I was just reading unreceivedogmaspost about going to free concerts in Central Park. I remembered seeing Country Joe and The Fish playing there in the late 60’s . When I looked this concert up, I discovered I was part of history being made that night.
Country Joe sang their classic anti-VietNam war protest song, "Fixin’ to Die Rag" (You know the refrain "One, two, three, four, what are we fighting for? Don’t ask me I don’t give a d___, next stop is Viet Nam").
Unbeknownst to me, I just read that was the first time Country Joe ever had the crowd chant a different four letters than F-I-S-H for the FISH cheer. After he called out "Gimme an ’F’ ". I remember being surprised at the audience participation chant turning into "F____ the war" and assumed that’s how they always did it live. Perhaps it wasn’t the greatest moment in history, but I was certainly into it at the time. No match for the Dylan concert I mentioned above, but cool none the less now knowing I was there when that passionately obscene anti-Viet Nam war rallying cry was born.
Mike
Country Joe sang their classic anti-VietNam war protest song, "Fixin’ to Die Rag" (You know the refrain "One, two, three, four, what are we fighting for? Don’t ask me I don’t give a d___, next stop is Viet Nam").
Unbeknownst to me, I just read that was the first time Country Joe ever had the crowd chant a different four letters than F-I-S-H for the FISH cheer. After he called out "Gimme an ’F’ ". I remember being surprised at the audience participation chant turning into "F____ the war" and assumed that’s how they always did it live. Perhaps it wasn’t the greatest moment in history, but I was certainly into it at the time. No match for the Dylan concert I mentioned above, but cool none the less now knowing I was there when that passionately obscene anti-Viet Nam war rallying cry was born.
Mike