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13 Comments on “The Stars and Stripes Forever: Bedros Papazian, The Parade Brass & Symphony Orchestra”
Damned TV commercials, whenever I hear this patriotic march I have to think of detergents 🙁
Only the Muppets can cure my ad-infected brain now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeIxtI–uc
The first time I heard this as a big band march thing, it was at boot camp in TX. I always thought it was about things living in the swamp, like the lyrics above. When someone told me it was originally written to be a real marching song and then asked where I had spent my whole life. LOL Yes, I was a New England red neck and grew out in the outback of Massachusetts. LOL
Carl,
Every year the next town over had a huge July 4th parade and bands often played this so I knew it early on then I saw a movie about Sousa and his marches. This is my favorite though I also like The Washington Post March.
June 14, 2014 at 12:23 pm
https://app.box.com/s/b4kwtkuphyvubq6t0het
June 14, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Oh garsh, this tune makes me want to stand up,look out that thar window and see whos coming
June 14, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Bubba,
It is a stiring song!!
June 14, 2014 at 12:54 pm
stirred me right out of my chair yeppers….. I thought POTUS was here
June 14, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Bubba,
Has the parade gone by you yet?
June 14, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Damned TV commercials, whenever I hear this patriotic march I have to think of detergents 🙁
Only the Muppets can cure my ad-infected brain now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeIxtI–uc
June 14, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Birgit,
It isn’t ever a commercial here so I got to admire The Muppets just for who they not, not as a diversion. Thanks!
June 14, 2014 at 6:03 pm
An alternate:
Cheers
June 14, 2014 at 6:10 pm
minicapt,
I haven’t ever heard this one before. It seems that Mr. Sousa didn’t realize how adaptable his music would be.
June 14, 2014 at 6:06 pm
The words:
Be kind to your web-footed friends
For that duck may be somebody’s mother,
She lives in a nest in a swamp
Where the weather is always damp.
You may think that this is the end,
Well it is, but to prove we’re all liars,
We’re going to sing it again,
Only this time we’ll sing a little higher.
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/bekindmp3.htm
Cheers
June 14, 2014 at 6:11 pm
minicapt,
I had totally forgotten this song. We used to sing it at camp when I was a brownie and girl scout.
June 15, 2014 at 12:42 am
The first time I heard this as a big band march thing, it was at boot camp in TX. I always thought it was about things living in the swamp, like the lyrics above. When someone told me it was originally written to be a real marching song and then asked where I had spent my whole life. LOL Yes, I was a New England red neck and grew out in the outback of Massachusetts. LOL
Carl
June 15, 2014 at 9:51 am
Carl,
Every year the next town over had a huge July 4th parade and bands often played this so I knew it early on then I saw a movie about Sousa and his marches. This is my favorite though I also like The Washington Post March.