Talk:The Ballad of the Green Berets

message: Does anyone else get a feeling that editors have been inserting a lot of personal opinion, original research and conjencture to the article, especially in the other versions and parodies section? --194.197.79.18 (talk) 12:29, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research and bias in the article 

message: Ukrainian copy of melody https://psb4ukr.org/78312-nova-j-nadzvichajno-chudova-pisnya-dlya-nasho%d1%97-armi%d1%97-pro-rosijsko-ukra%d1%97nsku-vijnu-na-donbasi-100-bijciv-proniklivi-na-dostojni-slova/ https://psb4ukr.org/ukrop4ik/100biytciv.mp3  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.67.3.223 (talk) 03:34, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ukrainian copy of melody 

message: Since I am not a native speaker of English, I would need some assistance in improving the section about the German version of the ballad.
By now, the section mentions two versions of the lyrics, one introduced by Freddy Quinn and another one by Heidi Brühl. These versions are almost identical. They should not be denominated as two different ones, as the section does.
Besides, the lyrics do neither object against making sacrifices, nor do they mention any father or son, like it is stated in the section.
Thus, let us delete this part of the text.
The notion that the song pictures the perspective of a "reluctant but forced" soldier is fairly accurate. 
However, it would be slightly more accurate to state that it pictures the perspective of a homesick soldier who has no ambition to die young, who can't make any sense of the order given to him, who would prefer paved ways over rough terrain and who would prefer his girlfriend back home over his ninety-nine fellow comrades who have to trek day after day  through a hostile foreign territory along with him for some purpose that remains obscure to them, who frequently suffer demoralising casualties by enemy fire and who are just as pissed off as he is.
Thus, it is safe to say that he is "reluctant", but there is no mentioning of him being "forced". What there is, is some fateful overarching "Befehl", that is, an order or a command. This order is a leitmotiv of the song and all the brigade is doing all of the time is following this one permanent order.
He keeps up his spirit by means of dreaming about his sweetheart. She is sitting at home, crying for him. They could not meet each other for a whole year.
:: these are men, America´s best  ( sigh: it´s from to 'to beat', beaten, have been, et al)
This summarizes the lyrics, but it may be a little bit to long. Please be so kind as to help me drafting a shorter text with just a few concise sentences.
--Bittelächeln (talk) 22:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  German version of the ballad 

message: This song is played at every formal military ceremony in US Special Forces units. I have been in two different SF groups and each one plays the version sung by Johnny Cash preceding the Army Song. 
It's most common at change of commands, change of responsibility, and prestigious award ceremonies.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.133.122 (talk) 15:14, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Present Day Use 

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