The priest teaching religion at the overrated Catholic prep school I attended was scathing in his criticism of this song. He viewed it as nothing more than propaganda, which was probably an accurate conclusion. What outraged him was that death was nothing more than a casual footnote in the song, a human life was totally expendable, and the last words of the warrior asked his wife to put his son in the same predicament in the future. I viewed the priest as unpatriotic at the time, but history proved that old biblical scholar to be right.
Barry Sadler had only one hit which came in at #1 this week. In his later life he attempted writing, among other pursuits. He did 21 days jail time for a murder rap in 1979 where he was able to claim some degree of self defense. He relocated to Guatemala where was killed in a robbery in 1989.
Barry Sadler: “The Ballad of the Green Berets”
And so we end one week of music history 47 years ago. See you tomorrow night! Cue the Rockumentary theme!
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