Best Ever War Song

[Madness]

When I first heard 1916 I found it hard to believe that it was Motorhead. I'm not afraid to admit that it brought tears to my eyes and in some undefinable way it changed my life ever so slightly.

 

[Stuart France]

M*A*S*H

It was the 1960-70s and the Vietnam war.  The TV programme version had sounds of a flying helicopter in the intro and of course Those Lyrics.  You can find them online or keep your mouth shut ?if you please?.  Here is a nicely done but little viewed modern version that is true to the original tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbBnapXGQNI

Then there is the Bill Evans jazz trio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxs3Syfzvo

 

[paul]

To be pedantic, M*A*S*H was based in the Korean War (1950- 53) , not Viet Nam. 

 

[Graigwen]

Not the best song, but a good one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPUJhy0Dz4

Maybe not the best song melodically, but you can actually sing it while engaged in serious street fighting, as I remember from South Audley Street and Grosvenor Square in the late 60s.


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[ZombieCake]

A very old topic, but this popped up in my YouTube feed, so apologies for that.  It's actually a WW1 song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRgtzZ-mOQo

 

[Duck ditch]

https://youtu.be/5_jEOj0Exi0

 

[Slug]

The " Vietnam" song is actually called " I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die ", though that's just one of many he did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2lGZgYnYEs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8x5omoKgkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBS01EasTtc&pbjreload=101

Mike Harding's "Bombers Moon" is another good tune.

One song, a particular favorite  my old squadron, usually sung when in the company of the Luftwaffe was "Wir Fliegen Gegen Engerlnd" and when with the Heer, Panzerlied.

Out of all of them though, one artist alone wrote, to me, and many other British Forces personel the ONLY  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOuTNE4_m6ksong

 

[tamarmole]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_2qGAA5J4

 

[Slug]

Hmm, doesnt seem to have worked, I'll try again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOuTNE4_m6k

Harvey Andrews, "The Soldier"

I saw him perform this at the U,F,I,CYP,  base at R.A.F. Nicosia, in front of an audience of seven different nationalities, including British, Irish (on R&R from Lebanon), Australian and Canadian.

 

[pwhole]

Well if Country Joe's up here, this might work too - it is Saturday night. They don't make them like this anymore. I can escape in all the confusion  :halo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAJJE5WY

 

[Hunter]

A couple of Mike Harding songs, The Accrington Pals and Christmas 1914 and of course Dire Straights, Brothers in Arms.

 

[Hunter]

Not a song but a poem by Martyn Herbert written in 1947, Goodnight Dad, see you in the morning.

 

[Laurie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4hny_XRaw4

 

[Slug]

another fave toon for those of us who listened to BFBS in the early 80's 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfelQI5Lm0

 

[ZombieCake]

A bit of Saxon never goes amiss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcW7rQoCnJg