Posted on Apr 3, 2014
What was your theme song while in the military?
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<P>For me, it was "The Game" by Motorhead. At one point in my career, I worked for someone that made up a lot of stuff as he went, thinking that we lower ranking wouldn't know any better. It became a game between all of us that we get the better of him using "the book" against him. I became go good at it that people started calling me "The Game", and then HHH from the WWE debuted that as his theme song. When I finally sat down to listen to the words, it just seemed to fit.</P>
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<P>Because it is, indeed, all about the game and how you play it. As for me, I'm now retired from the service and working as a Navy contractor. That means that I am still the game and I still play.</P>
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<P>Because it is, indeed, all about the game and how you play it. As for me, I'm now retired from the service and working as a Navy contractor. That means that I am still the game and I still play.</P>
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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I had two initially:
an instrumental by Henri Mancini "Mr. Lucky" 1960 (Theme for the television show)
a talking-blues-story vocal by Bobby Bare "The All American Boy" 1960 (charted Billboard #2)
The Lyrics:
Gather 'round, cats, and I'll tell you a story
About how to become an All American Boy
Buy you a gittar and put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls, pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz
I-I bought me a gittar a year ago
Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was well understood
That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode
Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.
Well , I 'd practice all day and up into the night
My papa's hair was turnin' white
Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
He said "You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go."
He's a square, he just didn't dig me at all
So I took my gittar, picks and all
And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis where they say all
Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me
I was rockin' and boppin' and I's a gettin' the breaks
The girls all said that I had what it takes
When up stepped a man with a big cigar
He said "come here, cat--I'm gonnna make you a star."
"I'll put you on Bandstand, buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid."
I signed my name and became a star
Havin' a ball with my gittar
Driving a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off ma back
They just kept a'comin', screamin', yeah-they like it
So I'd pick my gittar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin' in
But then one day my Uncle Sam
He said (sound of 3 footsteps) "Here I am"
"Uncle Sam needs you, boy
I'm-a gonna cut your hair off
ah-Take this rifle, kid
Gimme that gittar" yeah.
an instrumental by Henri Mancini "Mr. Lucky" 1960 (Theme for the television show)
a talking-blues-story vocal by Bobby Bare "The All American Boy" 1960 (charted Billboard #2)
The Lyrics:
Gather 'round, cats, and I'll tell you a story
About how to become an All American Boy
Buy you a gittar and put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls, pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz
I-I bought me a gittar a year ago
Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was well understood
That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode
Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.
Well , I 'd practice all day and up into the night
My papa's hair was turnin' white
Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
He said "You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go."
He's a square, he just didn't dig me at all
So I took my gittar, picks and all
And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis where they say all
Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me
I was rockin' and boppin' and I's a gettin' the breaks
The girls all said that I had what it takes
When up stepped a man with a big cigar
He said "come here, cat--I'm gonnna make you a star."
"I'll put you on Bandstand, buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid."
I signed my name and became a star
Havin' a ball with my gittar
Driving a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off ma back
They just kept a'comin', screamin', yeah-they like it
So I'd pick my gittar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin' in
But then one day my Uncle Sam
He said (sound of 3 footsteps) "Here I am"
"Uncle Sam needs you, boy
I'm-a gonna cut your hair off
ah-Take this rifle, kid
Gimme that gittar" yeah.
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Flirtin With Disaster & Seek and Destroy were my go-to's as a tanker throughout my career but more apt during OIF when we crossed the berm in 2003.
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Can I Play With Madness and Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden, The Four Horsemen and Seek and Destroy by Metallica, and Sleipnir by Manowar are the tunes that come immediately to mind and from unit to unit.
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Hopefully it will be Free Bird soon. This medical crap is going on 3 years.
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Lima Co wpns plt 3/1 it was Locomotive Breath . C co 1st recon batt it was Chesty Puller was a merry old man
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"Gimme A Ticket for an Aero-plane"...ain't got time for a fast train. and "I'm Leavin On A Jet Plane.
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Suzanne Vega - Luka (Official Video)
Music video by Suzanne Vega performing Luka. (C) 1987 A&M Records #SuzannaVega #Luka #Vevo
During my two week fun trip to VOLANT SCORPION back in 87, our hooch loved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZt7J0iaUD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZt7J0iaUD0
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Footloose - Kenny Loggins (1984) HD
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Video Country: US Released: 1984 Genre: Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen Style: Pop Rock Notes From The Original Soundtrack Of Th...
ALSO A FAVORITE AT THE LIK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK2hpeqkYjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK2hpeqkYjA
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