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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 5:03:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 5:12:08 GMT
If you can't be proud of these guys, why are you English?
Notice that I do not use the "British Word".
As an aside I am actually a Welshman!
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 20, 2019 7:00:02 GMT
If you can't be proud of these guys, why are you English? Notice that I do not use the "British Word". As an aside I am actually a Welshman! We all have our faults 😉 |
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 20, 2019 7:15:59 GMT
Are they the $#!ty sticks they’re holding, is that why they keep sniffing them!?! |
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Post by Northy on Mar 20, 2019 8:08:53 GMT
Are they the $#!ty sticks they’re holding, is that why they keep sniffing them!?! I used to play the snare drum like that, just thought that Nicola Kidman had played with the sticks the night before  |
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Post by Northy on Mar 20, 2019 8:11:50 GMT
If you can't be proud of these guys, why are you English? Notice that I do not use the "British Word". As an aside I am actually a Welshman! It should be British, there are taffs, jocks and paddy's in as well  |
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Post by Northy on Mar 20, 2019 8:15:06 GMT
Nice to see they finish with Rule Britannia. Britain shall never be slaves (to the German led EU)  |
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Post by yeokel on Mar 20, 2019 8:21:19 GMT
With all those formations they could make I was expecting them to round the show off with a performance of ‘10 German bombers’ but, alas, it never appeared.
*Bad taste I know, but it amused me for a moment.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Mar 20, 2019 11:20:41 GMT
When they perform ‘A life on the ocean waves’ and ‘Sailing’ even I can get a bit misty eyed about my time in the Mob.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 20, 2019 11:34:00 GMT
When they perform ‘A life on the ocean waves’ and ‘Sailing’ even I can get a bit misty eyed about my time in the Mob. I just think back to the days of Jo's DP, asking bootnecks wearing their green RM t-shirts what instrument they play  They loved it... |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Mar 20, 2019 11:38:44 GMT
When they perform ‘A life on the ocean waves’ and ‘Sailing’ even I can get a bit misty eyed about my time in the Mob. I just think back to the days of Jo's DP, asking bootnecks wearing their green RM t-shirts what instrument they play They loved it... I was lucky enough to work with the Booties in Commando Helicopter Force, a nicer, funnier, more affable set of guys you could wish to meet. However, you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of the Green Death for any reason. |
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Post by elystokie on Mar 20, 2019 11:42:03 GMT
I just think back to the days of Jo's DP, asking bootnecks wearing their green RM t-shirts what instrument they play They loved it... I was lucky enough to work with the Booties in Commando Helicopter Force, a nicer, funnier, more affable set of guys you could wish to meet. However, you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of the Green Death for any reason. We had a few on the ships, good lads most of em, just didn't like the posers |
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Post by DunnetHeadMoonraker on Mar 20, 2019 12:54:15 GMT
Why should our armed services be used to provide ' entertainment ' ? I suspect that all the instruments and gold braided uniforms together with the travel and subsistence are rather costly. I would rather our taxpayers money be spent on giving our armed services men and women better pay , more training and better equipment so that they can do their job properly.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 20, 2019 13:04:39 GMT
If you can't be proud of these guys, why are you English? Notice that I do not use the "British Word". As an aside I am actually a Welshman! But you are British. Great Britain is the collective name of England, Wales and Scotland. |
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Post by elystokie on Mar 20, 2019 13:32:00 GMT
Why should our armed services be used to provide ' entertainment ' ? I suspect that all the instruments and gold braided uniforms together with the travel and subsistence are rather costly. I would rather our taxpayers money be spent on giving our armed services men and women better pay , more training and better equipment so that they can do their job properly. Fair point, but it's very good PR and I doubt the sums involved would have much of a dramatic effect were they to be diverted to pay, equipment etc. |
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Post by yeokel on Mar 20, 2019 13:39:45 GMT
Why should our armed services be used to provide ' entertainment ' ? I suspect that all the instruments and gold braided uniforms together with the travel and subsistence are rather costly. I would rather our taxpayers money be spent on giving our armed services men and women better pay , more training and better equipment so that they can do their job properly. You could say the same about the Red Arrows. But I think the prestige our display teams give to our armed forces and our country (whether they be bands, paratroopers, helecopters, jets or whatever) are well worth the money. Particularly in these times when even organising a piss-up in a brewery might seem to be beyond us or our government. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 2:34:00 GMT
I just like the expressionless stone face of them all. They are just musicians at the end of the day - but their expressions say -"Don't mix it with me!" I actually have mixed with them a lot - my advice would always be to not try it, these guys are tough buggers.
During the 1960s in HK all of the personnel of US navy ships were given a card before they went ashore. Amongst other things it read "Do not mix it with the Brits - they are tougher than you". Fact - I have seen that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 2:48:05 GMT
It took a hell of a long time to get those stiff necked Krouts to start clapping?
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 21, 2019 6:56:37 GMT
I just think back to the days of Jo's DP, asking bootnecks wearing their green RM t-shirts what instrument they play They loved it... I was lucky enough to work with the Booties in Commando Helicopter Force, a nicer, funnier, more affable set of guys you could wish to meet. However, you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of the Green Death for any reason. Latent homosexuals the lot of’em 😉 When I lived in the ‘Mouth, they loved nothing more than getting their kit off in public for any reason |
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 21, 2019 18:52:51 GMT
I just like the expressionless stone face of them all. They are just musicians at the end of the day - but their expressions say -"Don't mix it with me!" I actually have mixed with them a lot - my advice would always be to not try it, these guys are tough buggers. During the 1960s in HK all of the personnel of US navy ships were given a card before they went ashore. Amongst other things it read "Do not mix it with the Brits - they are tougher than you". Fact - I have seen that.  |
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 21, 2019 18:55:50 GMT
And now………… a brief glimpse over the pond. This display is on an American Football field, with loads of room - just as well, because there's a lot of them - they're called 'the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band' (helluva name……) and obviously I'm not going to even bother saying that there's no comparison whatsoever between them and our military guys. Oh. Well, okay, then. Most of all, you'll be delighted to know that everyone's favourite marching band tune, 'Have you ever caught your g**lies in a rat trap?' starts at approx 3 mins 15 seconds. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 4:35:55 GMT
USA so called "marching bands" cannot hold a guttering candle to our Royal Marines.
I have had the unfortunate experience of being with a few of them. No Style. No Class. No Guts. No musicality .....
They are just a parody of that country that promises them equal opportunity! They even haven't worked out the lie of that yet!
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Post by Billybigbollox on Mar 31, 2019 14:12:27 GMT
Great aren’t they?
They used to be based at Deal until Corbyn’s mates blew them up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 23:11:14 GMT
I have no disrespect at all for John Philip Sousa - he wrote some fantastic marches, and no British band will ever ignore them. Liberty Bell is one that I will never tire of playing.
However the American desire for size and volume, over quality, really does distinguish them as a classless society.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 2:42:58 GMT
Why should our armed services be used to provide ' entertainment ' ? I suspect that all the instruments and gold braided uniforms together with the travel and subsistence are rather costly. I would rather our taxpayers money be spent on giving our armed services men and women better pay , more training and better equipment so that they can do their job properly. Oh Dear.
This isn't about "entertainment" at all. It is about showing the world that this regiment is the best in the world. Do not fuck with us!
There are many other regiments that would love to perform and also say - do not fuck with us!
That is what our military forces are about! Yes they do love their drill and gold braid - but when the mud hits the blood, they perform.
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DunnetHeadMoonraker - when did you last come under fire, or fire a shot in anger
Do you actually believe that these musicians just sit on their fucking arses waiting for their next concerts?
I have been to too many concerts from military bands to know that these people do not do that . They do actually go into the "theatre" of war.
What a nice word "theatre".
Most of them are combat soldiers. Others in the band, under fire, bring their brothers back to the operating theater.
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