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Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 6:44:00 AM

Big B

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What is your vote of the best song of WW II?

Mine is Lili Marlene..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNRuNdVveeg (Aufs Deutsch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfllUtxDriA (By Malene Dietrich in English)

Let the debate begin

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 7:04:26 AM

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Anything by Edith Piaf,

I've always been fond of "La vie en Rose."

Although my favorite by her is "Milord," which was done after the War.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 7:47:13 AM

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The best songs have to be russian marches, and there are tons of them.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 9:22:16 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Big B

What is your vote of the best song of WW II?

Mine is Lili Marlene..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNRuNdVveeg (Aufs Deutsch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfllUtxDriA (By Malene Dietrich in English)

Let the debate begin

A LONG LONG WAY TO TIPPERAREY.... hehe, i can't loose with this choice (won't be accused for nacism or something else again

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but then again, i've heard this song a long time ago when i saw the best WW II war movie "Das Boot"

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 11:23:26 AM

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Isn't 'a long way to tipperary' much older than WWII ??

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 11:49:26 AM

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The best songs have to be russian marches, and there are tons of them.

There's this Russian government/military website which has archived and made available in MP3 format an incredible amount of WWII Russian soldier & popular patriotic songs - all recorded between 1941 and 1945 - I downloaded them all about a year ago and they are perfect background music for our tabletop battles.

However, I know it's a clich� and politically incorrect, but the best WWII song in my mind is the famous "Panzerlied". I heard it first as a kid in a bombastic Hollywood version in some Bulge movie and it kind of got stuck in my mind

- It helps that you can understand the words too, which is something I can't say for those Russian songs.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 12:52:49 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Big B

What is your vote of the best song of WW II?

Mine is Lili Marlene..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNRuNdVveeg (Aufs Deutsch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfllUtxDriA (By Malene Dietrich in English)

Let the debate begin

Wow! Those are very good. I especially liked the version in German. I was amazed at the photos in the slide show. I would recommend folks check these out.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 1:46:08 PM

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Anything by Glen Miller, though "song" may not apply, cant remember if he had singers in his bands or not. Civilian or military, he joined the military and created several bands.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 1:50:54 PM

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Isn't 'a long way to tipperary' much older than WWII ??

could be, i'm not sure. As i've mentioned i heard this song in Das Boot...what i know for sure that was one of favourite Churchill songs.... on a second thought,when thinking about his war career you are probably right... (India/Afganisan, Sudan and South Africa)....

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 2:39:51 PM

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quote:

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Rainerle

Isn't 'a long way to tipperary' much older than WWII ??

could be, i'm not sure. As i've mentioned i heard this song in Das Boot...what i know for sure that was one of favourite Churchill songs.... on a second thought,when thinking about his war career you are probably right... (India/Afganisan, Sudan and South Africa)....

I got curious.... From Wikipedia....

"It's A Long Way To Tipperary" is a music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams (Henry James Williams) in 1912. The well known chorus is:

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

It also mentions that it was very popular during WW1

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 4:02:06 PM

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Anything by Glen Miller, though "song" may not apply, cant remember if he had singers in his bands or not. Civilian or military, he joined the military and created several bands.

It's my thread so -
Yep, Glenn Miller counts! (or any swing band of the era).

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 6:57:02 PM

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One of my favorites is a jazzy, yet silly, French number called "Boum" sung by Charles Trenet. If you ever saw the WORLD AT WAR episode dealing with the fall of France, this song was used as a backdrop to different artillery pieces being fired.

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/23/2007 7:21:08 PM

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I like Russian war songs,Po dolinam i vasgorjam(thru wallies and fields)
Especially i like their anthem,i think it is write in 1944 by Alexandrov

Germans fear these songs much

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/24/2007 12:44:31 AM

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A favorite with the Tommies, "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" sung to the tune of "The Colonel Bogey March" :-

"Hitler has only got one ball,
G�ring has two but very small,
Himmler is somewhat sim'lar,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all. "

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/24/2007 2:12:40 AM

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A favorite with the Tommies, "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" sung to the tune of "The Colonel Bogey March" :-

"Hitler has only got one ball,
G�ring has two but very small,
Himmler is somewhat sim'lar,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all. "

Correct me where wrong, but I've always thought that the lyrics above 'were' those of the Colonel Bogey March!?!

Evidently, I'm as full of crap as a Christmas goose!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball

While Wiki has a few problems concening accuracy (anyone can post, eh?) it's a good place to start research, LOL!

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/24/2007 2:26:28 AM

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Im afraid you are wrong old chap, the orignal march had no lyrics at all. Quote from Wikipedia:-

"The "Colonel Bogey March" is one of the most popular marches ever published. It was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881-1945), a military bandmaster who was Director of Music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth. Since at that time Service personnel were not encouraged to have professional lives outside the armed forces, Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth Alford.

Supposedly, the tune was inspired by a military man and golfer who whistled a characteristic two-note phrase (a descending minor third interval) instead of shouting "Fore!". It is this phrase that begins each line of the melody. Bogey is golfing term meaning "one over par".

The sheet music was a million-seller and the march was recorded many times. "Colonel Bogey" is the authorized march of The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) of the Canadian Forces.

Many humorous or satirical verses have been sung to this tune, most of them vulgar. The best known, which originated in England at the outset of World War II goes by the title "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball". A later parody, sung by schoolchildren in the United States, is called "Comet", and deals with the effects of consuming a popular brand of household cleanser."

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RE: Best Song of WW II - 2/27/2007 5:14:04 PM

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some candidates other that Lilli Marlene

George Formby "Hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line"
or
Vera Lynn with "{There'll Be Bluebirds Over} The White Cliffs of Dover"

my choice would be Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again", the sentimental song that must have got servicemen more "action" than any other.