Help identifying a piece of marching music.

Jimbuna · 05-08-18, 11:08 AM

Back in the day when I undertook initial training for Northumbria Police at RAF Dishforth our parade ground training and passing out parade was accompanied by the music at the very beginning of this clip:

Can any of you knowledgeable folk identify what it is please?

TIA

Aktungbby · 05-08-18, 01:11 PM

ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO MARCH?

Jimbuna · 05-09-18, 06:02 AM

Did you actually listebn to the first minute of the link I posted?

Jimbuna · 05-09-18, 06:39 AM

BINGO! Just received this message from another forum

Quote:

Jimbuna - the piece is “A Great Little Army” by Kenneth Alford. Also known as the Canadian Army March. HTH.

Aktungbby · 05-09-18, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Did you actually listebn to the first minute of the link I posted?

WELL I'M TONE DEAF

AND THEN THERE'S ALL THOSE QUICK MARCHES AND SLOW MARCHES....

August · 05-09-18, 09:54 AM

All you really need to remember about marching are these two cadence calls:

Slow march (American quick time)
Left,... Left,... Left, Right, Left
My eyes are bright
My skin is tight
My nuts are swinging
from left to right.
Left,... Left,... Left, Right, Left

Quick march (American double time)
Two old ladies lying in the bed
One rolls over to the other and said
I wanna be an Airborne Ranger
and live a life of sex and danger.

Eisenwurst · 05-09-18, 05:42 PM

I had a good job

for 25 bob

I kicked the manager

in the gob

left, left, left right left.

Iceman · 05-11-18, 08:51 AM

Those marches are funny as hell lol...sorry I never served in the military my one great regret in life now I'm to old and to fat to fly.

Aktungbby · 05-11-18, 09:04 AM

hey hey hey hey
whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa
hey,hey,hey,hey
air force all the way
standing tall looking good
i oughta be in hollywood
standing tall looking good
oughta be in hollywood
mama mama cant you see
what the air force done to me
mama mama cant you see
what the efforts gonna make

Rockstar · 05-11-18, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

WELL I'M TONE DEAF

AND THEN THERE'S ALL THOSE QUICK MARCHES AND SLOW MARCHES....

Dont feel too bad. I listened to both and thought ah ha Aktungbby found it! What the hell do I know?

05-08-18, 11:08 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Help identifying a piece of marching music. Back in the day when I undertook initial training for Northumbria Police at RAF Dishforth our parade ground training and passing out parade was accompanied by the music at the very beginning of this clip: Can any of you knowledgeable folk identify what it is please? TIA __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-08-18, 01:11 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,983 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO MARCH? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-09-18, 06:02 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Did you actually listebn to the first minute of the link I posted? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-09-18, 09:54 AM	#6
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	All you really need to remember about marching are these two cadence calls: Slow march (American quick time) Left,... Left,... Left, Right, Left My eyes are bright My skin is tight My nuts are swinging from left to right. Left,... Left,... Left, Right, Left Quick march (American double time) Two old ladies lying in the bed One rolls over to the other and said I wanna be an Airborne Ranger and live a life of sex and danger. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

05-09-18, 05:42 PM	#7
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,748 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	One from Down Under. I had a good job for 25 bob I kicked the manager in the gob left, left, left right left. __________________

05-11-18, 08:51 AM	#8
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Those marches are funny as hell lol...sorry I never served in the military my one great regret in life now I'm to old and to fat to fly.

05-11-18, 09:04 AM	#9
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,983 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	hey hey hey hey whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa hey,hey,hey,hey air force all the way standing tall looking good i oughta be in hollywood standing tall looking good oughta be in hollywood mama mama cant you see what the air force done to me mama mama cant you see what the efforts gonna make __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!