Fortunate Son - Apocalypse Now Version

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  • @TheThirteenthElement
    @TheThirteenthElement 8 місяців тому +360

    The best Vietnam War movie and Vietnam War song combined. Perfection

    • @pablito8486
      @pablito8486 8 місяців тому +10

      Facts

    • @pablosilva6988
      @pablosilva6988 8 місяців тому +5

      May o suggest casualties of war starring Michael j. Fox.

    • @Guindelis42
      @Guindelis42 7 місяців тому +6

      Don't forget " A full metal Jacket"! Kubrick's masterpiece!

    • @bobprescott
      @bobprescott 7 місяців тому +3

      thanks great tunes

    • @jamesgerrardbrown5169
      @jamesgerrardbrown5169 6 місяців тому +5

      The description of the social background and the native population being disinterested in the imposition of outside doctrine... à- la dinner table scene in the director's cut is prophetic

  • @marioperez-kb2wl
    @marioperez-kb2wl Рік тому +1122

    Not a fortunate son - 101st Airborne VN 67-68; still here gonna take more to get me - 74 yo

    • @scottogle4962
      @scottogle4962 11 місяців тому +92

      Airborne, Sir, I was with the 173rd 2nd Bat 08 - 14
      WELCOME HOME!!!

    • @larrygrant-hy8sk
      @larrygrant-hy8sk 11 місяців тому +48

      502nd, Delta company

    • @jeffforbes9131
      @jeffforbes9131 11 місяців тому +57

      Respect. My dad is 101st. Vietnam Era. Rendevous with Destiny!! Glad you're still here Soldier.

    • @scaramaxxx
      @scaramaxxx 11 місяців тому

      you are obviously fortunate mafdafacka

    • @donnypouncey6021
      @donnypouncey6021 11 місяців тому +33

      I'm,navy,seal,thanks,batman

  • @rwd9401
    @rwd9401 7 місяців тому +32

    My god, the 70's 80's and 90's were the worlds best years in everything.. songs like this wants me to go back.. everything got f%@! after the 00's...

    • @mrocean8139
      @mrocean8139 7 місяців тому +6

      Sounds like a personal problem.

    • @AtomicMemes-nm8fs
      @AtomicMemes-nm8fs 3 місяці тому +3

      Ur not wrong, how do we go from Freebird to sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler

    • @SuperLol
      @SuperLol 3 місяці тому

      yeah people died for these songs. romantic but with sacrifice. No pain no gain, ironically lol. like classic wwii and cold war movies that made hollywood what it is today.

    • @robertshiell887
      @robertshiell887 3 місяці тому +1

      @@AtomicMemes-nm8fs granted, I think music has taken a real downturn over the last several decades, but so did my parents in the 70’s and 80’s!

  • @gaylehumphrey6000
    @gaylehumphrey6000 8 місяців тому +17

    Thanks to the men and women who serve.
    My dad was a flight line MSGT. at Phrang Rang. 1967-1968.

    • @bobprescott
      @bobprescott 8 місяців тому +1

      get ticket one way

    • @gaylehumphrey6000
      @gaylehumphrey6000 8 місяців тому +1

      Not going anywhere. You leave if you want but I am staying. Responses like your’s demonstrate one of the most serious issues faced by us today is how little we communicate, really listening for the common good. Your pal doesn’t give a hoot about you. Please remember, don’t drink the cool aid.

    • @bobprescott
      @bobprescott 8 місяців тому +1

      @@gaylehumphrey6000 ok

    • @craigbutterfield592
      @craigbutterfield592 23 години тому

      Served who? 53000 dead Americans. 3.2 million Vietnamese

  • @hollywoodghostbusters9869
    @hollywoodghostbusters9869 8 місяців тому +69

    I was obsessed with this film in middle school after I did a history report on the 1970s and touched on the Linebacker operations over North Vietnam. My teacher recommended i watch Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Maybe three years later, I was at the 30th anniversary screening and talking with Martin Sheen, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms and Frederic Forrest. Definitely a night to remember.

    • @jadwigazienkiewicz6500
      @jadwigazienkiewicz6500 7 місяців тому

      I po co była ta wojna .W imię kogo i czego .Tylu Twoich zginęło ,nie wspomnę już o Narodzie Wietnamskim .Nie rozumiem Amerykanów . Pozdrowienia z dalekiej Polski.❤🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 6 місяців тому +3

      Platoon was the first, best film about Vietnam. I was a little kid in the 60s who watched the news and read the paper with my Dad every night. 12 yo in 1968. I remember. I cried all the way through Platoon.

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 6 місяців тому +1

      Explain why boys are "obsessed" with WAR and weapons. People who actually served, under fire, are not.

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 6 місяців тому +4

      In case you missed the point, THIS WAS AN ANTI-WAR SONG.

  • @fawnleegreene7688
    @fawnleegreene7688 8 місяців тому +150

    We saw John Fogerty sing his 80 year old life away last month!! He was amazing!! Sounded strong and fantastic!! ❤ It was cool, his two "fortune sons" sing with him.😊

    • @oscarl.ramirez7355
      @oscarl.ramirez7355 8 місяців тому +7

      Great Anti-War Song. For those who served I salute you. I did my Part when I registered in RWR's reign of power. I fully support The USO because WAR IS Hell>

    • @USMC-cv5sd
      @USMC-cv5sd 7 місяців тому +5

      He's alive at 78 years old.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fogerty

    • @jameseastwood4984
      @jameseastwood4984 7 місяців тому +7

      Bless him, I love those CCR songs

    • @fawnleegreene7688
      @fawnleegreene7688 6 місяців тому +2

      @@USMC-cv5sd He said himself that he was almost 80! 😊

    • @petraschellekens5238
      @petraschellekens5238 5 місяців тому +2

      He's born on 28 th of May 1945. He's 78 years old.❤❤❤❤❤

  • @thevandieman7742
    @thevandieman7742 9 місяців тому +61

    Can I point out this is a anti war song about how the poor fight for the rich with no benefit to their lives. Still happening 50 years later

    • @c.b.4270
      @c.b.4270 8 місяців тому +1

      System of the Down " BYOB"...

    • @kagnewcobra5228
      @kagnewcobra5228 8 місяців тому +4

      "Nothing new under the sun"

    • @veronicababy7959
      @veronicababy7959 5 місяців тому +1

      And yet a certain person thinks it pertains to him and his bone spurs.

    • @sigmascrub
      @sigmascrub 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@veronicababy7959 I was just talking to a friend about how many millionaires' (fail)sons try to coopt this song. Media literacy is not their forte... to them, it's all about aesthetic. Like how a bunch of rich men north of Richmond tried to coopt _Rich Men North of Richmond_

    • @baotong5587
      @baotong5587 4 місяці тому +1

      @@veronicababy7959
      Donald Trump with his bone spurs is the fortunate son.

  • @kshepard52
    @kshepard52 4 місяці тому +16

    Those of you who really like this move should get a copy of Jerry Ziesmer's book "Ready when You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe". Jerry was first assistant director on Apocalypse Now and was there for the entire shoot. Lots of great details!
    For example:
    Near the end of filming in the Philippines, Martin Sheen threw a little party and Brando was one of the 9 guests. They were making spaghetti. At one point Sheen went into the kitchen to see if dinner was almost ready and Brando was just finishing off the last of the spaghetti for 9 people.

  • @bruceg.6282
    @bruceg.6282 5 місяців тому +16

    my brother flew choppers in Vietnam and I'll always be so very proud of him for that.

    • @Outofthejungle
      @Outofthejungle 5 місяців тому +5

      Your brother might have flown me out of the jungle, wounded but not dead. I’m still here 53 years later.

    • @bruceg.6282
      @bruceg.6282 5 місяців тому +3

      glad you're still here. My brother passed away suddenly last October and I miss him so much.

    • @chrishadden4834
      @chrishadden4834 5 місяців тому

      Killed plenty of people then?

  • @pambraden7317
    @pambraden7317 7 місяців тому +11

    Our Vietnam Vets are true unsung hero's !! Bless them !!

  • @AnastasiaHenley-oc5xs
    @AnastasiaHenley-oc5xs 11 місяців тому +677

    I was 14 when my brother went to Vietnam. I worried about him constantly. I was affraid I'd see him on the news dead in a rice patty . But he came home,thank you Lord. Later he would tell me about the helicopters bringing them in country. I never looked at helicopters the same way after that. Thanks you guys for having my brothers back and helping him come home.💝💝💝💝

    • @Tiger_1-334
      @Tiger_1-334 11 місяців тому +18

      The fortunate son kept them safe

    • @neillynch_ecocidologist
      @neillynch_ecocidologist 11 місяців тому

      @@Tiger_1-334 Tens of thousands of 'lower class' 'mericans got blew to pieces so that rich twats could get richer (and let's not count the natives as it then gets extremely messy?). Maybe, read a book?

    • @markford1867
      @markford1867 11 місяців тому +59

      What about the poor people that lived in Vietnam?

    • @loncydale
      @loncydale 11 місяців тому +23

      My brother is on ukraine now, and my feel about helicopters is the same 🤙🏻

    • @d.d.3249
      @d.d.3249 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@loncydale The name of the country is capitalized.

  • @stepney56
    @stepney56 8 місяців тому +90

    One of John Fogerty's finest songs.

    • @ageresequituresse
      @ageresequituresse 5 місяців тому +2

      Excuse me, it's an entire band.

    • @stepney56
      @stepney56 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ageresequituresse I meant John Wrote it just like he did all the CCR classics.

    • @cheikhnizar6084
      @cheikhnizar6084 4 місяці тому

      C'est vrais ça me fait rappeler le film de Chuck nourris au Vietnam.

    • @cheikhnizar6084
      @cheikhnizar6084 4 місяці тому

      Je disais à mon frère mimi passe l'armée en France s'est comme si tu entendait la chanson du vietnam

  • @johnlowe8363
    @johnlowe8363 9 місяців тому +46

    i was in the QLR 1972 t0 1980 and remember some of these guys, now retired but i never forget the lads i shared my military life with,and some of the best years of my life,

  • @whiteGirl1966
    @whiteGirl1966 8 місяців тому +24

    What the world needs is peace....

  • @mochfnprodeoqueen1147
    @mochfnprodeoqueen1147 16 днів тому +2

    My grandpa is in Vietnam. He was a fortunate son he survived.

  • @msplacebo-246
    @msplacebo-246 9 місяців тому +32

    Those images of the Huey's crossing the water like a swarm of giant insects, terrifying & awesome at the same time.

    • @willatkinson9729
      @willatkinson9729 9 місяців тому +2

      Hueys

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 9 місяців тому +1

      You should have seen what it looked like for real in Vietnam during the 'conflict'. Many more than what they are showing here in this movie clip.

    • @richardduplessis1090
      @richardduplessis1090 9 місяців тому

      An example of what bully boy America actually was and IS.

    • @Daniel-wy2kx
      @Daniel-wy2kx 9 місяців тому

      @@richardduplessis1090oh shut up

    • @N911GT2
      @N911GT2 8 місяців тому

      War is never awesome!

  • @mydogsareneat
    @mydogsareneat 9 місяців тому +15

    This is burned into my memory on another level

  • @jameshesterberg7800
    @jameshesterberg7800 8 місяців тому +7

    Whenever I get angry this is a great song to play.mason is still to this day reminded how he kept the beat when the drumstick flew out of his hand on that song.

  • @samjarrell4383
    @samjarrell4383 13 днів тому +1

    When i was oversea in south east Asia, this was one of my favorites

  • @tr7b410
    @tr7b410 6 місяців тому +4

    CCR the heartbeat of America-circa 1969.
    Saw him play at a small venue at a blues festival in Dana point California-2017 his vocals & band rocking the night.

  • @ThorntonWillie
    @ThorntonWillie 11 місяців тому +85

    One of the greatest songs ever😊

    • @neillynch_ecocidologist
      @neillynch_ecocidologist 11 місяців тому

      Yet all the warmongery the film / song kind of glorifies is behind half the fucking ecocide. Maybe someone should sing a song suggesting 'merica pull its head outta its arse before we no longer have a fucking planet? #ZenAndTheArtOfSavingLifeOnEarth

    • @neillynch_ecocidologist
      @neillynch_ecocidologist 11 місяців тому

      Unless you're into murder?

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +2

      Love it too! CCR rocks💪

    • @Guindelis42
      @Guindelis42 7 місяців тому +1

      Simple! The Truth about the war!

  • @okngarod7180
    @okngarod7180 8 місяців тому +1

    Iconic scene when Dennis Hopper shaking his head 'THIS IS CRAZY MAN'

  • @jamesgerrardbrown5169
    @jamesgerrardbrown5169 5 місяців тому +5

    Amigos.... this simply never goes away.... It's an anthem ♡

  • @davidmoore6812
    @davidmoore6812 8 місяців тому +14

    I lost a good friend with the 7/17 Air Cav in 1970, OH6 Scout. Great piece, Fogarty, but it brings back the pain to the surface and the futility of Viet Nam. Rest in peace Sock. You will be with us until we meet again.

  • @scottcraig6381
    @scottcraig6381 8 місяців тому +30

    What a tune great back story ..great riff…phenomenal beat …..! CCR knocked it out the park !!!

  • @jewels1331
    @jewels1331 2 місяці тому +1

    My Hero pilot with the 119th AHC. God’s own lunatics. So proud to have known him. KIA 6/5/70. RIP Lundy.

  • @ken91656
    @ken91656 9 місяців тому +7

    Senseless war. Follow the money.

  • @istvanmolnar1697
    @istvanmolnar1697 Місяць тому +3

    We're driving Quagmire crazy with this one!

  • @arnolddowey191
    @arnolddowey191 8 місяців тому

    Amen bless Vietnam veterans I served on the USS Vesole DD 878 1972 to 1975 navy veteran God bless America and all veteran's that's why we are free

  • @kngbe
    @kngbe 8 місяців тому +2

    every military opening scene theme song 🔥

  • @W.C.BOBBY82
    @W.C.BOBBY82 9 місяців тому +8

    I have nothing but respect for the generation that had to fight in that shitty ass war.

    • @janetpugliesi3203
      @janetpugliesi3203 7 днів тому

      So true... None of them wanted to go!! They knew it was very likely they were not coming back....I respect all of them!!

  • @mmd195401
    @mmd195401 10 місяців тому +120

    This song was released in November of 1969 and I was a Freshman in high school (born in 1954). One month later on December 1st, 1969, the Selective Service System conducted lotteries to call anyone born between 1944 to 1950 into military service for the Vietnam war. During the same timeframe, LBJ instituted a Selective Service Qualification test (called the Vietnam exam) where you needed a certain score to keep out of Vietnam. It came down to intellectual abilities where you needed to score at least 70 points to secure draft exemption, with actual college graduates needing a score of 80. If you were wealthy and could afford an education or knew someone who could pad your scores (like a college professor and/or others in influential positions), you were most likely deferred. If not, you went.

    • @paulhutchinson72
      @paulhutchinson72 10 місяців тому +13

      Same birth year as you, 1954. By brother was 4 years older, born 1949, and was a conscientious objector. His advice to me on turning 18, don't register for the draft. Worked for me.

    • @mangobagito470
      @mangobagito470 10 місяців тому +6

      Were any of you fortunate sons?

    • @rollinmckim4719
      @rollinmckim4719 10 місяців тому +1

      I signed in on a six months missile electronics course (nh54e) to "guaranteed" avoid the Nam.
      Upon graduation half of the class was sent to Nam.
      Bewildering part was, THEY were the married half.
      But I thank God I didn't go, the drugs would have got me if the Cong didn't do.
      God is great! Politicians are not.
      Still, I carry the guilt of surviving, without even going.
      F Leftist EVERYWHERE AND FOREVER. And F YOU, Hanoi Jane......ESAD,

    • @mmd195401
      @mmd195401 10 місяців тому +13

      @@mangobagito470 - That is a great question. Every male was required to sign up for the Selective Service when they turned 18, so in 1972 I dutifully went down to the Post Office (yes, the Post Office) and filled out a short form and mailed it in. (No postage required, which was a nice benefit, don’t you think?) Nixon had promised to end the war, so that’s why he was most likely elected. The war started to wind down by then and the US was trying to get out. I remember at the time that I had absolutely no fear of being drafted, since the draft was over. But it was always in the back of my mind. The war officially ended in 1975 when the US pulled out and let the North Vietnamese take over South Vietnam. But believe me, I had no connections to save me if the war had dragged on. And thanks for asking.

    • @williamschroeder3070
      @williamschroeder3070 9 місяців тому +8

      Also born in 1954. After high school, I enlisted in the Army. 11B2P Airborne Infantry. Got out of basic and Jump School in 1973 then assigned to Fort Campbell 101st Airborne. I enlisted, so I knew I would probably be going to Viet Nam, but by 1973, the troops were coming home. Many of the guys in the unit (3/187th Rakkasans), especially the officers and senior NCO's had only just returned. After talking to those guys, I'm glad I didn't go. Huge respect for the guys that were there, and for the guys that didn't come back. Rest In Peace, Brothers.

  • @Tbone1492
    @Tbone1492 Місяць тому

    Great song & movie!
    My grandfather was never the same after this. Gives me chills🙏🇺🇸

  • @daddydad9018
    @daddydad9018 9 місяців тому +18

    I saw John in concert here in Edmonton a few years back with his son too; he sounded just as he did in the late 60s!

    • @jreuing4043
      @jreuing4043 9 місяців тому

      No he didn't. Christ his voice is about 3 registers higher than in the late 60"s or early 70's. Same voice yes so it will be recognizable but he has long since lost the ability to provide the rough grawl and a low register

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому

      Love CCR, you were lucky!!
      never saw them live a big regret 😅

    • @bevandleon
      @bevandleon 8 місяців тому +1

      hello fellow edmontonian. south or north side

    • @daddydad9018
      @daddydad9018 8 місяців тому

      South side near U of A @@bevandleon

    • @bevandleon
      @bevandleon 8 місяців тому

      @@daddydad9018 I’m south side too but not that close to downtown. You go to uofa

  • @a.y.t.a.s.494
    @a.y.t.a.s.494 7 місяців тому +4

    Bless those guys 😇🙏

  • @nealfry2230
    @nealfry2230 6 місяців тому +4

    God Bless America

  • @MarthaDwyer
    @MarthaDwyer 2 дні тому

    Chesty Puller's son wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography called 'Fortunate Son' . He lost both legs in Vietnam, went to law school and was one of the ones to push for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He killed himself before it was finished.

  • @Thibaut63100
    @Thibaut63100 13 днів тому +1

    Modern and timeless, plans and construction are great art.
    Creedence, perfect marriage.
    It was better before?
    Yes.

  • @NicholasSpartan
    @NicholasSpartan 9 місяців тому +18

    This old guy with the Nam veteran baseball cap was more badass than you'll ever be...
    Respect for all Vets, but mostly those from Nam..
    They've been some serious shit over there and over here...

    • @johnfarmer9993
      @johnfarmer9993 9 місяців тому +2

      The Vietnam vets are the reason so many oif oef veterans came home with the dignity that was afforded because they decided that no generation of combat veteran should ever have to go through what they did

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому

      @@johnfarmer9993Well Said 👏 👏

  • @ManofCulture
    @ManofCulture 10 місяців тому +7

    Quagmire's junk: "It aiₙ'ₜ ₘₑ, ᵢₜ ₐᵢₙ't me. ᵢ ₐᵢₙ'ₜ no seₙₐₜₒᵣ'ₛ son, it aiₙ'ₜ me, it aiₙ'ₜ ₘₑ ᵢ ain'ₜ ₙₒ բortuₙarₑ ₒne."

  • @user-jq6tl2dc7f
    @user-jq6tl2dc7f 8 місяців тому +2

    I am 73 years old, I went to the United States at the age of 13, I went to the Vietnam War, I was in the Air Born Brigade 173, of the 9th Tx Division, after a year of fighting and experiencing horrors and mistakes, I was prisoner of war for 3 and a half years, during that time as a prisoner I never saw sunlight, always in a tunnel, we were 9 prisoners, 3 Marines, 4 Rangers and 2 infantry, only 4 of us came out alive, we weighed around 45 kg, and our skin was bleeding from so much humidity, they rescued us at the end of the war, a UN mission, some nuns, they took care of us with so much love and care, it took us three years to recover, both in skin and in body I returned to my beloved Mexico and my state of Hidalgo, where I should never have left, and my ghosts, my fears have faded little by little, sometimes I feel hatred against the Army and sometimes I miss it, because they were my brothers, Thanks to music, I really enjoy my solitude, I never married or had children, my girlfriend that I had in my youth got married in the USA, because she knew that he was missing in battle, and they told him that perhaps he would never see me again, I almost don't like to sleep, I still have nightmares, thanks to music and singing I feel good. I went to a place far away from America to destroy their houses and a lot of damage, I am very sorry, it would never have happened. Greetings.

    • @michaeldoolan7595
      @michaeldoolan7595 26 днів тому

      Thank you for your service.
      May your life be forever peaceful with no more nightmare.

    • @davyellsanchez850
      @davyellsanchez850 11 днів тому

      Damn man respect keep pushing soldier

  • @akiana7070
    @akiana7070 9 місяців тому +2

    I was born in 64 listening to this music.

  • @matthewmartin2951
    @matthewmartin2951 9 місяців тому +7

    my penpals dad was in Vietnam hes a Marine i was fortunate to meet him i was in Chicago for 6 weeks in 1983 i loved every minute i was there

    • @truck5050
      @truck5050 9 місяців тому

      Out of interest, what country are you from mate?

    • @matthewmartin2951
      @matthewmartin2951 9 місяців тому +1

      @@truck5050 Northern Ireland

    • @matthewmartin2951
      @matthewmartin2951 9 місяців тому

      @@truck5050 Where you from mate out of intrest

  • @Kkkkkklkkllkklkkllkkkkkkk
    @Kkkkkklkkllkklkkllkkkkkkk 9 місяців тому +5

    Best war song ❤

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +2

      I’m so glad it uplifted the Vietnam Vets!💪✌️❤️

  • @susangrant5507
    @susangrant5507 8 місяців тому +1

    Classic can’t beat it xx
    2023

  • @DanielSpivey-dx3qc
    @DanielSpivey-dx3qc 9 місяців тому +8

    My Father Leiutent James Edward Spivey
    Captain and flew Cobra choppers
    2 complete tours.
    My uncle David Spivey captain Hueys
    God bless all living vets from this war

  • @rabahlaggoune1779
    @rabahlaggoune1779 8 місяців тому +3

    vietnam has inspired the greatest american films, born on the 4th of july, platoon, deer hunter, full metal jacket, good morning Vietnam, apocalypse now .... and others that take place in this period, forrest gump for example. ..

  • @edjimz-M134
    @edjimz-M134 6 місяців тому +11

    Good music never dies! ✌🏼

    • @jadwigazienkiewicz6500
      @jadwigazienkiewicz6500 5 місяців тому

      Prawda ,ale gdzie są umarli ,którzy oddali życie dla Amerykanów i Ci poszkodowani Wietnamczyci . ? Po co wam to było Wielka Amereko ...????.

  • @randymcturnan2520
    @randymcturnan2520 5 місяців тому +2

    From the era, been there, done that. Pray we never get drawn into another war like that one

  • @crabbycreates2943
    @crabbycreates2943 9 місяців тому +2

    Had to join the Navy in 1968 to avoid being drafted by the Army. The recruiter "implied" that I could be a photographer as I requested.😂😁😆
    Ended up a Corpsman (medic) with the Fleet Marine Force. A prime target for the NVA.
    Still bangin' it to the Stones in 2023, age 74.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +1

      Welcome Home✌️❤️

    • @crabbycreates2943
      @crabbycreates2943 9 місяців тому +1

      @@KittyGrizGriz Thank you!😎

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +1

      @@crabbycreates2943
      My son is a brother in arms 💜
      Semper Fi ❤

    • @crabbycreates2943
      @crabbycreates2943 9 місяців тому +1

      @@KittyGrizGriz I salute him! 🙂🙂

  • @benjamincintron8761
    @benjamincintron8761 8 місяців тому +4

    A GI is never the fortunate one but we march forward & get the job done. To all my military family I salute you all!!💯💪🙏😁

  • @batmanlives6456
    @batmanlives6456 10 місяців тому +67

    By god the 60’s had some great music …
    Whether you agree or disagree with the backdrop the music was soooo goooood !!!!

    • @trumpandino3264
      @trumpandino3264 9 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/YsWQZrASusU/v-deo.html
      😉

    • @bobprescott
      @bobprescott 8 місяців тому +1

      about 70s we clean it up

  • @johnniecontreras3622
    @johnniecontreras3622 8 місяців тому +1

    My older brother was there in 66-68 fighting in the jungles and in saigon as crew of the mechanized tank battalion BN something or other and that number I forgot sorry,but he's deceased many years ago but he would tell of the horrors and disbelief of what he saw over there once he returned home from service he was never the same and was disturbed and eventually alcoholism took over his life,for him and for us his family was a difficult time for a long time..God bless you all service men and women!

  • @andrewdrabble8939
    @andrewdrabble8939 8 місяців тому +3

    I don't know why but this song just suits

  • @blackjac5000
    @blackjac5000 10 місяців тому +16

    The song change makes it kinda satirical. "We just blew the living daylights out of a bunch of hilariously outmatched peasants and unarmed civilians from the air with rockets and machine guns! We're the greatest warriors ever!"

    • @friktionrc
      @friktionrc 10 місяців тому +4

      yeah China and Russia had absolutely nothing to do with the Vietnam war 😂😂😂

    • @connieimbach5447
      @connieimbach5447 10 місяців тому +1

      You have your freedom

    • @blackjac5000
      @blackjac5000 10 місяців тому

      @@connieimbach5447 Of/from what, exactly? ua-cam.com/video/3cgcByqldzc/v-deo.html

    • @yamumshouse
      @yamumshouse 10 місяців тому

      You obviously don't realise how many Vietnamese people died then..

    • @blackjac5000
      @blackjac5000 10 місяців тому +3

      @@yamumshouse An F-ton of them. NEXT QUESTION!

  • @fruttyx7738
    @fruttyx7738 10 місяців тому +7

    CCR just ... indescribable

  • @KimThompson-de8uh
    @KimThompson-de8uh 8 місяців тому +1

    Song is great fits with the movie

  • @deloreshilton3349
    @deloreshilton3349 5 місяців тому +2

    Two Vietnam brothers. Marines. Radioman n
    ATRAC TEAM. Both returned n said WAR IS HELL n DON’T TRUST ANYONE. Told me of horrible times. Sad times. One had teammate going to join the enemy. Enemy shot him. They never knew why. In the mud in jungle with enemy around then. They won. My other brother said the scariest times was when the helicopter came for then. He said the pilots and guys on them were angels. My baby brother died a year ago. Heart n blood problems. My other brother has health problems but still with us. Called me a couple weeks back. Upset. Our last cousin died. He was the last one to go there n fight for our country and he died. Health n mental problems. Lots our family and friends served.
    Was was eventually called the American War.
    40,934 killed in action and a total of 58,220 all together. Ask Safari for the terrible details for the others.
    Even ask yourself what 20 years there, was worth? Our boys booed and treated badly when they came home.
    They gave what they could and some gave all!!
    And what are we doing now? Oh, I’m 83 and was a teacher aide for 20 years. K-8 grades. One teacher did history. One day he said, if they ever drop a bomb on us, let it be here. I don’t want my family to suffer. I USED TO THINK HE WAS NUTS!! Today I’m not too sure. Blessings on us all!!

  • @marcmeinzer8859
    @marcmeinzer8859 9 місяців тому +6

    One of my shipmates on the USS John Marshall [ssbn 611] was a dress extra in the massive helicopter assault scene, the youngest looking guy dressed in a flight suit & helmet with a mustache who is shown twice. He got this temporary job because he was an army brat attending DOD high school in the Phillipines where his dad was a colonel. He was a Radioman 3rd class on the blue crew of the John Marshall in 1979 when I knew him so he had just done this prior to enlisting in the navy. I can’t remember his name as I was on the gold crew and only hung out with him briefly at the submarine barracks on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, while he was detached on shore duty to take some sort of a crypto-communications class.

  • @charlesbrowngodhelpmeimiss4907
    @charlesbrowngodhelpmeimiss4907 5 місяців тому +3

    Brings back so many memories some good some bad didn't go to Vietnam but had my service with sof group many thanks for your service ☠️

  • @josephmatello1020
    @josephmatello1020 Рік тому +56

    This song reminds me of my Dad. Vietnam Veteran, 1st Marine Division 68-69. Your My Hero.....

    • @beautifullybroken5721
      @beautifullybroken5721 11 місяців тому +4

      ❤❤❤

    • @moskito5864
      @moskito5864 10 місяців тому

      Hero? For what? Killing Children, Babies and old ladies? raping kids and shooting their parents? NOTHING to be proud of.... I blame the US government talking all the young guys into this sxxxxt

    • @GH-ub7qz
      @GH-ub7qz 10 місяців тому

      marines didn't do well. like normal, they never did and never will. should be abolished

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 8 місяців тому +1

      Same. My dad was on a Navy ship during the Vietnam war and I was born while he was gone in 1967. I am so glad he came home safe. ❤

    • @moskito5864
      @moskito5864 8 місяців тому

      @@MontagZoso to me they are not heroes but dumb cannonfodder which had no business here in SE Asia. I am glad for you anyways he made it home. thats more as most farmer children in Vietnam and Laos can say about their parents

  • @PK--ITA
    @PK--ITA 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful, "space cowboys" and a lost war. What is there to enjoy and what to get excited about? Only great Lynard's music.
    Sad, sad story people...

  • @msqueen3513
    @msqueen3513 8 місяців тому +1

    I adore this song as CCR is my all time favorite band. I don’t love the video being shown as it depicts USA as bad guys, but please note they were all following orders to fight communism. My dad went in 1966 to set up medical units and was forward command taking over from French. He was an USA Army Civil Service employee. Every French soldier told him to get the hell out of this country because NOTHING WAS AS IT SEEMED. My dad was a WW2 and Korean Vet. Totally patriotic, totally US Army. He made a 40.00 dollar long distanced phone call to my brother in the Air Force in Maine and told him to leave the military ASAP, as my brother wAnted to reup for Officer school. My dad told him him you won’t get Officer school and Vietnam was a total SNAFU, CLUSTER F. 40.00 dollars was 2/3 of his paycheck as Army retired. Years later, my older brother told me that dad saved his life. All his fellow Airman, did not go to officer training and two died in Vietnam out of the four (including himself) that were promised this schooling if they re-enlisted. I have never trusted any politician or political party after being raised around military. I am so tired now of people being sheep and youth following every word they say.

    • @msqueen3513
      @msqueen3513 8 місяців тому +1

      I have every cd and download from this band. Love it, but could never figure out if they were this big protest band, than why no songs about the plight of these soldiers who were FORCED INTO WAR, and how they did their duty, honorably, and how they were treated when they got home. FOR THOSE THAT DID MAKE IT HOME. My own family member spent years fighting an anomaly bladder cancer that is now known to be caused from agent orange. VA denied him until he was almost dead from it. The government waited for many to die off before admitting benefits and fault for this exposure. GOD BLESS THESE SOLDIERS, AIRMAN AND NAVY. NAVY, ENCOMPASSING Marines and others. Now these politicians are doing it again to Middle East war military. Trump, whom I really don’t love, is the ONLY POLITICIAN WHO INSISTED VETERANS get help, CMP reviews, outside docs if VA IS BACKLOGGED. No DEMOCRAT HAS EVER TAKEN CARE OF OUR MILITARY OR GIVEN THEM A PAYRAISE WHILE CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EACH YEAR. AMERICAN YOUTH NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. One benefit troops had was a food commissary with groceries at a discount. OBAMA TOOK THAT AWAY. Many commissary’s have closed and few offer any discount therefore he put more military on food stamps. WHY? Military pay is not high, politicians cannot keep cutting their benefits. I can’t even see this youth showing up to a draft. They would too busy discussing their rights to use a freaking litter box as a bathroom or some sort of other stupidity.

  • @jimlamb5508
    @jimlamb5508 11 місяців тому +161

    CCR's music captured the feeling of that war. I believe it helped us to get out of it by revealing the emotions we felt to the American people.

    • @sagsfv3122
      @sagsfv3122 10 місяців тому +2

      Canned Heat did a few Nam songs, as well.

    • @ACF6180T
      @ACF6180T 10 місяців тому

      Sounds like a Jane Fonda comment!

    • @H60ace
      @H60ace 9 місяців тому +5

      The traitor Cronkite, and politicians lost that war. Our men fought valiantly for their country. Just like the Afghan war wherein I served. All that blood and treasure, for what? It really is depressing.

    • @ACF6180T
      @ACF6180T 9 місяців тому +2

      @@H60ace 1st thank You for your service. Let us not forget it was allot of Americans at home who under minded the military effort as well with the help of the media, & politicians. The only thing I might add is this current administration is a complete failure; Top to bottom, & we should not be supporting Ukraine IMHO. After all it was Brandon who green lighted this war.

    • @willemoosterom2438
      @willemoosterom2438 9 місяців тому

      @@H60ace Cronkite and so on lost that war ? Huhh ?.....No sir....the USA LOST that illegal war against Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. They committed a big genocide over there in 3 countries that did not threaten
      nor attaque the USA.

  • @Masca79
    @Masca79 11 місяців тому +265

    Nothing on this planet sounds better than this!

    • @objektivone3209
      @objektivone3209 9 місяців тому

      Yeaaaaaaa. Jollywood war movies and fictional slaughter is better than love. Love and families are for chickens. War, sex and porn are for real 14 year old rambo men yeaaa. LOL. Talk to an adult or go see a doctor.

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 9 місяців тому +2

      Nothing sounds better than CCR and John Fogarty in his prime!

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 8 місяців тому +1

      Not according to Peter Griffin!

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Westyrulz That's because Peter has no taste in music!

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 8 місяців тому +1

      @@felixmadison5736 I think he got overdosed on it when he was in Nam.

  • @Robert-bn1gq
    @Robert-bn1gq 8 місяців тому

    Only the good times..us navy..AND the house..brave.

  • @BK-mz6oz
    @BK-mz6oz 4 місяці тому +2

    God bless our Country🇺🇸

  • @mesoshy4586
    @mesoshy4586 8 місяців тому +5

    Thank you John fogerty love the song keep going brother

  • @user-bw9ez8ir1m
    @user-bw9ez8ir1m 8 місяців тому +18

    To all the women and men who have served.

  • @daryllinkous7087
    @daryllinkous7087 6 місяців тому +2

    More relevant now than then...sadly too many people don't realize it yet.

  • @vincentjoseph5726
    @vincentjoseph5726 9 місяців тому +1

    Best helicopters for long endurance and encouragement uses

  • @lorenzo400
    @lorenzo400 8 місяців тому +3

    Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
    Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord?
    But when the taxman come to the door
    Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah
    It ain't me, it ain't me
    I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
    It ain't me, it ain't me
    I ain't no fortunate one, no

  • @robgavin6379
    @robgavin6379 10 місяців тому +193

    As the father of a current USMC UH-1Y Huey pilot and a son in law of a 2-tour Viet Nam combined action force Marine, two thoughts come to mind. Never underestimate the ability of our politicians to lose a conflict (McNamara and LBJ) and the quality of these young men and women deserve better leaders. My Marine is in SE Asia now within minutes of the foe if things go live.

    • @vicdecarlo1803
      @vicdecarlo1803 10 місяців тому +10

      Semper Fi

    • @rollinmckim4719
      @rollinmckim4719 10 місяців тому +5

      God put a hedge around him......

    • @tiffanygrever8092
      @tiffanygrever8092 10 місяців тому +8

      My boy a Us MC is also in Asia right now,I pray everyday for his safety especially now.

    • @GH-ub7qz
      @GH-ub7qz 10 місяців тому +3

      yeah none of them give a rip about joe

    • @tiffanygrever8092
      @tiffanygrever8092 10 місяців тому +10

      @@GH-ub7qz Imagine having to have Joe Biden as your commander in chief, my kid dose not like him.

  • @MrVladimirus11
    @MrVladimirus11 9 місяців тому +2

    gooooood mooooorning vieeeeetnam!!!!!!!!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому

      Gosh, I miss Robin Williams…

  • @siobhanmartin1738
    @siobhanmartin1738 9 місяців тому +1

    This evil war decimated a whole generation of young men. My generation the boys my girlfriends and I would marry and have children together.
    Those not killed were maimed physically emotionally psychologically
    I will never forgive this country for doing that.

  • @allisonpayne2097
    @allisonpayne2097 10 місяців тому +25

    This song captures everything in my mind’s eye,for a useless war😎

    • @pencilpauli9442
      @pencilpauli9442 10 місяців тому +3

      Glad someone else gets it.
      Reading some of the comments, I got the impression the song's meaning flew in a Huey, right over their heads.

    • @pauluminous
      @pauluminous 10 місяців тому

      @@pencilpauli9442 Literally every song from that era is against the vietnam war and war in general. Then you read the comment section and it's all these war mongering a-holes thinking they're awesome because they brought war, death and destruction to people half way across the globe. Utterly mind blowing.

    • @bobmcgillivray7773
      @bobmcgillivray7773 10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you all & your loved ones too, for all your sacrifices!

  • @MrWelshboy81
    @MrWelshboy81 10 місяців тому +18

    Just like flying into North Belfast as a former British soldier

    • @trumpandino3264
      @trumpandino3264 9 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/YsWQZrASusU/v-deo.html
      😉

    • @alexlanning712
      @alexlanning712 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, I could believe that"Beyond the wire"

  • @MarkSchuster-ym3iy
    @MarkSchuster-ym3iy 8 місяців тому +1

    MAN BEEN TRYING TO GO TO BED OVER ASN HOUR ITS JUST MAGICAL

  • @yacineb8850
    @yacineb8850 9 місяців тому +2

    nice song for a dirty war

  • @stuartdandybenchillboy
    @stuartdandybenchillboy 5 місяців тому +3

    What a pure marriage for the senses - CCR and Apocalypse Now!

  • @DonLovell
    @DonLovell 9 місяців тому +4

    Philippine Air Force helicopters, American hardware, American training, Filipino talent 100% badass ☺

  • @NonnaG-py3of
    @NonnaG-py3of 8 місяців тому +1

    As soon as i heard about this song, I suddenly image the UH-1, M60, M16A2, and F-4 jet

  • @Surefiresecurity
    @Surefiresecurity 9 місяців тому +35

    Brilliant. Such great music that has stood the test of time and set to iconic film footage. The vietnam war ended whilst I was still a baby but it just invokes something in me that I can hardly describe.

    • @mcmaximon1
      @mcmaximon1 9 місяців тому +4

      Wow! I feel the same. God Bless

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому +3

      Because the words are so true!

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso 8 місяців тому +3

      Same here. My Dad was in Vietnam when I was born in 1967. I feel connected to that time too. So glad he came home safe from that war. ❤ And Rest In Peace to the many others who did not come back. 💐 Thank you for your service. Much love from a Navy daughter.

  • @doreendaggett6484
    @doreendaggett6484 Рік тому +55

    My Marine served in the Vietnam War. I know he was haunted, appreciated and loved. God bless you 😇 on your journey 🙏

    • @alexlanning712
      @alexlanning712 10 місяців тому +1

      God Bless

    • @savvastheofanous1742
      @savvastheofanous1742 9 місяців тому

      Boming. Civilians. 2:53 😢

    • @gareth265
      @gareth265 9 місяців тому

      America lost the Vietnam war, the North Vietnamese communists won!

  • @John-hc2ws
    @John-hc2ws 5 місяців тому +1

    Truly man

  • @user-qg9cu4ou1r
    @user-qg9cu4ou1r 5 місяців тому +1

    Bravo Coppola 🍾

  • @Ghostbear17
    @Ghostbear17 9 місяців тому +14

    this is really a good fit, well done!

  • @davek5749
    @davek5749 9 місяців тому +20

    I remember this for the first time when I was 15 it was a Saturday night I was tripping balls with my older brother and mate on LSD my step father was just moved into my mum's house and he had a great music collection all led zep Clapton etc but this came on he said right who's this I never new it were Clapton but it blew me away and from there on I never put my guitar down I learnt nearly all the music songs I played back then I'm 46 now and still crazy on music I don't go anywhere without my music happy days ✌️piece out

  • @user-eo9um6td4c
    @user-eo9um6td4c 2 місяці тому +1

    love this song

  • @mikkenieminen9603
    @mikkenieminen9603 5 місяців тому +2

    just love this song

  • @paulbrouyere1735
    @paulbrouyere1735 9 місяців тому +17

    Thank you, this song will always remind me to my brother. How I would love to have another juvenile fight with him.

    • @elijahjakobsen7898
      @elijahjakobsen7898 9 місяців тому +2

      I've gotta say; this "war" was terrible, on so many sides. I'm so sorry for your brother. I've still got mine. He's my younger, but the scraps we used to have 30+ years ago are everlasting. We'll scrap and make friends for eternity. Just like you and your brother.. You'll see him sooner than you think.

    • @bladieblaad
      @bladieblaad 9 місяців тому

      @@elijahjakobsen7898

    • @paulbrouyere1735
      @paulbrouyere1735 9 місяців тому

      @@elijahjakobsen7898 I am not made to make war. I already surpassed his date of freshness.

    • @elijahjakobsen7898
      @elijahjakobsen7898 9 місяців тому

      @@paulbrouyere1735 Who hasn't surpassed the day of freshness? Nobody is - grammatically correct - are made for war.

    • @paulbrouyere1735
      @paulbrouyere1735 9 місяців тому

      @@elijahjakobsen7898 Then why so many people are fighting on this planet? It’s just stupid.

  • @nealfry2230
    @nealfry2230 6 місяців тому +3

    Almighty God Loves me, amen.

  • @chrismcbee4653
    @chrismcbee4653 8 місяців тому +1

    Those helicopters are bada$$

  • @vasya_prem
    @vasya_prem 8 місяців тому +1

    Только сейчас пришло на ум, на 5м десятке - как же нелепо выглядит эта бравада под эпическую песню - когда рота вооружённых до зубов десантников на оснащённых в тч ракетами 15-20 вертушках размазывают по пляжу деревню из бамбуковых шестов и её преимущественно гражданское население в соломенных панамах и босиком, вооружённых парой калашей и станковым пулемётом начала века.

    • @vasya_prem
      @vasya_prem 8 місяців тому +1

      Тьфу, мерзость! А ещё ведь как в кино - на деле проявления "превосходства" янки были куда неприятнее.
      Только напалм и оранж что стоили.

  • @user-we5zu1tn6v
    @user-we5zu1tn6v 11 місяців тому +16

    No more rich man's wars.
    Praise God.

    • @lorettabrockmeier7616
      @lorettabrockmeier7616 11 місяців тому +8

      They are all rich man's wars.

    • @neillynch_ecocidologist
      @neillynch_ecocidologist 11 місяців тому

      Religion is a capitalist construct to exploit the poor. Just like good ol' war.
      #ZenAndTheArtOfSavingLifeOnEarth

    • @jeffrucks4477
      @jeffrucks4477 11 місяців тому +1

      I actually enjoyed being in vietnam.

    • @glxtchedOTR
      @glxtchedOTR 10 місяців тому +1

      Only Wars for Isreal

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 10 місяців тому +2

      Dont think your god is going to do you much good or stop rich mans wars either.

  • @louisbravehand7618
    @louisbravehand7618 9 місяців тому +14

    My uncle Lanny R. Was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, now he is living in Florida with his wife.

    • @tantanb2
      @tantanb2 9 місяців тому +2

      My uncle Nguyen Trung Tiem was a VC soldier and died in the war, and we still haven't found his remains.

    • @user-qr9pp5gs9d
      @user-qr9pp5gs9d 9 місяців тому

      Да? Живет во Флориде ,до сих пор. А почему его не повесили за ноги ? Вместе с его женой. До сих пор.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 9 місяців тому

      @@tantanb2I’m so sorry…sad❤

  • @carlosluiz743
    @carlosluiz743 8 місяців тому +2

    Essa música é foda Creedence é rock de qualidade brother

  • @jasoncrone2710
    @jasoncrone2710 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you to all the Veterans

  • @daviddpenny
    @daviddpenny 9 місяців тому +9

    Had a brother in Vietnam and I love Creedance Clearwater Revival

    • @trumpandino3264
      @trumpandino3264 9 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/YsWQZrASusU/v-deo.html
      😉

  • @tbaida
    @tbaida 10 місяців тому +15

    Lucky enough not allowed to even fly OVER the enemy, wherever they were. But as an USAF sergeant at Tan Son Nhut Air Base (MAC HQ), where I was stationed in Saigon, I heard and saw choppers land and take off daily, at all hours near my barracks and recon intelligence squadron (11pm-7am).
    I will never forget the sound of those choppers. Even today, 50 years later, I look up when I hear them fly over in Houston. Those guys did the dirty work and I was proud to have supported their efforts from a limited access air conditioned facility protected by Army MP’s. Though camouflaged, we located the bad guys and found, their weapons, truck parks, transporters and
    SAM/AAA sites. We were damn good at our jobs, too. Thanks to all who served and were lucky enough to return. I salute each of them, lost, dead or alive.👍🇺🇸👍

    • @dougmccoy1460
      @dougmccoy1460 9 місяців тому

      my first thought is pop smoke

    • @rvnmedic1968
      @rvnmedic1968 9 місяців тому +1

      I was an Air Force medic at Tan Son Nhut AB 19658-1969. Our barracks were right across from Hotel 3, the heliport. I was an emergency room medic and did MEDCAP missions on my off-duty time in villages up to 30 miles from TSN. Crazy times and I cursed LBJ and McNamara for their murders of our guys in 'Nam. Wound up doing 35 years from 1965 until 2000. All gave some and some gave all.
      Bob, CMSgt, USAF(Ret)

    • @kagnewcobra5228
      @kagnewcobra5228 8 місяців тому

      Thank you for your service!

    • @TheReddaredevil223
      @TheReddaredevil223 Місяць тому

      I assume "bad guys" is just an expression, but just to be clear, the US invaded Vietnam, not the other way around.