I for some reason have ALWAYS had the thought in the back of my head... Ever since I first heard it back- a long ass time ago because anyone listening to this is clearly as old as dirt now like muah-self?? Always thought, "This HAS to be a cover... Who did this song originally? Wait, WHAT?! NO... SOMEONE MUST HAVE .. But -?!" It's just such a timeless, unique, absolute.. Quality song with the same everlasting lyrics... And no offense to Dispatch! But. It just seems soooo DIFFERENT from, well? Not just THEM, but different from just about ANYTHING- I think I'd be surprised no matter who sang this. ... unless it was like, something from the 1st half of the 20th century that someone took and did some kind of AMAZING cover with, and since it was originally written SO long ago, people thought it was super unique as well as NEW... you know?? (I'm SURE there are plenty of examples of tbis precise things being done but... I'm starving and can't think?! I was gonna go with Johnny Cash when he covered HURT by NIN, but. Only reason THAT one doesn't quite work is because the NIN original wasn't even that old?!) Still. I always think this song is so damn amazingly timeless & just... AMAZING?! That it MUST be a "classic" of some kind... It's silly, but. I always think/mean it as a genuine compliment to Dispatch & this song. Who knows? Maybe it's sorta like an Audio-version of the "Uncanny Valley" effect & how it's apparently engraved into our DNA to ALL be fearful of the same things like "gaunt, pale,, long limbed,.large heads, human-like but not QUITE right, sunken in black eyes..." and we're always afraid of " movie monsters" & such with these traits... (Damn you, well-bitch from The Ring & Crawling Asian Bitch from The Grudge. You little whores traumatized my Junior High days... And nights. And STILL DO! 😤😤😤) MAYBE.... maybe this song is like, the AUDITORY equivalent, well. Except the OPPOSITE- like. Something etched deep inside of all of us that were prone to LOVE, for some reason? I'm... literally just coming up with this as it's being tapped out my fingers right now. Excuse my randomness. I'm waiting for my damn mom to hurry up so I can get my beloved Ben & Jerry's Topped Chocolate Milk, & Cookies ice cream... YES for dinner, so whaaaat!?
This was my best friend and i's favorite song. We were two different people but this was where we drew the line that we each would hold. He passed away 3 years ago and every time I hear this, I just wish he could be here with me singing. You brought me closer to him than anything and I hope you can cherish how happy it made us because I would gladly trade my life to listen to this one more time with him
@@BRC181 my friend shown me this song years ago playing it on the guitar and singing it, he passed away in his senior year of high school I'm 37 now and the lost my best friend, fiance and my baby boy my dog, the sting never gets easier because you need to remember how much they mean to you even though, their gone but never forgotten.
My best friend and I discover this song many many yeras ago. It began a love for this band that both of us would carry for all of our time. Even flying halfway across the country when the band reformed to see them live. . . He passed away from cancer recently, his family asked me to play a song at his funeral, they gave me choice of song saying "you know what he loved and would've wanted." This is the song I have chosen the story of a man who was willing to brave it alone and not burden anyone with his troubles. But his friends and family stayed with him and were by his side until the end. Nothing but acceptance and gratitude from him, realizing he was loved by all. Rest in Peace my friend you were our general. Dispatch you made our lives a little brighter with this masterpiece
Camp Takatoka anyone? Staff member 2018 and 2019! This is a song that we sing at every last night campfire and it's one of the campers and staff's favorite things we do during the week.
I first heard this song in college in 2006. My roommate invited me to go with him to a party and it was honestly pretty boring but towards the end of the night this song came on and he was just jamming to it in the backyard. One of those songs that just takes you to a different place.
I first heard this song played at the summer camp that I attended all throughout childhood and I just re-discovered the studio version. This song is truly incredible and unbelievably good
I listened to this for the first time when I was in high school, class of 06. It was during my hippy jam band phase. While I’ve grown out of that music, coming back to this after all those long years, it’s still such a great song.
It's a passive aggressive way to say that the "fight is not worth fighting" and I feel that it is the best antiwar song ever written. " Go now you are forgiven" fueled a lot of discussions around the campfire. Xoxoxo amy
Is Dispatch the OG viral band? They got popular through Napster, Kazaa, etc. Though, the first I ever heard of them was at summer camp, and also in my youth group, during the school year. Such a strange phenomenon. Maybe it's because sleepaway camp is such a big cultural thing on the East Coast, especially in the Northeast and New England, where Dispatch is from.
There was a decorated General with a heart of gold That likened him to all the stories he told Of past battles won and lost And legends of old A seasoned veteran in his own time On the battlefield he gained respectful fame With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face And always urged his men on But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen And walked slowly out of his tent All the men held tall with their chests in the air With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare And it was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare Till the old general told them to go home He said, "I have seen the others And I have discovered That this fight is not worth fighting And I've seen their mothers And I will no other to follow me where I'm going So Take a shower and shine your shoes You got no time to lose You are young men you must be living Take a shower and shine your shoes You got no time to lose You are young men you must be living Go now you are forgiven" But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further The men can go as they pleased But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head He then prepared to fight He said, "I have seen the others And I have discovered That this fight is not worth fighting No, And I've seen their mothers And I will no other to follow me where I'm going So take a shower and shine your shoes You got no time to lose You are young men you must be living Take a shower and shine your shoes You got no time to lose You are young men you must be living Go now you are forgiven" Go now you are forgiven Go now you are forgiven Go now you are forgiven, go Go now you are forgiven Go now you are forgiven Go now you are forgiven Go ooo oooooooo Go now you are forgiven Go now you are forgiven Go now you got to be, Got to be, got to be, got to be, Got to be yeaaaaa
Great song! You can tell the writer was a fan of Jimi Hendrix, there are so many similarities between this and Castles Made of Sand-the lyrical cadence as well as certain guitar phrases. It’s a beautiful homage
With an impending war in Eastern Europe, my thoughts wandered to this song. May those Russian soldiers come to a similar realization as this song and may peace follow soon after.
America and Russia have been working together to saw countries in half for a century. This is no different. They are turning the corpses of Slavs into money. That's it
I just asked my mother what kind of music she likes. She said “i like music in general”. So I googled “general” and found this song. I was originally kidding but without her I wouldn’t have found this great song.
I think of camp as well. The camp I work at is supposed to happen this year but I don't know if it will happen. Camp Takatoka best camp ever! I hope things get better.
My grandfather, during WWII, shot a Colonel in the head. The Colonel was trying to mount a counter offensive to German armor, using cavalry and hand grenades. The reason he did so was because the Colonel was shooting potential deserters in the head, he shot him from a distance, as he was an anti-armor sniper (disable the armor by shooting the driver through his viewing slot.) ...had he not, the men the Colonel had not shot, would have been cut down in their charge. My grandfather was not German, he was conscripted into the Polish army as a non-national (this was during the blitzkrieg.) I honestly believe that this song played a part in the reason why I left the army demurring training when I found out what my life expectancy was in a combat situation and, thus, one of the reasons I have the family I have now. Thank you.
I would like to examine the meaning of this song, been a fan of this band for about 14 years. The songs make me so happy it’s like a guilty pleasure. I had my picture taken with chad once! Hope I get around to it someday.
God this song has been stuck in my head for weeks... dunno WHY, but, in grareful. Because now I'm having high school nostalgia (of the good times, that is? Like.... going to shows JUST to see the opening band & leaving before the "headliners" are even set up, or getting to see your favorite "international" aka Australian band, The Living End, at a friggin' Seattle bar, first come first serve, with a max building capacity of just 200ppl& having to pay less than price for PARKING 1/2 mile away to be able to see your favorite band of all time at your beloved "Before it became too Emo & trendy & scene-kid, hipsters-R-us with its new name, owners and... and... *siiighhhh* CLEANLINESS where your shoes DIDN'T give u a small, begrudging "awww, but do i HAVE TOOOOO?!" sort of argunent before leaving the ground with every single step you took across the floor infront of the stage, covered with its decades of Hell only KNOWS what kind of radioactive concoction before heading to that whorehouse-painted red & black 🥠? *Honestly, the little signs with the decapitated persons of the "male/female gender solely based on the triangular shape vs 2 sticks ob the start of the lower half🚹🚺🚻 yeah u know what im talking about.... whys AREN'T theie heads attached!? And if theyre gonna be all "this is FEMALE cuz its gotta DRESS ON!" stereotypical, couldn't they have maybe give 'her' long hair instead/also?! This.... is an entirely different tirade ill just nip in the bud here and now... All i remember was there NOT being any real "sign" telling u that it was, in fact, the "LADIES" restroom... but, hey, you were LUCKY if you got a stall with either A) a door with some sort of very recently jury-rigged setup to '"lock' it or b) had a fenale friend or complete stranger who was kindly enough to ro the "ill hold/guard it for u it u will for me?" thing... other wise? Welp. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go?! But, the door INTO that damn hideous red & black bathroom also never, EVER closed since the hinges had broken on it ever since I WAS so graciously inducted to the shining pile of sticky sh** in the heart of downtown Seattle formely and only RIGHTFULLY, even if only FORMERLY, ever known as "The Graceland." Not....❤ El Corazon🤮 or whatever in hell's name it's called THESE days, if it still stands even... but, considering that place was the concrete & chewing gum equivalent of the cockroach; i imagine it simply MUST!? .....mmmyeahhh. Thats where i went with my older bro & saw/was introduced to these guys & THIS song for the first time.. ahh, Memories. I dont know who else here will even SEE THIS at the bottom of my nostalgic novella here or, of those 3 people, if any of them will so much as half a clue who or what im referring to here but... oh well? This song has a timess, soothing, unique beyond anything you ever hear in anything "Punk rock/alternative/independent-esque circa the first decade or so of the 21st century"?(if that description works? Im going with it, sorry?) VERY MUCH akin to- for myself, anyways- as Tiger Army's "In The Orchard." They dont sound "Alike," really at all... but one always reminds me of the other. Havunf said that, crapPPPP. NOW im gonna have to alternate playing THIS with THAT on repeat for the next 12 days. FaUCK!!!!!
I dont have anything nearly as dramatic as the others, but back around 2012, i found soundcloud and this band, i was 10 at the time, i used to tie my dog to my razor scooter and have him pull me all around the neighborhood to songs like this, bang bang, railway, all those
war is never worth it... you have one life, why spend it fighting over ego? enjoy your life friends, drink beer, ride bikes, sail the ocean, enjoy the reality that you have, think think think do not waste your life as a puppet in some meaningless war live free and explore!
The General: "Take a shower and shine your shoes" Men: "Uhhh sir, we don't have showers" The General: "Ok, just shine your shoes then" Men: "We don't have that either..." The General: "Well just go jump in a river then"
Floris well they did but then they got back together to play at Madison square garden if I remember right and no ones really heard anything else past that to my knowledge so maybe they stuck together from there and are in the studio and maybe they just got back together for one last show but they haven't released a new album in forever
They made albums from the mid-90's until 2002 when they broke up to try solo careers. They played a "final show" in 2004 in Boston in the park. 160,000 people showed up. Also played a fundraising show in 2007 to raise money for Zimbabwe relief. They reformed in 2011, put out a new studio album (Circles Around the Sun) and a new live concert album (Ain't No Trip to Cleveland.... which is a brilliant live album). They did a "reunion" tour in 2011/2012 and another tour in 2013. Awesome tours. I saw both in Berkeley. They've been playing in Europe and at festivals all over. Also planning on doing another studio album. So happy they are playing again. They play their hearts out live. It is a privilege to see them and I thought I never would.
The war between Russia and ukrain is awful but that’s not why I’m here. I see this song as a message to all young adults to be yourself and don’t be ashamed of it no matter what anyone else says. The worlds a scary place out there and the best way to navigate it is just be who you are :)
This is such a real song. It's a good reminder we always have a choice even when it seems like we don't.
That’s not ture
True
I for some reason have ALWAYS had the thought in the back of my head... Ever since I first heard it back- a long ass time ago because anyone listening to this is clearly as old as dirt now like muah-self?? Always thought, "This HAS to be a cover... Who did this song originally? Wait, WHAT?! NO... SOMEONE MUST HAVE .. But -?!"
It's just such a timeless, unique, absolute.. Quality song with the same everlasting lyrics... And no offense to Dispatch! But. It just seems soooo DIFFERENT from, well? Not just THEM, but different from just about ANYTHING- I think I'd be surprised no matter who sang this.
... unless it was like, something from the 1st half of the 20th century that someone took and did some kind of AMAZING cover with, and since it was originally written SO long ago, people thought it was super unique as well as NEW... you know?? (I'm SURE there are plenty of examples of tbis precise things being done but... I'm starving and can't think?! I was gonna go with Johnny Cash when he covered HURT by NIN, but. Only reason THAT one doesn't quite work is because the NIN original wasn't even that old?!)
Still. I always think this song is so damn amazingly timeless & just... AMAZING?! That it MUST be a "classic" of some kind... It's silly, but. I always think/mean it as a genuine compliment to Dispatch & this song.
Who knows? Maybe it's sorta like an Audio-version of the "Uncanny Valley" effect & how it's apparently engraved into our DNA to ALL be fearful of the same things like "gaunt, pale,, long limbed,.large heads, human-like but not QUITE right, sunken in black eyes..." and we're always afraid of " movie monsters" & such with these traits... (Damn you, well-bitch from The Ring & Crawling Asian Bitch from The Grudge. You little whores traumatized my Junior High days... And nights. And STILL
DO! 😤😤😤)
MAYBE.... maybe this song is like, the AUDITORY equivalent, well. Except the OPPOSITE- like. Something etched deep inside of all of us that were prone to LOVE, for some reason? I'm... literally just coming up with this as it's being tapped out my fingers right now. Excuse my randomness. I'm waiting for my damn mom to hurry up so I can get my beloved Ben & Jerry's Topped Chocolate Milk, & Cookies ice cream... YES for dinner, so whaaaat!?
I had a camp counselor in middle school who sang this to us when we were going to sleep. Forever changed my life.
You didn't go to camp Chos in NC did you?
We also had a counselor that would always play and sing this song. Stuck with me through all these years
...and I was a camp counselor who played this to my campers. Small world.
I did too!
I played this for my campers too. Cape Cod Sea Camps. ‘98-‘00
@@thelolrus7491 no I didn't crazy thing is I just moved to NC 😅
This was my best friend and i's favorite song. We were two different people but this was where we drew the line that we each would hold. He passed away 3 years ago and every time I hear this, I just wish he could be here with me singing. You brought me closer to him than anything and I hope you can cherish how happy it made us because I would gladly trade my life to listen to this one more time with him
💔❤️
Not even a year later and it stings just as bad
@@BRC181 my friend shown me this song years ago playing it on the guitar and singing it, he passed away in his senior year of high school I'm 37 now and the lost my best friend, fiance and my baby boy my dog, the sting never gets easier because you need to remember how much they mean to you even though, their gone but never forgotten.
My best friend and I discover this song many many yeras ago. It began a love for this band that both of us would carry for all of our time. Even flying halfway across the country when the band reformed to see them live. . . He passed away from cancer recently, his family asked me to play a song at his funeral, they gave me choice of song saying "you know what he loved and would've wanted." This is the song I have chosen the story of a man who was willing to brave it alone and not burden anyone with his troubles. But his friends and family stayed with him and were by his side until the end. Nothing but acceptance and gratitude from him, realizing he was loved by all. Rest in Peace my friend you were our general. Dispatch you made our lives a little brighter with this masterpiece
On the bus to mock trials, this is the only song our team captain would play.
It didn't get us amped up at all! Still, I always looked at him with equal parts fear and admiration.
The fact that you type in "the general" in the search bar and this isn't the first thing is a sham
Was looking for The General movie but this isnt bad either.
for me it now is
Patton > Dispatch
Love this song, always makes me cry.
The only thing i don’t like about this song is that i cant sing it without getting choked up. Gives me goosebumps every single time. Crazy.
Camp Takatoka anyone? Staff member 2018 and 2019! This is a song that we sing at every last night campfire and it's one of the campers and staff's favorite things we do during the week.
I first heard this song in college in 2006. My roommate invited me to go with him to a party and it was honestly pretty boring but towards the end of the night this song came on and he was just jamming to it in the backyard. One of those songs that just takes you to a different place.
A friend introduced me to this song at uni in about 2006. Still sticks in my mind to this day
same
Same for me but I think it was 2002
Song of my teenager years. Goosebumps every time.
So many years later and this song still feels good to hear :)
this is a wise, very wise song. thank you dispatch.
Literally a zero percent chance that soldiers would abandon their general but I can appreciate the sentiment
@@MC-wh3xm well they dont, listen to the song. Not a man leaves.
Love the pictures
I know right
Thanks for making this song, I recently discovered it and it inspires me so much.
This is moving to me as a non-service member. I can only imagine...Nearly 25 year old song, just hearing it. Good stuff
Listened to this every day for months and months after I came home from Iraq and was trying to get my head straight.
I love this song. I’ve always wondered what veterans think of it
Thanks for going over there for us
college memories man. this song kills me every time
We saw you in Philly 2024, it was screaming hot but amazing with Philly Pops.❤️❤️❤️
My son's kindergarten class sings this song and, goddamnit, if I don't cry every time.
Coolest teacher ever!!!
10 years old and this song still slaps!
I first heard this song played at the summer camp that I attended all throughout childhood and I just re-discovered the studio version. This song is truly incredible and unbelievably good
Dude same, the kids from Spain use to blast this in the dorms every morning
@@dr2821Chos?
This song is amazing! I’m so glad I came across it years ago. Still listen to it often
I listened to this for the first time when I was in high school, class of 06. It was during my hippy jam band phase. While I’ve grown out of that music, coming back to this after all those long years, it’s still such a great song.
It's a passive aggressive way to say that the "fight is not worth fighting" and I feel that it is the best antiwar song ever written. " Go now you are forgiven" fueled a lot of discussions around the campfire. Xoxoxo amy
As a veteran myself, this song speaks volumes to me. Not like I didn't have this mentality the whole time anyway.
One of the best songs ever.
Saw them in Forest Hills a few years back it was awesome
Is Dispatch the OG viral band? They got popular through Napster, Kazaa, etc.
Though, the first I ever heard of them was at summer camp, and also in my youth group, during the school year. Such a strange phenomenon. Maybe it's because sleepaway camp is such a big cultural thing on the East Coast, especially in the Northeast and New England, where Dispatch is from.
There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time
On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on
But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream
The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
And it was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home
He said, "I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I've seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven"
But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men can go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
He said, "I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
No, And I've seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven"
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven, go
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go ooo oooooooo
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you got to be,
Got to be, got to be, got to be,
Got to be yeaaaaa
Thank you for taking the time
one of the best song
Home sweet Home!
For some reason I just can't listen to this song without crying
Big same
we're getting old...
It’s my birthday, I always love coming back to this song
Love this song. And the rest of the Bang Bang album
Gut the van album. Many more songs.
Any portion of the lyrics of this song slaps. And is so relatable to basically anyone listening.
This song is literally life changing I thank my best friend/Twitch streamer Topherleon
Great song! You can tell the writer was a fan of Jimi Hendrix, there are so many similarities between this and Castles Made of Sand-the lyrical cadence as well as certain guitar phrases. It’s a beautiful homage
With an impending war in Eastern Europe, my thoughts wandered to this song. May those Russian soldiers come to a similar realization as this song and may peace follow soon after.
Have you heard the Russian version yet?
@@wade_bo Russian version popped up on my Spotify today, so I had to come here after that one, just so I could sing along
Agreed
America and Russia have been working together to saw countries in half for a century. This is no different.
They are turning the corpses of Slavs into money. That's it
I haven't heard this song in a while so im happy i got to listen to it
Can't believe I just stumbled upon this song. Happened to come on randomly on my Prime Music. Wow. Strong song. Love it.
It’s definitely a piece unto itself.
Fantastic song. Fantastic band.💕🌝
Found this song for the first time in 2020. Such a good song, and it sounds fresh, like it could have been written this year.
I'm so glad you found this song bc this song is an amazing song.
Me to
I did in 2016
I just asked my mother what kind of music she likes. She said “i like music in general”. So I googled “general” and found this song. I was originally kidding but without her I wouldn’t have found this great song.
Every time I hear this I think of my summer camp and it makes me hella cry. Atm with corona idk if it is happening this summer and I am in tears
I think of camp as well. The camp I work at is supposed to happen this year but I don't know if it will happen. Camp Takatoka best camp ever! I hope things get better.
I have waited so long to see you. I sang this to my babies to put them to sleep.
My grandfather, during WWII, shot a Colonel in the head. The Colonel was trying to mount a counter offensive to German armor, using cavalry and hand grenades. The reason he did so was because the Colonel was shooting potential deserters in the head, he shot him from a distance, as he was an anti-armor sniper (disable the armor by shooting the driver through his viewing slot.) ...had he not, the men the Colonel had not shot, would have been cut down in their charge. My grandfather was not German, he was conscripted into the Polish army as a non-national (this was during the blitzkrieg.)
I honestly believe that this song played a part in the reason why I left the army demurring training when I found out what my life expectancy was in a combat situation and, thus, one of the reasons I have the family I have now.
Thank you.
So true! Even today!
My mom put this on once now I love it
my favorite song
i love this song 😀
After listening to later live versions this one feels so subdued now!
This is in the running for greatest anti-war song of all time.
I would like to examine the meaning of this song, been a fan of this band for about 14 years. The songs make me so happy it’s like a guilty pleasure. I had my picture taken with chad once!
Hope I get around to it someday.
The men stepped back, for they could not bear to leave those who might stay.
A classic
Best! 👍🏻👍🏻
summer camp morning vibes
beerpongwithwater we used to sing this at my camp in Massachusetts until the song leader moved on to a big boy job.
Doooood
These dudes played the Scarsdale teen center in 2000. This song still slaps.
Ever since Adventure Time, this song has given me Marceline vibes.
while i can't commend this song based on the rhythm, i will say that it's one of the most important songs a child can hear and study.
This song means much different things with age.
❤❤❤
God this song has been stuck in my head for weeks... dunno WHY, but, in grareful. Because now I'm having high school nostalgia (of the good times, that is? Like.... going to shows JUST to see the opening band & leaving before the "headliners" are even set up, or getting to see your favorite "international" aka Australian band, The Living End, at a friggin' Seattle bar, first come first serve, with a max building capacity of just 200ppl& having to pay less than price for PARKING 1/2 mile away to be able to see your favorite band of all time at your beloved "Before it became too Emo & trendy & scene-kid, hipsters-R-us with its new name, owners and... and... *siiighhhh* CLEANLINESS where your shoes DIDN'T give u a small, begrudging "awww, but do i HAVE TOOOOO?!" sort of argunent before leaving the ground with every single step you took across the floor infront of the stage, covered with its decades of Hell only KNOWS what kind of radioactive concoction before heading to that whorehouse-painted red & black 🥠? *Honestly, the little signs with the decapitated persons of the "male/female gender solely based on the triangular shape vs 2 sticks ob the start of the lower half🚹🚺🚻 yeah u know what im talking about.... whys AREN'T theie heads attached!? And if theyre gonna be all "this is FEMALE cuz its gotta DRESS ON!" stereotypical, couldn't they have maybe give 'her' long hair instead/also?! This.... is an entirely different tirade ill just nip in the bud here and now...
All i remember was there NOT being any real "sign" telling u that it was, in fact, the "LADIES" restroom... but, hey, you were LUCKY if you got a stall with either A) a door with some sort of very recently jury-rigged setup to '"lock' it or b) had a fenale friend or complete stranger who was kindly enough to ro the "ill hold/guard it for u it u will for me?" thing... other wise? Welp. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go?! But, the door INTO that damn hideous red & black bathroom also never, EVER closed since the hinges had broken on it ever since I WAS so graciously inducted to the shining pile of sticky sh** in the heart of downtown Seattle formely and only RIGHTFULLY, even if only FORMERLY, ever known as "The Graceland." Not....❤ El Corazon🤮 or whatever in hell's name it's called THESE days, if it still stands even... but, considering that place was the concrete & chewing gum equivalent of the cockroach; i imagine it simply MUST!?
.....mmmyeahhh.
Thats where i went with my older bro & saw/was introduced to these guys & THIS song for the first time.. ahh, Memories. I dont know who else here will even SEE THIS at the bottom of my nostalgic novella here or, of those 3 people, if any of them will so much as half a clue who or what im referring to here but... oh well?
This song has a timess, soothing, unique beyond anything you ever hear in anything "Punk rock/alternative/independent-esque circa the first decade or so of the 21st century"?(if that description works? Im going with it, sorry?) VERY MUCH akin to- for myself, anyways- as Tiger Army's "In The Orchard." They dont sound "Alike," really at all... but one always reminds me of the other. Havunf said that, crapPPPP. NOW im gonna have to alternate playing THIS with THAT on repeat for the next 12 days. FaUCK!!!!!
Definitely feel at least some of that, not so much the ladies room part but I get what your saying 😂
Even UA-cam has respect for this song. AD FREE
MrRelaxedBrax m.ua-cam.com/video/MRTOndSeNfA/v-deo.html
In addition, UA-cam app let's you keep listening when you close the app. Which isn't typical of videos in the Music category.
Lets go with nevada governor HO MAINZ MEN,$!
Hooooooooovie ❤️simpler times.
Good stuff 👍
I dont have anything nearly as dramatic as the others, but back around 2012, i found soundcloud and this band, i was 10 at the time, i used to tie my dog to my razor scooter and have him pull me all around the neighborhood to songs like this, bang bang, railway, all those
Thx sleep11 For putting me ion
We are Richards BaldWINS paul+sons ... never Forget☆
Christina from University of Florida 2003-2006 FSHN, from NM or NC, you out there? You introduced me to this band.
war is never worth it...
you have one life, why spend it fighting over ego?
enjoy your life friends,
drink beer,
ride bikes,
sail the ocean,
enjoy the reality that you have,
think
think
think
do not waste your life as a puppet in some meaningless war
live free and explore!
GO NOW YOU ARE FORGIVEN❤
He,s gone deeper than Section 8 Joe hey
The General: "Take a shower and shine your shoes"
Men: "Uhhh sir, we don't have showers"
The General: "Ok, just shine your shoes then"
Men: "We don't have that either..."
The General: "Well just go jump in a river then"
0:07
This song might as well be 3000 years old. Holy shit...
I thought it was just an homage to Sublime, but goddamn, this was contemporary. Should this band have rose above?
Yo what's good
life when this song is on
BEST SHOWER SONG.
🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
💚🎶👍😘☺️
I cannot believe I am just discovering this
Wilmington, nc
Its not my favorite but I love It
Vic Boss!
Go now, you are forgiven!!!
Yo listen to this all you about to invade Gaza
yo estoy aqui por luis jimenez
2023?
#fearthegeneralsprivates
One of the best bands of all time it's a shame they broke up
B-Box Bledsoe Did they?!
Floris well they did but then they got back together to play at Madison square garden if I remember right and no ones really heard anything else past that to my knowledge so maybe they stuck together from there and are in the studio and maybe they just got back together for one last show but they haven't released a new album in forever
They made albums from the mid-90's until 2002 when they broke up to try solo careers. They played a "final show" in 2004 in Boston in the park. 160,000 people showed up. Also played a fundraising show in 2007 to raise money for Zimbabwe relief.
They reformed in 2011, put out a new studio album (Circles Around the Sun) and a new live concert album (Ain't No Trip to Cleveland.... which is a brilliant live album). They did a "reunion" tour in 2011/2012 and another tour in 2013. Awesome tours. I saw both in Berkeley. They've been playing in Europe and at festivals all over. Also planning on doing another studio album.
So happy they are playing again. They play their hearts out live. It is a privilege to see them and I thought I never would.
Rylie Hilscher it was at the hatch shell , it was a free show and the crowds blocked storrow drive , shut down traffic ... it was fucking beautiful
Jesse Skeffington I wish I could've been there
Ahh all I can think about is people singing this at summer camp
You are freel teo
AK as Santa claws um
CHRISTMAS in Killarney
Mold vs lychee lychen
E.g
Voles for 🦑
"General" mode ..aka your hause is on fyre rhune
The war between Russia and ukrain is awful but that’s not why I’m here. I see this song as a message to all young adults to be yourself and don’t be ashamed of it no matter what anyone else says. The worlds a scary place out there and the best way to navigate it is just be who you are :)
Thumbs down
Had a substitute teacher in middle school who used to bring his guitar in and sing to the class. He turned out to be a pedophile.
first half 😁 second half 😨
2024
Ok😂
Get them.
On Minnesota thencops
Watchet