The music of war (VH1 documentary about soldiers in Iraq and their music)

AP via CNN.com ^ | 17 August 2004 | Unattributed

[Moose4]

NEW YORK (AP) -- The images captured in "VH1 News Presents: Soundtrack To War" combine the use of music by America's soldiers and the unsettling pictures of war.

A group of soldiers stand on a rooftop, singing gospel music. Suddenly, bombs explode. Nearby, black smoke rises.

A tank crew cranks up a heavy metal song to gear up for combat.

Using personal testimonies, the one-hour documentary examines the soldiers' use of music for inspiration, motivation and mourning. The result: a unique look at youth in war.

"Soundtrack To War," airing 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday, follows soldiers of the Army's 1st Armored Division during their 15-month deployment in Iraq from April 2003 to July 2004, one of the military's longest deployments since Vietnam.

[Moose4]

I don't trust VH1 to do anything apolitical these days, but this at least looks mildly interesting.

}:-)4

[randog]

It does look interesting.

Any bets that Air Supply isn't popular amongst the boys?

[dts32041]

Music has always been important to the solider, whether it is "Yankee doodle dandy", "John brown's body lies a mouldering", "Don't sit under the Apple tree", or "we gotta get out of this place".

Nothing new here move on.

[maestro]

Yep.

The music of war (VH1 documentary about soldiers in Iraq and their music)

But I'll bet they have No 'Church Bells' ringing out anywhere!

Sad.

[Old Sarge]

My own Combat Compilation would include:

AC/DC;
Dep Leppard;
The Planets "Mars: The Bringer Of War";
theme from "Patton";
theme from "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"...

[Old Sarge]

Thought you might like this PING!

Any tunes for the tour?

[chudogg]

this was done in Farenheit 911

[StarCMC]

Set the TiVo to record....

Wonder if it will include any Toby Keith or Ted Nugent????

[darkwing104]

I remember in Iceland we used to play Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" for condition Black during Viking Thunder Exercises.

[sinanju]

ALL FOR THE LOVE OF SUNSHINE
(Mike Curb / Lalo Schifrin)
Hank Williams Jr.


The darkness of my world was all cleared away
The flowers are blooming it's a beautiful day
There's a girl with a heart as big as the sky she's sunshine and I know why
All for the love of sunshine all for the love of sunshine
The Lord smiled down on this life of mine and sent me the love of sunshine

Though sunshine can always make my days seem bright
Sunshine can warm up a cold cold night
I know my sunshine was sent from above an angel that's filled with love
All for the love of sunshine...

Through winter the springtime the summer and fall
The moonlight the starlight she outshines them all
In a world filled with fear with pain and such harm my sunshine can't be so warm
All for the love of sunshine...
All for the love of sunshine...
All for the love of sunshine...


(the shoot 'em up scene in "Kelly's Heroes"

[Pyro7480]

Is any of y'all watching the program? It's on now. I saw that some of the men hooked their CD players up into the intercom systems on their tanks. They were playing some heavy metal. Another soldier talked about how some psyops guys played AC/DC and Linkin Park over loudspeakers. Pretty interesting stuff! There have been threads about music that our armed forces should play in the past.

[StarCMC]

I got it on TiVo, but I haven't watched it yet!! :o)