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Oh I've just come
From the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
Your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see
You just can't believe
The joy I did receive
When I finally got my leave
And I was going home
Oh I flew through the sky
My convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see
When I walked through the door
My wife she lay upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
And I saw the telegram
That said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
| LawrenceSheppard | Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 06:10 I can't decide if he's like a monotone Jackson Browne or an expressionless Neil Young. Ugh. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 06:09 Geecheeboy wrote: same thought. I scrolled down to see if anyone else said it first before I posited the same notion. Very Owl Creeky. I've always thought the same thing. Has anyone seen the movie for that? Very creepy. I had a History Teacher in Junior High School who would always show it the last day of school to his class. I haven't seen it in years, but I remember it being extremely eerie and spooky... This is a great song too.... |
| tony99 | Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 05:21 Ulises wrote: Insipid!
As a NO and JD fan from the beginning I have to agree |
| Ulises (Fairbanks, Alaska) | Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 19:28 Insipid! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 16:24 WLS_AM890 wrote: ... Substitue a dulcimer, harmonica and violin and it's circa 1917. Sadly, this song and the poem are appropriate for our lads and lassies in Iraq. Damn shame too. Then AND now. I've always wondered: did he actually die, or was the telegram a screw-up? Love the song, regardless. |
| sfearll (Monrovia, CA) | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 16:24 I just find this really annoying...  |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 16:21 aquadonia wrote: That's funny, it makes me happily odd. |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 17:32 softjeans wrote: The harmonica riff is blatantly ripped from the Beatles...isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong. sorry about that thing you seem to have... |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 17:30 My earliest memories of New Order. Thanks! |
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Mar 08, 2008 - 14:14 joeheyming wrote: ...
lame, lame, lame ... The harmonica riff is blatantly ripped from the Beatles...isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong. |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 17:00 thewiseking wrote: does anyone out here get the literary reference on this one... an ambrose bierce short story "occurence at owl creek bridge" read it. ...
same thought. I scrolled down to see if anyone else said it first before I posited the same notion. Very Owl Creeky. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 16:57 joeheyming wrote: ...
It's a generation thing. How old were you when this came on the radio?lame, lame, lame ... |
| WLS_AM890 (lookin california but feelin chicaga) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 01:55 moocray wrote: Is this a "Ballad"?
I wrote a report on this song for my English class in my senior year of high school, and Mrs Aumiller thought it really wasn't a ballad.... She did give me an A-, by the way. Any help here? Me too - Mr. Glaven gave me an A-, but I got the feeling he didn't really read our papers... I argued it was a classic WWI ballad ala Wilfred Owens' "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" - (it is sweet and right to die for your country) just set to mid-80's synth. Substitue a dulcimer, harmonica and violin and it's circa 1917. Sadly, this song and the poem are appropriate for our lads and lassies in Iraq. |
| CoYoT51 (Reims, France) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 01:51 I never loved New order... I guess I won't start with this empty one. |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 01:50 |
| morgsy67 (Cape Cod, MA) | Posted: Sep 17, 2007 - 15:42 whudd i just say? |
| morgsy67 (Cape Cod, MA) | Posted: Sep 17, 2007 - 15:39 I think, taken in perspective, It's a great song. Our boys/ girls in battle believe in what they are fighting for and I support them. |
| joeheyming (Sunnyvale, CA) | Posted: Sep 17, 2007 - 15:32 ... lame, lame, lame ... |
| moocray | Posted: Sep 17, 2007 - 15:31 Is this a "Ballad"? I wrote a report on this song for my English class in my senior year of high school, and Mrs Aumiller thought it really wasn't a ballad.... She did give me an A-, by the way. Any help here? |
| radiozep | Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 05:52 Wow... I rode my bike across the country in 1988. This song was on one of 6 cassettes I took with me. Somewhere in Iowa I got really tired of all of them! Have not heard it since. Nice to hear again, though... |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 01, 2007 - 16:03 tiggers wrote: Sounds good to me, maybe it's your ears that are out of tune   |
| tiggers | Posted: Jun 15, 2007 - 07:33 Dude wrote: This is awful! Please make it stop!! Everything is out of tune... the vocals, the guitars. Add in the droning constant beat with no interesting changes, and you get pure drivel. Of course, the defeatist moonbat lyrics don't help. Not up to the usual high RP standard at all.
Sounds good to me, maybe it's your ears that are out of tune |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: May 14, 2007 - 23:33  |
| iTuner | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:22 Amazing at how relevant this song is. I always have liked it. Regarding the comment a couple posts below, who the fuck said that music had to be perfect to be good? Music can have power in many ways shapes or forms just like art, a Rembrandt, Picasso and Pollock painting will look completely different, but each can raise emotions. |
| tcbeatie (Cambridge (2604 miles ENE of RP), MA) | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:19 Oysterband has a much better version. (click here) |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:19 i agree the lyrics are rather weak on this one (which you could say about most operas), but I think its a great song-full of catchy hooks and riffs. Always perks me up. |
| buckskin (eclectopia) | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:18 eastcoast wrote: Whatever Dude...what standard are you talking, yours or RP's?
He's an engineer; waddaya expect? |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:18 And this week - longer tours for the troops! Holey cripes, my heart goes out to those families. Bush needs to get on some skimpy government protection and fight next to those troops. |
| frankfrench | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:17 Thanks RP for the NO! |
| eastcoast | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:16 Whatever Dude...what standard are you talking, yours or RP's? Dude wrote: This is awful! Please make it stop!! Everything is out of tune... the vocals, the guitars. Add in the droning constant beat with no interesting changes, and you get pure drivel. Of course, the defeatist moonbat lyrics don't help. Not up to the usual high RP standard at all. |
| cayenne (in over my head) | Posted: Jan 11, 2007 - 18:36 chieromancer wrote: Did anyone else hear "Love Love Me Do" at the beginning?
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| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:17 typo; Ambrose Bierce |
| Dude (Medford, NJ) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:15 This is awful! Please make it stop!! Everything is out of tune... the vocals, the guitars. Add in the droning constant beat with no interesting changes, and you get pure drivel. Of course, the defeatist moonbat lyrics don't help. Not up to the usual high RP standard at all. |
| cattgirl813 (All over the place and staying put) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:14 rosedraws wrote: Love this song. Current US soldiers killed: somewhere around 2420. Other coalition soldiers killed: around 220. Iraqi soldiers: somewhere around 4500. Civilian estimates are somewhere in the 30,000 range. Wounded US soldiers: over 17,000. Ugh, it just goes on. So pointless. I gotta go think about something happy now... Here's hoping there's a way we can make some real progress toward bringing the soldiers home come January. It's way past time them to be back. |
| highwindows (UK) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:13 Edgy! |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:13 does anyone out here get the literary reference on this one. an amborse bierce short story "occurence at owl creek bridge" read it. by the way; rod serling adapted it as the kick off for the original twilight zone series. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:12  |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Nov 14, 2006 - 12:10 Inevitably I'm hearing: ...We go on, hurting each other... |
| seedeater (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 20:29 Poi Dog Pondering covered this song, and I think I like their version better. |
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: Sep 16, 2006 - 22:04 Great, great song, great great lyrics |
| chieromancer (location, location....) | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 16:55 Did anyone else hear "Love Love Me Do" at the beginning? |
| Dfactor | Posted: Jul 02, 2006 - 20:39 Great song, Love Vigilantes. Barney's singing and lyrics are great, and I really like the melodica. I've posted my own cover version of Love Vigilantes up at my 12 Covers-12 Months series page at http://www.PureVolume.com/dfactor Have a listen, it's for the greater good! Dfactor NYC |
| Smutty (Calgary, AB Canada) | Posted: May 22, 2006 - 22:54 Wore out this cassette as a teenager!  |
| Mari (www.broomecam.com) | Posted: May 22, 2006 - 20:36    |
| rosedraws (never close enough) | Posted: May 08, 2006 - 07:03 Gregorama wrote: Timely again. 1800+ dead soldiers now. Thanks, George.
Love this song. Current US soldiers killed: somewhere around 2420. Other coalition soldiers killed: around 220. Iraqi soldiers: somewhere around 4500. Civilian estimates are somewhere in the 30,000 range. Wounded US soldiers: over 17,000. Ugh, it just goes on. So pointless. I gotta go think about something happy now... |
| algrif (Slightly west of Zero) | Posted: May 08, 2006 - 06:54 This is awful. It's not that he can't carry a tune. He just plain can't sing. Even the Love Love Me Do harp at the beginning is horribly off key. :puke: :puke: :puke: And I don't award these lightly. This 'song?' gets three of them. |
| JJAB (The Universe) | Posted: Mar 25, 2006 - 10:33 catmaven wrote: Isn't this a cover version? The other is better. This guy cannot carry a tune. Why do nonsingers get recording contracts? Yecch and bleahh!
Many singers can't, Dylan, Tom Petty... art is more than carrying a tune, or coloring between the lines... |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Feb 09, 2006 - 07:35 Takes me back to 1985. Austin, Tx. Halls and Backstreet... |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 15:18 The lyrics are painful from the perspective of poetic merit . . . but the emotions are nothing if not authentic. That said, Oysterband did it lots better. From Googling, found this: Love Vigilantes ----------------------------------------------------- Oysterband From the album Trawler, © 1994 Lyrics by New Order? ----------------------------------------------------- Oh I've just come From the land of the sun From a war that must be won In the name of truth With our soldiers so brave Your freedom we will save With our rifles and grenades And some help from God I want to see my family My wife and child waiting for me I've got to go home I've been so alone, you see You just can't believe The joy I did receive When I finally got my leave And I was going home Oh I flew through the sky My convictions could not lie For my country I would die And I will see it soon I want to see my family My wife and child waiting for me I've got to go home I've been so alone, you see When I walked through the door My wife she lay upon the floor And with tears her eyes were sore I did not know why Then I looked into her hand And I saw the telegram That said that I was a brave, brave man But that I was dead I want to see my family My wife and child waiting for me I've got to go home I've been so alone, you see |
| Re (Davis, CA) | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 15:12 Taking into account all the great songs by New Order, this is my favorite. Thanks for playing it and making my afternoon |