Any Sad Military Music

Any at all?

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"Arlington" by Trace Adkins is about a soldier who is buried in Arlington Cemetery, and the POV he has from the afterlife — how proud he is to be buried in such a place.

edited 6th May '13 5:59:58 PM by Twentington

"Sen Yuu" an old japanese military standard is about a soldier whose friend dies in the Manchurian front line.

"Mama Look Sharp" from 1776

Der gute Kamerad ("The Good Comrade"). Still a standard part of military funerals in Germany.

Sabaton is also entirely about military, and it has some more depressing songs (A Lifetime At War, Gallipolli, e.t.c]

edited 20th May '13 7:59:51 PM by Gaon

I'm fond of the Russian song Katjusha, from WWII. It's got all kindsa saudade feels to it.

edited 27th May '13 10:31:41 PM by eagleoftheninth

"Somewhere There is a Mother" Marching Cadence

Some where there's a mother

She’s crying for her boy

He’s and Airborne Ranger

With his orders to deploy

Don’t you cry for him

He don’t need your sympathy

He’s an airborne ranger

That's the best that you can be

Some where there's a father

He’s crying for his son

Son’s an airborne ranger

With a war to be won

Don’t you cry for him

He don’t need you sympathy

He’s an airborne ranger

That's the best that you can be

Some where there’s a sister

She’s crying for her bro

Bro’s an airborne ranger

That's the only way to go

Don’t you cry for him

He don’t need your sympathy

He’s an airborne ranger

That's the best that you can be

Some where theres a daughter

Shes crying for her dad

Dad was an airborne ranger

Now he’s just a folded flag

Don’t you cry for him

He wouldn’t want your sympathy

He was an airborne ranger

That's the best that you could be

edited 4th Jun '13 6:40:47 AM by TairaMai

He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."

Black leather boots, spit-shined so bright.
They cut off my hair but it looked alright.
We marched and we sang, we all became friends,
As we learned how to fight.

A hero of war; yeah, that's what I'll be.
And when I come home, they'll be damn proud of me.
I'll carry this flag, to the grave if I must.
Because it's a flag that I love, and a flag that I trust.

I kicked in the door, I yelled my commands.
The children, they cried... but I got my man.
We took him away, a bag over his face,
From his family and his friends.

They took off his clothes, they pissed in his hands.
I told them to stop, but then I joined in.
We beat him with guns, and batons not just once.
But again and again...

A hero of war; yeah, that's what I'll be!
And when I come home, they'll be damn proud of me!!
I'll carry this flag, to the grave if I must.
Because it's a flag that I love.
And a flag that I trust.

She walked through bullets and haze, I asked her to stop.
I begged her to stay, but she pressed on.
So I lifted my gun...

And I fired away.

The shells jumped through the smoke, and into the sand
That the blood now had soaked, she collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow

A hero of war...
Is that what they see!?
Just medals and scars...
So damn proud of me!!!

And I brought home that flag,
Now it gathers dust!
But it's a flag that I love.
It's the only flag I trust...

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"

The entire Final Cut album covers a lot of the sorrow of soldiers post-War, among other things.

Have to revive this for "Leaving" by Fight or Flight. The lyrics paint a bleak picture of PTSD, and I can feel some genuine sadness/sympathy behind the guitar solo. Dan Donegan isn't the best keyboard-player in the world, but somehow the simplicity of the keys adds to the experience.

edited 2nd Aug '13 6:05:08 AM by Alucard

Maybe it's the way it was put to use in Breaker Morant, but "Soldiers of the Queen" always does it for me.