Che 'The Guerrilla' on PBS

Human Events Online ^ | August 22, 2005 | Humberto Fontova

[hinterlander]

Did you catch Eric Burdon on the PBS special "My Generation: The 60's Experience" recently? Eric was "100 pounds of hipness in a ten-pound bag," as Dave Barry used to say. His Che Guevara shirt shamed both Carlos Santana's and Johnny Depp's. This was no measly t-shirt, either; it was a collared shirt, very elegant, with a HUGE image of the gallant Che's face on both front and back.

My family rushed into the den when I exploded – not in rage – but in mirth. "WE GOTTA GET OUTTA THIS PLACE!" Eric was singing.

"EXACTLY, Eric!" I roared "You NAILED IT, amigo!" That was the exact refrain from 6.3 million Cubans (Cuba's population in 1959) when Fidel and Che took over.

The fiendishly clever Cuban-American National Foundation itself might have produced the show, or slipped him the song list. Che provoked the biggest political exodus in the history of the western hemisphere. Yet the thundering irony was lost on Eric, not to mention the PBS producers.

When your history professor calls Che a "guerrilla fighter" he's correct, but unwittingly. The term "Indian fighter" was used for cowboys who fought against Indians right?

Well, did your history prof tell you. . .

[Borges]

Please don't let him be misunderstood. (somebody had to say it)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Too many bad acid trips, Mr. Burdon...

[camle]

"100 pounds of hipness in a 10 pound bag"???

not exactly hipness. Heard him in ocncert a few months ago. worst concert I have ever attended. he sounded worse than he looked.

[trubluolyguy]

"Che, the Guerilla"


Great. Another evolution thread!



LOL

[EricT.]

"Had these rebels gotten a fraction of the aid the Afghan Mujahedeen got, the Viet Cong got – indeed that George Washington's rebels got from the French – had these Cuban rebels gotten any help, my kids would speak Spanish and Miami's jukeboxes today would carry Tanya Tucker rather than Gloria Estefan."

Good point.

[LRS]

Eric Burden: Sandoznista...

[Names Ash Housewares]

A little Che factoid I came across not too long ago...


The Mystery of the Insurgency
By JAMES BENNET


http://tinyurl.com/c6vnw


If the insurgency is trying to overthrow this regime, it is contending
with a formidable obstacle that successful rebels of the 20th century
generally did not face: A democratically elected government. One of
the last century's most celebrated theorists and practitioners of
revolution, Che Guevara, called that obstacle insurmountable.


"Where a government has come to power through some form of popular
vote, fraudulent or not, and maintains at least an appearance of
constitutional legality," he wrote, "the guerrilla outbreak cannot be
promoted, since the possibilities of peaceful struggle have not yet
been exhausted."

[Rammer]

But Che is so handsome and dashing looking in that beret.

[dts32041]

Hell he never could sing, but he never pretended to be anything but a blues man, though he did take a few side trips.

He penned a sang my favorite Anti-war song in his lights "Sky Pilot" but his "we got to get out of this Place" was the song for leaving the Nam.

Of course if you never heard the track New York 1963- America 1968 then you never heard his genius.

As far as Che and his popularity, I blame the Bolivia NCO who wasted the bastard instead of putting him on trial.

Che was a failure in everything he tried except dying and then he hit the jackpot.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Any excuse to post my favorite Che pic...

By FReeper Fintan.

[camle]

i remember his appearance on "bandstand" dick dlark tried to get them to talk, but al they did was jump around amd make animal noises. they all thought this was very deep and profound.

even then i thought it was silly.

(I also liked "sky pilot" - used to have the full version on both sides of a 45)

[SMARTY]

"Che was a failure in everything he tried except dying and then he hit the jackpot."

Ha! Ain't it the truth. The man positively had a death wish. Che got old and became 'inconvenient' for Fidel and that was the end of a beautiful love affair.

Che was a mamma's boy and a wuss,,, just ask the CIA boys

[SMARTY]

"Che was a failure in everything he tried except dying and then he hit the jackpot."

Ha! Ain't it the truth. The man positively had a death wish. Che got old and became 'inconvenient' for Fidel and that was the end of a beautiful love affair.

Che was a mamma's boy and a wuss,,, just ask the CIA boys

[yankeedame]

Eric Burdon: Arrow Rock Festival, 2004

[Zeppelin]

http://www.che-mart.com/

[randog]

Heard him in ocncert a few months ago. worst concert I have ever attended.

Was it one of those cheezy, city-funded "50's Days" street celebrations?

[weegee]

LOL

He actually wrote a song about Sandoz

[weegee]

PING

[dts32041]

Sandoz Sandoz you taught me love, BTW was on the same album as "When I was Young"