Edwin Starr - War (Original Video - 1969)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @gailbush4409
    @gailbush4409 6 месяцев назад +119

    This song never gets old, does it? 1969 and here it is 2024. One of the best anti-war songs ever.

    • @LuLuSantos-
      @LuLuSantos- 6 месяцев назад +3

      Memorial Day 2024 . 🕊☮ 💜Peace On Earth. Good will toward all. "We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share."
      ~ Maya Angelou

    • @romielnagar6292
      @romielnagar6292 3 месяца назад +4

      Yes, absolutely.

    • @CarlosBermejo-h7k
      @CarlosBermejo-h7k Месяц назад +1

      You are right gail

    • @dr.prof.robtopnotch
      @dr.prof.robtopnotch Месяц назад +2

      In 2024 can we please recirculate this song around the world ✌🏾❤️

    • @josefinarodriguez7456
      @josefinarodriguez7456 22 дня назад

      Me here ❤❤😢

  • @LifeOfEdgar-BrawlStars
    @LifeOfEdgar-BrawlStars 7 месяцев назад +478

    Anyone Listening to this Masterpiece in 2024? 👇

    • @TimothyLittle13
      @TimothyLittle13 7 месяцев назад +11

      Good God yall! What is it good for? You tell me

    • @ljsmith2266
      @ljsmith2266 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@TimothyLittle13Nothing! Nothing at all, and the human race will never learn that fact...apparently. 😢

    • @Mewuri_pXtd
      @Mewuri_pXtd 6 месяцев назад +3

      Me

    • @박부성-q3b
      @박부성-q3b 6 месяцев назад +2

      Rush hour

    • @marypoppins6747
      @marypoppins6747 6 месяцев назад +3

      Absolutely nothing!!

  • @John-kl8mz
    @John-kl8mz 27 дней назад +11

    peace time vet here my son is a afgan war vet 11 bravo i'm very thankful he made it home

  • @anna_b360
    @anna_b360 3 года назад +502

    The way he sings “Good God y’all” so disapprovingly, and like he’s telling off a bunch of children is both so truthfully poignant and cracks me up any time

    • @ronnieplonk
      @ronnieplonk 2 года назад +29

      He's telling off our politicians

    • @stacyyoust
      @stacyyoust 2 года назад +8

      Like when Biden said "For God's Sake! This man cannot remain in power!

    • @alanawilson6104
      @alanawilson6104 2 года назад +7

      it's my favourite line in the song

    • @93seronica
      @93seronica 2 года назад +13

      I love the “good god y’all”! It adds spice to the song

    • @suzanneprock7286
      @suzanneprock7286 2 года назад

      @@stacyyoust Biden's part of the government that decides to get into wars, good grief! People like Biden cause war, Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Trump or any other stronger leader was in office. N. Korea's firing their missiles in a threatening way and China is threatening Taiwan, all because we have an imbecile in office.

  • @jbones61
    @jbones61 9 лет назад +2472

    I have been listening to this Song since it came out. He speaks so much truth in the Lyrics. I am a Navy Vet that got out in 1963. I was up close an personal to so many men that never came home. the ones that did brought home a lot of baggage. Here we are in 2015 and the same Crap is going on again. What is it Good For, Absolutely NOTHING. Keep it up World and there won't be one for my Grandchildren to See.Thanks Edwin, You tell it like it is.

    • @glenlynch2204
      @glenlynch2204 9 лет назад +17

      +Jimmy Alexander WELL SAID!

    • @ShaktipatSeer2
      @ShaktipatSeer2 9 лет назад +15

      +Jimmy Alexander Amen

    • @TeamRocketHQR
      @TeamRocketHQR 9 лет назад +64

      +Jimmy Alexander War is nothing but a money making gimmick globally. My father was in WWII and told me his stories. It's NEVER worth it.

    • @marthamckie4211
      @marthamckie4211 9 лет назад +11

      +Jimmy Alexander Thank you, Jimmy Alexander.

    • @HabPR33
      @HabPR33 9 лет назад +18

      +Jimmy Alexander . Perfectly said Jimmy . War is nothing but a chess game for the people running are countries . The common folk are the pawns . The sooner the common folk understand these people pulling the strings are hiding behind the flags and the people . The sooner the common folk (majority) can make the changes required . These same flags are the flags you common folk are said to be fighting for . Common sense and logic should prevail but then again we are all dealing with humans lol .

  • @felixmadison5736
    @felixmadison5736 4 года назад +275

    Always loved this song! It really captured how most people in America
    felt during the Vietnam War. When I first heard this song in 1970, I
    was recovering in an army hospital at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Twenty
    years-old and going through multiple surgeries, and 8 months in recovery
    because of the wounds I received in Vietnam while serving with the
    United States army in December of 1969. 58,000 young Americans dead for
    what? As Edwin Starr says: "NUTHIN'" The government lied to us about
    the Vietnam War and they continue to lie to us today to keep us in
    perpetual war. You young people of today: Don't let our government
    sucker you into a military draft and war like they did to us during the
    Vietnam era!

    • @BritanniaPacific
      @BritanniaPacific 4 года назад +3

      I was just thinking of the irony of soldiers listening to this very song right in the midst of combat in Vietnam. How many over there heard this song and just dismissed it as just another song?

    • @maf5454
      @maf5454 2 года назад +18

      My brother, welcome home, I hope you have fully recovered both physically and emotionally. I had one of your brothers in my college class, great guy, with some huge problems. He came home fine physically, or so it seemed but he suffered PTSD. I had absolutely no idea how to help him, and evidently at the time no one else did either. I lost contact with him years ago and I truly hope he got rid of his demons. What a waste of a life. Be well, safe and peace to you and yours.

    • @judywinfree7041
      @judywinfree7041 2 года назад +10

      Thank you for your service and your sacrifice, Sir.
      I was 11 years old when this song came out and I have never forgotten any of the lyrics.
      I'm pretty sure he had to have grown up in the church because this brother sounded like he was preaching!
      This is, was, and always will be a great song!

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 2 года назад +2

      @@maf5454 Thank you for the kind words.

    • @ethanmoua49
      @ethanmoua49 2 года назад +5

      And the americans didnt even beat the vietcong

  • @smaxwell8930
    @smaxwell8930 Год назад +17

    Life is full of circles and how appropriate is this today!

  • @lindafleming3907
    @lindafleming3907 3 месяца назад +35

    Long live the memory of Edwin Starr singing this song!

  • @BayareaGuy06
    @BayareaGuy06 10 лет назад +2814

    R.I.P. Edwin Starr (1942-2003). Also on a side note. The 121 people and whomever else dislikes this video are good for absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!

    • @JLukeHypernova
      @JLukeHypernova 10 лет назад +84

      say it again y'all

    • @skellymom
      @skellymom 10 лет назад +15

      j luke Wooooooooooo!

    • @Alliecat2470
      @Alliecat2470 7 лет назад +31

      BayareaGuy06 I agree-they're disrespectful and rude

    • @bjclark1017
      @bjclark1017 7 лет назад +28

      Now, a few years later, there are 274 cretins who dislike this song. I'd like to send them to Vietnam, in 1968 and see what they think of this song then. You only enjoy the freedoms that you have because young men, fought and died to protect them for you--YOU STUPID IDIOTS!!!

    • @JimHarrisonPA
      @JimHarrisonPA 7 лет назад +10

      No doubt the Orange f*#khead's racist followers and toothless idiots who don't have a clue wtf war means.

  • @melnorman722
    @melnorman722 3 года назад +85

    Thank you for putting this on youtube, I had the honour of servicing and repairing Edwins cars in England between 1993-1995, at pooley hall, he was a lovely man to work for such a kind and generouse man,I treasure having met him, one day my wife and me were shopping in the local supermarket (ASDA) in Tamworth and he was there, he came up to me and my wife and greeted me like a true friend, that day made my world, he was such a great person.

    • @francinec2941
      @francinec2941 6 месяцев назад +5

      I met him at a club called Starwood in Hollywood off of Santa Monica boulevard. We got to talking and he asked me out. We used to talk on the phone, he had a mad crush on me.

    • @bigsparky8888
      @bigsparky8888 Месяц назад

      RARE IS INTERLUDE EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE OF FAME...A LIFES PRIVELEDGE KNOWING...WE ARE IN AGREEMENT...

    • @Kry-le3dq
      @Kry-le3dq 10 дней назад

      LOVELY STORY ❤

  • @blackthought3893
    @blackthought3893 2 года назад +43

    If You Don't Feel This...You're Not Human !!

  • @CaptainRon801
    @CaptainRon801 2 года назад +322

    As an Army vet, i can relate to these lyrics. Edwin Starr knew what he was talking about, the Vietnam soldiers knew it well. WAR IS HELL... take it from someone who knows.

    • @fivegauss1093
      @fivegauss1093 Год назад +12

      HELL is an understatement....

    • @Poppaea-Sabina
      @Poppaea-Sabina 11 месяцев назад +10

      Thank you for fighting for all of us. ❤

    • @mischelecarpenter5368
      @mischelecarpenter5368 10 месяцев назад +15

      It didn’t just ruin lives of soldiers. It ruined lives of their families at home

    • @hopemccubbin8661
      @hopemccubbin8661 8 месяцев назад +5

      Yes sir

    • @andreasandremyrvold
      @andreasandremyrvold 7 месяцев назад

      Any sane human would understand that even without the experience. But then there are world leaders that elbowed themselves over dead bodies and lies to become dictators. They do not care about a single human life and fook up the planet with wars and climate. Democracy is an illusion, some parties are paid off by big oil and weapons.

  • @lorraineekholm3083
    @lorraineekholm3083 7 лет назад +458

    One of the most honest and truthful song ever written!

    • @ongaphi-z4m
      @ongaphi-z4m 3 года назад

      Nobody cares, US still unleash wars and rob the whole world with dollar lending

    • @catharinaketelaar7299
      @catharinaketelaar7299 3 года назад +6

      Edwin Starr ‘s music his song such a beautifull powerful song … it still breaks my heart thank you Edwin

    • @spunkyspaz
      @spunkyspaz 2 года назад +1

      @@ongaphi-z4m Yah, it's only the U.S. that starts wars.
      That's sarcasm by the way.

    • @hellinterface6721
      @hellinterface6721 2 года назад +1

      What's it good for? Technological advancements, medical advancements, space exploration, thinning out the herd etc..

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 2 года назад +2

      Right up there with 'When a Man Loves a Woman' by Percy Sledge. Probably the truest words ever sung.

  • @pallavisworld9921
    @pallavisworld9921 3 года назад +133

    Absolutely one of the greatest songs of time

  • @Notofthisworld13
    @Notofthisworld13 2 года назад +627

    Song hitting hard today 24 Feb 2022. Man speaks the truth.

  • @mileswalcott7241
    @mileswalcott7241 2 года назад +150

    This song is as relevant today as it was in the late sixties

    • @bruceradz
      @bruceradz 7 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, you are correct, and what a sad thing that is....

    • @andreasandremyrvold
      @andreasandremyrvold 7 месяцев назад +3

      Or in the 1940s, 1810s, and so on.

  • @thefabulousstevieg
    @thefabulousstevieg 12 лет назад +98

    "They say we must fight to keep our freedom, but Lord knows there's got to be a better way"...
    One of the greatest lyrics of all time in my opinion, and as true today as it was back then......

    • @jamesware457
      @jamesware457 2 года назад +4

      I heard during Viet nam era. Now here we are in 2022 same sh

    • @ethanmoua49
      @ethanmoua49 2 года назад

      @@jamesware457 why did you spell vietnam like that

  • @KJSCalderon
    @KJSCalderon Год назад +214

    Legend has it that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are still dancing to this song

    • @cyberwarlord7363
      @cyberwarlord7363 7 месяцев назад +9

      That's a wholesome image for today. 👍

    • @epcotman32
      @epcotman32 5 месяцев назад +3

      Don't forget Al and Peg Bundy's love song.

  • @FranklinNJ
    @FranklinNJ 8 лет назад +779

    He delivers this song as if he is ready to fight to not have to fight, awesome interpretation, a masterpiece all around.

    • @jillthedoorgirl
      @jillthedoorgirl 6 лет назад +6

      4 dead in ohio

    • @danielstewart7163
      @danielstewart7163 6 лет назад +7

      @@jillthedoorgirl i remember when that happened. I live about 90 miles or so from Kent.
      Ohio National Gaurd sent by Gov jim rhodes.

    • @GerardoIx
      @GerardoIx 5 лет назад +8

      Then you should listen to edwin starr-slayer mashup
      It gives it the agressiveness needed for the song

    • @vcoaster
      @vcoaster 5 лет назад +10

      Except for the big smile on his face in the video.

    • @jennapuhl596
      @jennapuhl596 3 года назад +8

      We lost too many soldiers or they came back maimed and incredibly 💔. Our government sucks!!

  • @dirkevans3443
    @dirkevans3443 2 года назад +104

    And sadly in 2022 it looks like here we go again and once again this song STILL rings true

    • @justmyopinion9883
      @justmyopinion9883 2 года назад +5

      Dirk Evans, I had to come listen to this song today (February 24, 2022). Bombs are falling on Ukraine. 😢

    • @dirkevans3443
      @dirkevans3443 2 года назад +2

      Just my opinion…..that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Why couldn’t this of been settled over a couple of pints?
      I hate it. Innocent people, got nothing to do with it, just trying to live their lives and getting killed or maimed
      F’d up. Big time

    • @justmyopinion9883
      @justmyopinion9883 2 года назад +1

      @@dirkevans3443 💯💯💯

    • @hellinterface6721
      @hellinterface6721 2 года назад +1

      What's it good for? Technological advancements, medical advancements, space exploration, thinning out the herd etc..

    • @DibbzTheLoner
      @DibbzTheLoner 2 года назад +1

      @@hellinterface6721 That's just fascist propaganda. War doesn't drive any advancements other than military ones.

  • @MrDylerturden
    @MrDylerturden 6 лет назад +102

    This beast of a song is almost 50 years old. And still kicks so much ass.

    • @ISashaI
      @ISashaI 8 месяцев назад

      🎷🎷🎷

  • @sblackhurst1
    @sblackhurst1 2 года назад +94

    This track still holds up well, even to this day. Timeless.

  • @keithalan9430
    @keithalan9430 2 года назад +16

    Exactly correct In the sixties and even truer today. 2022.
    Do we never learn from history,

  • @slumcitymarv7050
    @slumcitymarv7050 2 года назад +121

    Still one of the hardest records in history and I love his stage presence/performance he absolutely killed it!

  • @Michaelneiss
    @Michaelneiss 4 года назад +103

    His performance is sending chills down my spine ...

  • @Will-fj9ek
    @Will-fj9ek 2 года назад +47

    Still a great song 53 years later

  • @ketfoen
    @ketfoen 6 лет назад +97

    One of the most recognizable powerful songs out there that has stood the test of time. To bad we dont follow its simple message 🙁

  • @sweetiepie1959
    @sweetiepie1959 Год назад +11

    I pray I live to see the day there's a BETTER way.😁

  • @rkgk1517
    @rkgk1517 8 лет назад +518

    This song is so badass.

    • @frefhackett7867
      @frefhackett7867 5 лет назад +8

      A great song but I think he's dead now God bless his soul

    • @Jxstin-p6r
      @Jxstin-p6r 3 года назад +2

      @@frefhackett7867 he is sadly

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 2 года назад

      da badest yo!!

    • @melissagerber7231
      @melissagerber7231 2 года назад +2

      And, he's belting it out from Heaven right now.

  • @rosemurray
    @rosemurray Год назад +80

    Never more relevant than today, in face of the impending war, Oct 7 2023.
    RIP Edwin Starr, 20 years ago this year.

  • @Opal5674
    @Opal5674 2 года назад +28

    Song of the month. Damn the "elites". Imagine every soldier just said no to these dictators and turned on them?

  • @kemt6234
    @kemt6234 4 месяца назад +4

    This song came to my mind out of nowhere.. I had to hear it again.. I drove my mom crazy playing this song over and over.. One of the BEST ❤

  • @christoperflowers1787
    @christoperflowers1787 9 лет назад +51

    Edwin is singing with so much passion in this song....I like that.

  • @Moracher
    @Moracher 4 года назад +16

    Whenever a friend in our group is fighting with another friend we just sing or play this and they shut up this song really is a symbol of peace

  • @MochaDeelights
    @MochaDeelights 8 лет назад +52

    Very cool to see Edwin Starr sing this live. I remember the song when it came out and still have the 45. We played the hell outta that record!

    • @Mythical444
      @Mythical444 Год назад

      It’s not live, he doesn’t have a mic

  • @AmericanPieInThailand
    @AmericanPieInThailand Год назад +28

    One of the best vocal performances ever! My other favorite is the lead in Disco Inferno. Both are sung with raw full-throttle vocals. Man, they don't sing anything like this anymore and no damn auto-tune will ever make it so!

  • @Rossion64
    @Rossion64 10 лет назад +24

    Probably one of the most important songs ever written, and executed to perfect effect by Mr Starr.

  • @jonathanserrano1471
    @jonathanserrano1471 4 года назад +35

    They really don't make music like this anymore, sad. I'm 21, and I absolutely love the Motown era of music.

  • @MsDeborah
    @MsDeborah 2 года назад +3

    Love it!
    ~Vietnam Era veteran, USAF, Juvat Jill

  • @annaritaranalli1791
    @annaritaranalli1791 10 месяцев назад +2

    Perfect 🥁 ,drums and chorus 's voices too

  • @susiecorus7842
    @susiecorus7842 2 года назад +16

    What a powerful piece of music.

  • @marcusfenix5803
    @marcusfenix5803 5 лет назад +30

    I love his voice its so great

  • @LatinCuz
    @LatinCuz 4 года назад +45

    This song is still on point and has been as if it could have been recorded in any decade.I first heard it as a kid growing up in the early 70's and beyond. The Rush Hour movies introduced it to a new generation.

    • @JcDizon
      @JcDizon 2 года назад +1

      This song only became memorable to me because of Rush Hour. I also heard it from the Simpsons from one of the Halloween special episodes but it wasn't too memorable because the song was too unknown to me at the time.

  • @scottibreiding
    @scottibreiding 9 месяцев назад +1

    heart, truth and edwin’s genius all meet in this song. few things are perfect in this world, but this song absolutely is.

  • @ROCKSLIDZ
    @ROCKSLIDZ 3 года назад +21

    I first heard this song as a little kid, and it knocked me out. I knew its words are the truth. Edwin Starr sings it with such intense fervor and SOUL!

  • @Patricia51264
    @Patricia51264 3 года назад +10

    This song is one for eternity! He is on the list as one of America's heroes! Love from Canada.

  • @georgemollel1586
    @georgemollel1586 10 месяцев назад +10

    “War can’t give life, it can only take it away”
    - Edwin Starr

    • @carolinebailey4005
      @carolinebailey4005 8 месяцев назад

      This is the best song. ever!! Anyone who lived thru the 60s knows this

  • @dlong50
    @dlong50 2 года назад +10

    You can't beat this song. I played it again and again when I was a kid. It was on a Motown greatest hits album we got for Christmas in the 60's

  • @erinfarber4321
    @erinfarber4321 4 года назад +37

    Edwin Starr always gave his time to activist charities. I vividly remember him at "Survival Sunday." My god, when he stepped on stage I flipped out and started screaming. Then the whole Hollywood Bowl erupted I cheers and all sang along with War. It was an absolutely spiritual experience.

  • @helpershelper
    @helpershelper Год назад +15

    WHAT A VOICE!

  • @MsMiguel70
    @MsMiguel70 2 года назад +9

    Watching and listening, I am at a loss for my own words, much less any better than probably said below. Peace and respect to a man that compellingly spoke truth to power, and other people.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 2 года назад +11

    If anyone ever lets out both heart and soul to the max in a song, then this one is it. With the turbulent times it was a no brainer that this would hit #1 in 1970 (Aug 29th for three weeks) I was too young to be a participant in Vietnam but my brother was over there (survived the war)

  • @fusejockey
    @fusejockey 10 лет назад +42

    "Peace love and understanding tell me
    Is there no place for them today?
    They say we must fight to keep our freedom
    But Lord knows there's got to be a better way..."

    • @tonimattheisen4990
      @tonimattheisen4990 5 лет назад +2

      Let's hope we find it fast.

    • @chuckmayes2294
      @chuckmayes2294 5 лет назад +1

      Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Let's love one another... Say something nice an see what happens... If you go on other news sites you can see how divided we really are... Satan is at work keeping us at each other with hate pulling us apart...

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 4 года назад +8

    Quite a song to start the decade of the 70's , an all-time favorite for me This was a number 1

  • @leonbilello3451
    @leonbilello3451 5 лет назад +8

    even after all these years, the words in that song still rings true today, those words are as strong now as they have ever been, my grandad was a ww2 vet, and one of my uncles was a Vietnam vet, so to all you vets out there, thankyou from one grateful American, thankyou for my freedom, my right to choose, freedom isn't free, you will always have my support...PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!

  • @H.L.-fj6zd
    @H.L.-fj6zd 4 месяца назад +8

    Edwin Starr’s military service in the United States Army was for three years, where he was posted mostly in Europe.
    -The biggest hit of Starr's career, which cemented his reputation, was the Vietnam War protest song "War" (1970).[1] Starr's intense vocals transformed a Temptations album track into a number one chart success, which spent three weeks in the top position on the U.S. Billboard charts, an anthem for the antiwar movement and a cultural milestone that continues to resound in movie soundtracks.
    -Starr remained a hero on England's northern soul circuit and moved to England in 1983, continuing to live there for the remainder of his life. He based himself in the English Midlands, living for many years at Pooley Hall at Polesworth, Warwickshire, before moving to Bramcote in Nottinghamshire.

    • @williamchiafos3889
      @williamchiafos3889 3 месяца назад

      @@H.L.-fj6zd I hope all of you anti war people aren't voting Democrat this year

  • @Meriale46
    @Meriale46 10 лет назад +20

    This song should be mainstreamed again, War is breaking out all over the world and we need to be reminded why War is a senseless act of violence against humanity...

  • @judywinfree7041
    @judywinfree7041 2 года назад +16

    I was 11 years old when this song came out in 1969 and I remember hearing it, learning it, and shedding a tear for the images of young soldiers dead and dying, that I would see on Walter Cronkite at night.
    I'm pretty sure Edwin Starr had to have grown up in the church because this brother sounded like he was preaching to a Deaf Government sending our young men to slaughter for 'Absolutely Nothin'!
    This is, was, and always will be a great song!

    • @janverboven
      @janverboven 2 года назад +3

      It's always the same tantrum : 'war' 'we will win, whatever, etc." For 63 years I've watched and heard about nothing not related to 'war' As you must have done... Sorry I'm Belgian, so my English is bad, but we are in accord!

  • @kathrynmolesa1641
    @kathrynmolesa1641 4 года назад +37

    Best anti-war song and Starr sings the hell out of it.
    Good God man!

  • @arashtahibi7452
    @arashtahibi7452 7 месяцев назад +7

    what funky way to protest against war! 👍👍👍

  • @soufiazahri3602
    @soufiazahri3602 11 лет назад +6

    Times will never change. What a stage performance!

  • @luvmegan
    @luvmegan 6 лет назад +8

    NEVER GET TIRED LISTENING TO THIS CLASSIC.

  • @SaintGX7
    @SaintGX7 6 лет назад +29

    Great song! Edwin's voice has a unique quality that marries the lyrics to the sentiment in a a grand fashion.

  • @austingrace1
    @austingrace1 5 месяцев назад +2

    It's 2024 and still cranking this tune!!! War, what is it good for?????? Absolutely nothin', that's what!!! One day we all will be in peace and no more war! :)

  • @ronhonda3489
    @ronhonda3489 4 года назад +9

    UNBELIEVABLE WICKED vocal performance. A true classic. Profound theme and lyrics. Thank you Edwin. RIP.

  • @jonib.197
    @jonib.197 4 года назад +13

    I was 10 years old when this song came out. I loved it then and I love it now. Sometimes it will pop in my head for no reason, and I find myself singing the chorus over and over. I just had to see this video. What a great song.

  • @SD-ir1vf
    @SD-ir1vf 7 лет назад +11

    I remember when this song came out. It's still just as true today as it was back then. Stuff like this never changes. It's still a great song.

  • @TheRogueRockhound
    @TheRogueRockhound 10 месяцев назад +3

    Be nice if we had music like this today.

  • @waynegilder8596
    @waynegilder8596 7 лет назад +7

    Oh maaaan, this guy is just straight up insanely AWESOME!

  • @swiater1
    @swiater1 Год назад +7

    God Bless this man, his message has reached millions!

    • @jdb10715
      @jdb10715 Год назад +1

      Sure hope it reaches this generation before Biden and other globalists bring about WW3!

    • @johnomalley7211
      @johnomalley7211 Год назад

      Barely

    • @swiater1
      @swiater1 Год назад

      @@johnomalley7211 Where have been hiding? "War" was an antiwar hit during the tumultuous 70s, l know, and l remember, lol

    • @apollo5063
      @apollo5063 Год назад

      @@jdb10715 what does globalism have to do with anything?

  • @ralvarez3142
    @ralvarez3142 4 года назад +7

    EDWIN & THIS SONG WILL TRANSCEND ALL TIME!!!! BIG UP!!!!

  • @rochelleb973
    @rochelleb973 2 года назад +4

    So needed right now

  • @stephenrice3665
    @stephenrice3665 6 лет назад +5

    I remember playing this song on a 45 when I was a kid over and over, what a song!

  • @CatNip379
    @CatNip379 2 года назад +12

    It's my first time actually seeing who actually sings the song and he is absolutely amazing I hate to say this but I'm just being honest I did not know this guy was black which doesn't mean jack s*** to me he's truly gifted and he has bestowed a lot of honest integrity and insight to the world through these lyrics we need more honestly we need more integrity we need more love because Hateing, killing and destroying lives and everything around us is not helping any of us it's just tearing us apart and we need to come together more now than ever!

  • @lucisferre6361
    @lucisferre6361 6 лет назад +7

    I realize how much of a privilege it is to be enjoying an original video by Mr. Edwin Starr. Thank You very much for posting this.

  • @Angelica-wd4vz
    @Angelica-wd4vz Год назад +3

    War means destruction of innocent lives.
    There 's got to be a better way to keep our freedom.
    Greetings from Chile!

  • @TommyBrisbane
    @TommyBrisbane 10 лет назад +433

    Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan sent me here :)

  • @nuice1482
    @nuice1482 5 лет назад +13

    His voice is soooo awesome

  • @howarddiamond2904
    @howarddiamond2904 9 лет назад +4

    This is a powerful song and what a great job he did with it. Those of us around at that time saw the names of our young men each night on the news as they died in Nam. It was the worst of times for our country and its youth. Rest in peace Edwin Starr. Your son lives on...

  • @timward3116
    @timward3116 3 года назад +12

    This guy was great. May he rest in peace. He died too young (61).

  • @IBUILTTHAT
    @IBUILTTHAT 2 года назад +7

    Something people should hear nowadays.

  • @dptyt7409
    @dptyt7409 2 года назад +3

    am 35 years old and getting goosebumps alll over

  • @tricycle7274
    @tricycle7274 Год назад +3

    And so it resonates throughout the decades, yet… We’re too fkn dumb tp listen to reason sung to us so deeply and truthfully. Heaven is the biggest winner with his passing, so the rest of us may bask in his wisdom.

  • @AfrikanLifestyle
    @AfrikanLifestyle Год назад +3

    I love this performance..He puts ALL of himself into this piece...

  • @airforceveteran71
    @airforceveteran71 7 лет назад +4

    50 years from now this song will still kick ass.

  • @richthely-trf5133
    @richthely-trf5133 3 года назад +3

    😭😭😭 Edwin 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Until 2021 i listen to this sound.
    Who is whith me !

  • @martinoterosantos6432
    @martinoterosantos6432 4 года назад +4

    Who is still mesmerized by this song in 2020? Let the world see that you matter...stand up... people!!!

  • @themidwestbarber8428
    @themidwestbarber8428 3 года назад +14

    2021 and the lyrics are just as powerful as they were back in the day…

  • @lindaheilman2827
    @lindaheilman2827 5 лет назад +8

    Loved this song and still do. The good old 60's! He really had the moves for back in the day! lol...........love it!!!

  • @thepeachfrog
    @thepeachfrog 10 лет назад +6

    those words were true back in the 60's and still holds true for me today......We have lost far too many good people and maimed thousands of others! For what!

  • @kalemshaheed1464
    @kalemshaheed1464 11 месяцев назад +3

    This is wayyyyy better and more Emotional than the Temptations Version!

  • @mol830
    @mol830 2 года назад +2

    The tune. The voice. The message. Just amazing.

  • @seriousdefect822
    @seriousdefect822 Год назад +3

    An absolute, unsurpassed, masterpiece. Pure Motown talent - Funk Bros and all involved. Wow.

  • @marsheliasuerogers7570
    @marsheliasuerogers7570 9 лет назад +51

    Brings back lots of memories and is still as true as it was in 1969

  • @douglaseasley6745
    @douglaseasley6745 3 года назад +8

    Great song. I was in Vietnam when it came out. It was an immediate favorite by a great many of us.

  • @shawnmillington1330
    @shawnmillington1330 Год назад +2

    I'm a super fan of both the song and this guy's vocal style so I'm on RUclips searching to see what he's up too these days not knowing that I am 20 years too late😢😢 I'm saddened
    Thank you Edwin for your contribution
    Thanks very much

  • @miarecky5399
    @miarecky5399 2 года назад +12

    Today this song is punching harder

  • @marianneoneill6422
    @marianneoneill6422 4 года назад +4

    Loved this song when it was first released and no one will ever sing it better! Message still rings thru to
    today.

  • @lucyhogan7172
    @lucyhogan7172 Год назад +2

    I had the great pleasure meet him in 1986 several times after his gigs in Birmingham England this is so true today put down the guns feed the hungry rip Eddie

  • @lowennakaute3929
    @lowennakaute3929 11 месяцев назад +8

    I have literally just found this legend in 2024. Love it! Rest In Power Mr Edwin Starr ✊🙏❤️