I once met a former E-boat sailor (he was the guest of honour at a reunion of my father's MTB flotilla), and he said that his crew chose 'In The Mood' as the unofficial signature tune of their boat. Of course they had to play it very quietly when they were in port!

I swear if I hear Stern Von Rio one more time I shall order my crew to place it into a torpedo tube and blast it into the sea. :x

I like to play the Tipperary song, my watch crew start smiling to that one I wonder why. ;) :D

If someone is interested in WW2 music for theyr crew http://militarymusiconline.com/german.htm my crew favorit is Lili Marlene they go all nuts:lol: <Edit: Please don´t ask for illegal downloads - Gizzmoe>

Das Boot Theme
 

Sehr Geehrt Kameraden!

<Edit: Please don´t ask for illegal downloads - Gizzmoe>

Thanks for that link to the German military music "catar M"! I have been dying to dump the 1940's popular songs from the gramaphone and this thread not only showed me how, but where to get some new stuff!

I know, the guys in the boats liked the US popular music of the period, but I don't, albeit the outcast that I am.

Wouldn't mind a link to more Wagner in mp3 format if anyone knows of one.

My crews favorite music isnt music, its XM satalite radio... specificly Sonic Theater :lol: AKA I dont turn on the ingame music and turn on my real life radio :p

We watch something called TV.
I watch the comedy/history channel.The history of alien contact every tuesday lol

I removed almost all the GW songs, but kept "It's a long way to tipperary", "Deutschland über Alles" and a few more.

Does the gramophone have any effect on crew morale or anything at all?

When sinking slowly, and can't repair i put on the gramaphone ' Under pressure ' by queen :p

My crew prefers American music, their favorite is from the InkSpots "If I didn't care" from 1938.

My gramophone plays Rammstein - crew loves it

My crew and mine favourite song is „Jestem pudel z Gwadelupy” (”I'm a poodle from Gwadelupa”) by a Polish band. But Russian traditional songs are also very popular, not mentioning Vladimir Vysotski or Bulat Okudzhava…

"J'attendrai" by Rina Ketty

My crew opts for upbeat jazz. "Juin" is a favorite. Some others are "Hallo Fraulein" and just about anyting from Edith Piaf, "The little sparrow". I was listening to "Mariandl", which is really catchy (you'll find yourself humming the tune out of game if you listen to it), but read somewhere that this song was sung by Petula Clark (of "Downtown" fame), so it's not WWII vintage. If anyone knows differently, please advise.

Oh, and by the way, in the "Ultimate Gramophone Pack - 150+ Tunes", "Under the Sea" is not sung by Frank Sinatra - that's Bobby Darin. ;)

"Durch deutsches Land marschieren wir”

I find myself humming it at work, and then I realize it's a friggin Schutzstaffel marching song. Kind of awkward! :rotfl:

Flight/Ride of the Valkyrie :rock:

Sorry if that has been answered already (i didn't read the entire thread), but the song is "Mein Onkel Eduard aus Bentschen" and it was the favourite song of Jost Metzler's crew of U-69. (Metzler, Jost: The laughing cow, 2004).
If you google for it you'll find an iPod download of thze song, I'm sure.

My crew's favorites are all Hans Albers songs (except for the "Flieger Lied" which they of course hate ;) ), all kind of shanties and, after passing the minefields before entering port, they insist on hearing Gustav Gruendgen's "Die Nacht ist nicht allein zum Schlafen da" four or five times in a row...

Cheers,
AndyW
currently U-792 König, 1st patrol 12/1943 [SH3 + GWX 1.0 @ 84% realism]
Total: 10 careers, 40th sailing, 856 days at sea, 544,474 tons sunk