 11 when this song came out, sharing a bedroom with my brother. So nostaligic!
For such a catchy, upbeat song, the assumed meaning of the lyrics are very dark and morbid.
MASTERPIECE, ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!!!
My father has ptsd from being a marine in the war the same I have from Iraqi freedom era. I’ll just say it, we are pawns in a fulfilling society to be king of the mountain. The amount of the people in whole against tyranny is far greater than the oppressors of freedom.
Man, I love this album so much. The first five two. My 'favorite' rotates between them, I can't pick one forever.
I was a music-daft 14-year-old in 1989 but, having grown up on the other side of the world in a pre-internet age, had never heard R.E.M. before. I was given this album on a tape by someone older and far cooler than me, and within a few weeks had bought and listened to all their previous albums. By then I realised they were, by a country mile, the best band of my generation. No other band has ever had such a profound effect on my musical tastes - I will love them until the day I die.
This song is still strong in 2019!
As it's been made yesterday.
kirkpimp and 3019✨👽✨
🙌
Damn right's it is!!!! Stand vertical and move forward.
Guh
One of the better REM songs that I've ever had listen to and for that era they overplayed it and you'll never hear this song on the damn radio ever again either because it's Saturday and all this sort of thing and they played it too much and a few years goes by and then you'll never hear the damn song again on the radio
This is the most American patriotic song ever! EVER!
I find yaw lack ov faith, obsolete. U B incorrect. This is le most U.N.\NASA Solar system's United West Oz song Aver. U r Wrong Yanna, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
@@aoca3817 "
We are agents of the free..
You had your fun .
Now its time to serve your conciounce overseas....
Over me...Under me...."
That means. USA , American people, and American Armed Forces, are agents of freedom and democracy.
Our young have fun growing up. Raised by parents, educated in our high schools, and universities.
Then its time to fight for American values, freedom, and democracy. Anywhere and everywhere.
American air power over American serviceman's head, enemy sappers and terrorists in the tunnels and burrows below to destroyed.
Orange Crush is TANG orange flavored powder. Invented for NASA, but issued as part of MRE food package.
'Orange Crush' (1989) by R.E.M. is the most patriotic American song ever. Equal to Leen Greenwood's classic "Proud To Be an American" (1982).
you're joking, right?
@@dkoz8321We are agents of the free. Orange crush. Agent Orange? Serve your conscience overseas. It’s a critique of the Vietnam war, it’s an antiwar song. You dipshit
I have loved REM from the very start, but for some reason over the past year or so this song has just taken on a new meaning and SOARED to being my favorite REM track. Holy cow!!
mrhoffame Try 9-9 from Murmur. Still my favorite, followed by Driver8
absolute masterpiece album
The first one I ever heard. And ever ssen. We played a lot REM live back then. This is my youth!
I always liked REM videos - since my teens years. They were so different from the others 80's and 90's bands.
IKR glam rock 🤮🤢🤮
90s I disagree, but not strongly. Their top tier, just not the best 90s imo.. edit: you said different not best. My mistake. Good point
I was a huge fan of REM before they became popular. When they were still college radio, they were geniuses. This song, along with "Green Grow the Rushes" and anything off Murmur (despite their kindred spirit band, XTC, sending them up with Mummer) were all genius.
I have played in mostly crappy but well-intentioned bands for most of my life. If we had achieved, not the commercial success, but just the cultural resonance of one of REM's early, awesome songs, we would have felt like kings, even if we still had to live like starving, frightened peasants...like everyone else.
Ironically, I saw REM play at the Mad Hatter in Athens, Ga. in 1981...and it was horrible. they had no play list, so they had to huddle up after each song to decide what to play next. this was well before Michael Stipe saw any value in being understandable or intelligible.
they have since improved.
One of those guys huh?😂
Man R.E.M. was a powerhouse back then but they slowly faded away in the 90s. It was painful to see.
That chorus takes in so many -- millions. Listen. (Musicians may not dodge bullets, but they do serve.)
One of the most precise and accurate visual direction and photography of a song ever
If a song filled with this much passion could exist in the modern day, I'd be amazed and happy.
Unforgiven and Unforgiven 2 are two of most unbelievably gifted songs... What a great story depicted in the lyrics to these two songs.!!!!!!💯💯💖
Lost my grandfather this week and I can still remember rides with him in his 06 Corvette listening to this song as a kid... getting old really sucks.
As a kid in the 80s and 90s I knew REM was good, I liked REM, I didn’t understand the lyrics to a lot of their songs. I think that’s why some bands (not REM) waned in popularity as quickly as they rose to popularity. We were just kids listening to songs written by people older than us and had no clue the depth and breadth of the lyrics in the music. The older I get the more I love and miss that point in my life.
Gill Wilfong my third cousin was in a chopper that was shot down in Vietnam. I would like to dedicate this to his memory even though I never got to meet him. He is a forgotten American hero.
+Alexander Steiner Well not entirely forgotten
+Alexander Steiner About as close to a hero, as a German artillery officer during ww2. You are not a hero, when you fight to maintain a oppressive dictatorship in a army that indiscriminately targets civilians. Two million dead civilians will forever stain the US for starting that unjust war
+Alex L unfortunately, war is ugly. I won't go into the politics of whether or not certain wars are justified, as that's a whole other issue.
not everyone fighting in Vietnam agreed with the war. my dad served during this time in the navy (never got near "Nam, fortunately). he felt we had no business being in Vietnam.
+JDStorm76 No, whether someone is a hero or not, is completely dependent on the morality of the war.
If you do not think the war is just, you should refuse service to the last. To fight in a unjust war, like Vietnam, makes you no better than a murderer.
+Alex L based off your opinion, your morality is based purely off who you work for. if even one of your bosses has done something wrong in life, that makes you evil by default.
sounds as idiotic as saying you can't be a hero because you disagree with the morality of a war.
side note, I would've responded under my other account, but TH-cam wasn't letting me post.
How could I have forgotten about this masterpiece
My favorite rem song. Makes me so nostalgic! To all the ones I've loved in my fool's paradise.
I am devastated..How the Vietnamese people can even forgive us...The west is unforgivable.,but they forgive.x
Found this from Rock Band.
Love this song. It’s amazing. The harmonies in “follow me don’t follow me,” “collar me don’t collar me,” “we are agents of the free,” and “over me not over me,” the chill, quick guitar solo, the overall enjoyable experience that is listening to this song, it all adds up.
I think those lyrics speak to the irony of drafting people supposedly to fight for freedom
Beauty and power of this song. TRUTH and honesty.
I didn't actually give much about this song, until I finally heard it live... one of the most _impressive_ lectures of how _some_ songs are just *meant* to be played and heard live only... it just doesn't work without the live-megaphone!
One of my all-time favorite REM songs...My girl friend and I back in high school you to jam to this tune... Memories.- :)
The music videos back then were a big part of the songs' awesomeness.
Orange Crush is a better song than Losing my Religion - come at me bro, lol
As the granddaughter of a special forces green beret Vietnam vet... I do not have my spine, intact anyway. He was sprayed directly, and didn't admit this until 2 years ago. I'm dying from napalm. This song has been one of my favorites since I was 5 years old.
this is one of those songs that really takes me back
it used to be on the radio all the time, I miss those times
Me too ☹️
beast of a song on a masterpiece of an album from an absolute colossus of a band
I first heard this when I was in the 4th or 5th grade, and it changed the way I heard music. Most 11 year-old's didn't listen to this kind of music, and my friends thought I was strange for playing it so much. Yeah, I went through the teeny bopper phase, but these guys were still front and center all throughout the late 80s and 90s. Still powerful 33 years later. I heard it live on their Monster tour, and it gave me chills. I then saw them two more times and they didn't do it again. I was so disappointed not to hear it. Probably their best song.
This song speaks to your soul. injustice done to humanity for those with eyes to see, ears to hear. Brainwashing. Powerful. You were awake at a young age.
Shopping list:
Spine ✓
Orange crush ✓
My back is a scabbard for my Spine
I can buy the Orange Crush with my EBT card.
I will have to forgo the purchase of The Spine today...
The spine in question is Spina Bifida. Probably don't want that either.....
Vedran Noneofyourbusiness your missing the collar (spine and leg brace combo), as a person who had to wear leg braces for half of my childhood, I could only imagine the pain of having both your back and your legs forced in one position for long periods of time.
Yes, yes, yes! Orange Crush, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, What's the Frequency Kenneth
They did it again to my generation with the burn pits. Cancers, infertility, severe breathing problems..
I can't tell you how much this was on the radio waves every Sunday before the Broncos would play. It was on so many stations, it was ridiculous. Everywhere. Thank goodness it's a decent song, couldn't get away from it.
That guitar is heavenly