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
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.
+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 .
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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!!!
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!
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?
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.
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!
"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......
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.
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.
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
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.
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! :)
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!
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!
I took my son to the Christmas lights switch on in Wakefield UK way back in the early 80s Edwin Starr made an appearance and sung this song. WOW! What a man, what a voice. Absolutely fantastic! RIP Edwin.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
"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..."
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...
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!
I was lucky enough to meet Edwin Starr on two occasions, when my band were on a supporting bill. He was an incredible performer, and complementing him on an amazing set, he replied "No-one sits down at MY gigs !" 😊 He was also the nicest man you could ever wish to meet.
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
I was in Nam when this song came out. I'm not sure I heard it until I got back to the world. I listened to it many times since then. Brings back many memories.
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!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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...
I landed at JFK on June 29th, 1969 to star my life in America; . The Viet Nam was was raging on and protests against it were happening all over the U.S.A. This came out then and it was very popular. I never forgot it. I like it, especially the lyrics...very true ! Today I heard it again while driving. It brought back memories of those days..
Minor correction: Edwin's version was released in June 1970 according to Wikipedia, so the title of this RUclips video is inaccurate. ruclips.net/video/01-2pNCZiNk/видео.html
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)
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.
One of the best and most truthful songs ever published. NO ONE performs it better. Unfortunately, war IS sometimes necessary. But only those who profit from the war machine win. And they ARE NOT going to get involved in the dying or injured part of war. They just get richer.
Oh man I could picture it if he did a video in present day! In a full gospel church, dressed as a pastor at the pulpit, with the choir behind him absolutely setting that tambourine on fire! Lots of cutaways to B-roll footage of Syria, Ukraine, Iraq, Bosnia...
I was 16 years old when this song came out. It is still true today as it was yesterday! Good God, what IS it good for? Surely not for children and other living things!
This song never gets old, does it? 1969 and here it is 2024. One of the best anti-war songs ever.
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
Yes, absolutely.
You are right gail
In 2024 can we please recirculate this song around the world ✌🏾❤️
Me here ❤❤😢
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.
+Jimmy Alexander WELL SAID!
+Jimmy Alexander Amen
+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.
+Jimmy Alexander Thank you, Jimmy Alexander.
+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 .
Long live the memory of Edwin Starr singing this song!
He was a truly great singer.
@ dynamite
peace time vet here my son is a afgan war vet 11 bravo i'm very thankful he made it home
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.
HELL is an understatement....
Thank you for fighting for all of us. ❤
It didn’t just ruin lives of soldiers. It ruined lives of their families at home
Yes sir
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.
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
He's telling off our politicians
Like when Biden said "For God's Sake! This man cannot remain in power!
it's my favourite line in the song
I love the “good god y’all”! It adds spice to the song
@@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.
Anyone Listening to this Masterpiece in 2024? 👇
Good God yall! What is it good for? You tell me
@@TimothyLittle13Nothing! Nothing at all, and the human race will never learn that fact...apparently. 😢
Me
Rush hour
Absolutely nothing!!
If You Don't Feel This...You're Not Human !!
Song hitting hard today 24 Feb 2022. Man speaks the truth.
March 3rd, hitting even harder
March 7th. God bless and let us see the truth.
March 8th
March 9
@@karengates5321 23:57:32
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!!!!!!!!!
say it again y'all
j luke Wooooooooooo!
BayareaGuy06 I agree-they're disrespectful and rude
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!!!
No doubt the Orange f*#khead's racist followers and toothless idiots who don't have a clue wtf war means.
Legend has it that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are still dancing to this song
That's a wholesome image for today. 👍
Don't forget Al and Peg Bundy's love song.
This song is as relevant today as it was in the late sixties
Yes, you are correct, and what a sad thing that is....
Or in the 1940s, 1810s, and so on.
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!
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?
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.
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!
@@maf5454 Thank you for the kind words.
And the americans didnt even beat the vietcong
One of the most honest and truthful song ever written!
Nobody cares, US still unleash wars and rob the whole world with dollar lending
Edwin Starr ‘s music his song such a beautifull powerful song … it still breaks my heart thank you Edwin
@@ongaphi-z4m Yah, it's only the U.S. that starts wars.
That's sarcasm by the way.
What's it good for? Technological advancements, medical advancements, space exploration, thinning out the herd etc..
Right up there with 'When a Man Loves a Woman' by Percy Sledge. Probably the truest words ever sung.
Life is full of circles and how appropriate is this today!
Absolutely one of the greatest songs of time
Yes!
Так!
Yes. It's a very different take than my two favorite anti-war songs - Glen Campbell, Galveston, and Kenny Rodgers, Ruby.
It’s 2024 and this needs to be the world’s anthem. Please share it
He delivers this song as if he is ready to fight to not have to fight, awesome interpretation, a masterpiece all around.
4 dead in ohio
@@jillthedoorgirl i remember when that happened. I live about 90 miles or so from Kent.
Ohio National Gaurd sent by Gov jim rhodes.
Then you should listen to edwin starr-slayer mashup
It gives it the agressiveness needed for the song
Except for the big smile on his face in the video.
We lost too many soldiers or they came back maimed and incredibly 💔. Our government sucks!!
"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......
I heard during Viet nam era. Now here we are in 2022 same sh
@@jamesware457 why did you spell vietnam like that
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.
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.
RARE IS INTERLUDE EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE OF FAME...A LIFES PRIVELEDGE KNOWING...WE ARE IN AGREEMENT...
LOVELY STORY ❤
This song should be played on all radio stations worldwide constantly.
Never more relevant than today, in face of the impending war, Oct 7 2023.
RIP Edwin Starr, 20 years ago this year.
His delivery was flawless and extremely power vocals.
This beast of a song is almost 50 years old. And still kicks so much ass.
🎷🎷🎷
Well put.
And sadly in 2022 it looks like here we go again and once again this song STILL rings true
Dirk Evans, I had to come listen to this song today (February 24, 2022). Bombs are falling on Ukraine. 😢
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
@@dirkevans3443 💯💯💯
What's it good for? Technological advancements, medical advancements, space exploration, thinning out the herd etc..
@@hellinterface6721 That's just fascist propaganda. War doesn't drive any advancements other than military ones.
This song is so badass.
A great song but I think he's dead now God bless his soul
@@frefhackett7867 he is sadly
da badest yo!!
And, he's belting it out from Heaven right now.
This track still holds up well, even to this day. Timeless.
Still one of the hardest records in history and I love his stage presence/performance he absolutely killed it!
I pray I live to see the day there's a BETTER way.😁
Me too!
Song of the month. Damn the "elites". Imagine every soldier just said no to these dictators and turned on them?
His performance is sending chills down my spine ...
Same !
Exactly correct In the sixties and even truer today. 2022.
Do we never learn from history,
Still a great song 53 years later
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 ❤
One of the most recognizable powerful songs out there that has stood the test of time. To bad we dont follow its simple message 🙁
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.
@@H.L.-fj6zd I hope all of you anti war people aren't voting Democrat this year
“War can’t give life, it can only take it away”
- Edwin Starr
This is the best song. ever!! Anyone who lived thru the 60s knows this
Edwin is singing with so much passion in this song....I like that.
They really don't make music like this anymore, sad. I'm 21, and I absolutely love the Motown era of music.
Me too
😮. This song moves. The lyrics. The rhythm. The music. You can move to it and listen to what he is saying.
heart, truth and edwin’s genius all meet in this song. few things are perfect in this world, but this song absolutely is.
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! :)
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!
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!
1970 it hit #1 in August of that year
Love it!
~Vietnam Era veteran, USAF, Juvat Jill
I took my son to the Christmas lights switch on in Wakefield UK way back in the early 80s Edwin Starr made an appearance and sung this song. WOW! What a man, what a voice. Absolutely fantastic! RIP Edwin.
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!
It’s not live, he doesn’t have a mic
War means destruction of innocent lives.
There 's got to be a better way to keep our freedom.
Greetings from Chile!
WHAT A VOICE!
What a powerful piece of music.
Probably one of the most important songs ever written, and executed to perfect effect by Mr Starr.
am 35 years old and getting goosebumps alll over
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!
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.
Best anti-war song and Starr sings the hell out of it.
Good God man!
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
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.
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.
A Great Man who ended his days in the Land Of Robin Hood ..King Edwin Starr🌼🏹🏹🏹
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!
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.
I love his voice its so great
One of my favorites from that time. And the words are still true
This song is one for eternity! He is on the list as one of America's heroes! Love from Canada.
"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..."
Let's hope we find it fast.
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...
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!
I was lucky enough to meet Edwin Starr on two occasions, when my band were on a supporting bill. He was an incredible performer, and complementing him on an amazing set, he replied "No-one sits down at MY gigs !" 😊
He was also the nicest man you could ever wish to meet.
God Bless this man, his message has reached millions!
Sure hope it reaches this generation before Biden and other globalists bring about WW3!
Barely
@@johnomalley7211 Where have been hiding? "War" was an antiwar hit during the tumultuous 70s, l know, and l remember, lol
@@jdb10715 what does globalism have to do with anything?
Be nice if we had music like this today.
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
What a great song for the times right now
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
what funky way to protest against war! 👍👍👍
Times will never change. What a stage performance!
This is wayyyyy better and more Emotional than the Temptations Version!
Today this song is punching harder
And today, November 17th 2024, we can shout it out again.... war what is it good for, absolutely nothing
This guy was great. May he rest in peace. He died too young (61).
What a shame
I was in Nam when this song came out. I'm not sure I heard it until I got back to the world. I listened to it many times since then. Brings back many memories.
WOW!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!
Quite a song to start the decade of the 70's , an all-time favorite for me This was a number 1
UNBELIEVABLE WICKED vocal performance. A true classic. Profound theme and lyrics. Thank you Edwin. RIP.
Perfect 🥁 ,drums and chorus 's voices too
Oh maaaan, this guy is just straight up insanely AWESOME!
EDWIN & THIS SONG WILL TRANSCEND ALL TIME!!!! BIG UP!!!!
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.
Something people should hear nowadays.
Great song! Edwin's voice has a unique quality that marries the lyrics to the sentiment in a a grand fashion.
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...
I love this performance..He puts ALL of himself into this piece...
I landed at JFK on June 29th, 1969 to star my life in America; . The Viet Nam was was raging on and protests against it were happening all over the U.S.A. This came out then and it was very popular. I never forgot it. I like it, especially the lyrics...very true ! Today I heard it again while driving. It brought back memories of those days..
Minor correction: Edwin's version was released in June 1970 according to Wikipedia, so the title of this RUclips video is inaccurate. ruclips.net/video/01-2pNCZiNk/видео.html
😭😭😭 Edwin 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Until 2021 i listen to this sound.
Who is whith me !
Same
I remember playing this song on a 45 when I was a kid over and over, what a song!
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)
Edwin....truly a Man's Man.
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.
NEVER GET TIRED LISTENING TO THIS CLASSIC.
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.
One of the best and most truthful songs ever published. NO ONE performs it better.
Unfortunately, war IS sometimes necessary. But only those who profit from the war machine win. And they ARE NOT going to get involved in the dying or injured part of war. They just get richer.
Oh man I could picture it if he did a video in present day!
In a full gospel church, dressed as a pastor at the pulpit, with the choir behind him absolutely setting that tambourine on fire!
Lots of cutaways to B-roll footage of Syria, Ukraine, Iraq, Bosnia...
I was 16 years old when this song came out. It is still true today as it was yesterday!
Good God, what IS it good for? Surely not for children and other living things!
Loved this song and still do. The good old 60's! He really had the moves for back in the day! lol...........love it!!!
Brothers could sing back then. Motown