Charlie Don't Surf is a famous line from the film Apocalypse Now, spoken by Colonel Kilgore as justification for taking a beach at the Mekong Delta so the American soldiers could go surfing
The song -- as well as the line from the movie -- is about American Imperialism.
And it's totally awesome... Charlie don't surf for his hamburger mama... it's another movie paraphrasing. The internal dialog of the main character of the film "ever day I'm here I grow weaker, ever day Charlie squats in the jungle he grows stronger" and the later line about them "being happy eating a little rat". Apocalypse Now was statement that wasn't overlooked by Joe Strummer. Both powerful voices.
And it's totally awesome... Charlie don't surf for his hamburger mama... it's another movie paraphrasing. The internal dialog of the main character of the film "ever day I'm here I grow weaker, ever day Charlie squats in the jungle he grows stronger" and the later line about them "being happy eating a little rat". Apocalypse Now was statement that wasn't overlooked by Joe Strummer. Both powerful voices.
Charlie Don't Surf is a famous line from the film Apocalypse Now, spoken by Colonel Kilgore as justification for taking a beach at the Mekong Delta so the American soldiers could go surfing
The song -- as well as the line from the movie -- is about American Imperialism.
And it's totally awesome... Charlie don't surf for his hamburger mama... it's another movie paraphrasing. The internal dialog of the main character of the film "ever day I'm here I grow weaker, ever day Charlie squats in the jungle he grows stronger" and the later line about them "being happy eating a little rat". Apocalypse Now was statement that wasn't overlooked by Joe Strummer. Both powerful voices.
And it's totally awesome... Charlie don't surf for his hamburger mama... it's another movie paraphrasing. The internal dialog of the main character of the film "ever day I'm here I grow weaker, ever day Charlie squats in the jungle he grows stronger" and the later line about them "being happy eating a little rat". Apocalypse Now was statement that wasn't overlooked by Joe Strummer. Both powerful voices.