20.7.09

Country Joe & The Fish 3

Inmiddels heb ik achterhaald wanneer dat concert van Country Joe & The Fish in het Concertgebouw plaats vond - in een van de platenhoezen vond ik het programma - in de nacht van 15 op 16 november 1968. Misschien is het wel aardig de in mijn bezit zijnde elpees op een rijtje te zetten:
"Electric Music For The Mind And The Body", Country Joe & The Fish, Vanguard VSD.79244
"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die", Country Joe & The Fish, Vanguard VSD.79266
"Thinking Of Woody Guthrie", Country Joe McDonald, Vanguard VSD.6546
"Tonight I'm Singing Just For You", Country Joe Mc Donald, Vanguard VSD.6557
"War.War.War", Country Joe McDonald, Vanguard VSD.79315
"Here We Are Again", Country Joe & The Fish, Vanguard 19018
"Incredible! Live!", Country Joe McDonald, Vanguard VSD.79316
"Paris Sessions", Country Joe McDonald, VSD.79328
"Paradise Wit An Ocean View", Country Joe McDonald, Fantasy F.9495
"Fish Cheer", Country Joe & The Fish, Vanguard VSD.7062
"Goodbye Blues", Country Joe McDonald, Fantasy F.9525
"Reunion", Country Joe & The Fish, Fantasy F.9530
"Leisure Suite", Country Joe McDonald,Fantasy F.9586
"Into The Fray", Country Joe McDonald, Rag Baby records INT 177.400
"Barry Melton, The Fish", Barry Melton, United Artists UAS 29908

Tenslotte: dit is de tekst van de "I-Feel -Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag"

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Huh!

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.