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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @chrismatthew8812
    @chrismatthew8812 Месяц назад +21

    Such a powerful song. As a former member of the Australian Army, this always brings out the emotions. Keep up the good work. 🇦🇺😊

  • @Pomdownuder
    @Pomdownuder Месяц назад +24

    All proceeds from the song go to the Australian Vietnam veterans association. It is based on the expirences of John Schumann's brother-in-law and a friend.
    This is an unofficial "Anzac day" (Australia New Zealand army Corp) anthem

  • @NarnianRailway
    @NarnianRailway Месяц назад +12

    Thanks for introducing us to this song.
    Reading up, Australian forces in Vietnam 62-75, mostly '65-72. About 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam suffering similar experience as Americans. Australian Government hosts a page Anzac Portal with details plus a wiki. The song's wiki page provides the song history and lyrics details.

  • @skasteve6528
    @skasteve6528 23 дня назад +6

    A lot of Americans don't realise that there were troops from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand fighting alongside them in Vietnam.
    I'm from England, and this Sunday is remembrance Sunday, when we remember those who fought and died in both world wars. At 11a.m., on the eleventh of the eleventh, we have a minutes silence to reflect on their sacrifice. If I'm not working (The silence applies to the workplace too), I usually go to a small memorial for the Canadians who died in the Normandy landings. I don't live in Britain any more, but every Armistice day I still observe the silence and reflect on the sacrifice of all or our commonwealth allies, former colonies as well as the US, Soviet, Nepal and many troops from the free units from occupied countries. I also spare a thought for our former enemies too.
    A good follow up song to I was only 19, would be Eric Bogle's The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

  • @djgrant8761
    @djgrant8761 Месяц назад +12

    Lest We Forget.

  • @Johnnyoz75
    @Johnnyoz75 Месяц назад +5

    I'm born and bred in Townsville, which is the city mentioned near the start of the song. It has the largest army base in Australia. If you watch the original video for this song it shows actual footage of the soldiers.

  • @srebak
    @srebak Час назад

    I was guitarist in an Army cabaret band/Opus 4 in Townsville in 1970...I replaced their army guitarist/I was a local civilian...The members of the band were all army band members usually from Victoria and NSW...There were quite often musician changes in the band...I didn't think much of it at the time but thought that they must have been called for duty...!!??...I often practiced with them at Lavarack Barracks...And thankfully,I am still in touch with one of them...I was only 19...Powerful message in this song

  • @norm70
    @norm70 13 дней назад

    Thank you ladies.

  • @DaveOz-mx5oh
    @DaveOz-mx5oh Месяц назад +12

    best song ever written about PTSD

  • @MrDarkwing78
    @MrDarkwing78 Месяц назад +6

    🇦🇺 Welcome to Australia, ladies, and thank you for covering such a beautiful, haunting tribute to our boys in green.
    I scrolled through your video’s, and have 2 artists to recommend that you’ll love. (Edit: I just found out you’ve heard “Rock and Roll Nerd”, hopefully you’ll appreciate the other suggestions by Tim Minchin below)
    Firstly though, the GOAT vocalist out of Australia who Celine Dion herself idolises, locally known simply as “The Voice”, John Farnham. I’ll start you off with 3 great songs (best in the following order) and then you’re on your own to explore that rabbit hole.
    “You’re the Voice” is our unofficial pub anthem. Watch it Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and keep a close eye on that mic stand (especially when the camera reverses, you’ll see why)
    “Help” is a rearrangement of The Beatles song, so be familiar with that first. Farnsy did the greatest cover of any song in music history with this IMHO. Again, Live with the MSO.
    Finally, Kathy has heard this with Ace, but the other ladies would appreciate it too. Farnsy and Barnsy (John Farnham and Jimmy Barnes from Cold Chisel) covering “When something is wrong with my baby” is some of the best crooning you’ll ever hear.
    Now, onto Tim Minchin.
    “Lullaby” is safe, “Prejudice” is pure genius, and if you think you can handle it “Thank You God” and “The Pope Song” are irreverent but brilliant. He has many other great songs, but I’m trying to limit this. +++Warning+++ There is some explicit language in “The Pope Song”, but you won’t disagree with a word of it by the end. (For gods sake, don’t start with that one, though!)
    Sorry to hit you with so much, but I’m so sure you’ll enjoy them all so it was worth taking the time to recommend each and every song here.

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 Месяц назад

      Not sure what this great spiel has to do with "I Was Only 19". Relevance please?

    • @MrDarkwing78
      @MrDarkwing78 Месяц назад

      @@daviddou1408 Way to make me feel guilty for not having personal experience in the military but still wanting to share 2 of our national treasures in the comments.
      Are you going to ask the person who just wrote “That Teddy is going to haunt you come Halloween” what that has to do with “I was Only 19?” Or the person who only wrote “Welcome from Brisbane, Australia.. Bluey comes from here too” exactly what Bluey has to do with Redgum? How about the bloke that didn’t even reference the song but requested a Linkin Park song?
      Are you going to police the comments for all irrelevant material?
      I wrote out a long recommendation. (Actually copy/paste/edited) sue me.

  • @aribob2012
    @aribob2012 Месяц назад +4

    Love your reaction, love from Brisbane, Australia,......bluey lives in Brisbane too, ❤

  • @jayweb51
    @jayweb51 Месяц назад +12

    I would recommend you react to "PTSD15 Special Recording "I Was Only 19" John Schumann "

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Месяц назад +4

    Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
    It was a long march from cadets
    The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card
    We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left
    And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
    This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
    And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens
    God help me - I was only nineteen
    From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
    I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
    And we made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers
    And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub
    And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
    And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
    And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
    God help me - I was only nineteen
    A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one on two legs
    It was a war within yourself
    But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off
    So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else
    And then someone yelled out "Contact", and the bloke behind me swore
    We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar
    And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
    God help me - he was goin' home in June
    And I can still see Frankie, drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
    On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau
    And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle
    'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row
    And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
    And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
    I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
    God help me, I was only 19
    And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
    Any why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
    And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
    God help me - I was only 19

  • @stuwhiteman3810
    @stuwhiteman3810 Месяц назад +9

    Thanks guys for reacting to this song, Aussies get no recognition in movies or doco's for our contribution in WW1, WW2, Korea or Vietnam and also the later conflicts in the Middle East?
    Another heart felt song is by Eric Bogle "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" supposed to be the best anti war song ever written.
    ruclips.net/video/rUwDHNJlJ2I/видео.html

    • @thebouncer9107
      @thebouncer9107 Месяц назад +1

      I can also recommend this. A very powerful song, which sums up the treatment of veterans.
      Another war song to consider in the lead up to Christmas is 'Christmas 1915' by Tommy Fleming.

  • @chrischapman1522
    @chrischapman1522 13 дней назад

    Thank you for your reaction

  • @DaveMartin-h5o
    @DaveMartin-h5o Месяц назад +2

    I did a school project with a classmate using this song in 1983
    We were in year 6

  • @DaveMartin-h5o
    @DaveMartin-h5o Месяц назад +1

    Hey guys
    Thanks for sharing this with us all
    ♥️💯🇦🇺

  • @himbo754
    @himbo754 23 дня назад +1

    This is a famous song in Australia. There is a lot of references to things in Australia that makes sense to us, but probably wouldn't to others.

  • @samphillips2360
    @samphillips2360 Месяц назад +17

    And to think the Vets were treated like crap when they returned both in Australia and the US. Utterly disgraceful. 9:09

    • @pierreverschueren8382
      @pierreverschueren8382 Месяц назад +1

      Yes, and even today no one gives a crap. :(

    • @sandgroperwookiee65
      @sandgroperwookiee65 23 дня назад +2

      @@pierreverschueren8382 not true! ..not in Australia anyway. Lest We Forget

    • @pierreverschueren8382
      @pierreverschueren8382 23 дня назад

      @@sandgroperwookiee65 Maybe not all Australians but lets be honest the majority did I know.

    • @sandgroperwookiee65
      @sandgroperwookiee65 18 дней назад +2

      @@pierreverschueren8382 you said "even today nobody gives a crap"..that is NOT true!
      Only a very small % don't gac.

  • @KneecapVanisher
    @KneecapVanisher Месяц назад +6

    A bit of context behind this song: Between 1962 and 1972, Australia was one 5 Countries to participate in the U.S-Led “Many flags campaign” to aid the south Vietnamese in their war against the communist north. Australia sent 61,000 Personnel starting in 1962 and withdrawing fully in 1972. 521 Soldiers were killed, and a further 3,000 wounded.
    The song reflects the experiences of an Australian Vereran with PTSD from service in Vietnam. It was a major success when it was released in 1983.
    Initially, the war was seen as favorable by the Australian public. However the sentiment rapidly changed following an increasing number of conscripted soldiers being killed and wounded. Returning veterans saw less parades, and more disrespect from Australian citizens.
    During the 1960s and 1970s, they were excluded from joining the returned servicemen’s league on the grounds that they “didn’t fight in a real war”. Additionally, they were excluded from ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand army corps) day marches for the same reasons. Finally, in 1972 the RSL allowed Vietnam veterans to lead the March.
    In October 1992, the Vietnam Forces National Memorial was dedicated. It commemorates the 60,000 Australian personnel who served in Vietnam.

    • @dennismoore1134
      @dennismoore1134 Месяц назад +1

      Yes we were denied membership of the RSL (Returned Servicemen's League), for the reasons you state, but, we were NEVER refused or denied permission to march on ANZAC Day. I know, I am an Australian two tour Vietnam Veteran (Infantry). I have also never joined, or wanted to, The RSL, for other reasons as well as the one you stated.

    • @KneecapVanisher
      @KneecapVanisher Месяц назад +1

      @@dennismoore1134 I gathered all this within a single Wikipedia article. Perhaps I read wrong somewhere. Thanks for the insight.

    • @dennismoore1134
      @dennismoore1134 Месяц назад +1

      @@KneecapVanisher No, you probably did not 'read it wrong', Wikipedia did not get it entirely right. Wikipedia, which I have often used myself, is widely regarded as not being 100 per cent accurate, to put it politely. Thanks for your comment & for taking interest in a war in which we should not have been participating, but which we did. At least we can say that we conducted ourselves honourably. Regards, Dennis Moore, 3RAR Vietnam: 1967 - 1968; 1971.

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 Месяц назад

      Funny thing about all the comments made regarding not being able to join the RSL, I returned from Vietnam in early 1969 and joined the same year.

    • @dennismoore1134
      @dennismoore1134 Месяц назад +1

      @@daviddou1408 I guess the individual branches or sub-branches were able to decide for themselves. But the official policy of the RSL was that Vietnam Veterans were not entitled to full membership. They changed their rules in the '80s or '90s. when their membership numbers were falling, due to the increasing death-rate of the World War One Veterans & also those from World War Two. There have been several documentaries, or stories on the news & current affairs shows. In fact if you search for the issue on RUclips, you will see a story - with vision - of the RSL of NSW offering an apology. I was watching it again only the other day. I have never been a member, because of this & other reasons.

  • @billschild3371
    @billschild3371 23 дня назад +2

    There is one line that always haunts me in this song. It is "Frankie kicked a mine the day mankind kicked the moon. God help him he was going home in June." Now the first moon landing took place on 20 July (or July 20) so had he extended his tour or had he just arrived and only been there a month. I think the former but happy to be corrected.

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 День назад

      This has always been a misunderstanding. 6 RAR arrived in Vietnam on the 8th May 1969, the moon landing was the 21st July Vietnam time just over two months later and the date the incident happened. Therefore as the battalion was not due to RTA until the 7th May 1970 they in fact had nearly 10 months left of their tour. June was purely poetic licence to rhyme. So no, he had neither extended his tour, nor was only one month in.
      Further it was not "Frankie", Francis Hunt, who was killed, it was the platoon commander Lt Peter Hines that was killed. Frankie suffered severe injuries and was repatriated to Australia and a number of others suffered lesser wounds. One of these was Michael Storen, John Schumann's brother in law, and the one who told John the story being where the inspiration came from.

  • @DavidPola1961
    @DavidPola1961 Месяц назад +3

    This was a hit song in Australia in 1983

  • @svenomick5857
    @svenomick5857 15 дней назад

    You Girls need to listen to the full story off this Song it is a true Story, there is a long version it gives You the hole Story Cheers Michael NSW Australia

  • @PaulKleynjan
    @PaulKleynjan Месяц назад +2

    I acted on this clip. This was for the Hip Hop remake of the song. The gentlemen in the medals at the end took us through what it was like for them so we could do them some sort of justice

  • @allanhindmarch7323
    @allanhindmarch7323 4 часа назад

    There should never be a need to send our children to war!

  • @philcleaver2703
    @philcleaver2703 29 дней назад

    Ive been to bali to not sad redgum excellent mob

  • @elvwood
    @elvwood Месяц назад +1

    I love Redgum - they can be very political or just goofy with equal ease. First song I heard (on the radio, back in the 80s, thank you Tommy Vance) was _ASIO,_ about the Australian security agency, and I was instantly won over. My favourite serious song is _The_ _Last_ _Frontier,_ and my favourite goofy one is _Servin'_ _USA_ (a Beach Boys parody).

  • @FaySpargo
    @FaySpargo Месяц назад

    Watch( the band played waltzing Matilda by Eric bogle) is is of similar importance and the effects it has on return soldiers but from ww1 and the Anzac respect!! ( Australia, New Zealand army core ) Anzac is initials !

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 Месяц назад

      Core is the thingy in the middle of an apple.
      *Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

  • @susanjw7763
    @susanjw7763 Месяц назад +1

    Had neighbours and friends went to Vietnam and suffered with PTSD and various addictions.

  • @michaelmayo9048
    @michaelmayo9048 Месяц назад

    Hi from Melbourne Australia..if you don't know what a red gum is it's a type of eucalyptus tree. There are 160 different types eucalyptus trees .nice honey from the trees .and some hardwood ones for building. And furniture.

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 Месяц назад

      The genera Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus, over 800.
      *River red gum. Found throughout Australia.

  • @chrisalldis3375
    @chrisalldis3375 14 дней назад

    It just tells you that you must listen to the Soldier as they will tell you of the futility of War.

  • @stephenogier7499
    @stephenogier7499 4 дня назад

    Another Redgum song: Lear Jets over Kulgera

  • @musicguy694
    @musicguy694 Месяц назад +5

    It is hard to watch this I lost friends in that war.

  • @Guvament_bs
    @Guvament_bs Месяц назад

    Redgum were an Australian folk band from the 70s and 80s. The were very good. I saw them live many times. Some of their better songs include... Lear Jets Over Kulgera, The Last Frontier, Poor Ned, Killing Floor, Stewie, Long Run and Nuclear Cop. I am sure you would enjoy all of these.

  • @digitaldirt7773
    @digitaldirt7773 Месяц назад +1

    I was about to bag on the over production of the vocals and it seemed kind of cheesy. Then I googled and saw this guy was Australian and fighting politics back in 1975. My dad was drafted in the U.S. and had to fight in Vietnam in 1967 and early 1968. So I get it now. War didn't bring my dad down but he never saw life the same way after that. Seeing innocent people getting killed and women molested changed him for life. By the time this song was recorded both my brother and I where born. We are just over a year apart. Unfortunately he died last year complications from lung disease caused by Agent Orange and all the unfiltered free cigarettes they fed him for two years and got him hooked.

  • @paulr4811
    @paulr4811 Месяц назад

    Check out. I have been to Bali by redgum

  • @Reviresco2
    @Reviresco2 Месяц назад +2

    War never leaves a person who served.

  • @rickcarter6094
    @rickcarter6094 4 дня назад

    The sad part is that after all they went through, there were no big crowds to welcome them home.

  • @pierreverschueren8382
    @pierreverschueren8382 Месяц назад

    That teddy will haunt you come Halloween :)

  • @johnpage7735
    @johnpage7735 Месяц назад

    Redgum is a tree. The timber is very solid. I believe it is native to Australia 🇦🇺. Regards John

    • @daviddou1408
      @daviddou1408 Месяц назад +1

      River red gum, native to Australia and found in most of the country.

    • @johnpage7735
      @johnpage7735 Месяц назад

      @@daviddou1408 cheers

  • @chillybogart8165
    @chillybogart8165 23 дня назад

    Aussies ain't all doom. Check out GOOD TIMES. INXS and Barney, also JONNY FARNHAM

  • @Intrusive_Thought176
    @Intrusive_Thought176 Месяц назад

    U should react to buffalo springfields "expecting to fly" if you haven't already.
    highly recommend

  • @johncargell8879
    @johncargell8879 Месяц назад

    I can't find you on Patreon ? I just stumbled across your channel and subscribe. I'm a 63 year musician and would LOVE to see your reactions to music I'll send. How do I do that ?

    • @KathyLuluandDonna
      @KathyLuluandDonna  6 часов назад

      You can send a request through our buy me a coffee page.
      buymeacoffee.com/aceandkitk7

  • @1legend517
    @1legend517 Месяц назад

    "Can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep? And night times just a jungle dark and a barking m16?"
    Doctor: "Have you tried to, like, close your eyes and not think about it? What else can i help you with?"
    "And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means"
    Doctor "it's an itch don't scratch it. Is there anything else i can help you with?"

  • @NigelLangmead
    @NigelLangmead Месяц назад

    Try jonah louie stop the cavalry.

  • @2eREPPARA
    @2eREPPARA Месяц назад

    Aussie combat vet
    And when I get to heavens gates to St Peter l’ll say “Legionnaire reporting in l’ve done my time in hell”🇦🇺🇺🇸

  • @waytooxtreme
    @waytooxtreme Месяц назад

    could you guys please react to linkin park emptiness machine

  • @paulr4811
    @paulr4811 Месяц назад

    War is hell

  • @paulbirtles2807
    @paulbirtles2807 Месяц назад

    PTSD anniversary version by the original band is a way better version than this one.