“Sky Pilot” was a patriotic song? I thought it was a critique of military chaplains who supported unjust wars. (”You’ll never, never, never reach the sky.” In other words, you will never go to Heaven.)
It had sympathy for the troops.
““Sky Pilot” was a patriotic song? “
Banned by the military!
The History Behind the Song
Eric Burdon, the lead singer of The Animals, wrote “Sky Pilot” after a visit to a military hospital in California in 1967. He saw firsthand the physical and emotional toll of war on young soldiers, and he felt compelled to express his opposition to the Vietnam War.
A “sky pilot” was originally a Navy chaplain—a pilot who would take your soul into the sky (before airplanes were invented). I understand that it now refers to an Air Force chaplain.