Elmar Bijlsma Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Hey, that 6th Panzergrenadier version isn't half bad. I prefer the German version anyway, more authentic since it was a German song originally. That or Prokofievs "Dance of the Knights", wich is suitably grandiose and the title alone captures so many apects of the North Africa campaign. The "chivalrous" nature of the campaign for instance. "D-Day dodgers" while nice enough is only suitable for Italy while the main theme seems to be North Africa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbfg Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Rock the Casbah - The Clash. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Originally posted by Firefly: Yup, something by Verdi or RossiniHow about Verdi's "Anvil Chorus"?--it's suitably martial in character... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Well I did like the 6th Panzergrenadiers but still think the original Lilli Marlene with Dietrich would be best. A good compromise might be a descent instrumental version. I spoke to my 83 year old uncle-in-law who was a fitter in NA and not only did he state several songs to include Lilli Marlene but also several American swing tunes. However he did say that the broadcast from Belgrade often caused artillery in both German and Brits camps to shut down (he said the italians didn't seem to like the song and would continue to bang along) - the British would reply to that by hitting them during their dinner time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke of Earl Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Originally posted by Rex Bellator: Gaaaak! That instrumental is terrible, sounds like my old Dad deciding to attack the family keyboard after half a sherry. I was thinking something along the lines of the 6th Panzergrenadier version here. Either that or a better instrumental version if there is one. Yeah... much better.. I'd vote for that version.. Cordialement, Duke of Earl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Snuffy Smith Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Why not have the WWII German military tune "Armor March".That would be cool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Do you have a link for that "armor march"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 I'd like to see- err, hear Lilli Marleen, too. It was our company's song back in '93/'94... "...wo sich die späten Nebel drehn'..." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". Just because. Or maybe something from Rimski-Korsakov's "Sherazade". [ April 07, 2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: Boo_Radley ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCrawler Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 An excellent piece for CM:AK would be 'O Fortuna' from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. Add some background battle noise to it and it would be awesome... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Probably I will get a lot of stick for this one, but I just had to add this one: Bagpipes. Now maybe it's the fact that I have Scotsmen polluting the family bloodline way back in the 1600s but this Dutchy finds them very stirring. And those Highlanders advancing through open desert with pipes in the lead is one of those imagines wich come to my mind when talking about warfare in North Africa. [ April 08, 2003, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Tweety ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Lili Marlene played on the pipes should be interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Originally posted by Tweety: Probably I will get a lot of stick for this one, but I just had to add this one: Bagpipes. Now maybe it's the fact that I have Scotsmen polluting the family bloodline way back in the 1600s but this Dutchy finds them very stirring. And those Highlanders advancing through open desert with pipes in the lead is one of those imagines wich come to my mind when talking about warfare in North Africa. I'd be interested in knowing how often that actually happened - in action, I mean. I've seen pictures of the Gordons coming into Tripoli, etc., but have only seen passing reference to it being done in action in North Africa, in Whiting's "PBI" and referring to Alamein. Officially, the playing of bagpipes in action was prohibited, as was the wearing of the kilt. Despite the prohibition, some units wore the kilt in France in 1940, and no doubt pipers plied their trade. I'd be grateful to any solid references about pipers in action. The Calgary Highlanders went up Hill 67 in Normandy behind their pipers, but that was the only time (it was their first battle, incidentally). As for Lili Marlene - I've heard of it being done on the pipes, but have never heard it myself. I can play Deutschland uber Alles on the Highland pipes. Got yelled at by the Pipe Sergeant one Rememberance Day for doing it, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Originally posted by Hans: Well I did like the 6th Panzergrenadiers but still think the original Lilli Marlene with Dietrich would be best. Dietrich didn't do the original Lilli - she covered it in both English and German. The original was a German poem from WW1 written by Hans Leip, a soldier, put to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938, and recorded by Lale Anderson in 1939. However nothing much happened to it until it was broadcast in 1941 to the DAK, and was quite popular with German soldiers in WW2 - it was their singing and humming it that caught the attention of hte British in the desert, even in German. American soldiers also apparently liked it in German but only when sung by the rather gorgeous German born Dietrich. Dietrich's version had been a surprise hit with the English and her English recording was apparently rather hurried. IMO it'd be nice if a copy of the original could be used rather than Dietrich's - it was hte DAK that MADE this song, and it was truly international in its appeal. Last Saturday it was featured on a local radio programme, which sparked my interest! [ April 09, 2003, 03:29 AM: Message edited by: Stalin's Organ ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Black_Devil Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Well - I've been listening to both the English and German versions of "Lili Marlene". I'm increasingly torn between which one might be "better" - or which one might be able to best capture the atmosphere. [ July 25, 2003, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: Little_Black_Devil ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Black_Devil Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Any news of this yet? I searched, but couldn't find anything. Applying my best Jedi mind trick; "Lille Marlene WILL be the theme music for CMAK" there....Did it work? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 The 6th Panzergrenadier's version of Lili Marlene gets my vote. Not only historical, but very stirring. I always enjoy tunes sung by the armed forces accompanied by military bands. (On a side note, can anyone direct me to a site that has similar samples from the French military? I heard one airborne company singing a song on Bastille Day and I will only recognize it as the one I am looking for if I hear it.) Thanks, -Brian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Malan Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I think that CMAK needs a stirring military quick march: how's about 'Heigh Ho' (from Snow White)? The British Army used it as a quick march (honest, it was the quick march for REME in the early 50's, because my Dad joined then, and he had to march to it!) {REME = Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Bolt Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" or Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" or better yet Pink Floyd "US and THEM". ...Generals sat as the line on the map moved from side to side.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Theme from Lawrence of Arabia would be good... as well as Megadeth's PEace Sells... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Soze 71 Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 No guys! The winner is Rammstein's "Feuer Frei" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbrus Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 While I like the Lili Marlene idea quite a bit I could see that being used for the victory screen music, i.e. Axis win you get to hear it in German, Allies win you get to hear it in English! For the intro music I would like to make the following suggestions; 1) 'Lawernce of Arabia. Yes, I know it is the wrong war but using that logic would have excluded Wagner from CMBB as well 2) Ethnic North African music, much to choose from here!!! 3) Carl Orff, Carmina Burana (1937). maybe overused but it has similar power to Wagner's Flight of the Valkyrie' in CMBB! -e 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Originally posted by Sailor Malan: I think that CMAK needs a stirring military quick march: how's about 'Heigh Ho' (from Snow White)? The British Army used it as a quick march (honest, it was the quick march for REME in the early 50's, because my Dad joined then, and he had to march to it!) {REME = Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) But REME itself didn't exist until after the war in North Africa was over...or at least the Canadian version, RCEME (Wreck Me!) was constituted as an official corps in February 1944. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 My vote is the the Main title music of the movie Battle of Britain. Monty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Black_Devil Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I believe that tune is called "Aces High" Monty. I really love that tune too - but for me its too "Luftwaffe-esque". What about that Italian tune they play at the begining of the movie "Stalingrad"? Bah! what à m I thinking - Lili Marlene!! Lili Marlene!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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