A soundtrack?

[Still_Loves_John]

The music was great in F/911, and I was wondering if anyone knew if there were plans to release a soundtrack to it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Welcome to DU. What songs did MM use??

[carpetbagger]

2. f9/11 songs, (which could be considered a spoiler.)

I don't remember hearing "I'd lvoe to change the world" by Ten Years After, which is in the commercials, but here's what I remember hearing..

The final credits were accompanied by "Rockin in the Free World" by Neal Young.

"Vacation" The GoGos
"Cocaine" Clapton
"Believe it or not (I'm walking on air)" to the "Mission Accomplished" footage. This was, of course, the theme song to a short-lived sitcom from the early 80's about a caped superhero, "The Greatest American Hero".

You will also be treated to John Ashcroft personally singing his song, "Let the Eagle Soar".

There's also an interesting scene of tank crews talking about how you can put thrash metal in the tank's CD player, listen to it on your headsets during battle, and it makes you all nice and revved up to kill. First the soldier sings the Bloodhound Gang's song (I can't remember the name, but it's the one that goes "The Roof is on fire, we don't need no water, let the mother burn, burn mother fucker burn"). Then you hear the real song with nice footage of burning people and stuff. From what I've heard from veterans from the two gulf wars, that's what the modern battlefield sounds like for American soldiers.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. So war has a soundtrack? Like a video game?

Anything to dehumanize the situation, eh?

[carpetbagger]

4. Video Game, Movie, etc., yes.

Music and war isn't new (military bands, war songs). What's new is equipment with which to play it. In WWII and Korea, it was too cumbersome for transport to the battlefield, although everyone can name music for the WWII soundtrack (Glenn Miller et al.). In Vietnam, you started to have sound systems portable to the battlefield, and now you've got sound systems integrated with communications. It's really not much different than 1750, when your communications and sound system was integrated in the personage of the fife and drum band.

However, the fact that the American army can blow the crap out of anything in its way needs to be tempered by some sense of responsibility that, well, we can blow the crap out of anything we like or don't like. I wish the tank crews and prison guards had better leadership in that one.

[Democat]

5. Someone needs to contact Michael Moore to ask about a soundtrack!

It would sell well and keep the name out there even more.

[efhmc]

6. Don't know, but your name is on the bumper of my car. Welcome here.