Author Topic: Best Ever War Song (Read 1422 times)

ZombieCake · « **on:** May 16, 2019, 12:19:23 am »

I'll start with the following, but you won't believe me until you listen. It's actually a Belinda Carlisle song, the wiki page doesn't seem to want to link so look it up. As ever comment and other vids.

And of course a video:

prahja · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2019, 11:50:45 am »

droid · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2019, 03:21:09 pm »

mrodoc · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2019, 06:05:27 pm »

There are some excellent songs on PJ Harvey's album Let England Shake.

Madness · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2019, 06:42:03 pm »

grahams · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2019, 06:42:23 pm »

Bonnie Dobson singing her song Morning Dew backed by Danny Thompson and Robert Plant. This is the best version of a much covered song IMHO. It's on Youtube.

Madness · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2019, 06:44:56 pm »

markpot · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2019, 07:48:20 pm »

markpot · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2019, 08:12:39 pm »

paul · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2019, 08:22:46 pm »

markpot · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2019, 08:41:46 pm »

:thumbsup:top selection paul

prahja · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2019, 08:44:52 pm »

One of my favourites:

ogofmole · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2019, 08:45:11 pm »

Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb.

Tim H · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2019, 10:45:14 pm »

Twelfth Night, Sequences.

al · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2019, 08:16:56 am »

Green Fields of France (AKA No Man's Land - Eric Bogle)

AR · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2019, 09:44:55 am »

There's Eric Bogle's other classic war song to consider, "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", as covered by the Pogues and many others....

paul · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2019, 12:02:37 pm »

Not the best song, but a good one!

Pitlamp · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2019, 07:07:41 pm »

Is that really Lemmy Kilminster singing that 1916 song?

I'll look on Motorhead's music in a slightly different way in future.

Pitlamp · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2019, 07:10:31 pm »

On a different note, does anyone else remember the late "Big Roy" Mundy singing The Green Fields Of France from time to time in the New Inn at Clapham, with great feeling?

AR · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2019, 08:43:08 pm »

Quote from: Pitlamp on May 17, 2019, 07:07:41 pm

Is that really Lemmy Kilminster singing that 1916 song?

I'll look on Motorhead's music in a slightly different way in future.

It certainly is Lemmy - he could step outside of his usual territory when he wanted to, but he didn't often feel the urge which is a bit of a shame, I wonder what else he might have come up with.

Madness · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2019, 10:09:41 pm »

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 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2019, 11:22:08 pm »

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:

Then there is the Bill Evans jazz trio version:

paul · « **Reply #22 on:** May 20, 2019, 12:05:16 pm »

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

Graigwen · « **Reply #23 on:** May 22, 2019, 12:02:10 am »

Quote from: paul on May 17, 2019, 12:02:37 pm

Not the best song, but a good one!

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 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 16, 2020, 02:41:51 am »

A very old topic, but this popped up in my YouTube feed, so apologies for that. It's actually a WW1 song.

Duck ditch · « **Reply #25 on:** September 19, 2020, 04:42:17 pm »

Slug · « **Reply #26 on:** September 19, 2020, 05:23:37 pm »

The " Vietnam" song is actually called " I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die ", though that's just one of many he did.

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

tamarmole · « **Reply #27 on:** September 19, 2020, 05:30:52 pm »

Slug · « **Reply #28 on:** September 19, 2020, 05:36:33 pm »

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

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 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 19, 2020, 08:05:36 pm »

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

Hunter · « **Reply #30 on:** September 19, 2020, 09:18:12 pm »

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

Hunter · « **Reply #31 on:** September 19, 2020, 09:35:14 pm »

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

Laurie · « **Reply #32 on:** September 21, 2020, 08:44:47 am »

Slug · « **Reply #33 on:** October 01, 2020, 12:01:59 am »

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

ZombieCake · « **Reply #34 on:** October 07, 2020, 02:07:41 am »

A bit of Saxon never goes amiss.