__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004
Wow, Med, there's one I haven't heard in ages! I recently heard Looking Glass- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl). That took me back, but Georgie Girl goes back even further!
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Ah, if you think that's annoyingly catchy - I can go one better with this, played as the signature tune to the hugely popular BBC radio request show, throughout the worst of the Blitz and past the end of the war and on into the 50's.
Known by practically everyone in Britain, even to this day.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Heh heh heh - your 'Rock Legend' cred vanishes in a flash!
Nothing for it now but reach for that trusty pipe and slippers now!
I think there's an irony in that my dad literally can't stand listening to them - but isn't bothered by Laibach or Aphex Twin one little bit - how times have changed!
The homefront ones aren't bad. But then, I haven't heard them regularly all of my life either. The Worker's Playtime is a plucky little ditty. Here is one for you, theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra. My dad had the whole album years ago and I loved it.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
I am actually a huge fan of the old spaghetti westerns. I own the box set of Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns. It has The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. I love all of them. I know there are others, but those are the real well-known ones.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.