[kj] Shot in the dark question for any fans of "martial pop, " "military pop, " apocalypic folk fans here--
Alexander Smith
vassifer at earthlink.net
Sun May 6 08:22:20 EDT 2007
First things that comes to mind is
- "Do You Believe In the Westworld?" by Theatre of Hate.
- "Johnny Was" by the Stiff Little Fingers (which U2 ripped off for
"Seconds")
Alex In NYC
On May 6, 2007, at 4:28 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> After attempting to explore some of the catalogue of music that's
> become known for better or worse as "military pop," "martial
> music," etc., I'm disappointed not more of it employs the sort of
> martial drumming I associate with military cadences. You know, the
> kind of rat-a-tat-tat-tat type snare hits used commonly by Crass in
> their early days, and which Killing Joke used in the great song
> "Rejuvenation" off _Fire Dances_. I think the first Death in June
> stuff from the early/mid 80s even used this at times.
>
> Not I don't mean tribal drumming -- but military cadence-type,
> drill or marching type percussion.
>
> Can anyone help me find some decent music in a vaguely post-punk
> milieu that uses this style of drumming? maybe I am overlooking
> something.
>
> And I'm looking for specific songs, not whole albums or groups or
> genres, unless it exclusively contains this style of percussion.
> Again -- not tribal, but martial/military percussion. Very early
> Crass stuff used this to great effect and I've rarely heard it
> elsewhere.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oliver
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