Gramophone GWX 2.0

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Graf Paper

[apologies if I misquoted the first line. I suffer from CRS. ]

It's a long way to Tiperary, it's a long way to go!
It's a long way to Tiperary, to the sweetest girl I know.
Goodbye Picadilly, farewell Leicester Square;
It's a long, long way to Tiperary, and my heart's right there!

[Chisum]

Thanks to answer Jimbuna.
I thing now that the problem must be probably linked to the graphic card.
It's a new but since I have it I have only trouble everywhere.
It's a "Radeon X1950 pro" but I really don't know what is "pro" in this graphic card...

Damned, 170 $ it's to sad.

[Chisum]

Originally Posted by moscowexile

I should think that hearing Vera Lynn warbling away "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again" whilst on U-Boot patrol would destroy the "total immersion" factor somewhat; likewise the playing of swing and jazz would have been "streng verboten", I should think, in the Kriegsmarine. The same goes as regards listening to Marlene Dietrich's songs: she had defected to the USA by the time WWII kicked off in Europe and was considered as a traitor by the Nazis after she had done the voice overs for Hollywood produced propaganda films against the Third Reich.

I am not expressing any fascist sympathies here, just thinking of historical accuracy.

It's not the question, but sincerly, I don't believe that U-boot crew listened "Horst Vessel lied" 24h per day.
Personnaly I can't do it and I prefer something more sweet but made in 40'/45'.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by moscowexile

I should think that hearing Vera Lynn warbling away "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again" whilst on U-Boot patrol would destroy the "total immersion" factor somewhat; likewise the playing of swing and jazz would have been "streng verboten", I should think, in the Kriegsmarine. The same goes as regards listening to Marlene Dietrich's songs: she had defected to the USA by the time WWII kicked off in Europe and was considered as a traitor by the Nazis after she had done the voice overs for Hollywood produced propaganda films against the Third Reich.

I am not expressing any fascist sympathies here, just thinking of historical accuracy.

Hi!

Our research indicated that jazz music was really unpopular with the Nazi heirarchy, but that it was popular with the U-boat crews, who were given something of a dispensation (and a lot of protection from the Gestapo and political education officers) by Dönitz. In the end, it seems that the individual U-boat commanders had great discretion in this area; for example, Werner Henke reportedly had a large collection of Cole Porter records, while Wolfgang Lüth forbade U.S. or British tunes on board.

We cut Ms. Dietrich the same kind of slack, on the assumption that recordings forbidden in Germany could have made their way to France, where U-boat officers could have purchased them between voyages if they chose to do so.

Pablo

[moscowexile]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Some good points.......but who can honestly say what Kaleuns carried in their personal record collections.
Is it too far fetched to imagine some Germans listened to British and American radio broadcasts just as some British listened to German radio broadcasts.
I don't believe there were many Nazis in the Kriegsmarine (certainly less than in the other areas of the German forces) so I like to think some British music would have been listened to.

I tend to agree with you there as regards the difference between what was forbidden and what actually happened in reality, especially in combat situations.

On the Eastern Front captured members of the SS and Waffen-SS were shot mostly on sight and their activities and possessions minutely analysed by the NKVD. I have seen archives here (Russia) where the NKVD has reported the SS and Wehrmacht troops as possessing US jazz and swing records that must have been brought from Western Europe into the Soviet Union; the NKVD considered such possessions as evidence of disaffection with the German fascist regime as the Nazis classed jazz as "entartete Musik" (degenerate music), as did Stalin and his party faithful: "Socialist Realism" was the name of the game back in the USSR of the 1930s and '40s.

For this reason I include a few "swing" records in my on board gramophone collection.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!

Just love Glenn Miller!

PS

Even as a lad the lyrics of "Lili Marlene" always puzzled me: who was singing to whom?

A woman vocalist sings: "Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate, darling I remember the way you used to wait...".

The person that waited by the gate was Lili, surely, and not a pining soldier, because it was there that singer states that the person at the gate would whisper tenderly that she would be "my Lili of the Lamplight, my Lili Marlene".

So why does a woman sing the lyrics? Surely a woman should sing words that would run something like: "Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate, darling I remember the way I used to wait..." where "I would whisper tenderly that I would be your Lili of the Lamplight, your Lili Marlene"?

Just wondering, like.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Chisum

Thanks to answer Jimbuna.
I thing now that the problem must be probably linked to the graphic card.
It's a new but since I have it I have only trouble everywhere.
It's a "Radeon X1950 pro" but I really don't know what is "pro" in this graphic card...

Damned, 170 $ it's to sad.

Hope you get it sorted mate

[Tool]

Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

You'd be surprised what we listen to onboard U-98. I put a few classical numbers in to my gramophone file to help pass the long patrol hours. Nothing too out of character. I nearly jumped out of my chair afew weeks ago when all of a sudden 'Bombtrack' by Rage against the Machine came out of the speakers. A little present from my brother the git.

I switched out all the original tracks for an entire 6 CD boxset from Iron Maiden.. Yea.. maybe not period correct but when they break into 13 minutes of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Where Eagles Dare", or "Trooper", it pretty much sets the mood just right for me.

Tool.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Tool

I switched out all the original tracks for an entire 6 CD boxset from Iron Maiden.. Yea.. maybe not period correct but when they break into 13 minutes of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Where Eagles Dare", or "Trooper", it pretty much sets the mood just right for me.

Tool.

Whatever floats your boat.....as the saying goes

[Chisum]

Hey man, you who likes WW2 musics, I just remember a super website than I used 2 years ago.

It's a RAF website(662 sqd) and it gives you many WW2 music witch you can listen directly on the site.
But, as I have done myself, you can recording all with the windows recorder(or other if you have) and after, just paste the file in the gramophone.

There is the link:

http://www.raf662.com/modules.php?na...howpage&pid=10

Enjoy !

[Jimbuna]

It's a site I've use from time to time.....good one

[Chisum]

I have finally found the song I liked in your files Jimbuna.
But it's named only "639.ogg" and I don't know tittle and artist who sings it.
Can you tell me that please ?

Regards.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Chisum

I have finally found the song I liked in your files Jimbuna.
But it's named only "639.ogg" and I don't know tittle and artist who sings it.
Can you tell me that please ?

Regards.

Sure....zip it up and PM me a link (FileFront or something similar)

[Chisum]

There is the link Jimbuna:

http://files.filefront.com/Gramo+SH3.../fileinfo.html

And thanks again.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Chisum

There is the link Jimbuna:

http://files.filefront.com/Gramo+SH3.../fileinfo.html

And thanks again.

Blues in the Night.......Dinah Shore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_in_the_Night

[Chisum]

Thank you very much !

Great song I like listen on the moonlight when surfaced for battery.


Edit:
wowowo !!!