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Go Ahead, and SING IT AGAIN (Original Post)
YoshidaYui
12 hrs ago
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Roy Rolling
(7,623 posts)1. An anthem of the Vietnam War
Im embarrassed to say I owned this song on 45rpm vinyl.
On edit: Im not embarrassed to say I signed up for the draft but wasnt called.
Unlike our piece-of-shit president whose daddy paid for him to evade military service. Come to think of it, nobody from the entire, traitorous, piece-of-shit Trump family has served in the U.S. military.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,277 posts)2. They used to play it at Palisades Amusement Park
It was torn down to build a trump atrocity.
twodogsbarking
(18,659 posts)3. It is good for countries that use it to prop up their economies.
Saw them at the first Earth Day celebration in DC
IronLionZion
(51,197 posts)4. Weapons and oil/gas industry think it's great for their profits
Morbius
(990 posts)5. War is a Racket
Major General Smedley Butler. Book released in 1935; 91 years ago. Spot on and it made no difference.
IronLionZion
(51,197 posts)9. President Eisenhower also warned about the Military Industrial Complex
Vinca
(53,926 posts)6. Believe it or not, I have an oldies CD in my car and play this every so often. Great song at a horrible time.
Then, of course, Seinfeld picked it up and I was singing it again.
Old Crank
(6,997 posts)7. Along with Eve of Destruction
Barry McGuire,
Universal Soldier, Buffy St. Marie / Donovan
Wild blueberry
(8,283 posts)8. Somehow I've been playing this just about every day
Knew it from American War on Vietnam days. Still GREAT song.
Thank you.