Ship building music

"Semper Paratus" (the Coast Guard marching song)

"Anchors Away"

"The Marine's Hymn"

"Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (aka the Navy Hymn, the Marine Corps hymn, & the Coast Guard hymn) 

"Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys

Almost anything by Jimmy Buffet

Way to go Navy, beat Army.

"Pirates" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Well worth a listen!!

Come Sail Away, by Styx

Cool Change, by Little River Band

And. for some strange reason... The theme from Superman

"Drifting" by Jimi Hendrix (Cry of Love album) and Sea of Delight by Brainbox (old 60's  Dutch rock group with Jan Akkerman on guitar). Oh yes, "Horse latitudes" by the Doors !

Julian

 The old "Victory at Sea" album by richard rodgers

 G.L.

Hi

HMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm, , , no one even mentioned "Columbia the Gem of the Ocean"! ! ! ! !

And not least "American Patrol", now how about also including "Rule Britania"! Of coarse the addition of the Richard Rodgers score does make it an impresive list.

Uh, , , , oh my, , , , "Yellow Submarine" also comes to mind!

SteveH

Hi All

Ship building tunes,eh? How about

The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker

Sail On Sailor by the Beach Boys

Yellow Submarine by the Beatles

Lord Granville by Al Stewart

Red Sails in the Sunset by Fats Domino(and a bunch of other artists like Perry Como)

Shrimp Boats A'comin by Jo Stafford

Wow I must be old to remember the Jo Stafford Tune....

Cheers

Mike M.

Overture to Der Fleigender Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) - Richard Wagner, the father of Heavy Metal).

Damn near makes me seasick! 

Theme music from "The Trap" and "Song of the High Seas" - Ron Goodwin.  Of course if the subject turns to aircraft then "633 Squadron" and "Aces High" by the same composer. 

There was a song called "Brandy" by Looking Glass, or how about "Glass of Champagne" by Sailor (OK, it's a long shot......).

Michael

Some great tunes listed so far but don't forget the Master and Commander soundtrack and Enya's Orinoco Flow from her Watermark CD.

As a lover of the Victorian Royal Navy, I have to suggest HMS Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan!

Rick

   Oh, my favourite has to be Sinead O'Connor's Jackie O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZ56Dmce3U&mode=related&search=

AUCH du lieber!{spell check don't work well in German!}

With my German blood line sagging, I FORGOT! From "the Enemy Below", "Der Horst Wessel"! Ja!

SteveH

Ralph, I think I'd prefer to listen to one of those apalling 'wrap' singers (is 'singer' the correct term here?) all evening than five minutes of talk radio.  If radio it has to be then 60/70's rock will do fine.

"Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

"Sailing" - Christopher Cross 

You guys all forgot an obvious one: "Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main..."

"Sea of Love" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs; also the Honeydrippers, that one-off project by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.

Speaking of Led Zeppelin, how about "Down by the Seaside," a lesser-played cut from Physical Graffiti. And of course, there's "The Ocean."

"Sail On" by The Commodores (a bit wimpy but it fits).

A one hit wonder called Every Mother's Son did a song called "Come on Down to My Boat."

"Ships" by Barry Manilow (another wimpy one but you won't find a title that's more to the point). And one more wimpy one, if you can hang in there: John Denver did a song about Jacque Cousteau's boat "Calypso."

If you're in a metal mood, "Children of the Sea" by Black Sabbath might be the best Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath song. His own group Dio later did a little-known but absolutely marvelous song called "All the Fools Sailed Away."

Iron Maiden's epic (nearly 14 minutes long) "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The live version on Live After Death really smokes! They also did a song called "Sea of Madness."

An obscure cut on Deep Purple's Burn album is called "Sail Away." After Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple, he formed his own band Rainbow and their song "Catch the Rainbow" on their debut album has a line about sailing away "on ships of wonder."

Thanks to a local radio station{WGN,Chicago}, they one time{late nite W/ Steve&Johnnie}. The mid '40's to early '50's BIG Band Original version of the "Sloop JohnB", yes I said big band version!

SteveH

P.S. I MUST add to this GROWING list, Larry with L. Welk Orchestra, "Asleep in the Deep.". His DEEP voice really carried that tune!

 I like a lot of Gordon Lightfoot, besides the classic "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" too, come to think of it.

  60
 

scottrc wrote:

"Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash "Sailing" - Christopher Cross

NAh, That's a Black Sabbath tune!! oh, wait I'm thinkin' of Sign of the Southern Cross

Anchors away.... and Yo hoho and a bottle of rum.......

Oh, Can't fergit PT-109

Hmmmmm, , ,

I also forgot, organist George Wright recorded a dynomite arraingment of "By the Sea."

SteveH

Since Led Zepplin was mentioned, I thought of the Robert Plant tune Ship of Fools.   It was played on the final episode of Miami Vice when Crocket and Tubs were stranded out on a boat.

Scott 

Hi

I MUST add one more song to a long list. While it is not a "sea going" song, this song would honor a galant ship and crew. In the book "Ship of Ghosts", Houston survivors reported that when the ABDA Naval force left port for it's last battle, men topside on Houston as they were passed by the H.M.S. Exeter, the ships p.a. was playing "A Hunting We Will Go" as they headed to sea. So much for British humor at the time, a moral boost for being hopelessly being outnumbered. That would be a fitting tribute for a fine ship and crew,all odds against them, but A hunting they did go for.

SteveH

Hi Guys,

        Jazz Masters' Paul Hardcastle has many great, "modeling", tunes.

A 2nd for the Victory at Sea entire album!

More Jazz tunes by Norman Brown, Acoustic Alchemy, Peter White. Smooth Jazz in general works well for me..recommended.

"Blue", by Eiffel65.

"Mr.Roboto", by Styx!

.......oh..almost forgot...the entire, "Pirates of the Carribean, curse of the Black Pearl", music soundtrack!

Very inspiring!

...to mention a few.....

faithfully submited, Tony Bunch