Martial Mix CD: Songs for our fightin' troops

Written by Al Barger
Published November 26, 2002
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"Der Fuhrer's Face" by Spike Jones - This gives a little shot of something different in the mix. While still a good movement to buoy the fighting spirits, this WWII novelty classic brings in a little historical perspective, and a classic model for properly disrespecting a tyrant.

"The Payback" by James Brown - This long, slinky, dirty precision funk just carries out that long slow inevitability of getting what you got to have done to ya.

"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett - We might have to send this classic blast of defiance back to the "good folks" at the UN who seem to think we need their permission to defend ourselves. Plus, it occurred to me while watching her pointedly throwing off a burqa at a USO show that this chick is a good personification of what we're fighting for. Joan Jett IS the all-American girl.

"They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore" by Kinky Friedman - The redneckest damned Jewboy in all of Texas lays down the law in this perfect country barroom singalong. This would be a good thing for our boys to listen to while they're having a couple of drinks in the bar the night before a big mission. "No, we don't turn the other cheek the way we done before."

"Bad" by Michael Jackson - Granted, the guy's gone off his beam in the last ten years. Nonetheless, he's made some of the best records in the history of recorded pop music, and you can't take that away from him. This one lays down the law harder than any funk other than by James Brown Himself. "You're doing wrong. Gonna lock you up, before too long." With the syncopated lock steps of the rhythm and unrepenting washes of organ, this ain't a threat- it's a promise.
Show your stuff, or let it be
I'm telling you, just watch your mouth
I know your game, what you're about

"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" by Toby Keith - Alan Jackson's "Where Were You" is actually a pretty good song and a nice meditation, but it ain't cuttin' it when you're psyching up to kick some ass. This'll do the trick.

"Unchained" by Van Halen - It just seems like our fightin' soldiers need a little bit of classic churning Eddie Van Halen guitar while they're hitting the beaches with a little message for Mr. Hussein after many years of his foolishness. "Change- ain't nothing stays the same. Unchained, and you hit the ground running."

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Martial Mix CD: Songs for our fightin' troops
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#1 — November 26, 2002 @ 20:57PM — Eric Olsen

That's some serious doing what needs to be done music, Al. Thanks.

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