1971! Another time, different people, different country, different era, different styles, different music, different ways, a bygone era long gone but not forgotten by us that lived it, and are still alive now. Man I miss my 10¢ Coke, 10¢ Hostess fruit pie and 30¢ a gallon gas!
@@toshiojohnston3732 Yes, that too, the Lay's potato chips and Doritos both 10¢ and a Snickers bar for 1 thin dime also. My favorite was going to Thrifty's for my 5¢ a scoop any flavor ice cream in a cone or cup. Nixon in the white house, Vietnam war going strong, Ben, Willard, Trog, and the Return to Planet of the Apes movies amongst many others including Billy Jack. A time never to return again. America was still great to live in even with the so called issues of the time. 1971, I'll take it. 2023 forget about it. Glad I lived it.
I’m 65, saw this in the theater, got home and had my dad bring me to the nearest dojo to learn martial arts , went on to become a high level competitor and state kickboxing champion, I still train , this song will play at my funeral.
I was 12 when I saw this. We had a hard childhood. Billy Jack was my hero because he helped children. To this day, I have seen this movie about 50 times. That opening scene takes me back to how I felt then. God, the excitement I used to feel seeing Billy.
My father was full blood Lakota from Standing Rock. When he was in the Air Force he worked at the base theater and I got to see Billy Jack when it came out. Man…I thought my dad and Billy were invincible. Good old days.
Me too Steve! Tom Laughlin chose such a powerful intro for the movie using the mustang's. I still cry every time I watch it. We need another Billy Jack now more than ever!!!
I've watched these movies for the past 40 years and I still love them everytime I see them!! Totally timeless!! I still cry when I hear the theme song, and I'm in my 70's.
We desperately need Billy Jack in America. This song still makes me tear up every time I hear it. Who needed Superman when we had Billy Jack defending the poor and the weak. Always remember our one tin soldier and one day may there be PEACE ON EARTH✌☮🕊 🐎
i literally tear up too. the opening is sooo beautiful with that song. i think this movie - and even opening - represented my hope in the sixties. the best of the hippie movement was represented by this. unfortunately the need for violence against the system - Vietnam War anyone ? - was not part of the hippie movement and - for that matter - physical force is bad for all of us. the real hippie movement was non-violent and that was one of it's particular strengths. i seem to sound confused here - and i am.
My best friend and I went to see Billy Jack when we were 14 and 15 respectively, we had a great day and I loved this song, we remained lifelong friends and recently she passed away, and this song and that movie will always remind me of my best friend forever.
My generation did not have many heroes. But for one brief moment in the early 70's their lived a man who taught us all that the earth was our mother, every man is your brother and to always protect creatures weaker than yourself. Rest in peace Tom Laughlin.
+Houdini774 Outstanding sentiments. For a couple years after Billy Jack came out, One Tin Soldier was the MOST requested (called-in) song by listeners to radio stations across the entire USA. Seven words from that song still make a statement - - "Peace on Earth was all it said" ....
Agree. Did you see what he said at Bong Soo's funeral? What a person Tom was. Dolores, the same. I am ever grateful to them both as they helped me heal, emotionally.
Reminds me of my dad who was a half breed born and raised on the Rez. He took me to see this film back when it came out in the 70’s. He died from cancer when I was 12. I will forever connect to him when I hear and see this.
I can still remember my parents taking us to the local Drive-In to see Billy Jack. I was 8 when it was released. I remember hearing One Tin Soldier on the radio too.
Billy Jack gross 32.5 million dollars in 1971 an amount equal to approximately $200 million today, making it one of the top 10 highest grossing independent films of all-time.
I remember going to the theatre to see this.The theatre was packed to the brim with kids my age.i think this movie and song was an anthem of our generation
My dad introduced me to this movie back in the 70s and I love it so much ..my dads favourite song was this and when he died on xmas day and at his funeral we played this as the casket lowered and the whole room held there arms up with a clinched fist it was sad but amazing if that makes sense ...love you dad miss you
One of the greatest movie intros ever - i was in grade school when this timeless masterpiece about right vs. wrong came out - all of it still holds true, but today's world is a mess full of wierdness & decadence...
There have been many influences in my life. What I must admit is that after seeing this movie on television, not only did it speak to me, it molded a young me and my view of racism, social injustice, and the establishment although I didn't know it at the time. R.I.P. Tom Laughlin, your spirit lives on in those of us who don't base our reason to be on money and profit.
I too am one of those that first heard this song while at the movies seeing "Billy Jack". It's impacted me to this day. Tom Laughlin was indeed a true hero as expressed herein. Thanx Coven and Tom.
What a great memory. I was vacationing in Japan and heard this song at a mall, it triggered so many great memories of a much better time and era before cell phones. This song is a beautiful masterpiece! Thanks Billy Jack for the memories!!
that movie brought the obvious out - what had happened with the Native American tribes in U.S.. all this B.S. BLM terrorists - reparations - and people act like the destruction of the Native Americans never happened. that shows how ignorant people are. as far as Ukraine, thanks all those who helped slaughter more white christians. you see, everyone is under a death sentance until they wake up.
Man I was so young when I saw Billy Jack's movie I never had a father but I always thought if I was going to have a father it would have to be somebody like Billy Jack
I started Kyokushin karate at age 15 in 1968. It was this movie and this song that convinced me to continue on to earn my fourth degree black belt. It was this movie and this song that taught me to stand between innocence and harm. And it was this movie that taught me that anyone can knock someone down but real strength is shown by picking someone up. I have been a psychologist since 78 and a medical hypnotist since 2000. And I still train everyday at my home gym and I am tough as a box of rocks and fast as Lightning. I dare the bad guy, no matter how big, how many muscles, how tough he thinks he is, to tangle with my skinny white ass.
My Dad was my hero, my protector and my role model he took me to see this movie when it came out, I wasn't quite old enough but Dad got me in anyway and I remember when they questioned my age at the time because of my size and Dad told them if you think she's little now wait until she's about 60 and starts shrinking 😂 My Dad passed away about 5 years later and all I have is a lot of really great memories of the fun things that he and I did together that he took to his grave and that I've never told anyone about. RIP Dad I love you and miss you so much ❤😘
This scene reminds me of home, I grew up on my grandma's reservation in Southern California and we had an open range which means the cattle and horses roamed free, all over the reservation. As a kid there wasn't much to do, we didn't have a playground or anything to play on, other than going to school, the only time we left the reservation was twice a week, our weekly trips to the grocery store. This song does bring back very happy memories though. Our reservation is in the mountain and the towns people don't really have much to do with us.
i remember this when i was 13 .. it struck a hard core and i finally found it .. wow. i cried so much . and i will again....thanks for haveing this for us who remember the true story.
Great movie, saw it at 16. Loved the song, still do today. Think about the “pot of gold”….for just a second. This same scene plays out every day. You would have thought we would have figured it out by now. But we haven’t. The look on Billy’s face at the end says it all. Peace on Earth , love your neighbor as yourself.
I grew up off Billy Jack, Bruce Lee, The Shaft Films, SuperFly, Etc Billy Jack is That Film that Stays with you! I 1st saw it at the Now Gone Century Drive in , Inglewood,CA 🤙 1974!
This article pissed me off! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-000-wild-horses-be-rounded-california-some-could-be-n918151?icid=recommended&fbclid=IwAR16b0uLiJg0D837IZOKcOzjoEUOvDb9FvdWROsos06fik_EqGztjS86oH4
I took my girl friend to see it when it first came out. It was an indoor theatre and the a/c sure felt good as my 66 vw had no air. We stayed there until they booted us out. Still one of my all time favorites.
Hi Audrey...Correct you are young lady!! The opening scene of the horses running has always been my favorite scene of Billy Jack. The ice cream shop scene is my second favorite. Be safe....Philip
@@cathymcdonell7605 And I, in 2000, chose the pagan way of life.... My wife of 18 years, now passed away, followed Wicca... The majority of my family freaked because they thought I was marrying a street person. I refused voluntary psychiatric and drug testing and accepted being disowned from my family. In New Orleans you can disappear of the grid and I did. For 3 years I went missing from all of my family except my mom. I am a druid!!!! "Harm none in thought, word, nor deed". I have a pentagram with one point up and my peers know exactly what that means. I am an honorable man without hatred in my heart. I walk the Path of Light...... How many others can say the same?
Yes, yesterdays great movie but still these day's more than ever the love lesson is still needed to be learned, to bad we just can not seem to get it...
This song then and moreso now holds so much meaning. Hate has become a way of life for so many around the world. Even those people and groups how claim to lead us back to the source of all profess hate stronger than before. If any one person even attempted to talk about love that one person would be claimed to be an apostate from every religion and would be ostracized and a bounty placed on their head for heresy and blasphemy. Hate is a disease that grabs hold and won't let go because it becomes a total identity for the person. Giving up the hate means giving up who they are. I had for the longest time figured if I was running for President of the U.S. I'd use this song as my anthem. I doubt I'd last very long. Someone with a high powered rifle would take me out as I walked on stage.
I was 12 years old when I bought this movie at blockbuster. VHS tape it took around 4 weeks for me to watch it again and own the movie. Robert Laughlin was still alive. What is currently going on in my homeland of CUBA it is literally the same as this intro. People are being gathered like herds. Sos CUBA!!!!
Tom tried to open our eyes to wild horses being slaughtered, equality, peace,love, and what native Americans have been through. He and Delores had a great vision of what our country and it's people should be. He would be in tears now seeing what is going on. They will remain in my heart 😢
One of the most painful scenes in any movie that I ever saw. The movies will always mean a great deal to me. I feel gratitude to Tom, Dolores, Christina, and everyone else in the movie!
How I love this song,,,,, most of you know it was done by Caste first. They were a group from Canada,,,,,, and they both sound a like. This song will hold up as long as we keep are morals and respect for each other. PEACE!.
From the opening flute to that strong woman's voice, "One tin Soldier" rides onto the scene and you know it's gonna be great. Damn! The song is a movie in and of itself. Who wrote this classic tune? It's a folk morality tale gets you thinking about money and the lengths and evil some people will go for it. "Billy Jack," a photolog of the scorching hot desert beauty of Arizona and New Mexico. The ranchers and the native Americans. .The West...Tom Laughlin and Deloris Taylor in the calm meditative almost hypnotic speaking style they share some how bring the redemptive quality of peace and justice and fairness to modern American commercialism and nativism. But let's be honest, it was the violence that brought the success of the film. Violence equals $$? Yeah, but in "Billy Jack's" case the recipie must have that spicy philosophy to make it delicious.
I couldn't have said it any better, and with what you shared is so very true. It's quite sad to see 👀 all the hate, anger and sadness that this world as we know it has people pitting against each other, one wants what the other has, people talking hate towards the other,. I wish we could go back to the way things were done in a different era, to where we had to talk to each other face to face not on a cellphone, to where a hand shake was just as good as a down payment. The way I see it, we all need to be a bit more mindful to one another and pray 🙏 for a better tomorrow, a better way. Thanks for your time, Jo-Anne
@@joanneyoumans4048 That's beautiful, what you said. You just did say it better Jo Ann. Thanks for the compliment. "Covin?" What a name for a band, right? Should have been named "Satan's Children." With a song like "Tin Soldier" no less. But awesome, the story they tell. 3 minutes and it's done. That's the best thing about Rock n Roll: short philosophical messages. And love songs. Love that's gonna happen, already happened, happening now. Love gone wrong, love going right. Love that used be but now it's gone. . There is reconciliation going on between "One Tin Soldier" and ""Billy Jack." Because of the violence. Although fleetingly my favorite line in "Tin Soldier" is "mount your horses, draw your swords!"Go reconcile that. And there's nothing better than mellow "Billy Jack" winding up to put his cowboy boot on somebody's jawbone. And fast as lightning when it happens. And damn if Tom Coughlan in his self-produced karate masterpiece "Billy Jack" goes and a picks a gut- busting, story telling masterpiece of its own for the lead song. "Peace on Earth is all it said." Damn, all that killing for a sign painted on a boulder? A person has to reconcile their past with their present. The world you talk about, the one with people living on their phones. Different. It's "your" past up against "the" past. Your idyllic past reconciled with what it really was. Flash foward to the realty of today .....Reconciliation to reach for the best path foward.
All for money, greedy evil men. This happens in Canada. They are hunting wild horses for dog food. Shame on our government for allowing this. This movie helped shaped my life and values. God Bless Hero's like Billy Jack.
❤ Listen, children, to a story That was written long ago 'Bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley-folk below On the mountain was a treasure Buried deep beneath the stone And the valley-people swore They'd have it for their very own Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away So the people of the valley Sent a message up the hill Asking for the buried treasure Tons of gold for which they'd kill It came an answer from the mountain With our brothers we will share All the secrets of our mountain All the riches buried there Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away Now the valley cried with anger "Mount your horses! Draw your sword!" And they killed the mountain-people So they won their just reward Now they stood beside the treasure On the mountain, dark and red Turned the stone and looked beneath it "Peace on Earth" was all it said Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Brian Potter / Dennis Earle Lambert
Sometimes a sadness 😔 becomes so ingrained in to one's spirit that only the hope of resolution of said sadness comes with knowing that all of Everything comes to an end.
Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white male passenger in 1955 & move further to the rear -she already sitting in the "colored section" and sparked The Civil Rights Movement while sitting in jail and Martin Luther King, Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. God Bless Rosa Parks, the :"mother of the Civil Rights Movement" that still, sadly and unjustly continues to this day. Rosa Parks is a great American Hero and inspires me to this Day !
This, not the full movie Billy jack the movie represents what is going in our society not only in the 60and 70 an what our country is going through in 2020
