I was impressed with the lyrics, the musicianship and the singing that conveyed a lot of emotions. The vets at American Legion Post 639 in Springfield, MO that have heard the song have also voiced their pleasure with a song that we can relate to.
The sentiments conveyed are realistic but at least the military is not looked down upon as much as was common back in the Vietnam era. Each veteran serving either overseas or at home in the States has their own experiences and interpretations of events making it difficult for one song to be all-encompassing but Arlo Guthrie has performed a near-miracle by creating lyrics that are about as all-encompassing as can be considering the complexity of the topics covered.
First heard this awesome tune at the Vietnam Veteran Radio Web station https://vietnamvetradio.org/
I was impressed with the lyrics, the musicianship and the singing that conveyed a lot of emotions. The vets at American Legion Post 639 in Springfield, MO that have heard the song have also voiced their pleasure with a song that we can relate to.
The sentiments conveyed are realistic but at least the military is not looked down upon as much as was common back in the Vietnam era. Each veteran serving either overseas or at home in the States has their own experiences and interpretations of events making it difficult for one song to be all-encompassing but Arlo Guthrie has performed a near-miracle by creating lyrics that are about as all-encompassing as can be considering the complexity of the topics covered.