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That may be it. The Air Force hasn't been around for that long you know.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Hmm...so then what Air Force music is there then? Don't tell me it is limited to this page. After extensive Googling, I couldn't find anything past those. That's astonishing. There has to be more than that.
Apparently, there's a lot more out there that are ignored.In 1938, Liberty magazine sponsored a contest for a spirited, enduring musical composition to become the official Army Air Corps song. Of 757 scores submitted, Robert Crawford’s was selected by a committee of Air Force wives. The song (informally known as "The Air Force Song" but now formally titled "The U.S. Air Force") was officially introduced at the Cleveland Air Races on September 2, 1939. Fittingly, Crawford sang in its first public performance.
Yeah. 757 pieces were submitted. 756 of them didn't make it.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:No way. They said that in order to select the official Air Force anthem they had to go through 757 pieces.
Apparently, there's a lot more out there that are ignored.In 1938, Liberty magazine sponsored a contest for a spirited, enduring musical composition to become the official Army Air Corps song. Of 757 scores submitted, Robert Crawford’s was selected by a committee of Air Force wives. The song (informally known as "The Air Force Song" but now formally titled "The U.S. Air Force") was officially introduced at the Cleveland Air Races on September 2, 1939. Fittingly, Crawford sang in its first public performance.
Actually, I think it was just 757 songs created by scratch, so they weren't actual Air Force songs (ie, presently in use throughout the AF) so much as they were ideas people came up with about the Air Force when the contest or whatever was announced.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:The point is that they are all Air Force songs, aren't they? Just because 756 of them aren't the official Air Force anthem doesn't mean they aren't still Air Force songs.
I have never heard that part sung. And it's still not as bad as "hi hi hee in the field artillery"RogueIce wrote: Apparently, the Air Force Song actually says, "Zoom!" at one point.
"Anchors Aweigh" is still the best of the service songs. It involves drinking at one point.Wicked Pilot wrote:I have never heard that part sung. And it's still not as bad as "hi hi hee in the field artillery"RogueIce wrote: Apparently, the Air Force Song actually says, "Zoom!" at one point.
Air Force Song wrote:Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,
Off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
Additional verses:
Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder,
Sent it high into the blue;
Hands of men blasted the world asunder;
How they lived God only knew! (God only knew then!)
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings, ever to soar!
With scouts before And bombers galore. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
Bridge: "A Toast to the Host"
Here's a toast to the host
Of those who love the vastness of the sky,
To a friend we send a message of his brother men who fly.
We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of men we boast, the U.S. Air Force!
Zoom!
Off we go into the wild sky yonder,
Keep the wings level and true;
If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder
Keep the nose out of the blue! (Out of the blue, boy!)
Flying men, guarding the nation's border,
We'll be there, followed by more!
In echelon we carry on. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
The "Air Force Song" is filled with descriptions of mass destruction and the awesome firepower of the USAF while "Anchors Away" just gives dull and vague descriptions of sinking its enemies and fighting the Army (whatever army that may be).Anchors Away wrote:Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.
Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay.
Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam,
Until we meet once more:
Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.
Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;
We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh.
Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!
Stand Navy, down the field,
Sail set to the sky
We'll never change our course
So Army you steer shy-y-y-y
Roll up the score Navy
Anchors Aweigh
Sail, Navy, down the field,
And sink the Army, sink the Army gray.
Oops.RogueIce wrote:First of all, it's "Anchors Aweigh" you silly land lubber.
Yeah, the Navy hates all other military branches while there is no evidence of that in the "Air Force Song."Secondly, the whole Army thing is in reference to the good ol' Army/Navy game.
Football? Piss on football.Which means we also reference football in our song.
And how is a toast to the host not a reference to drinking? The USAF drinks to their brethren while the Navy drinks to the...foam??Besides, "Zoom!" brings the Air Force song down, a lot. Meanwhile we roll out TNT and drink to the foam while sinking bones down to Davy Jones in Anchors Aweigh.
No contest.
Let that be a lesson to ye.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Oops.RogueIce wrote:First of all, it's "Anchors Aweigh" you silly land lubber.
We hate them for the same reason SDNet hates stupid people.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Yeah, the Navy hates all other military branches while there is no evidence of that in the "Air Force Song."
Meh, it's a tradition thing. And the military loves tradition.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Football? Piss on football.
They drink to their host, aka the senior officer, thereby demonstrating that they're a bunch of elitist snobs. The Navy meanwhile drinks to the sea, or at least sailing upon it, the thing that unites us all.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:And how is a toast to the host not a reference to drinking? The USAF drinks to their brethren while the Navy drinks to the...foam??
Yarrrggghhh...[drunken pirate mumbling]...Davy Jones' locker!RogueIce wrote:Let that be a lesson to ye.
Hmm....the Navy probably has much more power than the Army. Super carriers are quite a deadly force.We hate them for the same reason SDNet hates stupid people.
Because we're better than them.
Then it should be a traditional hatred of sports.Meh, it's a tradition thing. And the military loves tradition.
It says they, "drink to those who gave their all of old," so ha! The Navy drinks to the sea and to the act of sailing rather than to their own brethren! Damn, that's cold.They drink to their host, aka the senior officer, thereby demonstrating that they're a bunch of elitist snobs. The Navy meanwhile drinks to the sea, or at least sailing upon it, the thing that unites us all.