Marching chant

November 22, 2005 2:21 PM

Song with marching lyrics, "Left, Left, Left Right Left"

I am looking for any songs with a good beat that have either back ground audio or main lyrics with the soldiers marching chant "Left, left, left right left." to be used for a personal video project. One I found is "left right" by The Chemical Brothers. would like to find some more. :)

posted by retro88 to Media & Arts (19 answers total)

Pink Floyd's The Wall has plenty of good old fashioned marching.
posted by Pollomacho at 2:30 PM on November 22, 2005

FWIW, I remember there was a good cadence in the movie Stripes when the recruits do a parade. This page seems to have a wealth of info and samples of cadences.
posted by captainscared at 2:36 PM on November 22, 2005

I don't know about music, but there are a bunch of cadence CDs here.
posted by Marky at 2:38 PM on November 22, 2005

Left, Right, Left by Drama.
posted by sellout at 3:12 PM on November 22, 2005

The Schoolyard Heroes have a fairly nifty song Contra which has a militaristic sound to it. However, I personally prefer their more popish work.
posted by mmdei at 3:23 PM on November 22, 2005

There's a hip hop song out right now with a marching theme to it. I've only heard it on the radio, so I don't know who did it. Maybe someone else will know what I'm talking about.
posted by Alt F4 at 3:24 PM on November 22, 2005

"Links 2 3 4" by Rammstein.
posted by armage at 3:31 PM on November 22, 2005

eminem: both "Till I Collapse" and "Soldier"
posted by neda at 3:56 PM on November 22, 2005

The Fugee's "The Score" touches on the marching theme briefly.
posted by Steve Simpson at 4:07 PM on November 22, 2005

The Doors' "Unknown Soldier" has a marching chant in it, but I'm not sure it's "Left, Left, Left Right Left."
posted by needs more cowbell at 4:25 PM on November 22, 2005

Kanye West's Jesus Walks
posted by Xalf at 4:36 PM on November 22, 2005

Isn't there a background chorus of Left, Right, Left, Right in one of the Disney films? Jungle Book?
posted by ceri richard at 5:17 PM on November 22, 2005

"unknown Soldier," by the Doors (cadence barked by Ray Manzarek, who did spend a few years in the Army in Okinawa)
posted by jonmc at 6:13 PM on November 22, 2005

dammit.
posted by jonmc at 6:14 PM on November 22, 2005

"Sgt. Baker" by Primus
posted by First Post at 8:57 PM on November 22, 2005

Col. Hathi's March from The Jungle Book.
posted by adamvasco at 2:28 AM on November 23, 2005

Full Metall Jacket - I Want To Be Your Drill Instructor

"we're going a little bit too slow

Left right left right left right left -
left right left right left right left"

I know it is not left,left,left, right, left, but it is marching.
posted by kudzu at 4:23 AM on November 23, 2005

U2's Seconds has some marching stuff, though not quite that I don't think.
posted by Aknaton at 9:07 AM on November 23, 2005

You could use some thing from Run To Cadence W/ The U.S. Army Airborne or Run to Cadence with the Recon Marines. These are actual recordings of Marrines and soldiers calling cadence. There is a whole series of these: Army Rangers, SEALs, Special Forces, Army Airborne Rangers, etc.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 11:55 PM on November 23, 2005