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There are a ton of great songs about military life, that reference the military in some way; some of the more modern works may have a video associated with it, and some of the older classics continue to define the military experience to this day. From country to rock, ballads & pop, to more traditional flavors--did a particular song inspire, educate, or simply strike a chord with you? Please feel free to share any inspiring military-related music, any music or songs that makes you think of/or reminds you of your military service, as well as any links, photos, descriptions or anything that helps you tell your story. The idea here is to have a fun and thought provoking discussion, which will be fun, informative, and provide a means to tell our stories... and to learn about one another as well as our sister services in the process. Wishing you all the best, I look forward to hearing from you, and interacting with you all in the threads!
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My favorite and always has been, even before I joined in the Army 32 years ago is; Ballad of the Green Berets:<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5WJJVSE_BE<br><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/m5WJJVSE_BE/maxresdefault.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5WJJVSE_BE">Ballad of the Green Berets - [HD] - - - SSGT Barry SADLER</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">The brave men of the Green Berets. http://NeedGOD.com</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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PO1 Jack Howell
SGT, you should check out the version that's performed by the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
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PO1 Richard Nyberg
Yes that was my Favorite too when I joined up too and I wanted to be A Green Berets
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Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?<br><br>This is a really good song and I'm a big fan of country music.<br><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/p6yLQRF-cEU/hqdefault.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU">Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">Music video by Darryl Worley performing Have You Forgotten?. (C) 2003 SKG Music Nashville LLC/Dreamworks Records Nashville</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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SGT Thomas Lucken
Thank you Adam! I agree with MAJ Burns, it is a great song and I never heard it before! I am not a big fan of country music, but country music out of all variations of music are I guess you can say put out the best Patriotic music! I am an old country boy, but I love my 70's Rock! :-)
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I swear I posted this last night, but maybe rallypoint didn't like it so they deleted it. I'll give it a try again.
I'm Already There by Lonestar. This song may not have been written for the military, but several people have turned it into a military tribute on youtube. This particular version is my favorite and it's still gives me chills every time I hear it because it hits me so hard. No other song has ever generated this type of emotion for me, and it's a song I will never forget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTNKAYpVd4
Tribute To Our Armed Forces with I'm Already Ther (Message From Home) by Lonestar ~I Do Not Own The Rights To This Song~
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Col (Join to see)
Powerful! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this and thank you for your service! I think this will strike a chord with many, thanks again!
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MSG Stankovich, great choice with a solid Parris Island honorable mention at the beginning... classic Billy Joel, a great song that should bring back some memories for many RallyPointers, thanks for sharing!
All Rights Reserved By SONY/BMG and Billy Joel Documents from the Vietnam Era to the Billy Joel song Goodnight Saigon. This video is dedicated to the America...
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Also not really a "military" song, but I've always liked Battle Hymn of the Republic. I agree with most of the others posted here as well.
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PO1 Jack Howell
SSG, technically speaking, that song could be considered a military song since it was published during the Civil War.
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<p>Although this may not be a military-specific song, it's certainly worth sharing for many reasons, this song and iconic performance display pure musical genius; never one like him before, and there'll never be one like him again, the one, the only: The "Star Spangled Banner" performed live by Jimi Hendrix</p><p> </p><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/uOGww5Dyq7Y/maxresdefault.jpg?feature=og"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOGww5Dyq7Y" target="_blank">Jimi Hendrix - Live - "Star Spangled Banner"- Woodstock 1969</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description"> </div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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Col (Join to see)
Thanks SSG Kaplan, hopefully this one works!
The greatest guitar in the world of rock, Jimi Hendrix, playing the U.S. national anthem at Woodstock in 1969.
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CSM (Join to see)
This one is always hard to top but I will submit two others for consideration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ9WdCunvy8
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PO1 Jack Howell
LTC, that was a great version. I would say that the best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner was done by Whitney Houston before the start of Super Bowl 25.
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This has long been my favorite "Military Song," but it really hit home as we were leaving Thailand. One of our Crew members had been killed while on liberty ashore and we held a memorial service on the flight deck of a Knox Class Frigate as we steamed out of port. As the assembled crew sang the Navy Hymn, it was driven home why this is a Navy and Marine favorite.<div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">Eternal Father: The Navy Hymn</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Eternal Father, strong to save,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep, </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Its own appointed limits keep.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh hear us when we cry to Thee,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For those in peril on the sea! Amen.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Eternal Father, lend Thy grace To</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">those with wings who fly thro' space,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thro wind and storm, thro' sun and rain,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh bring them safely home again.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh Father, hear an humble prayer,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For those in peril in the air! Amen.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh Trinity of love and pow'r,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Our brethren shield in danger's hour,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">From rock and tempest, fire and foe,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Protect them where so e'er they go.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thus evermore shall rise to Thee</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Glad hymns of praise from land and sea! Amen.</span><br></div>
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Capt Mark Strobl
Master Chief, Eternal Father is a beautiful song. I get extremely reflective every time I hear it... makes my eyes sweat.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
Capt Mark Strobl I have never heard it put that way, but have seen quite a few cases of that from Sailors as well as Marines. Well put, Sir. I am adding that to my vocabulary.
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Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins!! From the movie "Top Gun" with gorgeous Tom Cruise!!
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LCpl Steve Wininger
Awesome movie, awesome song. I still listen to much of the music from the movie.
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CSM Poll, well said, and I definitely agree, as much of my early time in the military was spent in ceremonial details, this song resonates, as well as brings back many memories of our fallen and those who pay a final tribute to their life, their unselfish service, and to the family that supported them. This song means so much to so many, it is hard to fully describe with words alone, thank you for sharing your thoughts. V/r mwb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw
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Totally agree CSM Poll!!! I get so irritated when I see and have to correct Soldiers for joking around and not doing the right thing during Taps. Even more so when they are just like "isn't it just another bugle call SGT...ugh!!!!"
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