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sdfernando

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32. The U.S. doesn't do these types of parades

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:28 PM

Jun 2025

and you can tell. Very few crisp straight lines, uneven strides distances, lots of people out of step, rifles held at different angles, band instruments also held at different angles.

Hell, my high school band was way better than this!

Look at the parades in Russia and China…they train for this and it shows.

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Proud Boys came to the rally in Atlanta. Then the tubas stepped in! [View all] jmbar2 Jun 2025 OP

That is GREAT! hlthe2b Jun 2025 #1

There's more of us than them! FirstLight Jun 2025 #2

Wind instruments FTW! tanyev Jun 2025 #3

Well, Technically Brass Metaphorical Jun 2025 #11

I've always admired the subversive potential of brass to interrupt evil discourse jmbar2 Jun 2025 #14

Brass WIND instruments they are just not sdfernando Jun 2025 #27

My trombone playing son who played in the Eastman Wind Ensemble would disagree. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2025 #56

Sad trombone got the last laugh in this video jmbar2 Jun 2025 #66

Brass instruments are wind instruments. ShazzieB Jun 16 #88

They were fabulous! chowder66 Jun 2025 #4

I LOVE this! Hekate Jun 2025 #5

There were no decent bands in the Nazi parade in DC Walleye Jun 2025 #6

The U.S. doesn't do these types of parades sdfernando Jun 2025 #32

Yup, getting it crisp takes lots of practice. JHB Jun 2025 #49

The drill team at the beginning of A Few Good Men Ilsa Jun 2025 #55

I'm not in the habit of "rec'ing" Aggie-related posts... Paladin Jun 17 #90

Truth, I've seen better parades in my own hometown Walleye Jun 2025 #61

I goggled it this morning cuz I didn't see enough parade footage to know if there were bands. CrispyQ Jun 2025 #76

Maybe I just missed the good music that happened in the parade. Walleye Jun 2025 #81

Made my day AnnaLee Jun 2025 #7

Ouch! sheshe2 Jun 2025 #8

There was a guy carrying a boogaloo brothers US flag. The yellow and black one. marble falls Jun 2025 #9

What are they proud of? BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #10

I'd like to say to the guy who was hiding his face that if you must... 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #45

One of their tenents is to keep masurbation to once a month. Not a joke. marble falls Jun 2025 #64

Thank goodness for the tubas kacekwl Jun 2025 #12

He wouldn't stop yapping GenThePerservering Jun 2025 #82

As the tuba player in my high school's symphonic band, I approve. Aristus Jun 2025 #13

Technically, is it a tuba or sousaphone? jmbar2 Jun 2025 #15

The sousaphone is the portable, wearable version of the tuba. Aristus Jun 2025 #21

Actually, I brlieve that was a euphonium. Conjuay Jun 2025 #29

I don't know the tune usonian Jun 2025 #16

I think it's a Klezmer tune, but don't know the name of it. jmbar2 Jun 2025 #18

I am way uninformed on Klezmer. usonian Jun 2025 #23

It's Bella Ciao! The Italian anti-fascist song chia Jun 2025 #24

I missed WWII usonian Jun 2025 #28

Wow! What a great choice of tune jmbar2 Jun 2025 #38

So cool to know it's an anti-fascist tune, from Italia. First thought it was a polka, to mock the Nazi Boys. Timeflyer Jun 2025 #68

A long-time favorite of Leftists thought crime Jun 2025 #74

I was really hoping for BidenRocks Jun 2025 #17

I was hoping for Midnight in Moscow NBachers Jun 2025 #39

Another great tune - I've heard it but didn't know the background. jmbar2 Jun 2025 #41

My son married his Bulgarian wife in Sofia. Walking through a park downtown, I heard a band playing this. I said, "I'm NBachers Jun 2025 #46

Ciao Bella!!! nt Javaman Jun 2025 #19

OMG, you're so right! tanyev Jun 2025 #20

FIAT. Failed Italian Automotive Technology. NT usonian Jun 2025 #30

Ha! I'm impressed they fit all 4 of them plus a camera inside that car. tanyev Jun 2025 #33

Very famous anti-Fascist song. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2025 #22

You want to upset them? usonian Jun 2025 #25

fuhrer's face NJCher Jun 2025 #36

It's the limbic response. If it ain't part of the cult(ure), hate it. usonian Jun 2025 #47

Most of the difference in sound can probably be attributed to the different mouthpieces. LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #40

Thanks! usonian Jun 2025 #42

STG! JustAnotherGen Jun 2025 #26

I grinned though that entire video BlueSpot Jun 2025 #31

Kudos to everyone KentuckyWoman Jun 2025 #34

OMG wryter2000 Jun 2025 #35

Absolutely MAV-A-LAS!!! hamsterjill Jun 2025 #37

the old tuba tooters back again. AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #43

BRILLIANT!! ailsagirl Jun 2025 #44

I watched it twice NJCher Jun 2025 #48

BRA EFFING VO!!! Faux pas Jun 2025 #50

My favorite part MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2025 #51

LMFAO. Whaa? No requests, boys? B.See Jun 2025 #52

Tuba on the march Norrrm Jun 2025 #53

K&R spanone Jun 2025 #54

Needs more cowbell! Pacifist Patriot Jun 2025 #57

Isn't that originally from SNL? markodochartaigh Jun 2025 #58

Yep! That is indeed where it comes from. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2025 #59

love how casual LEO is Skittles Jun 2025 #60

They are very good players! Well-done! LymphocyteLover Jun 2025 #62

Bwaaaah malaise Jun 2025 #63

Now that musically owning magats. TexLaProgressive Jun 2025 #65

OMG orangecrush Jun 2025 #67

Played trombone in high school. HeartsCanHope Jun 2025 #69

CLEARLY there are more of us than them! Trueblue Texan Jun 2025 #70

Missed opportunity! ms liberty Jun 2025 #71

Why are the police have taken a stance to protect the proud boys William769 Jun 2025 #72

It looks to me like they're corralling them. nt GenThePerservering Jun 2025 #80

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! Stinky The Clown Jun 2025 #73

+5 brass instruments of fascist repelling eShirl Jun 2025 #75

jmbar2 ............. Upthevibe Jun 2025 #77

This was something else I loved seeing peggysue2 Jun 2025 #78

Happy Pride, boys! IjustDontlikeRepugs Jun 2025 #79

ACLU legal observers present. That's how you do it! n/t Cheezoholic Jun 2025 #83

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #84

Bella Ciao!!... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #85

The tuba is a lethal weapon. Just ask Giuseppe Verdi. Bluetus Jun 2025 #86

Hip Hip Hooray for the Tubas! mdbl Jun 2025 #87

Rachel Maddow showed this video on her show last nite and I also listed it on Reddit and one Shellback Squid Jun 17 #89

That's wonderful! jmbar2 Jun 17 #91

In search of the elusive "brown note" just for the proud boys. nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 17 #92

Tubas of the Resistance Unite! jmbar2 Jun 17 #93

I laughed 'til I cried ailsagirl Jun 18 #94

The girl dancing with the flag behind those boys.... CoopersDad Jun 18 #95

Just saw this. Great stuff! 😄 TY electric_blue68 Jun 18 #96