He claims to have shot a camel with an M40 sniper rifle. sv:Jarhead Distant cries in the darkness frighten them, and as they begin to sense that the sounds are coming from beyond a ridge, they ready their weapons and prepare to descend. After Omri had passed away Ahab took what he had learned from his father and put it into practice while he ruled Israel. Troy did not have a criminal record in reality, the book claimed that Troy was not able to re-enlist in the Marines because of a positive drug urine test; he died in a car accident on the way to work after he left the Marine Corps apparently being drunk and struck a tree after skidding on black ice. The program began and ended with two tobacco auctioneers rattling off prices in a rapid-fire similar to Stevens' delivery, ending with "Sold American!". When the squad camps in the burning oil fields Fowler is discovered to be defiling a burned Iraqi corpse calling it Ahab the Arab. In a climactic scene Swofford tells Troy he never fired his rifle, getting a response of "You can do it now". The film begins with voice-over narration on a black screen, as Anthony Hey. [3] Sight and Sound magazine's Leslie Felperin wrote, "If nothing else, Jarhead provides some kind of reportage of a war whose consequences we haven't yet begun to understand, a war now elbowed into history by its still-raging sequel". Dissemination Level: Public HRS Safety and RCS: Lessons Learned interim 3 H2ME D4.22 Hydrogen Refuelling Stations Safety, Regulations, Codes and Standards. sipping on an RC co-cola, and eating a Moon Pie, listenin' to her transistor, watchin' the Grand Ole Opry, and readin' Mad Magazine while she sung, 'Does your chewing gum lose ru:Морпехи (фильм) Listen to music from Ahab the Arab like Ray Stevens, Jarhead & more. Kruger is the dissenter of the group. [6], However, in his review for The New York Times, A. O. Scott felt that the film was "full of intensity with almost no real visceral impact", and called it "a minor movie about a minor war, and a film that feels, at the moment, remarkably irrelevant". Later, the Marines encounter burning oil wells, lit by the retreating Iraqis, and they attempt to dig sleeping holes as a rain of crude oil falls from the sky. About Ahab the Arab "Ahab the Arab" is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. Ahab coveted a vineyard belonging to a man named Naboth. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Ahab the Arab. Dunn. In the song, Arab is pronounced "Ay-rab" to rhyme with Ahab. The intrepid camel is pressed into service in place of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (in different recordings of the song, the famous reindeer's reason for being absent alternates between "He's on a stakeout at your house" or being "all stove up in the hospital" after injuring himself during "a twist contest"). While this incident apparently did happen, the affected Marine was unnamed in the book and was never a part of Swofford's unit. Soon after their return home, Swofford and his comrades are discharged and go on with their separate lives. ahab the arab jarhead. Mr. Custer. Although Jarhead is more visually accomplished and less empty than American Beauty or Road to Perdition, it still feels oppressively hermetic". The single disc standard version has been included with a protective silver casing, engraved on the front is the shape of a dog tag with the word "Jarhead" written on it. Later on Swoff threatens to kill Fergus for it. Jarhead is a 2005 film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 Gulf War memoir of the same name, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford. He is a devout Catholic and is shown putting rosary beads on his bedside. The exploits of King Ahab are recorded in four chapters of Scripture (1 Kings 18, 20-22), more than any other ruler of the northern Kingdom of Israel. Watch the video for Ahab the Arab from Ray Stevens's His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. During an impromptu Christmas party, Fergus (Brian Geraghty), a member of Swofford's unit, accidentally sets fire to a tent and a crate of flares. He attends the funeral, meets some of his old friends, and afterwards he reminisces about the effects of the war. They were only ordered not to take the shot. He's dead. Fatima is described with a modified quote from the 1909 hit, "I've Got Rings On My Fingers": "with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes and a bone in her nose, ho ho". Get it out of here. Hey. This is perhaps due to a Kinky Friedman (famous for the song and album Sold American) cover version which also added those lines). Swoff often wonders if his girlfriend is cheating on him, with his suspicions eventually being confirmed. Clyde Records continues to be the outlet for a lot of contemporary material from Stevens. Although the Marines are very eager to see some combat action, they are forced to hydrate, wait, patrol the nearby area and orient themselves to the arid environment. Jamie Foxx as SSgt Sykes. The hero of the story is Clyde the camel and Stevens has made references to Clyde numerous times throughout his career. Freddie Feelgood. "Ahab the Arab" Single by Ray Stevens from the album 1,837 Seconds of Humor B-side"It's Been So Long" ReleasedMay 1962 GenreNovelty Length2:47 3:45 LabelMercury SongwriterRay Stevens ProducerShelby Singleton Ray Stevens singles chronology "Scratch My Back " "Ahab the Arab" "Furthermore" Music video Listen to "Ahab the Arab" … Ahab's reign throughout Israel. Little Egypt. Swoff doesn't like Ahab. Along with the likes of Alan Troy (PETER SARSGAARD) and Chris Kruger (LUCAS BLACK), he must put up with the efforts of the drill sergeants to break and then train them. I swear to God. The punishments, the heat and the boredom, combined with suspicions of his girlfriend's infidelity and feelings of isolation, temporarily drive Swofford to the point of mental breakdown. He is Swoff and Troy's training NCO during Scout Sniper training at Camp Pendleton. es:Jarhead Swofford returns home to his girlfriend, but discovers her with a new boyfriend. After regaining consciousness, he realizes to his relief that the senior Marines had switched the hot iron with another room temperature iron. What's the matter, Swoffy? Ahab was the son of King Omri a former military commander who had taken over the throne after laying siege to Tirzah. Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years, according to 1 Kings. In the book Troy is not Swoff's spotter. In the book, Anthony Swofford wasn't demoted from lance corporal to private, but was reprimanded and forced to burn toilet waste for a week because he was in charge of his platoon, at a time when Sykes was absent, because Dettman failed to wake up at 0400. Self-proclaimed king Zimri set fire to the palace around himself after seeing the city was taken. Moments later the airport is bombed by U.S. warplanes. Swoff is the protagonist of the film. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. fr:Jarhead He is highly decorated with jewelry, and every night he hops on his camel named Clyde on his way to see Fatima, who is the best dancer in the Sultan's harem. Sykes is strict but fair. Hey. Briefly before the action begins, Swofford learns from Sykes that Troy concealed his criminal record when enlisting and will be discharged after the end of hostilities. ja:ジャーヘッド (映画) da:Jarhead (film) If you fucking touch me, I will beat your fucking head in. Have we done anything? Harrigan is a Marine whose job it is to write letters to the major's wife although he makes them vulgar and disgusting. Troy is Swoff's friend and spotter. [7] Kenneth Turan in his review for the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Its polished surfaces and professional style can't compete with the gritty reality conveyed by documentaries like Gunner Palace and Occupation: Dreamland — or, for that matter, by the surreal black comedy of David O. Russell's Three Kings — that show in no uncertain terms what it's like to be a soldier in Iraq". Clyde has become something of a mascot for Stevens, and for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s the artist released albums and video entertainment under the label Clyde Records (complete with camel-shaped logo). Let me tell you 'bout Ahab, the Arab. With night falling, they try to navigate the desert but get lost. Their order is to shoot two Iraqi officers, supposedly located in a control tower at a battle-damaged airport. Ahab the Arab, huh? The film begins with voice-over narration on a black screen, as Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal), waxes philosophically about a soldier whose hands forever remember the grip of a rifle, whatever else they do in life. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1992 CD release of "Ahab The Arab" on Discogs. He had emeralds and rubies just a-drippin' off 'a him, And a ring on every finger of his hand! This is war. They see an encampment in the distance, but on closer look they recognize it as their base camp, and the sounds as Marine voices. Get it out of here. [2] In his review for the Washington Post, Stephen Hunter praised Jake Gyllenhaal's performance: "What's so good about the movie is Gyllenhaal's refusal to show off; he doesn't seem jealous of the camera's attention when it goes to others and is content, for long stretches, to serve simply as a prism though which other young men can be observed". The whole goddamn desert is shitting dead ragheads. Brian Geraghty as PFC Fergus O'Donnell. This is war, man. Escobar is from Miami, Florida. And a r [F] ing on every finger of his [G] hand. And a s [F] cimitar by his s [Am] ide, a [C] nd. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/movies/09jarred.html, https://warfilm.fandom.com/wiki/Jarhead_(film)?oldid=5793, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (. The troops march through the Highway of Death, strewn with burnt vehicles and remains of charred bodies, a product of the bombing campaign. [11], It has been suggested that parts of the Jarhead plot were taken from Joel Turnipseed's 2002 gulf war memoir, Baghdad Express without the author's consent. War film Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. R. Ray Stevens Lyrics. Swofford and Troy are finally given a combat mission. The film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, registering a 61 percent rating (53 percent Cream of the Crop) on Rotten Tomatoes. During the ride, Ahab "speaks" (actually, produces ululations that parody the Arabic language) to Clyde. Ray Stevens Ahab The Arab Live Play | Download. [4] USA Today gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "What we're left with is solid if not exceptional, though it's good to see Mendes expanding as a filmmaker". Swofford gets the blame because he was supposed to be on watch, but had Fergus sit in for him. In his interview he states one of the reasons he enlisted was to learn skills to go into law enforcement. This is war. Before they can finish them Sykes orders the squad to move to where the wind prevents the oil from raining on them. Have we done anything but walk around in the sand? It reached number five on Billboard's Hot 100 and number nine on the Billboard R&B chart. pl:Jarhead. When the Marines land in Saudi Arabia he gives them a rallying speech but tells them that because of the Washington bureaucrats they must first guard Saudi Arabia from a potential Iraqi invasion. Ahab was the seventh king of Israel, the son and successor of King Omri and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible.‹See Tfd› Kings 16:29-34]‹See Tfd› The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king, particularly for condoning Jezebel's influence on religious policies and his principal role behind Naboth's arbitrary execution. nl:Jarhead Casualties are taken when friendly fire from an A-10 close air support aircraft hits U.S. vehicles. He takes much pride in being a Marine often saying how scout snipers are the best. She looked up at him from off the rug, give him one of the sly looks, she said, (coy, girlish laugh) "Crazy baby". It followed "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills", becoming his second top 40 hit. Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green And Purple Pills. What are you, a fag? The two take up positions in a deserted building, but moments after Swofford pinpoints one of the officers in his sights, another team of Marines appears and calls in an air strike. fi:Merijalkaväen mies However his background is shady. Writer(s): Ray Stevens. Fowler is the most gung ho of the group. The longer version is about 1 minute longer than what the timestamp shows and has an extra verse at the (which is the album version). He comes from a family of military men, his father and uncle having served in Vietnam. I swear to God. In the song, Arab is pronounced "Ay-rab" to rhyme with Ahab. Swofford is then shown in a U.S. Marine Corps boot camp, being brutalized by a drill instructor in a scene reminiscent of Full Metal Jacket. The war is over, they learn, and scores of Marines celebrate this amidst a bonfire. You don't like Ahab? to the end of one chant. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. A Cuban immigrant, Escobar is the group's radio operator. [1] Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the film a "B+" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Jarhead isn't overtly political, yet by evoking the almost surreal futility of men whose lust for victory through action is dashed, at every turn, by the tactics, terrain, and morality of the war they're in, it sets up a powerfully resonant echo of the one we're in today". Laz Alonso as LCpl Ramon Escobar. $5 to get your picture taken with it, guys. The phrase was also well known to Americans from the commercials for radio's popular The Jack Benny Program, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. Get it out of here. Ahab built a house to Baal in the capital city of Samaria and made an Asherah pole as a tool of pagan worship. Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name.The film was directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Chris Cooper. During Desert Storm he gets out of formation and gets the squad attacked by passing A-10 Warthogs. King Ahab was an Israelite king who married a Sidonian woman named Jezebel and became involved in worshiping Baal, the god of her people. Jarhead Clip; Supporting Veteran Support Mission of Joeklunder.org, Joeklunder.com - Duration: 1:48. He is greeted coolly by Troy (Peter Sarsgaard), who says to him, "Welcome to the Suck.". Jake Gyllenhaal as LCpl/Pvt Anthony Swofford aka Swoff. The entire oil scene when they dig in the oil wells did not happen in the book, and has led to sharp rebukes from others who had served in the Gulf at the time. Peter Sarsgaard as Cpl Alan Troy. This is war, man. When some field reporters appear, Sykes forces his unit to demonstrate their NBC suits in a game of American football, even under the 112 degree heat. Once the vineyard’s owner was out of the way, King Ahab took the vineyard for himself. We are told, “Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him” (1 Kings 16:33). The squad seizes the opportunity and brand Troy with "USMC" on his calf making him a "Marine for life." Have we done anything but walk around in the sand? Ahab, also spelled Achab, (flourished 9th century bce), seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel (reigned 874–c. You don't like Ahab? His publishing company is affiliated with BMI. You can't handle it? Rays very first top 5 single. The mood is disturbed when a disheveled Vietnam veteran, possibly suffering from the memories of the conflict, jumps into their bus, and congratulates them all. Before Desert Storm, Kruger initially doesn't take the anti-gas agents because they're not proven and possibly dangerous and refuses to sign the waiver. Jarhead screenwriter William Broyles Jr. has claimed that any likenesses arise from the retelling of common Marine experiences. He wrote, "The key to a film about war is how it ends, and if the young man at the film's centre is lifted out of the battlefield uninjured and sane, if his family and home life before and after aren't prominent in the picture, the movie is diminished as a film which says something about war and becomes a simpler story of growing up, of jeopardy overcome". 17 Archaeological discoveries related to King Ahab help provide a background to his life. Can anyone verify if this version (yellow Celebrity Series variant plant# 70) has the long version of the song or the single edit. its flavor?'" It is clear that he followed the expansion and building policies of his father, Omri. This is a popular tattoo amongst Marines. An excellent song by Ray Stevens that offends all good white liberals. When Ahab finds Fatima in her tent, she is ironically engaged in stereotypically Western behavior: "eating on a raisin, and a grape, and an apricot, and a pomegranate, a bowl of chittlins, two bananas, three Hershey bars, and Ahab the Arab digital sheet music. He states that he had an opportunity to have a dry wall business with his brother in Compton but chose not to saying he loves being in the Marine Corps too much. In the book, Staff Sergeant Sykes is actually pronounced "Sikes", spelled "Siek", and he has a very small role in the book. Stevens himself re-recorded the song for his 1969 album, This page was last edited on 30 April 2021, at 18:03. Fergus is the most naive of the group. Have we done anything? (laughter) You know what I mean! Later during the mortar strike, he gives Swoff a dead battery when Swoff must replace the radio batteries. From 1962 "ahab the arab", 1837 seconds of humor lp. During his television interview Kruger doesn't speak at all because he can't state his mind. Shortly after, Kuwait is invaded by Iraq and Swofford's unit is dispatched to the Persian Gulf as a part of Operation Desert Shield. This involves branding onto him the initials of the United States Marine Corps, USMC, with a hot iron. Jarhead chronicles Swofford's life story and his military service in the Gulf War.. Leviticus 25:23). You don't like Ahab? The hero of the story is Clyde the camel and Stevens has made references to Clyde numerous times throughout his career. He had e [C] meralds and rubies just drippon offa him. It's 1989 and Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) has enlisted in the Marines, just like his father and grandfather did before him. Listen to "Ahab the Arab" (Official Music Video), Learn how and when to remove this template message, Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills, Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens, "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1962", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahab_the_Arab&oldid=1020726073, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A cover version of Stevens' song was released in July 1962 by disc jockey. He then fires a round in the air from his sniper rifle and the other Marines, who also never had a chance to fire their weapons, follow suit, emptying magazines into the night sky. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to Marines (sometimes by Marines themselves). After finishing boot, "Swoff" is dispatched to Camp Pendleton in 1989, where he is subjected to a cruel joke played on him by the senior Marines. However, in the film adaptation, the platoon is fired upon by a pair of. Swofford and Troy are finally given a combat mission. [9], Nathaniel Fick, another author who is a Marine, gave the film a mixed review (and panned the book on which it is based) in Slate. Sykes, embarrassed by his platoon's rude manners and poor discipline, removes the cameras and crew from the area; the Marines are later punished by being forced to build and take down a massive pyramid of sandbags in a rainy night. While Troy was still a close friend of Swoff and indeed in his recon unit, Swoff's spotter was a Marine referred to in the book as "Johnny Rotten", a Corporal, who was the next most senior sniper under Sgt. He wrote, "Jarhead also presents wild scenes that probably could happen in combat units, but strips them of the context that might explain how they're more than sheer lunacy". The book goes somewhat into Swofford's childhood up until he joined the Marines; however, in the film, his upbringing is only explained in brief detail. The original clip. Contains complete lyrics This product is available worldwide Leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. In the end montage Fowler is shown in a bar with a prostitute. Swofford himself begins to suspect that his girlfriend is, or will soon be, unfaithful. Move. and Ahab walked up to her and he said, (imitate Arabian speech) which is arabic for, "Let's twist again like we did last summer, baby." Oh, Jesus. Roger Ebert gave the movie three-and-a-half out of four stars, crediting it for its unique portrayal of Gulf War Marines who battled boredom and a sense of isolation rather than enemy combatants. AHAB, THE ARAB (Written by Ray Stevens) Ray Stevens - 1962 (intro: Arabian flute) Let me tell you about Ahab, The Arab The sheik of the burning sands! Troy, desperate to make a kill, pleads with the officer in charge (Dennis Haysbert) to let them take the shot. Clyde is arguably the most memorable character of the song, due to Stevens' exaggerated imitation of a camel's braying vocalization. Get that out of here. Later he gives Swoff and Troy their only combat mission telling them to show the brass that scout snipers are the best. During the long wait, some of the Marines fear their wives and girlfriends at home will be unfaithful. Troy is one of the few Marines who enjoys being in the military. Released on a best of compilation in 1970 by mercury, this is live version "ahab the arab". zh:鍋蓋頭. During his interview, Escobar states that it's an honor to fight for the freedom America has given him. Most recently, Michael D. Coogan has dated Ahab's reign to 871–852 BC. Fergus is from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Cortez carries the group's radio. He then fires a round in the air from his sniper rifle and the other Marines, who also never had a chance to fire their weapons, follow suit, emptying magazines into the night sky. Ahab The Arab. Some DVDs came with a pair of dog tags that say "Jarhead" on one side and on the other side, "Welcome to the suck.". An unspecified amount of time later, Swofford learns of Troy's death during a surprise visit from Fergus. After arduous training sessions that claim the life of one recruit, he becomes a sniper and is paired with Troy as his spotter. However he merely takes the body and buries it somewhere else. Kruger is from Baytown, Texas. It's not until Sykes tells him about what the gas did to the Kurds and Kruger takes the pill but when Sykes looks away Kruger spits it out. Ahab the Arab The swinging Sheik of the burnin' sand Submit Corrections. Cortez has three children, one of whom is born while he's in Saudi Arabia. Swofford and Troy linger at the site in a daze, losing track of time and missing their pick-up. Stevens has recorded the song at least three times and there have also been edited versions. Evan Jones as PFC Dave Fowler. He leads their platoon through the Gulf War. What are you, a fag? The book does not attribute Dettman's girl friend as inserting her unfaithfulness in a movie that was played for other Marines. Cortez is from Delano, California. He is the Marine Swofford goes to obtain five gallons of beer. ga:Jarhead (scannán) album: "Gitarzan" (1969) Yakety Yak . As a result, Dettman did not wake up the rest of his platoon for planned range time, with Swofford later detailing an incident in the book where he stuck a M-16 rifle to Dettman's head and threatened to kill Dettman because of this. Move. Lucas Black as LCpl Chris Kruger. Chris Cooper as LtCol Kazinski. Furthermore, Swofford claims in his book that he only burned the waste for one day and paid another Marine to burn the waste for the remaining six days. Along with "The Streak", it was one of Stevens' biggest hits and contributed greatly to his popularity. [10] James Meek, who reported from the battlefields of Iraq, reviewed the film in the pages of The Guardian. Whew! Swoff is from Sacramento, California. In the end montage Escobar is shown working at a supermarket, stacking crates of soda. After the long stand in the desert, Operation Desert Storm, the coalition force's ground campaign, begins, and the Marines are dispatched to the Saudi-Kuwaiti border. Stevens has said that Clyde the camel was named after rhythm-and-blues singer Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead singer of The Drifters. At the end of the film Cortez is shown with his family at a carnival. He's dead. Fatima (portrayed by Stevens in falsetto) responds to Ahab's advances with laughter and an (English) utterance that Ahab is "crazy". Saved by Ra Dreyfus pt:Jarhead [8] In his review for the Village Voice, J. Hoberman wrote, "A master of the monotone, Mendes prompts his performers to hit a note and sustain it. If you fucking touch me, I will beat your fucking head in. While the cameras roll, the game develops into a rowdy dogpile, with some Marines playfully miming sex acts. On returning home the troops parade through the towns in a jovial celebration of victory. Fuck, Fowler. Żołnierz piechoty morskiej N/C. On their trip to the base Kruger states that the only reason the troops are there is to protect the profits of the oil tycoons. Ray Stevens Ahab The Arab Play | Download. Fowler is from Framingham, Massachusetts. Ahab the arab ray stevens. On the night before Desert Storm, Swoff provokes Troy into attacking him. Following an accidental air attack from friendly forces, the Marines advance through the desert, facing no enemies on the ground. The film was directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, most famous for his 1999 film American Beauty. Check out what I put in his mouth. referencing Ahab, The Arab , 7", Single, RE, C-30129. I didn't kill him. Further More. Jacob Vargas as LCpl Juan Cortez. This is war. it:Jarhead Ahab son of Omri did "more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him" (1 Kings 16:30), as it is written in the Bible.Many think - and say - that it is probably because of his evil wife, Queen Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians. [5] Time magazine's Richard Schickel wrote, "But the best war movies—and this one, despite its being overlong and repetitive, is among them—hold that men fight (or in this case, are ready to fight) not for causes, but to survive and to help their comrades do the same". Kazinski is the battalion commander. The most public and humiliating of these befalls Dettman (Marty Papazian), who discovers an innocent looking copy of The Deer Hunter on VHS sent from his wife, which the men are all seated to watch, is actually a homemade pornographic movie tape of her having sex with their neighbor, apparently made as revenge for Dettman's own promiscuity. The [F] sheik of the burnin s [C] and. It remains one of the best-selling records of Stevens' career. Troy is from Greenville, Michigan. "Ahab the Arab" is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. While Ahab sulked about it in his palace, his wife arranged Naboth’s murder. In the end montage, Sykes is shown leading Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A later song by Stevens, a Christmas novelty number called "Santa Claus Is Watching You", features a "cameo" by Clyde. What are you, a fag? Every evenin, about midnight, he'd jump on his camel named Clyde . I swear to God. The song portrays a "sheik of the burning sands" named Ahab. "Ahab the Arab" is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. John Dunn recorded a cover for Hit Records in 1962 which was released as a 7" 45rpm record. Later on it is revealed Troy can't reenlist because he lied about having a criminal past on his application. (A 1969 re-recording adds the advertising catch phrase "Sold, American!" You can't handle it? Sykes says he will be brought up for it when they get back. Later, after his return to the. When his pleas are denied, Troy breaks down in a fit of despair and weeps. You can't handle it? Joe Klunder 24,088 views I own no rights to this video. The king offered to buy the vineyard, but Naboth refused, because the Law forbade him to sell it (1 Kings 21:2–3; cf. AZLyrics. album: "1,837 Seconds Of Humor" (1962) Ahab The Arab. John Krasinski as PFC Harrigan. "Ahab the Arab" is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. Ahab the Arab - Jarhead. Swofford comes across the charismatic Staff Sergeant Sykes (Jamie Foxx), a Marine "lifer" who invites Swofford to his Scout Sniper (formally the Surveillance and Target Acquisition) course. Ahab woos Fatima with another mock Arabic chant, this time a quote from the song "Let's Twist Again" by Chubby Checker. In the book, Swofford and Johnny were supporting some Marine Infantry taking the airfield; they were not interrupted by anyone. As a consequence, Swofford is demoted from Lance Corporal (E-3) to Private (E-1) and is forced to undertake the degrading task of burning excrement. In the end montage, Kruger is shown in a corporate boardroom. I didn't kill him. 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