Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A GI Jive for the 21st Century

One of my favorite songs of WWII was Johnny Mercer's "GI Jive" which he claims to have written at a stoplight at Hollywood and Vine. "Chuck all your junk back in the trunk, fall on your bunk, clunk!" It would be a little difficult to pen such a jaunty ditty today. "Drink lemonade, sit in the shade, fall on a grenade..you're daid!" Are there any songs from Iraq or Afghanastan? Maybe on the other side: "Praise Allah and pass the ammunition" and "Comin' in on a bomb and a prayer". Just like the devil the enemy has all the good tunes.

No comments:

Post a Comment