Favourite military / war themed songs?

[Negative Creep]

Just wondering what tunes people like that have a military theme to them. There doesn't seem to be that many out there, and all the ones I can think of are decidedly anti war. Even if I may not agree 100%, it doesn't stop them from being poignant and moving. Personally, the first two are hard to listen to without a lump in the throat, especially as they are from bands who are known for faster or more upbeat work. Anyways, I'd list

Dropkick Murphys - The Green Fields of France
Motorhead - 1916
Iron Maiden - Paschendale and Aces High
Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Metallica - Disposable Heroes, For Whom the Bell Tolls and One (especially the S&M version)

any others?

 

[pbfoot]

Eric Burden and the Animals Sky Pilot
Bryan Adams Rememberance Day
Pink Floyd has tons
Prism Armageddon

 

[syscom3]

Johnny Horton "Battle of New Orleans"

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Johnny Horton - Sink the Bismark
Metallica - Disposable Heros
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Metallica - Blackened
Metallica - One
Sweet Savage/Metallica - Killing Time
Slayer - Chemical Warfare
Slayer - Angel of Death
Slayer - Ghosts of War
Slayer - Killing Fields
Slayer - Jihad
Megadeth - Chosen Ones
Megadeth - Set the Worlds A Fire
Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Megadeth - Take No Prisoners
Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction
Megadeth - Gears of War
Alice in Chains - Rooster
Iced Earth - Declaration Day
Iced Earth - Red Baron/Blue Max
Iced Earth - Valley Forge
Iced Earth - Waterloo
Iced Earth - The Devil To Pay
Iced Earth - Hold At All Costs
Iced Earth - High Water Mark
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Iron Maiden - Tailgunner
Iron Maiden - Run Silent Run Deep
Iron Maiden - These Colours Don't Run
Guns N Roses - Civil War
Motorhead - Bomber
Motorhead - Marching off to War
Motorhead - 1916
Motorhead - War for War
Motorhead - Dogs of War
Anthrax - Death From Above
Anthrax - Anthrax

I am sure I will think of some more.

 

[Njaco]

Al Stewart - "Road To Moscow"

and I loved the score for the movie "The Great Escape".

Sabbath - "War Pigs"

and .....

"Snoppy vs The Red Baron" 8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

"Snoppy vs The Red Baron" 8)

I have allways loved that one!

 

[mkloby]

Toby Keith - American Soldier
Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue

 

[trackend]

"When this bloody war is over" 14-18 war soldiers song

 

[Wildcat]

I was only 19 - Redgum. Classic song in Australia

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7TXBuVUQJw

 

[Njaco]

almost forgot;

"Lucky Man" - ELP
"Generals and Majors" - XTC

Adler, so do I and I don't care who knows it! Good tune.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I have it on vinyl and on my computer. I play it all the time. My wife likes it also and she had me burn a copy for her car.

 

[Njaco]

same here.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Don't know if this fits but,

U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday

 

[Gnomey]

Edwin Starr - War
Guns 'n' Roses - Civil War
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Metallica - Blackened
Metallica - One

 

[Emac44]

Well gentlemen and Ladies going to step away from modern music. And seeing this site is devoted to aircraft from WW2. Going to cast my vote as such

1 Glenn Miller
2 Tommy Dorsey
3 Nat King Cole
4 Vera Lyne
5 Noel Coward
6 Andrew's Sisters
7 And many more
I know they are not songs but the music from the above inspired a generations before ours. Our Parents our Grand Parents or Great Grand Parents. They went through a depression and fought a war and listened to the above preformers. And you know our Parents Grand Parents and Great Grand Parents they dreamt of times of betterment for themselves and their families. And you have to admit those preformers came out with great music. Easy listening music as well

 

[Lucky13]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1863)

 

[Emac44]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1863)

Ok Lucky how about the music about Duke Wellington Called Hookey Boy from 1815 sung by British Troops about Wellington Kicking Boney's Arse prior to the Battle of Waterloo
Or the Soldiers of the Queen sung in 1899 during the Boer War. Or for that matter every bagpipe music and Jacobite song from Scotland. For example Johnny Cope sung after the battle or Preston Pans 1745

 

[102first_hussars]

Metallica Dont Tread On Me

 

[mosquitoman]

Pink Floyd- When The Tigers Broke Free

 

[evangilder]

Dire Straits- Man's Too Strong
Dire Straits- Iron Hand
CCR- Run Through the Jungle
Megadeth- Symphony of Destruction
Dope- Die MF Die

Who always pictures Apocalypse Now when they hear Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries"