Visited Japan and paid my respects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, laying white roses on the monuments. As a schoolboy we had to dive under our desks to protect ourselves from the Soviet nukes.. As I stood and prayed at the Nagasaki monument in tears, a Japanese man wandered over and put his hand on my shoulder and said, "its okay. It's over." How I wish it was. 🏵️
Utah Phillips despite being humorous his songs were no laughing matter. His funny stories at the beginning of every performance were to grasp the attention of the audience. Once he started singing the songs all joking was set aside because is songs were about serious matters his voice gave way in support of and hope for the victims of injustice and the down trodden.
Until the song actually started, I thought he was going to a cover of the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark song. I had never heard of this fella until now... and now I want to investigate more about him!
I saw U. Utah Phillips a few times--once at McCabes in Santa Monica, once at a school in Wilmingtom, Calif. and I believe at a folk festival somewhere in Calif. as well. He wasn't a great guitarist but he had a pleasant voice and he was a fantastic rancantour. I loved listening to his stories of the IWW. Greatest Union America ever had and it's still around fighting the good fight. RIP--Bruce
Look out, look out from your schoolroom window Look up young children from your play Wave your hand at the shining airplane Such a beautiful sight is Enola Gay It's many a mile from the Utah desert To Tinian Island far away Standing guard by the barbed wire fences That hide the secret of Enola Gay High above the clouds in the sunlit silence So peaceful here, I'd like to stay But there's many a pilot who would swap his pension For a chance to fly Enola Gay What is that sound high above my city? I rush outside and search the sky Now we are running to find the shelter The air raid sirens start to cry What will I say when my children ask me Where was I flying upon that day? With trembling voice I gave the order To the bombardier of Enola Gay Look out, look out from your schoolroom window Look up, young children from your play Your bright young eyes will turn to ashes In the blinding light of Enola Gay I turn to see the fireball rising "My God, My God" all I can say I hear a voice within me crying My mother's name was Enola Gay Look out, look out from your schoolroom window Look up, young children from your play; When you see those war planes flying Each one is named Enola Gay
The song's structure is rudimentary but his sensitive claw-hammer strum and subtle build from verse to verse are the results of years of constant performance, usually live.
I met Gen Paul Tibbets at a tribute dinner at The Proud Bird Restaurant near LAX. I gave him a copy of the Paul Fussell essay "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" which he had never seen.
kevin d. blanch Ph.D. AT THE ENOLA GAY HANGER GETTING A PAPER CRANE FORM HER FAMILY a real one,, I was FRIENDS WITH UTAH PHILLIPS by they way i grew up next door to the jay marriott organic farm i still live there NO BUY PROF THERE, BYT HE WAY MAE blanch the ENGLISH legend AT B.Y.U. MY AUNTIE kevin D. blanch Ph.D.
Utah Phillips Wow bro we could use you today Never forget you Came to our support Redwood Summer Northern Ca. Utah a true Patriot May the Gods bless your sole
Great song, but mislabeled: UTAH PHILLIPS wrote it, not Andy McCluskey of OMD. OMD’s song came out in 1980, five years after Utah’s song of the same name. Can someone correct that?
As one who considers Truman one of the best presidents we've ever had, I don't think I'd have considered him a prick. He had a decision to make, whether to drop the bomb on one city in the hope that America wouldn't have to land an invasion force on mainland Japan in an attempt to get them to surrender.. Which would have resulted in thousands of lives lost on both sides. When Japan still refused to surrender, another bomb was dropped. And finally Japan surrendered. I think he must have felt like Atlas with the weight of the world on his shoulders, and having to make such a decision. I pray, that another president never has to give such an order.
Thank God for the Enola Gay. It spared us having to go into Japan with boots on the ground. Japan soon surrendered after the Nagasaki bomb. Thousands of American and, ironically, Japanese lives were spared.
That's kinda a myth. Japan was already considering surrendering and we already had boots on the ground in Japan. The whole "they would never have surrendered" was made up to justify it after the bomb was dropped when people found it so horrible.
@@ZacharyBittnerYou're wrong about this. Japan was prepared to fight to the death to defend their country. The lesser of 2 evils prevailed I would say.
@@abianchi0226 , "We have noted a series of Japanese peace feelers in Switzerland which OSS Chief William Donovan reported to Truman in May and June [1945]. These suggested, even at this point, that the U.S. demand for unconditional surrender might well be the only serious obstacle to peace. At the center of the explorations, as we also saw, was Allen Dulles, chief of OSS operations in Switzerland (and subsequently Director of the CIA). In his 1966 book The Secret Surrender, Dulles recalled that 'On July 20, 1945, under instructions from Washington, I went to the Potsdam Conference and reported there to Secretary [of War] Stimson on what I had learned from Tokyo - they desired to surrender if they could retain the Emperor and their constitution as a basis for maintaining discipline and order in Japan after the devastating news of surrender became known to the Japanese people.'" It is documented by Alperovitz that Stimson reported this directly to Truman.
@@abianchi0226 On September 9, 1945, Admiral William F. Halsey, commander of the Third Fleet, was publically quoted extensively as stating that the atomic bomb was used because the scientists had a "toy and they wanted to try it out…." He further stated, "The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment…. It was a mistake to ever drop it."
@@abianchi0226 James Conant came to the conclusion that some important person in the administration must go public to show that the dropping of the bombs was a military necessity, thereby saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, so he approached Harvey Bundy and his son, McGeorge Bundy. It was agreed by them that the most important person to create this myth was Secretary of War, Henry Stimson. It was decided that Stimson would write a long article to be widely circulated in a prominent national magazine. This article was revised repeatedly by McGeorge Bundy and Conant before it was published in Harper'smagazine in February of 1947. The long article became the subject of a front-page article and editorial in The New York Times and in the editorial it was stated "There can be no doubt that the president and Mr. Stimson are right when they mention that the bomb caused the Japanese to surrender." Later, in 1959, President Truman specifically endorsed this conclusion, including the idea that it saved the lives of a million American soldiers. This myth has been renewed annually by the news media and various political leaders ever since.
Spencer Welch Go back and look up Pearl Harbor. You will learn the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor first, a heavily populated city. Back then you didn't fuk with America.
+Spencer Welch Good grief, the documents aren't secret any more! It was a set up! Our government allowed Pearl Harbor to happen, knew it was coming and did nothing to keep our troops safe so as to anger the American people enough to get behind the war effort!
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Visited Japan and paid my respects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, laying white roses on the monuments. As a schoolboy we had to dive under our desks to protect ourselves from the Soviet nukes..
As I stood and prayed at the Nagasaki monument in tears, a Japanese man wandered over and put his hand on my shoulder and said, "its okay. It's over."
How I wish it was. 🏵️
This man was a saint and he certainly didn't need organised religion to proclaim it.
amen
Utah Phillips despite being humorous his songs were no laughing matter. His funny stories at the beginning of every performance were to grasp the attention of the audience. Once he started singing the songs all joking was set aside because is songs were about serious matters his voice gave way in support of and hope for the victims of injustice and the down trodden.
Utah Was a good friend on mine in the early 60's-70's in Saratoga Springs
Until the song actually started, I thought he was going to a cover of the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark song. I had never heard of this fella until now... and now I want to investigate more about him!
See www.thelongmemory.com for more about Utah Phillips.
He was/is a gift to the human race
Is a gift. Definitely always will be a hero and fondly remembered
I saw U. Utah Phillips a few times--once at McCabes in Santa Monica, once at a school in Wilmingtom, Calif. and I believe at a folk festival somewhere in Calif. as well. He wasn't a great guitarist but he had a pleasant voice and he was a fantastic rancantour. I loved listening to his stories of the IWW. Greatest Union America ever had and it's still around fighting the good fight. RIP--Bruce
I have heard Utalah for many years and I agree with him 100%.
Look out, look out from your schoolroom window
Look up young children from your play
Wave your hand at the shining airplane
Such a beautiful sight is Enola Gay
It's many a mile from the Utah desert
To Tinian Island far away
Standing guard by the barbed wire fences
That hide the secret of Enola Gay
High above the clouds in the sunlit silence
So peaceful here, I'd like to stay
But there's many a pilot who would swap his pension
For a chance to fly Enola Gay
What is that sound high above my city?
I rush outside and search the sky
Now we are running to find the shelter
The air raid sirens start to cry
What will I say when my children ask me
Where was I flying upon that day?
With trembling voice I gave the order
To the bombardier of Enola Gay
Look out, look out from your schoolroom window
Look up, young children from your play
Your bright young eyes will turn to ashes
In the blinding light of Enola Gay
I turn to see the fireball rising
"My God, My God" all I can say
I hear a voice within me crying
My mother's name was Enola Gay
Look out, look out from your schoolroom window
Look up, young children from your play;
When you see those war planes flying
Each one is named Enola Gay
Thank you.
Perché Opole
The words are great.. Mixed emotions.. PERFECT!!
The song's structure is rudimentary but his sensitive claw-hammer strum and subtle build from verse to verse are the results of years of constant performance, usually live.
I met Gen Paul Tibbets at a tribute dinner at The Proud Bird Restaurant near LAX. I gave him a copy of the Paul Fussell essay "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" which he had never seen.
kevin d. blanch Ph.D. AT THE ENOLA GAY HANGER GETTING A PAPER CRANE FORM HER FAMILY a real one,, I was FRIENDS WITH UTAH PHILLIPS by they way i grew up next door to the jay marriott organic farm i still live there NO BUY PROF THERE, BYT HE WAY MAE blanch the ENGLISH legend AT B.Y.U. MY AUNTIE kevin D. blanch Ph.D.
Here's to you, U. Utah Phillips.
Utah Phillips Wow bro we could use you today Never forget you Came to our support Redwood Summer Northern Ca. Utah a true Patriot May the Gods bless your sole
Great song, but mislabeled: UTAH PHILLIPS wrote it, not Andy McCluskey of OMD. OMD’s song came out in 1980, five years after Utah’s song of the same name. Can someone correct that?
Precious soul,away but here..
Makes me wonder why, life has to be that way.
wow what a story what a song
Much appreciated, Thank you 4 sharing. #
christ, that's powerful
We brought him up to Faro, Yukon back in ‘78 for our Farrago Folk Festival
Who else was expecting the OMD song?
ha, that's why i'm here
lol me too but it's interesting to know there is another Enola Gay song
It crossed my mind but fleetingly. Consider the singer.
Do you have any songs about Bataan?
no but he does a blinding theme from spiderman!
Song starts at 3:18.
tx
***** That's not what the title implies.
I don't need to go to one of Utah's shows. My 83 year old next door neighbor is happy to ramble on.
What year was this?
I was quite partial to "Moose Turd Pie."
Good song, but not the one by Andy McCluskey (OMD)
Howard Stearn needs to interview this guy
He died years ago.
Sadly, he died in 2008
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3:19 when he actually starts singing
Thank you.
Heaven forbid you endure a few minutes of context and creator story telling 🥴
As one who considers Truman one of the best presidents we've ever had, I don't think I'd have considered him a prick. He had a decision to make, whether to drop the bomb on one city in the hope that America wouldn't have to land an invasion force on mainland Japan in an attempt to get them to surrender.. Which would have resulted in thousands of lives lost on both sides. When Japan still refused to surrender, another bomb was dropped. And finally Japan surrendered. I think he must have felt like Atlas with the weight of the world on his shoulders, and having to make such a decision. I pray, that another president never has to give such an order.
Thank God for the Enola Gay. It spared us having to go into Japan with boots on the ground. Japan soon surrendered after the Nagasaki bomb. Thousands of American and, ironically, Japanese lives were spared.
That's kinda a myth. Japan was already considering surrendering and we already had boots on the ground in Japan.
The whole "they would never have surrendered" was made up to justify it after the bomb was dropped when people found it so horrible.
@@ZacharyBittnerYou're wrong about this. Japan was prepared to fight to the death to defend their country. The lesser of 2 evils prevailed I would say.
@@abianchi0226 , "We have noted a series of Japanese peace feelers in Switzerland which OSS Chief William Donovan reported to Truman in May and June [1945]. These suggested, even at this point, that the U.S. demand for unconditional surrender might well be the only serious obstacle to peace. At the center of the explorations, as we also saw, was Allen Dulles, chief of OSS operations in Switzerland (and subsequently Director of the CIA). In his 1966 book The Secret Surrender, Dulles recalled that 'On July 20, 1945, under instructions from Washington, I went to the Potsdam Conference and reported there to Secretary [of War] Stimson on what I had learned from Tokyo - they desired to surrender if they could retain the Emperor and their constitution as a basis for maintaining discipline and order in Japan after the devastating news of surrender became known to the Japanese people.'" It is documented by Alperovitz that Stimson reported this directly to Truman.
@@abianchi0226 On September 9, 1945, Admiral William F. Halsey, commander of the Third Fleet, was publically quoted extensively as stating that the atomic bomb was used because the scientists had a "toy and they wanted to try it out…." He further stated, "The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment…. It was a mistake to ever drop it."
@@abianchi0226 James Conant came to the conclusion that some important person in the administration must go public to show that the dropping of the bombs was a military necessity, thereby saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, so he approached Harvey Bundy and his son, McGeorge Bundy. It was agreed by them that the most important person to create this myth was Secretary of War, Henry Stimson. It was decided that Stimson would write a long article to be widely circulated in a prominent national magazine. This article was revised repeatedly by McGeorge Bundy and Conant before it was published in Harper'smagazine in February of 1947. The long article became the subject of a front-page article and editorial in The New York Times and in the editorial it was stated "There can be no doubt that the president and Mr. Stimson are right when they mention that the bomb caused the Japanese to surrender." Later, in 1959, President Truman specifically endorsed this conclusion, including the idea that it saved the lives of a million American soldiers. This myth has been renewed annually by the news media and various political leaders ever since.
he wouldn't be singing this song had not the Enola Gay flew that day.
Yes sir the Japanese would surely have conquered us had we not perpetrated war crimes against densely populated civilian centers
Spencer Welch Go back and look up Pearl Harbor. You will learn the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor first, a heavily populated city. Back then you didn't fuk with America.
Dan D. Dirges Pear Harbor was a military base, the Japanese specifically worked to try and avoid civilian casualties in that attack.
+Spencer Welch Good grief, the documents aren't secret any more! It was a set up! Our government allowed Pearl Harbor to happen, knew it was coming and did nothing to keep our troops safe so as to anger the American people enough to get behind the war effort!
IF true.. it needed to be done, otherwise we might all be speaking Japanese right now..
*WHERE THE FUCKING FUCK IS THE SYNTHESISER!!!!*
You’re thinking of the 1980 song by OMD. NO synthesizer in this song, just guitar and voice, released in 1975. Same title, different song.