The LYRICS to the MASH theme song ... WTF?! - GoFuckYourself.com

jawanda · 01-17-2005, 12:05 PM

WTF, there's a MASH movie on or something, and they just played the normal MASH theme song but with lyrics ... that is one fucked up song!

The chorus goes: "Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I pleeeease" ... the rest of the song goes on about other nice aspects of suicide.

What the fuck?!

Sarah_Jayne · 01-17-2005, 12:06 PM

um...they sing the song on the movie and the joke is that Suicide is the name of the dentist.

xlogger · 01-17-2005, 12:07 PM

you watch MASH?

jact · 01-17-2005, 12:08 PM

The movie producer's 16 year old son wrote the theme song, you'd have to see the movie to understand it I guess?

jawanda · 01-17-2005, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

um...they sing the song on the movie and the joke is that Suicide is the name of the dentist.

Doh, I'm only 23, I've watched this show a bunch of times but kind of before my time I guess...

Thanks for clearing that up, I was really confused.

baddog · 01-17-2005, 12:16 PM

welcome to 1970

xlogger · 01-17-2005, 12:18 PM

jawanda you watch MASH!! This makes you gay now. Hope you find a good b/f. This link will help you with that.

j/k

StuartD · 01-17-2005, 12:20 PM

yeah, the movie really wasn't very good, but it could be that I was watching the television show for so long before I saw the movie, instead of the other way around.

Who knows, I just think that Alan Alda is Hawkeye and there can never be any other.

Sarah_Jayne · 01-17-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by xlogger

you watch MASH?

There is nothing wrong with MASH..film or tv show.

Phoenix · 01-17-2005, 12:25 PM

that is a a song from the 70's or something

not a bad song...it brings on many changes..suitable song for a war show though dont you think?

xlogger · 01-17-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by xlogger

jawanda you watch MASH!! This makes you gay now. Hope you find a good b/f. This link will help you with that.

j/k

Actually I wasn't j/k. You are gay now. Sorry

jawanda · 01-17-2005, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by xlogger

Actually I wasn't j/k, you are gay now. Sorry

lol great pic

Jamdin · 01-17-2005, 12:27 PM

From http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8200/Song.htm :

This is a GREAT song. The music hits just the right note with its gentleness and hint of underlying sorrow. And the lyrics perfectly capture the spirit of the film, mocking defeatism while acknowledging their suffering.

THE SCENE: Capt. Walter Kosciusko "Painless Pole" Waldowski - the best equipped dentist in the army - has decided his womanizing is merely a cover-up for homosexuality. Feeling he has nothing to live for, he can see only one way out: suicide. Painless seeks out his surgical friends for a quick and easy method. "Black capsule!" says Trapper John. Painless wonders if it will really work but is assured by Trapper, "It worked for Hitler and Eva Braun."
So the stage is set for the Last Supper. Painless consumes his Black Capsule and lies down in his coffin. At this Private Seidman, accompanied by guitar, begins to sing "Suicide is Painless"

baddog · 01-17-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

yeah, the movie really wasn't very good, but it could be that I was watching the television show for so long before I saw the movie, instead of the other way around.

Who knows, I just think that Alan Alda is Hawkeye and there can never be any other.

The movie was a lot better than the TV show ever was.

Sarah_Jayne · 01-17-2005, 12:28 PM

ah that is right..his name was Painless ...duh, got it the wrong way around but knew what i meant..lol

baddog · 01-17-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

um...they sing the song on the movie and the joke is that Suicide is the name of the dentist.

never mind

Sarah_Jayne · 01-17-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

The movie was a lot better than the TV show ever was.

I grew up with the series so it was hard for me the first time I saw the movie too but after having seen it so many times I agree with you. Plus, the first season or so of the series take most of the plot lines from the movie and doesn't have Donald Sutherland.

tony286 · 01-17-2005, 12:30 PM

I thought the dentists name was jawbreaker

Sarah_Jayne · 01-17-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

ummm, no it wasn't

corrected myself later down..

xlogger · 01-17-2005, 12:31 PM

I bet this thread will be filled with 50 year olds.

baddog · 01-17-2005, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

corrected myself later down..

as did I

Black Dog · 01-17-2005, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

um...they sing the song on the movie and the joke is that Suicide is the name of the dentist.

You're close but the dentist's nickname was "Painless." He wanted to commit suicide, so hence the title "Suicide is Painless."

B

Black Dog · 01-17-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

corrected myself later down..

You're way ahead of me.

B
P.S. Gotta be careful what you said with so many MASH fans around! ;)

fl_prn_str · 01-17-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by xlogger

Actually I wasn't j/k. You are gay now. Sorry

mardigras · 01-17-2005, 02:29 PM

You can check out an mp3 of the song here:
http://helmi.home.pages.at/mash/english/song.html

Tala · 01-17-2005, 02:41 PM

MASH rocks. The movie didn't do much, and considering that only Radar came out unscathed and unchanged from movie to TV is actually an accomplishment. Who else would have made a perfect Walter O'Reilly?

"Suicide" was the dentist...but for a lot of people in that era, that song was something completely different...which is why there were no lyrics sung for the television show, just the tune.

mardigras · 01-17-2005, 02:41 PM

BTW, the file info for that mp3 incorrectly lists the artist as "The M.A.S.H.", the actual artist is Johnny Mandel (in case you want to find a full quality version

).

Lee · 01-17-2005, 05:54 PM

I liked the Manics version.

Nicky · 01-17-2005, 05:57 PM

Yea, I saw that movie on TV just a few days ago, I was hearing the lyrics too and thought WTF??

reynold · 01-18-2005, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jawanda

WTF, there's a MASH movie on or something, and they just played the normal MASH theme song but with lyrics ... that is one fucked up song!

The chorus goes: "Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I pleeeease" ... the rest of the song goes on about other nice aspects of suicide.

What the fuck?!

That is so hilarious. Mash is a very old TV show.

mrthumbs · 01-18-2005, 01:27 AM

a timeline pic is REALLY at its place right now..

youre fucking 35 years behind mang!

01-17-2005, 12:05 PM	#1
jawanda Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,040	The LYRICS to the MASH theme song ... WTF?! WTF, there's a MASH movie on or something, and they just played the normal MASH theme song but with lyrics ... that is one fucked up song! The chorus goes: "Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I pleeeease" ... the rest of the song goes on about other nice aspects of suicide. What the fuck?!

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Jamdin Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,560	From http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8200/Song.htm : This is a GREAT song. The music hits just the right note with its gentleness and hint of underlying sorrow. And the lyrics perfectly capture the spirit of the film, mocking defeatism while acknowledging their suffering. THE SCENE: Capt. Walter Kosciusko "Painless Pole" Waldowski - the best equipped dentist in the army - has decided his womanizing is merely a cover-up for homosexuality. Feeling he has nothing to live for, he can see only one way out: suicide. Painless seeks out his surgical friends for a quick and easy method. "Black capsule!" says Trapper John. Painless wonders if it will really work but is assured by Trapper, "It worked for Hitler and Eva Braun." So the stage is set for the Last Supper. Painless consumes his Black Capsule and lies down in his coffin. At this Private Seidman, accompanied by guitar, begins to sing "Suicide is Painless"

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Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	ah that is right..his name was Painless ...duh, got it the wrong way around but knew what i meant..lol

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