Some guy: "Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments." Tchaikovsky: "Yes they are, and I'm probably going to use twenty-one of them." Some guy: "Tchaikovsky, no!" Tchaikovsky: "TCHAIKOVSKY YES! TCHAIKOVSKY ALWAYS YES!"
And church bells and a choir. We did this in Old San Juan, PR. in 2010-2012 with the PRNG Band, invited military musicians to augment the band and a choir made up,with 100 voices. Talk about magical moments...
The cannons during the star spangled banner were british being fired at the american fort, in order to bring the flag pole down, as the lowering of the flag was a signal the americans surrendered. Come dawn the flag pole still stood, though at an odd angle. It had taken multiple direct hits from British cannon fire. Every time it fell the men of the fort rushed out to prop it back up. By the end of the assault the pole was stood by the pile of bodies at its base. So no, the star spangled banner does not need cannons.
We had 155 mm Howitzers at the 2/29th FA. I can tell you we never fired that fast. These guys looked nervous, but then again we were loading big daddy shells. Go Field Artillery.
When tchaikovsky shows this in front of the zar: that roof has to go im sory but we have to shoot live canon rounds that concert hall roof has to go alright evry body prepare to fire
Love the far left guys at the very end "OH BALLS WE'RE OUT OF SHELLS" then "Welp, we'll just have to stand here and look good" then "HOLY CRAP ANOTHER SHELL!" then "F yeah we're awesome"
@@Ailasher Yes. I served 4 years in the US army infantry. Cross trained with several European and middleastern armies, logistics sucks about everywhere haha
That's what happens when you slot the knuckle draggers in the Land of Squawking Chickens to do your cannon salute. Should have hired the real Airborne Artillery. At least we can count.... and fire on beat... and in unison...
My group does at least two 1812 overtures with our 75mm pack howizters. It's a fun time, unless a round that miss fires and rolls by your feet thats still smoking...
It's all justified under training. They figure you need x-hours practice per period and this is how we are going to write this off. That's how flyovers work.
Love the song, hat the discipline of these troops. The Japanese version showed that mile-long stare in the cannon cockers. They should make the 105 cannon for the 1812 Overture a goddamn MOS. And before you criticize me, I DID play in the Marine Band and HAVE had the honor of playing this song with full cannons, fireworks, church bells, and a MF military flyover. It was incredible. If you've never seen this in person, put it on your bucket list. It really is THAT good.
think of it, victory of 1812 was a military one over militant, totalitarian liberalism ... 209 years ago the piece written around 140 years ago to commemorate that triumph, be it timely. 1870s Tsarist Russia had problems with another offspring of modernity, communism, which worked its way as Russia bled dry in WW1, communist skum lost everything and gave imperial Germans peace that cost Russians dearly, not only in lives but also in country. Another offspring of modernity, fascism/nazism would show up on their doorstep - even as the country was in bolshevik communist grip. Germans were gripped in that national socialism thing. What a bloodbath ww2 was nazism basically out, after 89 commies also out, liberalism - the root of our existential problems of today. Liberalism basically erased/rewrote how the world functions to most people and it is empty, wrong, evil. 1812 commemorates victory over evil. Tsar, family was executed in 1917, just 105 years from then by people possessed by thought that came along the french liberalism. What a mess. As if that was not enough, 20 years from falls of empires all the madness happened. I seriously think that the totalitarianism presented in liberalism make it impossible to coexist with anything, because liberalism takes priority. I like it how US political circles present the only options as reps and dems, when both are liberal. 1812 was a victory, worthy of commemorating. Not just for the fancy bombastic cannon play, which I surely do appreciate, but the triumph over that perversity is what deserves to be known. Cheers from E. Europe. God bless you.
July 5th 2018 - APPRECIATION TO ALL Armed Forces Services Members (their supportive family & friends) for OUR FREEDOMS. This display of efficient teamwork (even w/ the urgent re-stocking) is IMPRESSIVE as it gets. Even BETTER is the fact that these cannons are just firing into air, not AT anyone or anyone's property. Please - let us all recognize that soldiers, sailors, flyers do NOT create wars; they work to stop them from covering the entire planet. THANK YOU & Happy Holiday to you and yours!
Marth everything thing you wrote is accurate and appreciated accept for one thing . That little go twenty feet and retrieve another blank to fire is not " As Impressive As It Gets" . If anything it shows they had preparation in the case there was a need for extra possibly for a screw up , and even more probable just to give something for their Sargent to do besides be a human statue. Possibly pre planned to give that impression. What are men and women of the armed services do to perfection would fry your brain if you saw or understood the detail of their jobs mentally and physically. I am not trying to pound on you just simply point out some facts.
Rounds were all accounted for, Gun 3 just had fired an extra round to make up for Gun 2 getting skipped over and then Gun 2 also firing an extra round in between. Gun 3 were rockstars.
I just absolutely love the fact that the US Army has been playing this part since the Cold War in a melody meant to celebrate the victory of the Russian army over the (by then) greatest army in the World.
Soldier 1: That was the first and the last time we ever used a cannon. In a symphony. Soldier 2: The first time in a history soldiers led by a conductor.
When we did this in my high school orchestra we had someone's dad firing blanks from a 12-gauge (he had something like six shotguns, all loaded; once he emptied one he picked up the next) into an empty metal oil drum.... and I thought THAT was impressive. Might as well have been shooting a BB gun into a pop can when compared to the real things.
I am from Uruguay. Some decades ago this famous '1812' piece was played outdoors at the Golf Club here in Montevideo, and the artillery parts were overwhelming ! The orchestra was our National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Piero Gamba. The soldiers wore the original uniforms !
1/40 field artillery in 1996 did this and I fell in love with this song. Boom field artillery. I loved my time in the Army as a forward observer. I learned to be a man at Ft. Sill.
I just came across this performance from watching the British Navy fire HMS Belfast's six inch guns to the 1812 Overture, her stern started to disappear in the Smoke Clouds, but one of those guns sounded a little Flat but I don't think the Navy had time to tune it 😳
Пётр Ильич Чайковский на американской земле. У них его очень хорошо знают, ибо на рождество самая популярная музыка, практически символ рождества, это танец феи Драже из Щелкунчика Чайковского. Опять же, хороший повод пострелять из пушек и порадовать народ))
All love to the Pops but I do prefer how the Japanese 1st Artillery Division used semaphore so they didn’t have to yell verbal commands over the piece. At the end of the day, though, it’s impossible to fully enjoy this without explosions going off near you
Army Recruiter: It says here you played in band in High School. I know just the job for you sir, Artillery Solider: Huh? Why? Recruiter: Because you can fire a cannon on in 4/4 time.
Reminds me of the Army Artillery Corps tune "... was it high, was it low, where the hell did that one go, and the caissons keep rolling along". Especially the last part where they ran out of ammo.
Better than the Air Force's song. "The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. He ain't gonna fly no more! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! He ain't gonna fly no more!"
Nothing says 4th of July more than listening to a song written by a Russian guy about Russia beating the army of a French guy who sold us half of the country for 15 million dollars
