# Music for crusin' in a helicopter gunship? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742 "2003-05-22T04:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/41 "2003-05-24T01:32:37Z")
Cruuusin…on a Sunday afternoon… ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/42 "2003-05-24T01:53:12Z")
**Umbriel** has a good idea with show tunes, but I’d go farther back and change the mood a little: _Fascinatin’ Rhythm_, _Cheek to Cheek_, or maybe _Puttin’ on the Ritz_. For a more hard-driving sound, I’d go for bluegrass railway tunes, like _Orange Blossom Special_. (I like the Vassar Clements version on _Will the Circle be Unbroken_ with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/43 "2003-05-24T01:58:11Z")
“Don’t Fear the Reaper” - Blue Oyster Cult “Ace of Spades” - Motorhead “Paint it Black” - The Rolling Stones (at least I’ve heard that’s a good one :D) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/44 "2003-05-24T02:08:38Z")
I’ll suggest “simpathy for the devil” - Rolling Stones. Just like the scene in King’s “Dreamcatcher”. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/45 "2003-05-24T03:10:45Z")
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture. (You could supply your own cannon fire.) Ludvig van’s Fifth. Let It Bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/46 "2003-05-24T04:46:23Z")
Tonight’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” Bizarre timing to open this thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/47 "2003-05-24T05:56:53Z")
**Mars, Bringer of War** is a song for every occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/48 "2003-05-24T06:04:28Z")
_Carmena Burana_ Carl Orff _Vote With a Bullet_ Corrosion of Conformity _American Woman_ Butthole Surfers _If I Had a Rocket Launcher_ Bruce Cockburn _Sabotage_ Beasty Boys _The Battle_ Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/49 "2003-05-24T14:41:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thunder \* > \*\*Tonight’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” > > Bizarre timing to open this thread. > > 😃 \*\* Haha. I thought the same thing. I actually thought this thread was in response to the Conan bit. Does anyone know what song that was Conan played for the helicopter footage? FWIW, Flight of the Valkyries is my pick. Also, for those who did not see Conan last night, he recently visited the middle east on a USO tour, and showed footage from his trip. “Flight of the Valkyries” was the background music during his helicopter flight. He interrupted the bit, and said the FOTV was the usual helicopter music, and restarted the footage with some cheesy 60s(?) tune. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/50 "2003-05-25T12:51:09Z")
The Lexx theme song. The Fight song(Marylin Manson) ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742/51 "2003-05-26T05:01:51Z")
Actually used for this purpose in Vietnam: “Bad Moon Rising” – Creedence Clearwater Revival. It’s what my dad’s Special Forces team always played while they were putting on their war paint before going out – he was a Green Beret in Vietnam, and they usually rode in in Hueys, so I suppose it counts. _Hope you got your things together, hope you are quite prepared to die…_ My choice: “Hell’s Bells” – AC/DC. Appropriate lyrics, and the music (especially the opening guitar bit) would go nicely with helicopter flight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-crusin-in-a-helicopter-gunship/176742.md?page=2)