The moment you've all been waiting for: The Space Force has unveiled its official song

[demmiblue]

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[Chainfire]

1. Tell me that is a joke.

This would be better: https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=palace+guard+song+from+wizard+of+oz&type=E211US1490G0#id=13&vid=96f62d0f618c355d51c330ea13aecea3&action=view

[demmiblue]

2. Nope.

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[Solly Mack]

3. Just no.

[Aristus]

4. It isn't this song?

[HAB911]

11. THAT gets my vote

[Effete Snob]

5. In space, no one can hear you sing

[Chainfire]

7. Not to mention how hard it is to catch your breath.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. S'nit Thus Sprach 2001?

[FakeNoose]

34. All you need are the first 40 seconds or so

Hilarious! Bill Murray was always my favorite on SNL.

[Emile]

8. So stupid,

the song and the new military branch.

[Walleye]

9. That's terrible. It sure ain't "from the halls of Montezuma"

[Sneederbunk]

10. How many million did that cost?

[Biophilic]

12. Oh, my god, still laughing. I understand that it's real, but oh, no!!

Where’s a John Phillip when we need him. Those poor people. That must be one of the worse armed forces song ever, and I mean ever. But at least it’s good for a great laugh. They always make me feel better. Well, at least I know where to go when I’m in need of a long, strong laugh.

[spanone]

13. Written by Mel Brooks?

[Hekate]

15. "Warfighters" -- that's a favorite Trump word, isn't it? Trumpword. Redundant & kinda stupid...

Other than that clinker, I have no real objection, except having a Space Force was Trump’s idea.

I vote for “Up in the Air, Junior Bird Men.”

[FelineOverlord]

16. Behind The Music

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[3catwoman3]

17. It is a cross between being too theatrical...

…and sounding like a generic marching band ditty.

[Duncan Grant]

18. Open the pod bay doors, silence it forever. (nt)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Here I thought it was this one

[jmowreader]

20. It's not a bad song if you don't sing it

I like the instrumental part.

The words? No. However, it isn't nearly as bad as the III Corps song:

We are the Three Corps, Phantom Warriors
We're the Mobile Armored Corps!
From the Cavalry to the Infantry
We've fought in every war!

From the mountains to the prairies,
From sea to shining sea!
From the jungles to the desert sand
We will fight to keep men free!

Or the 10th Mountain Division song, which is worse:

We are the 10th Mountain Infantry
With a glorious history
On our own two feet,
All our foes we'll defeat
Light fighters marching on to victory.

We go where others dare not go,
Through the heat or cold or snow
We are proud to be in the Army of the Free
Climb to Glory, Mountain Infantry
Climb to Glory, The Light Infantry.

Compared to those two, "Semper Supra" reads like it was written by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Now for a real hideous one, the 82nd Airborne's song:

We're all-American and proud to be
For we're the soldiers of liberty
Some fly their gliders to the enemy
Others are sky paratroopers

We're all-American and fight we will
'Till all the guns of the foe are still
Airborne from skies of blue, we're coming through, let's go

Put on your boots and parachutes
Get all those gliders ready to attack today
For we'll be gone, into the dawn, to fight them all the 82nd Way, Hey Hey

We're all-American and proud to be
For we're the soldiers of liberty
Some fly their gliders to the enemy
Others are sky paratroopers

We're all-American and fight we will
'Till all the guns of the foe are still
Airborne from skies of blue, we're coming through, Let's Go

Just in case anyone wondered why the 82nd Airborne Museum plays "Blood on the Risers" on a tape loop...

The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more.

On the other hand, there's the 101st theme song:

We've got a rendezvous with destiny
Our strength and courage strike the spark that will always make men free
Jump right out into the sky of blue
Keep your eyes on the job to be done
We are the men of the 101st
We'll fight till the battle's won!

It's short. It's easy to remember - I didn't google that like I did the rest of the songs. And it's not stupid.

But the best one is the 3rd Infantry Division's song

I Wouldn't Give A Bean
To Be A Fancy Pants Marine,
I'd rather Be A Dogface Soldier Like I Am.

I Wouldn't Trade My Old O.D.'s
For All The Navy's Dungarees
For I'm The Walking Pride Of Uncle Sam

On All The Posters That I Read
It Says "Be All You Can Be"
So They're Tearing Me Down To Build Me Over Again

I'm Just A Dogface Soldier
With A Rifle On My Shoulder
And I Eat Raw Meat For Breakfast Everyday

So Feed Me Ammunition,
Keep Me In The 3rd Division,
Your Dogfaced Soldier's A-OK

I was never even in the Rock of the Marne, and that's a great song.

[Kid Berwyn]

27. Thank you, soldier!

Sir!

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. What, when they could have had this?

I lost my heart to a starship trooper

Hey, Captain Strange, won't you be my lover
You're the best thing that I've ever discovered
Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars
And evil Darth Vader he's been banished to Mars

Tell me, Captain Strange, do you feel my devotion
Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion
Encounters one and two are not enough for me
What my body needs is close encounter three

I lost my heart to a starship trooper
Flashing light in hyperspace
Fighting for the Federation
Hand in hand we'll conquer space

Listen, Captain Strange, what's our destination
The scanners seem to indicate a small deviation
Static on the comm - it's Starfleet Command
Requesting your position, it's their final demand
You're intentions are known, they've found out at last
So if you're gonna take me, please make it fast
Touch me, feel me, do what you will
I want to feel that galactic thrill

I lost my heart to a starship trooper
Flashing light in hyperspace
Fighting for the Federation
Hand in hand we'll conquer space

Space suit is lying on control room floor
Pulse rate increasing as the heat factor soars
Take me, make me feel the force
Ignore the computers, we're locked on course

[haele]

22. "Where can we have our charity show to rebuild the HS Gym?"

"I know - Let's use Grampy's Barn! Harvest won't be coming in for a few weeks!"
"And hey, Uncle Jack can move Mom's piano from the parlor in his moving truck"
"And I can grab a few dozen folding chairs from the church!".
"We got ourselves a Show! Yay! Let's go Team!"

All we need is Mickey Rooney...

Haele

[Higherarky]

23. So, earthlings will venture into the vastness of space with a warring attitude.

Sounds about right.

When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?


The stoopid. It burns.

[bluedigger]

24. Major Tom was the only good choice.

So disappointed.

[Hekate]

25. I vote for "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen," with all the gestures

It takes just 5 boxtops, 4 bottle caps, and 1 thin dime to get your wings!

This song my sister taught me a bazillion hears ago is harder to find than I would have thought, but here goes. Just imagine it backed up by the Space Force Band!

[wackadoo wabbit]

26. I can no longer tell the difference between satire and reality

Hell, I don't even believe that the Space Force logo is real and not a joke.

This is a very odd timeline.

[Conjuay]

28. I'l bet

it sounds great in the complete vacuum of space.

[EndlessWire]

29. It's horrible!

It's bland and sounds like filler material in some soundtrack somewhere. Did they run a contest on this? Or, did they hire someone to write it with the proviso that it couldn't sound better than any of the others? Hell, they should have hired a jingle writer. It would have sounded better.

Now we have to listen to this dreadful song being played every blessed time someone does a collection of Armed Forces songs.

[alphafemale]

30. That is "Springtime for Hitler" bad

And they are not being ironic.

[Trueblue1968]

31. SPUPID SONG ..... I S U C K S

[JHB]

32. I've heard better

[WhiskeyGrinder]

33. Spoilier alert: They're all crap.

[LuckyCharms]

35. Needs more cowbell.