I Started a Joke - Lyrics - Bee Gees
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- I Started a Joke is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees for their 1968 album Idea. As a single it reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100....As Memorial Day approaches.I related it to my experience as a combatant in the Vietnam War,...so much tragedy for us, those we fought and the civilians caught in the middle.
I Started a Joke
I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me
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Yes! Just watched episode 6. I’ve heard this before but extremely rarely. This is outrageously beautiful, robins delivery and voice and pace are sublime. This song and “never my love” by the association
Yep baby reindeer was brill just watched. Made me search for this .
Yes this is exactly why I am here. I now love this song
Yes!
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In the early 70's, while stationed in highland, middle part of Vietnam, my dad recorded his voices, played guitar, sung "I Started A Joke" and sent home his cassette tape, I was so scared that he never came back but my dad was so optimistic and didn't afraid of anything. This beautiful song stayed with me since.
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I was in the central Highlands with the 173rd at LZ uplift the Delta DAWGS third Platoon Fortunate Son we got to get out of this place Galveston for the boredom Paint It Black Sympathy for the Devil Riders on the Storm the doors surreal what's going on Marvin Gaye four dead in Ohio I started the joke won't be Fooled Again The Who Who Are You Tainted Love
This is what I feel like in life so alone
@@PeggiBidenMy prayers that you will find support, peace, love, and happiness for yourself. ❤ From a former R.N. who cares. I find strength in my Christian faith. Blessings. 😊
I have not heard this song in years but for some reason when I heard it I still remembered all the words.
Yes, sadly it evoked poignant memories from not just the Nam Era but other times the the decades that followed.
The movie itself well done!
…a bit difficult to watch in one sitting, but also why it’s well worth the time.
Great job!
There's nothing like the tremulous voice of the late Robin Gibb's
Always loved this song. Great Video!
It is something your brother and I would find to be very personal.....thank you for your friendly visit Ann :)
A simple yet so powerful message.
Dear Glenn...Still Remember heard on radio DJ introduced a new song just released in '68 knew will be on top ten
and ranking #6 finally that good ole days tks for sharing enjoy sunny day
Hi Sebastien,.....thank you for your friendly visit,.....enjoy your week with your loved ones my friend :)
Hi Glenn
As i have said before, thankfully i have never been subjected to the horrors of war.
It is hard to imagine that there will ever be a time when the world is at peace.
Will be thinking of you come Monday.
Much respect brother!
Geoff.
It is hard to imagine Geoff,....thank you for your kind thoughts brother,....have a lovely week my friend :)
2nd song found from the watching Baby Reindeer!
As if the show itself wasn’t enough, you also gave me good music! Bless the entire production and cast!!
What was the other out of interest?
and this song is not listed in the soundtrack list on spotify or other sites, why????
Here because Baby Reindeer
Not exactly sure what it was written about but for some reason its one of my favorite songs!!
Awwww. I miss them😪
When I saw the photos and listened to the words I felt like crying. For all the young men who were made to go and fight in that awful war. A war which changed NOTHING except their minds, their personalities their hopes!
Funny lot really. Send them to fight in horrific conditions in foreign lands and then kick them when they're down.
Is that the American dream?
Say I'm combat Vietnam the best thing you could have ever said 😂😂😂 Thank you
The opening scene with the Vietnamese mother the thousands of children who were born deformed after the war you exposed evil no matter where it comes from Satanist have caused all the problems on this planet
The meaning of the song is: 10 years I was a resident of L.A. It was there I met someone in the music industry. After talking about many songs he told me the meaning of ‘I started a joke’ was about the crucifixion of Christ. If you keep that in mind while listening to the lyrics, it makes sense.
It makes sense to you because you were a resident of L.A. (Land of Assholes) for 10 years! Wakodahatchee Chris
He died to save man, Christ
I cant even image Glenn the degree of trauma you, those who served and those who were/are apart of war.
Hi Andrea,...this coming Monday is Memorial Day and we honor our fallen brothers and sisters.... and I pray our politicians choose wisely....have a beautiful week dear friend :)
To describe this song in one word “HAUNTING “
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and deep respect to you my friend ........ Hugs Jennie
Thank you Jennie,...you are very kind.....have a lovely weekend my friend hugs :)
Thank you Glen ! Hugs :)
Somewheremaybe
Sad song with many philosophy. This song made me be humbled. This morning I saw the old dog's death body across my house. Yesterday I saw the dog on the road walking but I felt the dog almost near to death. Ah...
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I feel this
Yes absolutely .. true ... 🎶..
2020 this is still a beautiful song what does coronavirus and all the other things that's Brewing up
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Very moving Glenn....I've never really known exactly what this song is about, only that it makes me depressed....war is so terrible and horrible so the words seem to go with your images....I'm very sorry you had to go thru those times, but glad you survived....my brother was a Marine but never served in any war....I'll be thinking of you on Memorial Day....Hugs : (
Thank you June,....I don't know if that is what the song was meant to be about but that is what it did for me......you are a very nice friend,.....enjoy the rest of your week :)
Yep 😢
Thank you, Glenn!
Thank you for taking your time to view and comment and for your friendly visit today,....have a beautiful week Stefi :)
Great choice of pictures......so appropriate!!!!!!
I love these song
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Yes
Wow. This is a very effective video, indeed. Perfect with this song and perfect for Memorial Day, Glenn. Thank you for sharing your talents with us :)
Thanks so much Claudette,....I was afraid I would offend everybody.....I regret harming others as a combatant and as a survivor of a senseless war. Memorial Day is difficult. I had done a previous one of this song but it got pirated so I remade it when I started uploading again.........but Memorial Day is not about me but about our fallen from all our wars....thanks again for your friendly visit :)
Being from the same generation as you, I can see all sides to it. Those who had to participate in that war and were against it (like my former husband), those who fought in the war and were offended by those who protested against it, and those who stayed home and protested against it, trying to end it...And you are right; Memorial Day is for all who died in wars. Peace to you, my friend...
If your former husband served I should thank you for your service Claudette :)
You're quite welcome, Glenn, and thank you for yours also...
Charles Thomas Munger was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. RIP
Hi Glenn! Another beautiful song & powerful message you've put together my friend. I believe it does make a difference, the way you keep the message alive for others to see. We can't change the past but we can shape the future. Those aren't only words... they are truths. I'm thankful for all the good I have experienced in life... and understand that I would never have fully appreciated it without going through the bad as well.
I hope your days ahead are full of many great moments my friend : )
And thank you for so often sharing inspiring messages & music here with us : )
See you again soon Glenn!
_ Koo
Hi Koo, thank you for your kind and generous comments,...friends like you are worth keeping,....have a lovely week dear friend :)
I heard it from a French movie called momo, I think I had heard it before but didn't know it was from the Bee Gees
Hello Glenn, Very touching and also the video, But you and all the others soldiers fought with Honour.
Respect. Take care and thank you for this share. Warm hugs
Thank you very much dear Derry,....you are always so very kind,.....have a lovely week dear friend....hugs :)
very nice video my friend i like and subbed,keep it up dear
Thank you very much my nice friend,...I'll keep making videos if you will support me.....have a lovely week :)
I had no idea it was memorial day, Glenn. It was horrific over there.
I have quite a few friends who went to Vietnam and other wars. One, an ex-SAS. We lived on a naval base when I was a small child (what a place to live, when I was terrified of choppers. Vivid memories of running screaming into the house. I thpught they were giant dragon-flies :-\ Then we moved into a navy home not too far away from the Base until I was 11) I saw the casualties; a friend of my father who lost both legs is one that really wrenched at my heart. You take care, y'hear? x
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Great!
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Seems this song fits current social jokes.
Same
Poor my whole world
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Oh Glenn, my fellow countrymen! Thank You
Are You Okay? xx
Thank you very much for your friendly visit Charmayne,....have a lovely week :)
Beautifully done Glen
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i told u, it wasn't my joke, it was my nightmare & dream to save even in powerlessness :'(
❤❤❤❤ Wong Kok Tong the joker
The lat 3 words of this song is, no no no.
All the Judahs day.....
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lol It's that BeeGee tune..... I Started the Joke! hahahahaha
I use to watch an earlier version. , it was taken down I don't know why. This is masterful but not as powerful for me as the original. e.g. I looked at the sky had men coming down ropes.I wish I could have a copy of the original. I was born in a concentration camp because of my Japanese ancestry and get depressed around my b.day Why this video helps, I don't know. I guess because you survived although somewheremaybe makes me wonder. Trump makes me think nothing has changed. Many Thanks.
The original was pirated so l remade the video. ....sorry
Thanks for the reply. This is still a great version and still makes me cry
God's peace and comfort to you my friend :)
Cry in my beer
Bud light is my bet
Are you ok?
The only person that would know what this song is about would be Barry Gibb living now in Miami
Max------ it was about Hitler
Dedico essa musica a meu amorrrr alex santosss ........bj
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this song is about the travesty of state funded exorcisms that were made to happen on all the young people in canada most people dont realise that it was a crime to be gay in those times and in the vietnam i served in it was not a fun ride more like it was a disgrace and you can hear that the pain of his voice was that gibb served there too he was in my platoon and a a really nice guy good song
VIETNAM, WHY ?
I think that song became popular during the VN war era.
Ein Entertainer ( beispielsweise ein Clown) macht sich über sich selbst lustig und beglückt Andere dadurch . Selbst wenn es ein kurzes Lächeln ist .
Das macht die Größe aus !!!
:-) :-D:O:-(
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Thank you very much,....can I call you by your first name ?
They are playing with my spelling now
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I think that if we served we don't have to say? Your not qualified because your not AVF2
The lyrics are totally misplaced and disconnected with the Vietnam war. What idiot thinks it's relevant to Nam? The song and lyrics that work for Vietnam vets are "He ain't heavy. He's my Brother" by the Hollies. "We gotta get out of this place" by the Animals was another favorite of ours, only because of the Title (that FIT our waist deep in shit duty station) and solid rock beat. MACV 1964-1966. Wakodahatchee Chris
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First and foremost, thank you for your service. I was confused by the imagery myself and I'm not even a vet. When I think of music from that era, I immediately think of Credance. Although I'm not sure if that's necessarily accurate or if I've just grown accustomed to hearing their music is most every movie that relates to Vietnam.
I unforgivably forgot THE MOST HAUNTING Nam tune. ..."Reflections Of My Life" by Marmalade..
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@@staciehenderson6982 thank you for your service😲😳😳These guys went overseas to kill . Stupid silly rabbit American
Yeah, you just going to stand There and watch her... Not burn in the fires of hell.
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Bank It, Bet OnIt, Beware Of The Dog
I song is for the fonder of the Jehovah witness Charles.that that.that that....... I know you see all thea..... that's now connect them.
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I didn't see👄
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That song was about Hitler so why do they show the guys that were in the Vietnam War? anyway the Vietnam War was a terrible waste of our U.S. young mens' lives. Men in my age group
It sure galvanized the hippies
As all wars
@@donfisher7432 Winston Churchill said , " Men like Wars or they would have stopped them a long time ago.." and some great General said " War is hell "
@@dragonfox2.058 they are the only ones that had the brains to protest Young American men being sent to Vietnam to get killed
What's up with the Totally FUCKED UP video with this song 🤔
look at the description
Dead beet dad
It has nothing to do with the song or what it mean to someone else
@@mikecushing7276 no not the song, but the dead beet dad who sing it. Lol.
Just like the rest of jolly old englund
我睇完消失的情人節入嚟架
Man never paid child support. Caused horrible merrage problems
I can't see how this is connected,totally misplaced.The words of the songs does not fit for me.Try no more wars.
This can also be the anthem of Trump's presidency.... Word-for-word!
You are one stupid son-of -a -bitch
I think Stefan nailed it. It could have been so much more
Baby reindeer 🦌
Here because of Baby Reindeer 🖐️
Baby reindeer❤
I just watched that part
why is this song not listed on spotify baby reindeer soundtrack, and other sites showing soundtrack list???
Copyright probably
I love the song, the video.
I really love the lyrics..very melancholic and has a deep meaning..especially, "I finally die, which started the whole world living."
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Staying alive
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I learned this song from the movie called The Conjuring 2
The natural sound of his voice and the lyrics make this one of the SADDEST GOD DAMN SONGS of all time. Don't play this song to anyone thinking about committing suicide.
Serj
Has anyone come here from the conjuring 2
Yes bro😂
haha, you have the gift
This has got to be the saddest of all the Bee Gees songs.
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i heard someone sang this before which was my chat mate and now i miss him
Zevixel------?
This is a beautiful but very melancholic song.
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...sad time in my life. ..for sure ... the big joke was on our generation. Take care old friend.
You speak truth brother,.....take good care this Memorial Day Tony
This song put the Vietnam War regardless of what it was written for or who with or who wrote it I was in combat in Vietnam this was a crime against humanity to listen to this song to put the Vietnam War into perfect perspective was very emotional to me because the exact truth is the only thing that's important this was the first war that was an obvious crime against humanity is a lesson to the world you don't take down all the memorials and Destroy things what you do is leave it up and have someone there to tell the truth and I'm willing to do it and I am doing it as we speak now
Mike-----Yes, the Vietnam War was a terrible waste of U.S. young men's' lives.... men in my age group .... like you
Respect Mike! This post made me cry! 🤗
That’s the beautiful thing about this song. It can mean anything to anyone. THATS art. ❤
For all of us that lived through that are the only ones alive today that see the same thing happening in Ukraine...a proxy war
My grandma who was like a mom fuck it she was only mom we had I remember being 13 she made me download songs for her and this one was one of them I miss you Mom ❤You had a amazing taste of music I wish I would’ve got more time with you I wasn’t always the best grandson
Sittting here typing this in tears miss you mom
me😂
Awesome
wasnt this about the clive anderson interview
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😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 very, very sad, Vietnam War 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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poor my country
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This is what I feel
I did !
My Father took me and my brother into the living room and said if you're drafted you will fight in this war, there won't be any flag burning or running to Canada in this house
Your father was a serious tard
I’d have knocked him out
I had so many uncles fight in this war, I was still a teenager, they didn't all come home, rip ,
Children aged 18 might think to have a clue..
but the veil is thick and heavy
and when then the moments comes
where the mighty man can lift that veil
he wished dearly not being able.
Some countries in the world still have people who will fight, and countries full of people who will run away and burn flags will lose
Fantastic
Robin ..rip ,is sad
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That can be taken in many different ways.
We as people should abolish all governments and live in peace🙏
If only we could.