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Ronald Zeeman said:
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I talked to an old Vietnamese man who told me that the US Green Berets were amazingly skilled and they could be standing right next to you and you wouldn't know they were there..... Except for the fact that you could smell their aftershave from 500 metres away.

This song has become a cultural anthem in Australia, sadly the official video is age restricted and I don't understand why. We let kids play Grand Theft Auto and watch other forms of extreme violence but don't want them to learn about real history? I find that offensive, fortunately this song is also a part of every child's upbringing in Australia.


And this video is over an hour long but worth watching if you're interested.

 
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I talked to an old Vietnamese man who told me that the US Green Berets were amazingly skilled and they could be standing right next to you and you wouldn't know they were there..... Except for the fact that you could smell their aftershave from 500 metres away.
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Not just the aftershave.
I have heard it said that due to diet (lots of meat, I believe), human scent was also a giveaway.
In Asia, there is a meme: POO.
People of Odour...😲

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This song has become a cultural anthem in Australia, sadly the official video is age restricted and I don't understand why. We let kids play Grand Theft Auto and watch other forms of extreme violence but don't want them to learn about real history? I find that offensive, fortunately this song is also a part of every child's upbringing in Australia.
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Curious.
I suspect it may be influenced by woke ideology?
 
Outdated said:
This song has become a cultural anthem in Australia, sadly the official video is age restricted and I don't understand why. We let kids play Grand Theft Auto and watch other forms of extreme violence but don't want them to learn about real history? I find that offensive, fortunately this song is also a part of every child's upbringing in Australia.
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I can't see this song? the unofficial anthem we Aussies grew up with about Vietnam is a song by rock group Cold Chisel called Khe Sanh. It's become a kind of a go-to at every party when alcohol starts flowing. Funny thing everyone knows the words.
 
Cyber said:
I can't see this song? the unofficial anthem we Aussies grew up with about Vietnam is a song by rock group Cold Chisel called Khe Sanh. It's become a kind of a go-to at every party when alcohol starts flowing. Funny thing everyone knows the words.
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The song you "can't see" is Redgum's I Was Only 19, but the original official film clip, not the modern redone version.
 
I am familiar with Redgum's "I was only 19" song but to be honest it never had the cultural impact that Khe Sanh had. Nobody remembers Redgum anymore.
 
Ronald Zeeman said:
Not familiar with band or song showing my age,
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Same here. I had to look it up. An Aussie band I never heard of.

Though it did remind me of "Country Joe & The Fish" at Woodstock, and their "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag". I still know the words to that song myself. Also reminded me of once leading the "fish cheer" in my high school PE class. Cost us all another lap on the track, circa 1970. Oops. :oops:

And then there was Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant".

Our young minds and the dread of getting drafted into the Vietnam War.

Weird also to recall how it was four years after the war ended before for my career military father told me that he and so many others were opposed to the war, but only behind closed doors in the Navy Department.

The seventies. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
 
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This Video show the age difference, Familiar with this history. through TV and books.


 
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Judge said:
Same here. I had to look it up. An Aussie band I never heard of.
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Not many Aussie bands or Aussie singers made an impact outside of Australia. A few notables
AC/DC: Massive, long-term success, with over 71 million albums sold in the US.
INXS: Dominated US airwaves in the 1980s and 90s.
Bee Gees: Worldwide pop icons with deep US chart success.
Olivia Newton-John: Iconic singer/actress with massive US hits.
Air Supply: Famous for soft rock ballads, very popular in the US.
Men at Work: Top 80s band with massive hits like "Down Under".
Little River Band: Achieved significant 70s/80s US radio success.
Midnight Oil: Known for "Beds Are Burning," popular in US rock circles.

Cold Chisel did have some international success in the 1980s but not at same level as the ones I listed. Khe Sanh was an Australian classic,
 
Cyber said:
Not many Aussie bands or Aussie singers made an impact outside of Australia. A few notables
AC/DC: Massive, long-term success, with over 71 million albums sold in the US.
INXS: Dominated US airwaves in the 1980s and 90s.
Bee Gees: Worldwide pop icons with deep US chart success.
Olivia Newton-John: Iconic singer/actress with massive US hits.
Air Supply: Famous for soft rock ballads, very popular in the US.
Men at Work: Top 80s band with massive hits like "Down Under".
Little River Band: Achieved significant 70s/80s US radio success.
Midnight Oil: Known for "Beds Are Burning," popular in US rock circles.

Cold Chisel did have some international success in the 1980s but not at same level as the ones I listed. Khe Sanh was an Australian classic,
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I've always been a HUGE INXS fan. The death of Michael Hutchence hit me hard. :cool:
 
One of those who not only got away from historic justice but she managed hide her proceeds from Nazi slave labour and even hoodwink the German government to give her a war pension, paving the way for all families of ex-SS war criminals to live off German taxpayers.

One really despicable human being.
 
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