# Songs for Artillery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436 "2014-04-05T22:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/1 "2014-04-05T22:16:46Z")
For the latest in my series of Ranchoth’s Hideous Playlists™, I was wondering…by any chance, would anyone have any suggestions for music for artillery? That is, with artillery-themed (or merely applicable) lyrics, some historical associations with artillery, or even just music that would go well with sending iron downrange. Besides the obvious answer of _“ANYTHING, JUST PLAY IT LOUD, OKAY?”_, so far, I’ve got: •[Gustav Gun—Trenchrot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdu2O2NpEPw) •[The Caissons Go Rolling Along](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJybwgtR970) •[Boum—Charles Trenet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0KWyWwVp0E) And, of course… •[1812 Overture—Tchaikovsky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ) So…anyone else? …I can’t heeeeear you! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/2 "2014-04-05T22:19:00Z")
AC/DC - [For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=775XB9eOJ4c) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/3 "2014-04-05T22:29:11Z")
Green Day, [21 Guns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4). ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/4 "2014-04-05T22:46:57Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > AC/DC - [For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=775XB9eOJ4c) Pretty much this. If you want music where cannon fire is not only _included_, but is included _so well_ and with such perfect timing that it gives you chills, _FTATR(WSY)_ is it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/5 "2014-04-05T22:47:43Z")
“Screw-Guns”, from _Barrack-Room Ballads_, by Rudyard Kipling. Spoken version, recited by David Hart: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zRi_5sUa4e4/hqdefault.jpg "Screw-Guns by Rudyard Kipling") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRi_5sUa4e4) Musical version, sung by Ged Fox: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sM1l3teGaaM/hqdefault.jpg "Screw Guns") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1l3teGaaM) Several of the Ballads, including “Screw-Gun”, sung by Peter Dawson: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v8CIcf48_WQ/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Dawson - Barrack Room Ballads incl Road to Mandalay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CIcf48_WQ) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/6 "2014-04-05T22:56:04Z")
“Barrett’s Privateers” by Stan Rogers is mostly about seafaring, but one of the verses does mention that the ship is armed with “cracked four-pounders” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UMV34CwNMY0/hqdefault.jpg "Barrett's Privateers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMV34CwNMY0) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/7 "2014-04-06T00:34:36Z")
Well, we used to parody Bob Hope’s theme song “Thanks For The Memories” with “Tanks and Artillery”. “Bullets in the air, shrapnel everywhere. . .” You get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/8 "2014-04-06T00:59:08Z")
A bit stodgy compared to what you guys have, but [The Voice of the Guns,](http://youtu.be/tnVVHTkHLEw) sampled in Lawrence of Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/9 "2014-04-06T03:18:10Z")
I thought I was on to one with the Russian “Katyusha Song,” until I read that it was the song that inspired the name of the artillery piece, not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/10 "2014-04-06T03:27:42Z")
Live And Let Die. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/11 "2014-04-06T06:09:31Z")
Pachelbel’s _Cannon in D Major_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/12 "2014-04-06T07:26:11Z")
Metallica, [Battery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ7Aif5aXlQ). ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/13 "2014-04-06T08:00:55Z")
Iron Maiden’s \*The Trooper \*is about being on the wrong side of artillery, does that count ? _[Soleil Royal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj8JO-jd3Qg)_, by the pirate metal band Running Wild, is mostly about wooden ships and their iron men, but there’s a good deal of cannoning going - but then, that’s true of pretty much 90% of their repertoire. They’ve got a gimmick, they stick to it, by gum ! The band frequently uses musical cannon, both [on album](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUN6-JwwMA) and on-stage. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/14 "2014-04-06T10:12:53Z")
They played “Boum” sang by Trenet in the France episode of “The World at War.” Funny. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/15 "2014-04-06T17:35:26Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > AC/DC - [For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=775XB9eOJ4c) Don’t forget _Big Gun_. Although it’s probably not about a fire arm. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/16 "2014-04-06T18:20:35Z")
AC/DC - Thunderstruck ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/17 "2014-04-06T22:59:05Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > “Barrett’s Privateers” by Stan Rogers is mostly about seafaring, but one of the verses does mention that the ship is armed with “cracked four-pounders” That would be a bad thing. 4-pounders are on the bottom of the naval combat scale, utterly ineffective against anything but the smallest craft, and if they’re cracked, they can’t even be used anyway due to risk of explosion. They’re pop guns mounted only for show. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/18 "2014-04-06T23:33:40Z")
Surprised nobody suggested it already: [Wellington’s Victory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPX7RT9uFUU) Especially from about 3:50 in. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/19 "2014-04-07T00:05:28Z")
For songs about war and anything related to war, always remember **Bolt Thrower** : [When Cannons Fade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNO6ExX9Nl0) [The Killchain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wRTxBhqNuY) [Remembrance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnddLkpLEM4) [No Guts, No Glory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_rHLW6JpA) [Salvo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ADM6B_500) [Powder Burns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBJwXENejQ) [Behind Enemy Lines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q533XMjDx8w#t=35s) [Suspect Hostile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivWWIb-yYDQ) [7th Offensive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MAeiwJc8-E) [Valour](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZezGfWwxYo) Others: Dethklok - [Laser Cannon Death Sentence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZX62imOapU) He Is Legend - [Cannonball Hands](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2gDiFDV0vY) The Breeders - [Cannonball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXE7AF_sK4) Mr. Lif - [Heavy Artillery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gET11yaesmM) Cypress Hill - [Certified Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBut5v41qo8) The Gap Band - [You Dropped A Bomb On Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44) (although I prefer the so-called [Disco Mix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQDawNlGQ3c)) Magrudergrind - [Heavy Bombing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUkWUej3NaU) Magrudergrind - [Heavier Bombing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUxbMZHCc7o) Magrudergrind - [Heaviest Bombing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htCa9WhSB08) Mindless Self Indulgence - [Bomb This Track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL6PEcvOw4I) Motörhead - [Bomber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2S9rwyQkJE) Negativland - [Car Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9cvvezZhY) OFF! - [Borrow And Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzS1Ull5_8) Rage Against The Machine - [Bombtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3kcHchD1Y) Fluke - [Atom Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inz9Urx40OI) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436/20 "2014-04-07T02:20:09Z")
The White Stripes, [Cannon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbftrcn41c). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-artillery/685436.md?page=2)