The Beach Boys: Sloop John B (1966)

The Beach Boys reworked an old West Indian folk song, "The John B Sails" and transformed it. The song tells the story of a rowdy ship's crew that shipwrecked in 1900. They did not take their captivity too well. "Sloop John B" took on a new meaning in Vietnam's wake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAoEf1Ib58