![]() Listening back to the band's five original albums on Rhino's excellently remastered reissue series in an age when rhythm is returning to the fore of the underground, it's hard not to notice just how charged and visceral some of these records were. The Liverpool quartet created an absolutely huge sound on record to match their frontman's flair for grandiosity, and they bore it to you on the backs of bassist Les Pattinson and drummer Pete DeFreitas, a rhythm section whose sheer power and imagination is chronically overlooked. Ian McCulloch's (melo)dramatic, psychedelic crooner vocals and frequent forays into quasi-religious lyrical imagery are something you just have to accept without overthinking it, but the fact is that this band made that kind of stuff sound great. Granted, there are reasons aside from their moniker that people might shy away from Echo & The Bunnymen. And the fact is, they really were a good band in their day (and actually still are in their reconstituted form today), but it's hard to find anyone who really takes them all that seriously. I can't count the number of times I've found myself saying, "No, seriously, they're really quite good once you get past the name," to someone unfamiliar with their work. I can see it sounding funny on a drunk Saturday evening, but to seriously go through with it and start releasing albums under the name The Bunnymen (Echo was their drum machine) is just beyond reason, not only because it's a silly name, but because it's a name that engenders skepticism immediately when you say it. Alternate calls follow common practice performance at Marine Barracks Washington and throughout the Marine Corps and the military.So what kind of drugs do you think it was? I only ask because it seems fairly obvious that Echo & The Bunnymen were a band christened during a period of impaired judgment. All bugle calls were performed on a Soprano bugle in G. For those calls for which there are multiple versions: the first most closely adheres to the bugle calls listed in the Marine Corps Manual. Zimmerman traditionalīugle calls performed by the ceremonial bugler for Marine Barracks Washington. March, "Semper Fidelis": John Philip SousaĪnchors Aweigh The Marines' Hymn: Charles A. The Marines' Hymn (slow version): traditional National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner ": John Stafford Smith, Francis Scott Key Three Ruffles and Flourishes Flag Officers March*įour Ruffles and Flourishes Flag Officers March*įour Ruffles and Flourishes Generals Marchįour Ruffles and Flourishes Honors March March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (John Philip Sousa)įour Ruffles and Flourishes National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith, Francis Scott Key) ![]() Two Ruffles and Flourishes Flag Officers March* One Ruffle and Flourish Flag Officers March* March, "Semper Fidelis":John Philip Sousa If honors are not required in the sequence, all four tracks should be excluded.Īdjutant's Call French Foreign Legion March (L. The other three should not be programmed for play. * Please note: This sequence includes four sets of "Ruffles and Flourishes, Flag Officers March," one of which may be chosen if honors are required. ![]()
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