[Old Reliable]

girlfriends are ghey

taps is played with a trumpet

what's last post

[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

The Last Post is one of a number of bugle calls in military tradition which mark the phases of the day. Where "Reveille" signaled the start of a soldier's day, the "Last Post" signaled its end. It is believed originally to have been part of a more elaborate routine, known in the British Army as "tattoo", that had its origins in the 17th century. During the evening, a duty officer had to do the rounds of his unit's position, checking that the sentry posts were manned and rounding up the off-duty soldiers and packing them off to their beds or billets. He would be accompanied by one or more musicians. The "first post" was sounded when the duty officer started his rounds and, as the party proceeded from post to post, a drum was played. The drum beats told off-duty soldiers it was time to rest - if the soldiers were billeted in a town, the beats told them it was time to quit the pubs. "Tattoo" is a derivation of doe den tap toe, Dutch for "turn off the taps", a call which is said to have followed the drum beats in many a Dutch pub while English armies were campaigning through Holland and Flanders in the 1690s. (It is also from this routine that American practice of "taps" or "drum taps" originated.) Another bugle call was sounded when the party completed their rounds, when they reached the "last post": this signaled the night sentries were alert at their posts and gave one last warning to any soldiers still at large that it was time to retire for the evening. "Last Post" was incorporated into funeral and memorial services as a final farewell and symbolises that the duty of the dead is over and that they can rest in peace.




THE WORDS TO THE LAST POST

Come home! Come home! The last post is sounding
for you to hear. All good soldiers know very well there
is nothing to fear while they do what is right, and forget
all the worries they have met in their duties through the
year. A soldier cannot always be great, but he can be a
gentleman and he can be a right good pal to his comrades in
his squad. So all you soldiers listen to this – Deal fair by all
and you’ll never be amiss.


Be Brave! Be Just! Be Honest and True Men!

This was taken from the Australian Army website so I guess the Last Post is played in the Commonwealth countries too.
http://www.defence.gov.au/army/traditio ... stPost.htm


There's also a version played in the morning/finish of minutes silence and after last post called the Rouse or Reveille.
http://www.defence.gov.au/army/traditio ... rRouse.htm


There's also some stuff on where the two minutes silence originated from;

http://www.defence.gov.au/army/traditio ... ilence.htm

It's memorial day in Britain soon and I have to go to Cathederal in my uniform, sometimes it gets very moving and it's hard to keep that stiff upper lip
hake:

[Tripper]

I hear that Bunny.....When they play that at the dawn parade, you can hear sobbing from every direction.....It's quite an emotional moment.

[Zap. USMC]

Amazing grace played on bagpipes gets me goin' at a funeral.

[.Castro.]

The Rza - Domestic Violence ed:

[Judas]

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[Milla]

Reveille scared the shit out of me on the cruicible. I never heard it played at bootcamp until the crucible. i was sound a sleep only to be blasted by reveille on a loud speaker, i jumped up, threw my boots on and grabbed my rifle lol, scared me shitless.

It sucked because when we slept we had to wrap the sling around our legs to make sure no one takes it from you at night.

[Godsmack]

Cry me a river by just timberwigger

[Tripper]

Originally Posted by GODSMACK

Cry me a river by just timberwigger

Poor Righteous Teachers - Get Off The Crack.

[mr.miyagi]

Most of these replies are pretty much either Rock or War hymns, etc kind of macho type replies which is what I should expect being in an alliedassault forum.. now c'mon trippA, there ain't a fookin hip hop track that makes j00 cry, sorry but you'll have to prove me wrong with that'un.

There really is so many but off the top of my head:

Air - New Star in the Sky (Chanson Pour Solal)

Boards Of Canada - Music Is Math

Air - How Does This Make You Feel

The soundtrack to Edward Scissorhands

Marvin Gaye stuff, some Smashing Pumpkins, some U2

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia, Secret Garden

Radiohead stuff can tear jerk, like if you're feeling like utter shit coz your girlfriend just dumped you and you put on 'Creep' then the mascara might run

..and quite a few Beatles tracks too I'd 'imagine' (no pun intended, well, actually yea it was..)

[MrLevinstein]

The movie of Philadephia almost made me cry, very emotional movie.

Another song that makes me think

"I died for you"-Iced Earth

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

[quote="Dr. Deleto":ea9a9]

Originally Posted by Tystnad

Hm, while talking about DKM..
Add "Forever", performed live on St. Patty's..

How could I forget this one. This song is worse than Amazing Grace, since me and my girl saw them live and when they played this she put her head on my shoulder and looked into my eyes for the whole song. Goddamn.

Anyone see why I miss her so much yet?[/quote:ea9a9]you need help.... oOo: or a hooker..

[Eight Ace]

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" I dunno why, but that song..it...I.. *sob* ..sorry, I can't do this... cry:

[Tripper]

[quote="mr.miyagi":cca58]now c'mon trippA, there ain't a fookin hip hop track that makes j00 cry, sorry but you'll have to prove me wrong with that'un.
[/quote:cca58]

Is das a question or zee statement?