validranger11 God takes me back to nam I used to hate the song but now that I am older I can understand it....... all I brought home with me was a dead brother 3 missing fingers and a heart full of hate.......

TanzyW Brilliant song! Genuine protest!

Pepsi1072 thanks!

risikaarya Maybe we should protest like that. Then maybe they would get the message that the soldiers need to get out of Iraq. It's another needless war.

humanist999 "whats goin' down" was general jargon for (basically)"what was happening", in this case political protesting, culteral upheaval, disgust with a corrupt military campaign, etc. "whats that sound" would be the sounds all around, tv, newspapers, screaming protesters, gunfire and death on the tube every single day, day after day, etc

Pepsi1072 Could someone tell me what their talking about when they say look whats going down, and what sound their talking about when they say what's that sound?

Judge85 Great video, check mine out if you like this

dirtydog25jr NICE SONG

15elliotjohnson15 GREAT SONG GREAT VIDEO

dgarr64 thats true possesion of marijuana was a felony because it was considered a narcotic in the 60/early 70's in california

m1st3rh lol yep..funny how bush and kerry look when they were young..you should check out bush junior when he was young.

5150bythenight What they don't show, is right after the scene at 2:19, the MP put his gun down & walked away. THAT was awesome!

5150bythenight 1:05 is taken from Woodstock, so ya....you might say that they were tuned in & turned on...lol..those were the daze.....& if you remember alot of it...you weren't there!!! =} (Those old enough know what I mean...)

ptracy4 Stephen Stills wrote the song when the Sunset Strip riots in 1966 occurred, when the authorities shut down the Pandora's Box nightclub. The rock club was on an island in the middle of the boulevard and created congestion. The locals in Hollywood put political pressure on to close the club (along with other clubs) and enforce the curfew. The kids got mad, and things got a bit wild for awhile.

BrandonOppliger haha is that really him?

xnoobsnipxSF huhhh i dont think soo because my dad is 55 he explained this song to me

TaoistSoldier this song is actually not even about vietnam. It's about how in California they outlawed lottering, so they could arrest whoever they wanted without any real cause. Which turned out to be mostly hippies and they would search them and for so much as a nickle bag or a joint they would arrest them and the anti marijuana laws were so strict these kids would go to jail for a joint.

Slayer877 The problem was that NVC were backed by china the US was fighting the war to make the enemey surrender not to win.

midniteminxx one love.

ONETREEHILLchannel One of the BEST songs ever!!! Wow, memories ....... The good ol'd days!!!

Lingerfoot One thing to say - Military-industrial complex!

m1st3rh JOhn Kerry at 1.29

constipatedclown 1:05 their so #@!&ed up on acid! lmao!

Jasonhb07 Very True, We almost won the Vietnam but they never brought the bombers back, all those guys that died there for nothing, while people in american just protested and spit at them when they returned, I don't think those soldiers will ever forgive us for that.

Lildrummerboy50 best protest song ever Peace and Love