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Heavy Metal has been the anthem over there because of how it unnerves the enemy.
Maybe so... though I don’t know what the kids are listening to these days, probably makes Pantera sound mild...
Chippewa Ghost on 24th Jun 2018, 6:41 PM
Because that would be my nomination for the only thing that could knock off heavy metal in the "rek yr earz" category...
I didn’t even know what that was till a couple years ago...
Gerald Ney on 26th Jun 2018, 11:19 PM
In 'Nam that year, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place!" was number 1. Unfortunately, every Filipino rock band's female lead singer coming through on the USO circuit just had to sing "It Must Be Him". That went over like a lead balloon with guys just back from being shot at out in the boonies. Even George Jessel's dated WW I period jokes were preferable.
I always wondered if we gotta get out of this place resonated with the grunts in Vietnam, or if it was too “on the nose.” Seems like a perfect anthem, but almost too perfect. I guess because they used it in the movie Hamburger Hill to great effect, I wondered if it was a Hollywood thing.
Gerald Ney on 30th Jun 2018, 9:17 PM
Over the years on occasions when Vietnam vets at a gathering sing together, this song is one of two most frequently sung. The other with everybody arm in arm in a circle is "Goodnight, Saigon."
I wonder if Eric Burdon knows that. It would probably bring him some peace. He probably knows.
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BUMBLEBEE on 24th Jun 2018, 1:01 PM
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