Military Music, Marches, Big Band
 

I enjoy listening to marching bands.........

Weird, I know, but my love for music started when I joined a marching band.

My favourite marches are British, followed by American, Imperial Japanese, and German. Over the years, I've learned to appreciate pipe bands. SFU Pipe Band - local and one of the best in the world.

John Philip Sousa is probably my favourite composer of marches. His marches - dat countermelody. Stars and Stripes Forever, The Washington Post March, The Liberty Bell March, Semper Fidelis, El Capitan March, etc. Best performances I've heard of his music is by the President's Own US Marine Band (Most can be found on You Tube).

Glenn Miller era......... Damn, some really good toe tapping music.

St Louis Blues March, American Patrol, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, A String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Little Brown Jug, Pennsylvania 65 oh, oh, oh, lol. Just some of his hits during the second world war.

Addendum: Battle Hymn of the Republic performed by US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. Starts at around 4:04 The pageantry - stuff that makes America great. Too bad the recording of the music isn't great (in mono). Then 49:47 when both bands, color guard, and presentation group exit to The Marine Corps Hymn. British influence can be seen - after all, the Americans were British at one point.


Added just because........

LED Lights at 4:40. Jeebuz........... no dropped sticks, as far as I could tell. No blood.

One of my favourite marches, The National Emblem March - Nice marching, too.


Music only..........

OP, I knew you were old, but Jesus Christ :p

MG1,

I grew up playing each and every song you listed, and more. Had no idea we had this in common.

You played baritone in the high school band.......... or some kind of lower brass instrument, amirite?

Oh, BTW, I believe British marches are on par, or better than, the American marches.

Thunderbirds, Thin Red Line, Rule Britannia, Scipio, Colonel Bogey, The British Grenadiers, Pomp and Circumstance, just to name a few..........

Then there's the pipes!



Love the counterpoint.

Mull of Kintyre. Damn, feel like a Scot when I listen to this. To my surprise, this isn't a traditional song at all. Beautiful nonetheless. Written by Paul McCartney.




Hussars, Dragoons, Cuirassiers, but no Lancers, darn.

Displays of military might and severe nationalism creep me the fuck out WutFace

I love it. Used to be in an Air Cadet marching band, later on I was a drum major for a couple years, before they kicked me out for being too old (19).

Nice, I was a drum major, too. Like you, got too old.

Small world. My favourite parades were the PNE, Richmond Salmon Festival and the Hyakk. Oh, we used to take part in the hands across the border festivities. Remember playing in a few parades down in Tacoma and Seattle area.

That's awesome! I finished three years ago, so we didn't get to do anything cool like that. I've been to the music summer camp out in Penhold, Alberta for four of my summers, and too be honest, their standards weren't so high out there and we played really simplified versions of the marches. We'd participate mostly in local parades like in Red Deer, and some other town called Rockyford, where we marched behind the horses (trying to dodge the poop).

But in 2011, it was the transition year of the "old" music programme so I actually got sent to Quadra with the Sea Cadets, and they were actually pretty beast out there. We did a pretty huge parade called "Ceremony of the Flags" out in front of the Victoria Parliament. It was the first and last one I was in but it was great. Like it's a big thing. We actually started rehearsing basically at the beginning of the summer camp when everyone arrived.

MG1, have you ever seen the Ceremony of the Flags? It's got all the rifles and cannons shooting blanks. Lots of Royal Navy marches. I believe it's on B.C. Day every year in front of the parliament building in Victoria.

Btw... how are you supposed to pronounce "Scipio"? No one ever knew... we just said it like "skip-eeo"

band was my favourite aspect of cadets...local band comp was neat.

also did the 6 week camp at penhold in the early 2000s...what a shit hole of a base, decent program though.

after like 15 years I still catch myself randomly drumming on the table to steamboats lol

STEAMBOATS. And I wasn't even a percussionist

RIP

Indeed, RIP.

Listening to them sends shivers up my spine.

Nice what Squadron were you guys in?

Ex 655 Air Cadet here

I started out in 111, was there for about four years. I moved to North Van and eventually I was wasting too much time taking the SeaBus and bus over there twice per week. Also the band officer was kind of a dick, so I transferred to 103 in Grade 12... it was never the same. It was really hard to work with the band there because they're only big on survival and band basically had the lowest priority. And for some reason they were so afraid to change, even though I brought over some good ideas. Oh well. LOL. Their drill and uniforms were not exactly at the standards I was taught back at 111... Lack of Asian strictness? Haha.
I have a few friends from 655 as well (there's a few of them on here too haha)

Yeah I know there's a few on here. Can't remember his username but the dude who flys for civilian commercial airlines now.

Cadets is an awesome program, taught me lots of life skills that are still applied to this day.

Have you ever thought of serving with the Reserves?
I want to serve with the Naval Reserve but not sure I'm ready for that kind of commitment at this point in my life.

At this point, I haven't really thought much of it. I know a handful of friends who've gone to the RMC in Kingston, and a few others who are cadet instructors. I did think of maybe being an instructor but I don't think I have enough time to commit to participating regularly right now.

I think the best things that cadets gave me were friends, leadership, music, how to write memos and resumes, and wool socks.

I can't be the only one here who writes dates in military fomat

Wool socks and those blue and grey shirts that I still wear to bed hahahah

Cadets taught me to endure not being comfortable. I can stand for long periods of time and can fall sleep anywhere.

And following orders without questioning them, I don't talk back to any superiors at work unlike some other employees. No idea how that shit flys and they get away with it. Could you imagine if we talked back in Cadets? Haha

SAME. Hahah although they've phased out the blue and the grey shirts for a single navy blue one now.

I think we caught the end of the "hardcore" era, because during the time when I was finishing off, we weren't allowed to properly discipline the kids because they complained to their parents who in turn complained to the committees etc. No more standing at right dress for extended time to perfect our position, or "singling" out a problem cadet.
I'm sure if we stepped out of line, we would've been destroyed by the Cpls and Sgts hahaha.
Kids are getting out of hand these days.

those wool socks are certainly not comfortable
i still make the meanest creases when I iron my pants :lawl:

Gunkan March. Performed by German Military Band??????

I think anything military in reference to WWII is a no no in Japan.

Gunkan March is probably one of the better known IJN marches.


Video starts of with photos of the largest battleship ever built back in WWII. The Imperial Japanese Navy kept the battleship out of the war until it was too late. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of the Yamato along side its sister ship, Musashi. Pics of the Bismark and the Tirpitz, damn! Anyway...................