I'm trying to find the name of (I think) an American military tune; again, I have no idea where it originates, but I heard it countless times, so the 'Rack's the best place to inquire, since there's no Googlable resolution.
The film Die Hard With A Vengeance (№ 3) has that tune in the soundtrack both when Fort Knox's vaults are being emptied, and at the closing credits.
What's the tune there from?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Can you hum it for us? Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
Yes, but you won't hear.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is probably the one you're thinking of.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Yeah, Enigmatic has it right. It's not on the soundtrack album, though. I just checked on Amazon.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Also, to be picky, Fort Knox is not in Die Hard 3.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
When good little Johnny's marching home He's drunk, He's drunk, When good little Johnny's marching home He's drunk, He's drunk, When good little Johnny's marching home, His peripatetic feet 'round will roam, I swear to God - I know him not, When Johnny faints - Hallelujah!
How're my lyrics (that "fit" the tune)?
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
quote: Also, to be picky, Fort Knox is not in Die Hard 3.
So which one was it where Fort Knox's vault was robbed by the Autrian/German blondie?
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
You are thinking of Die Hard 3, but they were in New York, and they stole the gold from a bank vault in New York. As I recall, the bad guy says the phrase, "Not for all the gold in your Fort Knox," and that is what triggers Bruce Willis to make the gold connection. Fort Knox is mentioned, but it is not what is robbed.
--ApostleRadio
For clarification, in case you did not know this halo, Fort Knox is in Kentucky. The movie takes place in New York.
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
My father used to sing the Irish version, of course...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My dad has a book with popular songs of the 1890's, and it contains a copy of the original sheet music for that song.
So that's the version we sang.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Isn't that "The Ants Go Marching" as sung by my children? Or is that a different tune?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Same tune, but sounds slightly different because of the number of syllables.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I've got a song that I can't manage to Google either, and the quality isn't the best. Dad put it on an old reel-to-reel tape back before I was born. He recently got someone to copy the entire reel to a CD so he could recreate "Supertape". And this is the only track we can't figure out.
We call it Rock and Roll Lament for lack of anything better, but that's definitely not the real name. It's a slow bluesy piano piece with a male singer (who by some people has been tentatively identified as Ray Charles, but we can't find a hit searching his songlist either)
The first verse of the song (best as I can get out of this really badly muffled MP3) I have given up the (airway?) I am tired of the sea (scene?) And the things I used to love Dont mean a thing to me
I could keep going but for the sake of copyright issues won't. I will happily email the MP3 to anyone who thinks they can possibly help me out, though, or upload it to my website if someone can tell me how to make it playable directly fron the site.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Send it along to me, Goody. If I can't figure anything out, I'll send it to my dad, who will probably know.
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