Slightly OT - Warbird related songs?

[Zachary]

I've recently become a Steve Earle convert. His newest album Washington Square Serenade is good stuff, but his old stuff is great too. I'm especially fond of the song Johnny Come Lately about a P-47 pilot singing about his service and new British wife among other things. Are there any similar songs by other artists regarding WWII from the solder/sailor/airman's point of view?

Thanks for any info!

Zack

[Cvairwerks]

Zack: Check out Oscar Brand.....He has at least 4 albums of military songs and most are about the Air Corp and AF life...

[Chuck Gardner]

This is a funny song:
http://dosgringosrocks.com/music-6.html

[Zachary]

This is a funny song:
http://dosgringosrocks.com/music-6.html

THAT is friggin hilarious!

[Jack Cook]

Come on you guys.......Dick Jonas is the greatest!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/dickjonas1

[CWBuff]

It's not about a warbird, and only the first couple lines have anything to do with airplanes, but it's a cool tune... unless you don't like country/bluegrass/folk kinda music, that is...

Right-click, save

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - Red Staggerwing


Fade to Black...

[bdk]

Well there was a song about Snoopy and the Red Baron, but of course that was about WW1...

[Jesse C.]

Blue Oyster Cult's ME 262

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vI-z64G3tvU

[corsair166b]

We used to change the words to Willie Nelson's 'Luchenbach, Texas' to Breckenridge, Texas, and apparently someone else took it one step further and actually made up further lyrics, prompting Willie's camp to put a stop to it....true or not I don't know...but the lyrics started off something like:
"Let's go to Breckenridge Texas...
With Howard and Nelson and the boys...."

Mark

[Django]

New or old songs?

How about "Coming in on a wing and a prayer"?

[Jack Cook]

Blue Oyster Cult's ME 262

Oh come on you guys
Blue Oyster Cult didn't receive the DFC for flying a F-105 over Hanoi
but Dick Jonas did!!

[Zachary]

I listened to some of the songs on the Dick Jonas link you posted Jack - that's GOOD stuff! I haven't been able to find a lot of the Oscar Brand stuff online (at least the WWII stuff), but I haven't looked much either. Dos Gringos are good (and funny!). Keep 'em coming...

Zack

[JohnH]

Best one I know is Iron Maiden's Ace's High, about flying and fighting in Spitfires. It's brilliant!

John

[Django]

Aces High! Wow, I forgot that one. I am not allowed to touch my guitar for a week for said offense!

[lestweforget]

Zack , this one is from the soldiers point of view. Roger Waters wrote this while in Pink Floyd about his father who died in Italy during World War 2. I find it a very moving song , especially because it is based on the truth. The person who put it on youtube has made a nice job on the video too I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFZLJA3Wqg