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I like your wee drawings I used to draw faces like that on everything at school it was a very British thing called chadding a craz started in 1930s onwards 😉
Royal Edinburgh Tattoo 'The Gael' (spelling bees correct me if wrong), nice to hear some others, might not be politically correct right now but some Russian equivalents do some fantastic stuff too x
Hi, if you like Military Bands this is something different, The Band of the British Brigade of Gurkhas at Virginia International NATO Festival in the US, th-cam.com/video/87QAjcJvXsw/w-d-xo.html with them dancing at 4:00 mins and then the Brigade's "folk" ensemble playing Traditional Nepalese music, th-cam.com/video/vcdSRKgulEo/w-d-xo.html The sole difference between Government Sanctioned Killers and Gentlemen Warriors is Music, hence the British Armed Forces are very good at it!!!
Edinburgh Military Tattoo would be a great one to react to,it’s held at the castle esplanade and bands take part from all over the world but the best is the pipes and drums ,lots of TH-cam videos about it
SoGal if it's military you want only one "rabbit" hole for you fall down ....drum roll...GUP RHAPSODY....dip a toe and "fill yer boots" as say (some) this side the pond ...for the days when "META TARO BLURAY starts make sense we have ....enter stage left...10 COMMANDERS 10 COLORS.....without a "U" !! not very..QUEEN OF QUALITY SEASON...
I'm an American veteran and not ashamed to say that the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines is the premier military band in the world. Whether they are playing Retreat, Trouping the Colours, on the march, at an International Tattoo, annual RM Music Fest, or in a Symphonic setting... no matter what the genre they are the best ! Their marching is precision itself
Old Brit ex-Para here, Barone; Yup. the RM Band are splendid musicians, bu don;t diss your own Military bands, all five US Armed Services have superb bands,including some absolutely splendid vocalists :-) Indeed, most military bands at Brigade level or above, are extremely good, and bandsmen are allowed, and often encouraged, to form their own subsets in their own preferred genres. IMo. The US Navy band have the edge on the competition. Well worth checking out on YT.
As good as the Royal Marines band are, they don’t do Trooping of the colour, that’s solely the Massed Bands of the Household Division, ie Grenadier,Coldstream, Scot’s,Irish and Welsh Guards.
The “Navy” song you refer to is “ I am sailing” by Rod Stewart. Famously played by the Royal Marines Band when the SS Canberra set sail for the Falklands War in 1982. I remember it well as I was a young Royal Marine on my way to the Falklands. The Royal Marines Band entertained us all the way down to the Falklands and when the Fighting began they slipped seamlessly into their rolè as Stretcher-bears and First Aiders. Without doubt the BEST Military Band in the World my friend.
Guess it might be difficult to explain to an American - even Anglo-interested as you are - how the feeling of pride in our nation's history - for us, the rule of law, justice, stoicism, democracy (Oh, yes!) - and the determination that these things are part of ourselves, are evoked by such tunes - the British have fought many, many wars - and the Royal Marines are the hard backbone of our national consciousness. Thanks, SoGal.
The Royal Marines Band Service are the best in the world. Nothing more needs to be said. They're not just musicians either, when they go to war they serve as stretcher bearers in medical units supporting 3 Commando Brigade
Wrong dear they are fighting soldiers in thick of the fighting .Falklands war they yomped from one side of the island to the other .Two of the famous ones who died Colenel HJones and Sergeant Mckay rush3d an Argentinains machine gun post . Both were killed and for their egoism were awarded . The Victoria Cross . The highest bravery award for those in armed services . On par ifwith the US Medal of Honour
The leopard skins (& sometimes Tiger skins) is a tradition dating back to the 18 Century, when drummers who joined from other countries wore animal skins to protect the uniform from wearing out due to the bulky bass drums ... the skins are only taken from animals that have died naturally and never from hunting.
I personally spoke with a drummer from one of the Highland Regiments and was told by him that in the days of the Raj in India, the officers would use the band's drummers to beat out a cadence and drive the leopards to where the officers were waiting in a shooting blind. After the leopard was shot, the custom was for the officers to give the skin to the drummer. He said that nowadays, the skins are all synthetic and are for show and tradition.
This was filmed at the Basel Military Tattoo in Switzerland and taken from a coverage on German TV. Took the liberty of providing you with translations of what the commentator said, some pieces of information you may find interesting. Not 100% sure about the spelling of the names though, my apologies to the people involved if I botched them. 2:30 It's the creme-de-la-creme we have the pleasure of watching in the square here, but not only does the Band of the Royal Marines excel musically but also in marching and in making formations. To match the piece "Sailing" by Rod Steward they now will form an anchor. 4:00 The formation on display here consists of two complete Military Bands and the next piece is a prime example of how powerful those can sound. The Title played is called Invincible (by Two Steps from Hell / Thomas Bergersen) 6:53 In total the Royal Marines have 350 musicians, about 80 of them are taking part here in Basel, and all of them, we were assured, are very proud to be part of this world-renowned group. 7:12 The drummers are led by a woman, Carrie Silk, she's located in the center and her drum has a broader red ring at the top. 7:58 Now they are joined by Lt. Col. Nick Crays as conductor, he is the overall leader of all musicians in the Royal Marines. Two months ago another medal was added to his chest when he was appointed an Officer of the British Empire by Prince Charles himself. 9:20 This was Violinist Alice Hudson. To end their performance the Band now will play "Rule Britannia", for many Brits a kind of an unofficial national anthem.
Britain has a lot of excellent military bands. Each regiment of the Household Brigade has its own band, the Royal air force has a terrific band but you would have to go a long way to beat the Royal Marines.
Great to see that you showed this. I used to be in this band many years ago as a percussionist and also wore the leopard skin when playing the tenor drum on parade, it was very heavy. The skins are now synthetic by the way.
Hi Geoffrey! You may be surprised to hear that all of our skins used on parade are still the real deal, except for when in foreign countries due to customs regulations for transporting animal pelts. I can confirm they're still very heavy, and the synthetic ones are even warmer than the real ones 🤣
The tune is Sailing, by Rod Stewart from 1975. It was used by the BBC as theme tune for a series about the last voyage in 1975 of H'S Ark Royal the aircraft carrier.
Sailing was used as the theme song to a BBC documentary series following life on A Royal Navy aircraft carrier in the late seventies. Ever since then sailing has been an unofficial anthem of the Royal Navy.
The announcer said they were in Basle in Switzerland The announcer was also saying that the Royal Marine Band are the creme de la creme ( the best of the best) and that the music was Sailing a song made famous by Rod Stewart. The musician in the leopard skin is the Drum Major. Drum Majors always wear a leopardskin.
@@keithrudd8003 Oh, That's strange .... my father was a Drum Major and he was always the only one in leopard skin .... that was with the Black Watch so maybe Scottish regiments are different .... anyway, thanks for letting me know.
The narrator was saying that Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace, then Principal Director of Music, Royal Marines, had been honoured with an OBE, pinned on him at Buckingham Palace by Prince Charles on behalf of Her Majesty.
@@keithrudd8003 Well, as my father is no longer with us I can't check with him but he died when I was a child so, maybe I've misremembered but I've always believed that they did, hence my comment. I won't disagree with you though as a child's memory isn't always as reliable as the adult thinks it is 😉
The Sailor's Hornpipe originated in the Royal Navy on the old sailing ships. It was designed to give the sailors who lived and worked in very cramped conditions exercise by dancing to the music.
@SoGal - the tune played on the fiddle was a hornpipe, very popular in the days of sailing warships, and frequently danced to by the crew when the official order for a spell of recreation was given to the crew at sea: "Hands to Dance and Skylark!" Re. the location; judging from the uniforms worn by the sentries on either side of the gates where they came (look at the baggy breeches with wide vertical stripes), my guess is that it was filmed in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
Hello SoGal and Roger. The Hornpipe would have been on the Proms. The TV was Hessischer Rundfunk, a German channel. The event was shown as Basel Tattoo at the start. I reckon you would love Edinburgh Tattoo and also a video of the drum section of this band with "Top Secret Drum Corps". "Sailing" was the theme to a seventies BBC TV series called Sailor about life on carrier HMS Ark Royal. I can speak some German from school and trips there. I used to sometimes watch things like this on German TV on the analogue Astra satellite before it all went digital and own country based as a way to ensure TV rights.
I carefully wrote the names of the tunes down, then you go and read them all out. The one they marched on to is A life on the ocean wave. It's the official March of the Royal Marines. Sailing was a pop song, but it's been adopted by the navy. The Sailors Hornpipe has been used for everything when they want a nautical theme. Mike Oldfield used it to close out his Tubular Bells album too. There are other military bands, the Guards are pretty good, but the R. M. Are the best.
I served 10 years in the Royal Marines in the 1960's. During that time I served 2 years on H.M.S Centaur, an aircraft carrier. Rod Stewart's song "Sailing" was the theme music to a 1970's TV doc series about another aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Ark Royal. This Rod Stewart song is what I want at my funeral.
What you might not have noticed is that on the opposite hip to their drum, the members of the Corps of Drums have a bugle and it is not there for decoration. Back when ships were under sail, every Royal Navy ship, other than the smallest, would have some sort of force of Marines on board. Every detachment of Marines had at least one drummer whose job it was to pass orders by drum beat or bugle call. Whilst lesser orders may be communicated by bosun's pipe the more important ones fell to the Marine drummer. When the Captain gave the order to "Beat to Quarters" the drummer would commence and continue beating a specific rhythm which everyone on board knew meant that the ship had to be 'cleared for action' and the crew assemble at their posts for battle (aka quarters). Around the time of the World Wars it was still commonplace for such orders to be communicated by the Marine Drummer, all be it by bugle call over the PA system. By the way, they have their own TH-cam channel th-cam.com/users/TheBandsofHMRoyalMarines
This appears to be at the Basel Tattoo (in Switzerland), having known some Guards Band musicians, they are seriously good musicians in their own right! (Just don’t go drinking with them…)
Don't go drinking with anyone from the Royal Navy or Royal Marines.. also the Army as well, if you enjoy a cocktail 🍸, them chaps from the RAF are the people 😉
Thanks for sharing all these video's , The Royal Marines are an elite force of the British armed services and are associated with the Royal Navy, origainally they were employed to uphold the law and order aboard Royal Naval vessels , later they were regimented and served on capital ships and usually manned one of the main turrets. larger vessels carried a ships band, I served on HMS Ark Royal, the last straight through carrier in the early seventies. the band are all specialist musicaian and are renowned throughout the world, I know the US have similar marching bands but I do not think you can make a comparison between military bands and University bands playing at football or baseball grounds. Although associted with the Royal Navy the Marines have fought on land and sea around the world and like the SAS and other specialised units are held in high regard.
Point of order. The Royal Marines are not *associated* with the Royal Navy, they are part of the Royal Navy, and we're ***VERY*** proud of our bootnecks and bandies. Don't tell them any of us said that, though; we love to wind them up. Yours, a Royal Navy matelot.
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Being a Scot I love the pipes and drums but the RM band is right up there with the best. I agree you should react to the Edinburgh Tattoo, it's fantastic. This particular show though was from the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland, always a great show.
For a very different style of military music, you should try the Band and Bugles of The Rifles. The RAF also have excellent bands and you should seek out the Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force Regiment for their amazing "silent" drill displays.
Something I have never understood. Drill is a remnant from fighting in formation and reacting to orders. Doing it silently kinda makes it look like a dance.
Hi, Sarah, very good video. I was surprised you didn't recognise Saling when it was played. It is iconic, you should listen to the vocal version by Rod Stewart, which was used as the theme to the BBC series Sailor. It was made in 1976 and shows life on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. It was really good.
Love the Sailors Hornpipe. Probably the most well known British naval tune and dance there is. Amazing when you see hundreds of sailors dancing in unison on the deck of a British battleship. Love also how she is decked out in traditional naval gear. Well done young woman.
Royal Marines are sea soldiers, Life on an ocean wave was played as they entered followed by Rod Stewart’s Sailing. Sea shanty being played on the violin.
Really do love your reactions, and especially learning more UK military history. "The Rifles Sounding Retreat" on Horseguards would be an interesting reaction - the fast pace of light infantry makes their "double time" pretty memorable. The Rifles Regiment came about by amalgamating the Light Infantry Regiments and the Royal Green Jackets - who you have come across already.
A life on the ocean wave, entrance tune. Thank you for compliments on military music. Sailors Hornpipe on the violin, brilliant. We have quite a few military bands, take your choice.
I would definitely recommend The Edinburgh Military Tattoo. There's nothing quite like The Massed Pipes and Drums marching out at the end to tune of The Black Bear.
Discipline + solid musicianship = The Royal Marine Band! That's essentially what the announcer was inferring with his comments during the video. I've seen them rehearse; it's done with military precision, as you would expect. They know their instruments and routines so well that nothing could go wrong - and if it ever did, they'd know how to compensate and fix things in an instant. The reference to Prince Charles stated that he had personally conferred an honour (OBE) on the band master - the Prince of Wales may do such a thing in lieu of the Queen, and he is doing it more often than ever these days, as the Queen is lightening her duties in view of her age. The familiar tune played by the solo violinist was the Sailor's Hornpipe.
The OBE was given to Lt Colonel Nick Grace, Principal Director of Music Royal Marines and Comandant of the Royal Marines School of Music. He is one of the top Directors of Music for the UK and one of the best in the world. I believe since that was filmed he has retired.
As I've said in a comment to you previously, Sarah . . . almost all regiments have their own band in some way or other. Including the Grenadiers, Coldstream, Light Infantry, etc . . . You've even seen the Mounted Band when you watched the Queens Coronation video recently . . . But what you watched here was just a small part of the RM Band - which are sometimes requested to visit and so go out to various countries to perform at their shows . . . What you really need to watch is the RM Massed Bands coming down The Mall, Birdcage, etc, as they head towards or back from Buck Palace . . . Massed Band just means all 4/5 of them being together, if they are all available for it, marching down playing together - and that's also when you get their full drum line placed out in front, too . . . Definitely worth a watch for you!!! There are/were videos on YT, maybe around 2014-16? - of when on 1 Mall walk/play, they were joined by a US band on one side and I think a Belgian one at the other side . . . these vids are usually between 15-35 mins max, depending on who was taking them at the time - and if they were in the right place so as to catch the very start of it to walk along with them all the way . . .
In 2014 for beating retreat the RM bands were joined by one of the USMC bands and the one of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Link to beating retreat: th-cam.com/video/kbdHuq8Qne4/w-d-xo.html Link to the march to/from beating retreat: th-cam.com/video/zXcmW7CgmWw/w-d-xo.html
The Royal Marines have five bands and they’re all rather excellent. The RM drums and bugles have always been extremely good, they had to be as they were used for signalling aboard ship in the days of sail. I believe the leopard skins protect the uniforms from wear and tear because the drums are so large and bulky.
Marines buglers were used aboard capital ships usually with the senior officers on the bridge to pipe hands to action stations or change of watch etc during ww2 .These young Marine bands men were no more than boys payed as a junior marine but expected to stand at their posts should the ship go into action. This is illustrated in the film 'Battle of River Plate '
Sailing was a Rod Steward song that was used for a BBC documentary made in 1976 following life on HMS Ark Royal, the Royal Navy's last fixed-wing aircraft carrier (a fixed-wing carrier is one that has catapults to launch planes and arrester cables to stop them on landing).
The Band of the Royal Marines are one of our top military bands. The Royal Marines - sea sailors- were founded in 1664 and have seen active service ever since. The Royal Marines motto translates as ' On land, on sea' but thir e other motto has become the personal motto of Marines throughout the world - Semper Fidelis - (semper fie) - means always loyal and indicates a marine's loyalty to and support of all his/her fellow marines.😎
It from a tattoo in Germany, the anchor was the song Sailing by Rod Stewart. Listen to Highland cathedral by any Scottish regiment, ( the Highlanders), the drums are covered with battle honours through history. Each British regiment has their own battle honours and colours.
The association of Rod Stewart’s song ‘Sailing’ with the Royal Navy goes back to the 1970’s with a documentary (Sailor) on the Audacious Class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal before she was scrapped in 1980. Worth a watch.
Not quite. Royal Marines are rather the equivalent of what's the army's Paras (though not comparable), as both have their heritage from the commandos during ww2. Army's special forces would be the SAS with the Royal Navy's counterpart being the SBS, which is mostly manned with Royal Marines anyways.
Whilst I agree that the Commandos are an awesome fighting force I think you may have overlooked The Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy. Quote from Wikipedia “(they are) the sister unit of the British Army 22nd Special Air Service…the SBS has traditionally been manned mostly by Royal Marine Commandos”. The SBS were under command of the Commandant General Royal Marines but in 2001 command was transferred to the Commander in Chief Fleet.
This is the Basel Tattoo, in Switzerland. I used to live just down the road. Great event. Starts with the bands parading through the city. If you'd continued to watch this you'd have seen bands from other nations join the Royal Marines for a rousing finale ending with Champs-Elysées / Waterloo Road. You should also watch them do a magical version of Holst's Planets Suite, at an event in Sweden. They are fantastic. In an earlier Basel Tattoo they do a great, crowd-pleasing rendition of Riverdance. They're all on here.
You're such good company, Sarah. Watching your videos is comfortable, entertaining, instructive, and most of all authentic. No ego here. I just watched the Russian history one and that wasn't so comfortable. I kept wishing that the human race would grow up and stop stomping around the world trying to be superior and causing all manner of horrors along the way.
This was a recording of a broadcast from a german TV Station, hence the narration in German - note the "hr", meaning "hessischer Rundfunk"/hessian broadcasting service. But as commentators usually are, you did not miss much, he was only explaining what songs were being played. As for suggestions, the Royal Marines Band has a lot of amazing stuff, also a live youtube channel. Personally, I like it best when they take on the more modern titles, but all their performances are pretty amazing.
Ex Royal here and obviously at bit biased but as good as other British military bands are I really think The Royal Marine band is just that bit better. Marching behind them never got old
They do Christmas Concerts along the South Coast of England, near Portsmouth - the main naval base like San Diego in the USA, and most likely elsewhere. They are seated like a conventional band and play carols, etc. We saw them last December.
Sailing was a song by the sutherland brothers and i think it was in Basel .Basel Tattoo is an annual military tattoo show performed by International military bands, display teams, popular musicians, and tattoo formations in Basel, Switzerland. You might have heard the Hornpipe from Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Last Night of the Proms.Cheers and all the best from England.
Their greatest Parade is the "Beating the Retreat" on Horse Guards Parade and then down the Mall. Fantastic Marine Soldiers. You would love to join if you could get in and make the very demanding grade. This Military unit is 450 years old.!. Music is tradition as well as military prowess.
Hi Sarah. You would love the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held in Edinburgh Castle annually. Another, not military would be Andre Rieu’s Highland Cathedral recorded live in Maastricht, Netherlands. Another great tune that is well played on bagpipes is one I’m sure you will know, Amazing Grace.
Bandies, as they are known in the Royal Navy, double as stretcher bearers in combat zones. On the SS Uganda during the Falklands in 1982, they performed heroics, not just on board the hospital ships but also ashore. Plus, they are, by far, the best military band in the world.
Great performance. As others have suggested check out the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Performers from all over the world have attended over the past 70 years.
Check out 'Royal Marines Corps of Drums and Top Secret Drum Corps'. Top Secret are in my mind the best non military drum troupe out there, seeing them perform with the best military drum corps is an experience.
Should see the video of when just days after 9/11 the Queen arranged for her guards to play "The Star spangled Banner" in the grounds of Buckingham palace
The German announcee mentioned Rod Stewarts hit of Sailing. Played Sailing & they formed the anchor. Edinburgh Military Tattoo performed on the Esplanade in front of Edinburgh Castle. This event is performed during August . The leopardskin is worn by the bass drummer between the bass drum & bandsman to protect his uniform. Sailors Hornpipe you recognised usually played at Last Night of the Proms. Numerous tv channels transmit to their countries thats why it was in German
My dad was a Sargent trobone player then got a commission and ended up Lt Commander in the Canadian Armed Forces. RM are absolutely brilliant and genius
Another 2 videos to check out are the command carriage gun competition & To the Limit & beyond. Which is from the 70s I think & is about the training for this event. Probably the hardest sport to take part in.
It should be pointed out that not only do the members of the Royal Marines Band have to be able to play at least two instruments, They are also fully qualified medics. I would suggest that yous check out their Royal Albert Hall concerts on TH-cam.
If you want to see how the various men and women who make up the Royal Marine Band are selected and trained there are a series of videos on TH-cam taken from a documentary series about the band.
The venue is Basel Tattoo in Switzerland which takes place each summer, very similar to the more famous Edinburgh Tattoo which is also held every summer at Edinburgh castle. The RMB are world famous and are considered by many as the best military band in the world. The music at the beginning (with the anchor) was "Sailing" a 1975 No:1 hit for Rod Stewart (it tanked at No:58 in the US) It has since been associated with the Royal Navy and is often played as band music. The lady ltn violinist was playing an old sea shanty called "Blue Peter" a very well known tune this side of the pond.
This is the world class Royal Marines at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo high up on the castle rock in Edinburgh. My Father was the Guard Commander there for 2 years with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers back in the 1960's. My Mother was born in Edinburgh. A fantastic event to attend & would highly recommend it.
The german commentator said the band was playing rod stewarts sailing and they were going to form an anchor No they are in Basel Switzerland. The violinist played the horn pipe.
I saw the RM band from the Royal Yacht Britannia do sunset,evening colors in US forces in Victoria BC 40 years ago impressive. As for the drummers thats what you call co-ordination
That was filmed at the Edinburgh Tattoo held on the parade square in Edinburgh Castle, usually annually with performances by the armed forces of many countries and a sprinkling of guest celebrity's. Not sure of the year but looks like a few years ago as has not been held for two years due to Covid.
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I like your wee drawings I used to draw faces like that on everything at school it was a very British thing called chadding a craz started in 1930s onwards 😉
Royal Edinburgh Tattoo 'The Gael' (spelling bees correct me if wrong), nice to hear some others, might not be politically correct right now but some Russian equivalents do some fantastic stuff too x
Hi, if you like Military Bands this is something different, The Band of the British Brigade of Gurkhas at Virginia International NATO Festival in the US, th-cam.com/video/87QAjcJvXsw/w-d-xo.html with them dancing at 4:00 mins and then the Brigade's "folk" ensemble playing Traditional Nepalese music, th-cam.com/video/vcdSRKgulEo/w-d-xo.html
The sole difference between Government Sanctioned Killers and Gentlemen Warriors is Music, hence the British Armed Forces are very good at it!!!
Edinburgh Military Tattoo would be a great one to react to,it’s held at the castle esplanade and bands take part from all over the world but the best is the pipes and drums ,lots of TH-cam videos about it
SoGal if it's military you want only one "rabbit" hole for you fall down ....drum roll...GUP RHAPSODY....dip a toe and "fill yer boots" as say (some) this side the pond ...for the days when "META TARO BLURAY starts make sense we have ....enter stage left...10 COMMANDERS 10 COLORS.....without a "U" !! not very..QUEEN OF QUALITY SEASON...
I'm an American veteran and not ashamed to say that the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines is the premier military band in the world. Whether they are playing Retreat, Trouping the Colours, on the march, at an International Tattoo, annual RM Music Fest, or in a Symphonic setting... no matter what the genre they are the best ! Their marching is precision itself
Old Brit ex-Para here, Barone; Yup. the RM Band are splendid musicians, bu don;t diss your own Military bands, all five US Armed Services have superb bands,including some absolutely splendid vocalists :-)
Indeed, most military bands at Brigade level or above, are extremely good, and bandsmen are allowed, and often encouraged, to form their own subsets in their own preferred genres.
IMo. The US Navy band have the edge on the competition. Well worth checking out on YT.
As good as the Royal Marines band are, they don’t do Trooping of the colour, that’s solely the Massed Bands of the Household Division, ie Grenadier,Coldstream, Scot’s,Irish and Welsh Guards.
Remember also that these are also soldiers or more accuratly sea soldiers. Drums and bugles were used to communicate between ships and during battle.
Its beat the retreat , not retreat !
@@sophiejones8813 Hmmm... So what do the buglers play at Beating the Retreat? "Retreat".
The “Navy” song you refer to is “ I am sailing” by Rod Stewart. Famously played by the Royal Marines Band when the SS Canberra set sail for the Falklands War in 1982. I remember it well as I was a young Royal Marine on my way to the Falklands. The Royal Marines Band entertained us all the way down to the Falklands and when the Fighting began they slipped seamlessly into their rolè as Stretcher-bears and First Aiders. Without doubt the BEST Military Band in the World my friend.
...and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", if my memory of the news reels is accurate.
First connected to the Navy when the BBC used it as theme music for a documentary series called 'Sailor' in 1976
@@worthingSarah When every RN wife was taken out for the evening when it was shown on UK TV.
Great thanks
Anyone with the name "donkybollocks" is OK with me LOLOLOLO
Guess it might be difficult to explain to an American - even Anglo-interested as you are - how the feeling of pride in our nation's history - for us, the rule of law, justice, stoicism, democracy (Oh, yes!) - and the determination that these things are part of ourselves, are evoked by such tunes - the British have fought many, many wars - and the Royal Marines are the hard backbone of our national consciousness. Thanks, SoGal.
Pretty much all of the national values of America are British values that they got from us.
There is no other Military Band on earth that can hold a candle to this
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It always gets me whenever or wherever the hornpipe is played, EVERY audience starts clapping to it!
The Royal Marines Band Service are the best in the world. Nothing more needs to be said.
They're not just musicians either, when they go to war they serve as stretcher bearers in medical units supporting 3 Commando Brigade
Very proud to say my dad was a recruit... 👍
Wrong dear they are fighting soldiers in thick of the fighting .Falklands war they yomped from one side of the island to the other .Two of the famous ones who died Colenel HJones and Sergeant Mckay rush3d an Argentinains machine gun post . Both were killed and for their egoism were awarded . The Victoria Cross . The highest bravery award for those in armed services . On par ifwith the US Medal of Honour
Up the devon!!!! No more second homes
A fact often forgotten
only the Brits can do it like that. Absolutely outstanding and beautiful.
The leopard skins (& sometimes Tiger skins) is a tradition dating back to the 18 Century, when drummers who joined from other countries wore animal skins to protect the uniform from wearing out due to the bulky bass drums ... the skins are only taken from animals that have died naturally and never from hunting.
No.. never from hunting.. (18th century natural deaths, accidents and road kills..) ;-)
@@kristena9285 Ahhh, you caught me out ! ... I forgot all about the 18th Century road kill ! 😂😂
There's a lot of faux skins being used now
A tiger skin apron worn by a bass or tenor drummer originally indicated that the regiment the band was part of had served in India.
I personally spoke with a drummer from one of the Highland Regiments and was told by him that in the days of the Raj in India, the officers would use the band's drummers to beat out a cadence and drive the leopards to where the officers were waiting in a shooting blind. After the leopard was shot, the custom was for the officers to give the skin to the drummer. He said that nowadays, the skins are all synthetic and are for show and tradition.
Best in the world! :) Made the hairs on my neck stand up. Awesome.
This was filmed at the Basel Military Tattoo in Switzerland and taken from a coverage on German TV. Took the liberty of providing you with translations of what the commentator said, some pieces of information you may find interesting. Not 100% sure about the spelling of the names though, my apologies to the people involved if I botched them.
2:30 It's the creme-de-la-creme we have the pleasure of watching in the square here, but not only does the Band of the Royal Marines excel musically but also in marching and in making formations. To match the piece "Sailing" by Rod Steward they now will form an anchor.
4:00 The formation on display here consists of two complete Military Bands and the next piece is a prime example of how powerful those can sound.
The Title played is called Invincible (by Two Steps from Hell / Thomas Bergersen)
6:53 In total the Royal Marines have 350 musicians, about 80 of them are taking part here in Basel, and all of them, we were assured, are very proud to be part of this world-renowned group.
7:12 The drummers are led by a woman, Carrie Silk, she's located in the center and her drum has a broader red ring at the top.
7:58 Now they are joined by Lt. Col. Nick Crays as conductor, he is the overall leader of all musicians in the Royal Marines. Two months ago another medal was added to his chest when he was appointed an Officer of the British Empire by Prince Charles himself.
9:20 This was Violinist Alice Hudson. To end their performance the Band now will play "Rule Britannia", for many Brits a kind of an unofficial national anthem.
OBE - Order of the British Empire.
An excellent turnout as usual.
Brilliant
Without doubt the best military musicians in the world.
Britain has a lot of excellent military bands. Each regiment of the Household Brigade has its own band, the Royal air force has a terrific band but you would have to go a long way to beat the Royal Marines.
And then you have the pipes and drums of Scots Guards, Royal Scots and the RRS...
If military bands are your thing, you MUST check out the Edinburgh Tattoo, esp. the massed bands. (Pipes and drums)
Definitely the best.
Saw it in person in 2016, best show I’ve ever seen. Been watching it since I was 5 years old
Great to see that you showed this. I used to be in this band many years ago as a percussionist and also wore the leopard skin when playing the tenor drum on parade, it was very heavy. The skins are now synthetic by the way.
Hi Geoffrey! You may be surprised to hear that all of our skins used on parade are still the real deal, except for when in foreign countries due to customs regulations for transporting animal pelts. I can confirm they're still very heavy, and the synthetic ones are even warmer than the real ones 🤣
The tune is Sailing, by Rod Stewart from 1975. It was used by the BBC as theme tune for a series about the last voyage in 1975 of H'S Ark Royal the aircraft carrier.
Original Song by Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, 1972, later made more famous by Rod Stewart (1975). I think a bit before our host's time.
Sailing was used as the theme song to a BBC documentary series following life on A Royal Navy aircraft carrier in the late seventies. Ever since then sailing has been an unofficial anthem of the Royal Navy.
The Ark Royals last deployment
It was played at my fathers funeral, extremely fitting.
Programme was called Sailor, Ark Royal the ship from memory
HMS Ark Royal (not the Invincible class)
I love your enthusiasm for all things Brit, long may it continue.
You should come over and visit us in UK when Trouping The Colour
And other events some will make you tearful "with Joy "
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There was a huge parade for the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Marines band stole the show
The announcer said they were in Basle in Switzerland
The announcer was also saying that the Royal Marine Band are the creme de la creme ( the best of the best) and that the music was Sailing a song made famous by Rod Stewart.
The musician in the leopard skin is the Drum Major. Drum Majors always wear a leopardskin.
Unfortunately not… the Drum major is at the front .. the two wearing the leopard skins are the base and tenor drummers
@@keithrudd8003 Oh, That's strange .... my father was a Drum Major and he was always the only one in leopard skin .... that was with the Black Watch so maybe Scottish regiments are different .... anyway, thanks for letting me know.
The narrator was saying that Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace, then Principal Director of Music, Royal Marines, had been honoured with an OBE, pinned on him at Buckingham Palace by Prince Charles on behalf of Her Majesty.
@Polly Parrot … again no I’m afraid no Drum majors in the British army wear tiger or leopard skins ..
@@keithrudd8003 Well, as my father is no longer with us I can't check with him but he died when I was a child so, maybe I've misremembered but I've always believed that they did, hence my comment. I won't disagree with you though as a child's memory isn't always as reliable as the adult thinks it is 😉
The Edinburgh Royal military tattoo is a worthwhile one to watch.. Went there in 2016 and what an experience
The Sailor's Hornpipe originated in the Royal Navy on the old sailing ships. It was designed to give the sailors who lived and worked in very cramped conditions exercise by dancing to the music.
@SoGal - the tune played on the fiddle was a hornpipe, very popular in the days of sailing warships, and frequently danced to by the crew when the official order for a spell of recreation was given to the crew at sea: "Hands to Dance and Skylark!"
Re. the location; judging from the uniforms worn by the sentries on either side of the gates where they came (look at the baggy breeches with wide vertical stripes), my guess is that it was filmed in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
Simply the best, being ex Royal Navy myself, just wonderful ❤️
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Hello SoGal and Roger. The Hornpipe would have been on the Proms. The TV was Hessischer Rundfunk, a German channel. The event was shown as Basel Tattoo at the start.
I reckon you would love Edinburgh Tattoo and also a video of the drum section of this band with "Top Secret Drum Corps".
"Sailing" was the theme to a seventies BBC TV series called Sailor about life on carrier HMS Ark Royal.
I can speak some German from school and trips there. I used to sometimes watch things like this on German TV on the analogue Astra satellite before it all went digital and own country based as a way to ensure TV rights.
I carefully wrote the names of the tunes down, then you go and read them all out.
The one they marched on to is A life on the ocean wave. It's the official March of the Royal Marines.
Sailing was a pop song, but it's been adopted by the navy.
The Sailors Hornpipe has been used for everything when they want a nautical theme. Mike Oldfield used it to close out his Tubular Bells album too.
There are other military bands, the Guards are pretty good, but the R. M. Are the best.
I served 10 years in the Royal Marines in the 1960's. During that time I served 2 years on H.M.S Centaur, an aircraft carrier. Rod Stewart's song "Sailing" was the theme music to a 1970's TV doc series about another aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Ark Royal. This Rod Stewart song is what I want at my funeral.
What you might not have noticed is that on the opposite hip to their drum, the members of the Corps of Drums have a bugle and it is not there for decoration. Back when ships were under sail, every Royal Navy ship, other than the smallest, would have some sort of force of Marines on board. Every detachment of Marines had at least one drummer whose job it was to pass orders by drum beat or bugle call. Whilst lesser orders may be communicated by bosun's pipe the more important ones fell to the Marine drummer. When the Captain gave the order to "Beat to Quarters" the drummer would commence and continue beating a specific rhythm which everyone on board knew meant that the ship had to be 'cleared for action' and the crew assemble at their posts for battle (aka quarters). Around the time of the World Wars it was still commonplace for such orders to be communicated by the Marine Drummer, all be it by bugle call over the PA system.
By the way, they have their own TH-cam channel th-cam.com/users/TheBandsofHMRoyalMarines
This appears to be at the Basel Tattoo (in Switzerland), having known some Guards Band musicians, they are seriously good musicians in their own right! (Just don’t go drinking with them…)
Don't go drinking with anyone from the Royal Navy or Royal Marines.. also the Army as well, if you enjoy a cocktail 🍸, them chaps from the RAF are the people 😉
Well it says ‘Basel Tattoo’ right at the beginning of the clip so I would guess so.
Thanks for posting that, comment Good knowledge Sir
These are the british royal marines, the Swiss have a similar uniform
Never drink with Royal Marines, you end up getting drunk and getting in trouble! They are the best people to party with bar none!
Thanks for sharing all these video's , The Royal Marines are an elite force of the British armed services and are associated with the Royal Navy, origainally they were employed to uphold the law and order aboard Royal Naval vessels , later they were regimented and served on capital ships and usually manned one of the main turrets. larger vessels carried a ships band, I served on HMS Ark Royal, the last straight through carrier in the early seventies. the band are all specialist musicaian and are renowned throughout the world, I know the US have similar marching bands but I do not think you can make a comparison between military bands and University bands playing at football or baseball grounds. Although associted with the Royal Navy the Marines have fought on land and sea around the world and like the SAS and other specialised units are held in high regard.
Point of order. The Royal Marines are not *associated* with the Royal Navy, they are part of the Royal Navy, and we're ***VERY*** proud of our bootnecks and bandies. Don't tell them any of us said that, though; we love to wind them up.
Yours, a Royal Navy matelot.
Nothing like asking a RM Commando what instrument they play!
@@markmiton6554 Buglers and musicians are not commando trained.
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Being a Scot I love the pipes and drums but the RM band is right up there with the best. I agree you should react to the Edinburgh Tattoo, it's fantastic. This particular show though was from the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland, always a great show.
For a very different style of military music, you should try the Band and Bugles of The Rifles. The RAF also have excellent bands and you should seek out the Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force Regiment for their amazing "silent" drill displays.
Something I have never understood. Drill is a remnant from fighting in formation and reacting to orders. Doing it silently kinda makes it look like a dance.
Hi, Sarah, very good video. I was surprised you didn't recognise Saling when it was played. It is iconic, you should listen to the vocal version by Rod Stewart, which was used as the theme to the BBC series Sailor. It was made in 1976 and shows life on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. It was really good.
Love the Sailors Hornpipe. Probably the most well known British naval tune and dance there is. Amazing when you see hundreds of sailors dancing in unison on the deck of a British battleship. Love also how she is decked out in traditional naval gear. Well done young woman.
The second song was "Sailing" by Rod Stewart.
By the Sutherland Brothers.
Used in the series Sailing, based on board the Ark Royal I been to remember.
I seem to recall that the Marine 'signature tune'" A life on the ocean wave" was written by a Mexican.
Royal Marines are sea soldiers, Life on an ocean wave was played as they entered followed by Rod Stewart’s Sailing. Sea shanty being played on the violin.
Really do love your reactions, and especially learning more UK military history. "The Rifles Sounding Retreat" on Horseguards would be an interesting reaction - the fast pace of light infantry makes their "double time" pretty memorable. The Rifles Regiment came about by amalgamating the Light Infantry Regiments and the Royal Green Jackets - who you have come across already.
The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines are arguably one of the military bands in the world.
No arguments Bootnecks are the best of the best.
That can certainly be argued. Wierdo!
@@jerryburrows6206 Are you of such limited intelligence that you have to resort to abuse?Please grow up and be an adult and not a child.
@@jerryburrows6206 ok werdio.
A life on the ocean wave, entrance tune. Thank you for compliments on military music. Sailors Hornpipe on the violin, brilliant. We have quite a few military bands, take your choice.
the sailor's hornpipe is a work song, for winding a rope around a capstan hauling it up and down
I would definitely recommend The Edinburgh Military Tattoo. There's nothing quite like The Massed Pipes and Drums marching out at the end to tune of The Black Bear.
Discipline + solid musicianship = The Royal Marine Band! That's essentially what the announcer was inferring with his comments during the video. I've seen them rehearse; it's done with military precision, as you would expect. They know their instruments and routines so well that nothing could go wrong - and if it ever did, they'd know how to compensate and fix things in an instant.
The reference to Prince Charles stated that he had personally conferred an honour (OBE) on the band master - the Prince of Wales may do such a thing in lieu of the Queen, and he is doing it more often than ever these days, as the Queen is lightening her duties in view of her age.
The familiar tune played by the solo violinist was the Sailor's Hornpipe.
The OBE was given to Lt Colonel Nick Grace, Principal Director of Music Royal Marines and Comandant of the Royal Marines School of Music. He is one of the top Directors of Music for the UK and one of the best in the world. I believe since that was filmed he has retired.
As I've said in a comment to you previously, Sarah . . . almost all regiments have their own band in some way or other. Including the Grenadiers, Coldstream, Light Infantry, etc . . . You've even seen the Mounted Band when you watched the Queens Coronation video recently . . . But what you watched here was just a small part of the RM Band - which are sometimes requested to visit and so go out to various countries to perform at their shows . . .
What you really need to watch is the RM Massed Bands coming down The Mall, Birdcage, etc, as they head towards or back from Buck Palace . . . Massed Band just means all 4/5 of them being together, if they are all available for it, marching down playing together - and that's also when you get their full drum line placed out in front, too . . . Definitely worth a watch for you!!!
There are/were videos on YT, maybe around 2014-16? - of when on 1 Mall walk/play, they were joined by a US band on one side and I think a Belgian one at the other side . . . these vids are usually between 15-35 mins max, depending on who was taking them at the time - and if they were in the right place so as to catch the very start of it to walk along with them all the way . . .
In 2014 for beating retreat the RM bands were joined by one of the USMC bands and the one of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Link to beating retreat:
th-cam.com/video/kbdHuq8Qne4/w-d-xo.html
Link to the march to/from beating retreat:
th-cam.com/video/zXcmW7CgmWw/w-d-xo.html
The Royal Marines have five bands and they’re all rather excellent.
The RM drums and bugles have always been extremely good, they had to be as they were used for signalling aboard ship in the days of sail.
I believe the leopard skins protect the uniforms from wear and tear because the drums are so large and bulky.
Marines buglers were used aboard capital ships usually with the senior officers on the bridge to pipe hands to action stations or change of watch etc during ww2 .These young Marine bands men were no more than boys payed as a junior marine but expected to stand at their posts should the ship go into action. This is illustrated in the film 'Battle of River Plate '
That violin one, the Sailors Hornpipe, is usually played at The Last Night Of the Proms
Sailing was a Rod Steward song that was used for a BBC documentary made in 1976 following life on HMS Ark Royal, the Royal Navy's last fixed-wing aircraft carrier (a fixed-wing carrier is one that has catapults to launch planes and arrester cables to stop them on landing).
It is the Tattoo in Basel, Switzerland.
I forget whether you've reacted to a video of it but if its British military music you want then you can't go wrong with the Trooping of the Colour.
The Band of the Royal Marines are one of our top military bands. The Royal Marines - sea sailors- were founded in 1664 and have seen active service ever since. The Royal Marines motto translates as ' On land, on sea' but thir e other motto has become the personal motto of Marines throughout the world - Semper Fidelis - (semper fie) - means always loyal and indicates a marine's loyalty to and support of all his/her fellow marines.😎
Per mare per terram by sea by land being ex bootneck i know
They don't 'walk' they MARCH! They are a MILITARY BAND, probably the finest in the WORLD!
"A life on the ocean wave." Theme tune (Regimental March) of the Royal Marines. Best band in the world......and please note the medals.
It from a tattoo in Germany, the anchor was the song Sailing by Rod Stewart. Listen to Highland cathedral by any Scottish regiment, ( the Highlanders), the drums are covered with battle honours through history. Each British regiment has their own battle honours and colours.
The association of Rod Stewart’s song ‘Sailing’ with the Royal Navy goes back to the 1970’s with a documentary (Sailor) on the Audacious Class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal before she was scrapped in 1980. Worth a watch.
They are one of the world's best military bands. There are English language tattoos on TH-cam and many video of the Marines bands.
The Royal Marines are the Royal Navy's equivalent of the Army's special forces. RM Commandos are rightly freared as awesome fighting force.
Not quite. Royal Marines are rather the equivalent of what's the army's Paras (though not comparable), as both have their heritage from the commandos during ww2. Army's special forces would be the SAS with the Royal Navy's counterpart being the SBS, which is mostly manned with Royal Marines anyways.
Whilst I agree that the Commandos are an awesome fighting force I think you may have overlooked The Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy. Quote from Wikipedia “(they are) the sister unit of the British Army 22nd Special Air Service…the SBS has traditionally been manned mostly by Royal Marine Commandos”. The SBS were under command of the Commandant General Royal Marines but in 2001 command was transferred to the Commander in Chief Fleet.
If you want to see more of the Royal Marine band, look for them doing 'Beating Retreat' and the their marches to and from beating retreat.
This is the Basel Tattoo, in Switzerland. I used to live just down the road. Great event. Starts with the bands parading through the city. If you'd continued to watch this you'd have seen bands from other nations join the Royal Marines for a rousing finale ending with Champs-Elysées / Waterloo Road. You should also watch them do a magical version of Holst's Planets Suite, at an event in Sweden. They are fantastic. In an earlier Basel Tattoo they do a great, crowd-pleasing rendition of Riverdance. They're all on here.
They formed the anchor to the tune of Rod Stewart's "We are Sailing".
You're such good company, Sarah. Watching your videos is comfortable, entertaining, instructive, and most of all authentic. No ego here. I just watched the Russian history one and that wasn't so comfortable. I kept wishing that the human race would grow up and stop stomping around the world trying to be superior and causing all manner of horrors along the way.
"must be a navy song"- That was Rod Stewart's composition / Chart Hit 'Sailing' - which did get adopted somewhat by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal.
This is the Basel Tattoo, in Switzerland. Recognized it straight away as I did it in 2006 with the New Zealand Army Band!
Everytime I hear we are sailing I think of the task force leaving Portsmouth heading sth in 82
This is the jubilee year in UK and all spring & summer there have been epic band performances. The British rule in marching bands.
This was a recording of a broadcast from a german TV Station, hence the narration in German - note the "hr", meaning "hessischer Rundfunk"/hessian broadcasting service. But as commentators usually are, you did not miss much, he was only explaining what songs were being played.
As for suggestions, the Royal Marines Band has a lot of amazing stuff, also a live youtube channel. Personally, I like it best when they take on the more modern titles, but all their performances are pretty amazing.
the lady playing the violin was playing the "sailors hornpipe"a traditional work song I picture them hauling in a cable around a capstan to this
Ex Royal here and obviously at bit biased but as good as other British military bands are
I really think The Royal Marine band is just that bit better.
Marching behind them never got old
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As many others have said, the Edinburgh tattoo is an absolute must see for military bands
They do Christmas Concerts along the South Coast of England, near Portsmouth - the main naval base like San Diego in the USA, and most likely elsewhere. They are seated like a conventional band and play carols, etc. We saw them last December.
Sailing was a song by the sutherland brothers and i think it was in Basel .Basel Tattoo is an annual military tattoo show performed by International military bands, display teams, popular musicians, and tattoo formations in Basel, Switzerland. You might have heard the Hornpipe from Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Last Night of the Proms.Cheers and all the best from England.
Their greatest Parade is the "Beating the Retreat" on Horse Guards Parade and then down the Mall. Fantastic Marine Soldiers. You would love to join if you could get in and make the very demanding grade. This Military unit is 450 years old.!. Music is tradition as well as military prowess.
The tune they played when marching on was Life on the Ocean Waves. The second tune was Rod Stewarts Sailing.
Hi Sarah. You would love the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held in Edinburgh Castle annually. Another, not military would be Andre Rieu’s Highland Cathedral recorded live in Maastricht, Netherlands. Another great tune that is well played on bagpipes is one I’m sure you will know, Amazing Grace.
Bandies, as they are known in the Royal Navy, double as stretcher bearers in combat zones. On the SS Uganda during the Falklands in 1982, they performed heroics, not just on board the hospital ships but also ashore. Plus, they are, by far, the best military band in the world.
Great performance. As others have suggested check out the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Performers from all over the world have attended over the past 70 years.
The stick work by the drum corps of the Royal marine band is excellent
Check out 'Royal Marines Corps of Drums and Top Secret Drum Corps'. Top Secret are in my mind the best non military drum troupe out there, seeing them perform with the best military drum corps is an experience.
I totally agree a great video to watch. I just love the Top Secret Drum Corps
I believe this is from an off-Broadway production of Guys and Dolls.
Was a professional musician and one of our drummers was with the Royal Marines Band
Should see the video of when just days after 9/11 the Queen arranged for her guards to play "The Star spangled Banner" in the grounds of Buckingham palace
Their side drums are regimental ones, it shows all their battle honours.
The German announcee mentioned Rod Stewarts hit of Sailing. Played Sailing & they formed the anchor. Edinburgh Military Tattoo performed on the Esplanade in front of Edinburgh Castle. This event is performed during August . The leopardskin is worn by the bass drummer between the bass drum & bandsman to protect his uniform. Sailors Hornpipe you recognised usually played at Last Night of the Proms. Numerous tv channels transmit to their countries thats why it was in German
I think the announcer was speaking Swiss-German, the language of this part of Switzerland
My dad was a Sargent trobone player then got a commission and ended up Lt Commander in the Canadian Armed Forces. RM are absolutely brilliant and genius
It was in Basel tattoo in Switzerland
HM Royal Marine Band is the best military band in the world. Their sound is just incredible!
That's the military tattoo from Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. The anchor formation is from a Rod Stewart song & music.
Have you heard the HM Royal Marine Band, "I Vow to Thee My Country"? If not please do, I think you will enjoy it.
Another 2 videos to check out are the command carriage gun competition & To the Limit & beyond. Which is from the 70s I think & is about the training for this event. Probably the hardest sport to take part in.
When was Heart of Oak? It's mentioned in the blurb, but I couldn't hear/catch the tune at any point?
The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy so much of their repertoire is naval.
It should be pointed out that not only do the members of the Royal Marines Band have to be able to play at least two instruments, They are also fully qualified medics. I would suggest that yous check out their Royal Albert Hall concerts on TH-cam.
If it hasn’t been suggested already you should see their rendition of “ I vow to thee my country”
I'm Canadian and the Royal Marines in battle and song are in another league
If you want to see how the various men and women who make up the Royal Marine Band are selected and trained there are a series of videos on TH-cam taken from a documentary series about the band.
The Fiddler was playing the "Hornpipe" a traditional R.N. jig
The venue is Basel Tattoo in Switzerland which takes place each summer, very similar to the more famous Edinburgh Tattoo which is also held every summer at Edinburgh castle. The RMB are world famous and are considered by many as the best military band in the world.
The music at the beginning (with the anchor) was "Sailing" a 1975 No:1 hit for Rod Stewart (it tanked at No:58 in the US) It has since been associated with the Royal Navy and is often played as band music.
The lady ltn violinist was playing an old sea shanty called "Blue Peter" a very well known tune this side of the pond.
This is the world class Royal Marines at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo high up on the castle rock in Edinburgh. My Father was the Guard Commander there for 2 years with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers back in the 1960's. My Mother was born in Edinburgh. A fantastic event to attend & would highly recommend it.
The german commentator said the band was playing rod stewarts sailing and they were going to form an anchor
No they are in Basel Switzerland. The violinist played the horn pipe.
I saw the RM band from the Royal Yacht Britannia do sunset,evening colors in US forces in Victoria BC 40 years ago impressive. As for the drummers thats what you call co-ordination
Military tattoo in Germany Marines ARE sailors!! The tune with the violin player is a navy tune - very indicative of navies
That was filmed at the Edinburgh Tattoo held on the parade square in Edinburgh Castle, usually annually with performances by the armed forces of many countries and a sprinkling of guest celebrity's. Not sure of the year but looks like a few years ago as has not been held for two years due to Covid.
If you want to see the full Royal Marines Band in action watch this, it's amazing. th-cam.com/video/popbL1JuGqM/w-d-xo.html