The Point 0 Five - I was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) (Cover)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Rock cover of the legendary song first preformed by Redgum in 1983
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Original song property of John Schumann/Redgum
Many thanks from an American Viet Nam Veteran. For he who sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother. Ner his condition be so vile. Everytime I hear this song, I CRY. When a Veteran cry's, it doesn't mean he's weak. It means he's human. Thanks Bro, thanks
paul mowery Anzac Day this Thursday
paul mowery lest we forget buddy
I'm not a vet mate and this song hits me hard.
When a person cries, it means they are human.
Good!!!! Fricken outstanding cover. Didn't think I would like a rock cover but they nailed it!
Amazing cover! You guys need more recognition. Keep it up!
Top props for keeping the Aussie accent
Wow... Amazing cover guys. I'm always a little wary of rock covers of emotional songs such as this, but you kept the strong feelings of the original and updated it your own style, superb.
PureSerenity thanks very much!
The Point 0 Five I just read wiki it says you guys are from Joliet Illinois are you all American if you are I find it amazing how you had the boxing kangaroo flag on the wall and footage from the original film clip I’m sure John shuman would be proud thanks for honouring our heritage this song as Americans belongs to you as well and your servicemen and woman who went through all that shit in Vietnam and every other war if you come here come on Anzac Day and sing this song
@@lozloz7418no there must be a band in us as well. This lot is from Queensland Australia
@@bradmahony1554 yeh that band there is five point o this mob is the point o five
Perfect! Nearly lost my Dad was, one lung down. :( First time war didn't make sense to us all. Here we are again Ukraine. Can we all just be human. :):(. I was kind of hoping to get here without being called up. But here we are again in the midst of our second World War 3. :( My Dad shared with those who went and they died early because. :(. We have all fort the war again, just slower, now Global. :( My right to live is now everyone's here no matter what we agree on is the same. Then and only then we will grow old together. :( Imagine that being human we all share a lot.
Like Redgums, like The Lancer Bands, love this cover, didnt take away at all from the original actually added to it imho.
Drews Lawns and Long Grass Mowing and Slashing what city is it that there marching at 0:36
Epic cover you men !¡!
Mum and Dad and Danny 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", another bloke 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 nineteen.
As you describe, one can feel thiis tine. And i can feel with you, you dont forget this awful feelings...never
Keep up the good work
Didn’t think I’d like a rock cover of this classic emotional song. I was wrong.
Bloody awsome fellas
Well done lads fucken loved this
This just blew my fucking mind. Frankie's leg style.
Good job
Minor skirmishes in the border areas of the former South-West Africa (now Namibia) in 1966 between apartheid-era white security police aligned slightly with the West, and black insurgents, so-called terrorists aligned strongly with Moscow, lead to a protracted but low-key war similar in some ways to the Vietnam War - recce soldiers, the South African equivalent of American Navy SEALS or LURPS (long-range reconnaissance patrols) - sent the ears of deceased enemies back home in envelopes, or hung them as necklaces, gruesome souvenirs of their kills. There were also other similarities between the two wars, but the terrain was entirely different - verdant humid jungle versus straw-coloured, dry shrubs and bushes in winter.
The biggest few operations by the SADF were Operations in Angola in 1976, 1980 (Operation Skeptic), 1981 / 1982 (Operation Protea) and 1987 - 1988 (Operations Hooper, Modular and Packer). There were also farm murders, operations and skirmishes in the Ovamboland region of SWA / Namibia. About 1800 SADF troops were killed - a small, low-key war, but the kill ratio was about 1 : 20 in their favour. My dad was in the operational areas just before Operation Skeptic began, and he had, amongst others, flown on a recce mission over enemy territory, operated surgically on combat casualties as an army doctor, seen a freedom fighter fall out of a tree from sniper fire, and witnessed three coffins next to his barrack, in which were the corpses of three friends he had made in the army pub the night before, and who were killed in a military aircraft crash-and-burn.
He was not de-briefed by a panel of psychologists upon his return to civvy life, as should normally be the case, and he slid into a deep depression only worsened by his recent and incurable blood sugar disease, hyperglycemia. He checked himself into a hotel in the CBD of Cape Town and effectively euthanized himself, committing suicide at the tender age of just 40. I cried a lot at his funeral, of course, but the full impact of the circumstances and his state of mind surrounding his death only impacted me many decades later.
WOW
What is a 'shonnock'? We rode in Chinooks in Vietnam, but I don't know what a shonnock is.
Great song when it’s original. You have absolutely no sense about the meaning or feeling about this song or life experience. Pull your handbrake on. So disappointed about how you tore this song apart shoved it in the drain. Respect. Learn that !