101ST Field Artillery Boston Pops 1812 Overture

101ST Field Artillery. Boston Pops 1812 Overture.

[@HeyItsMaher]

6:45 Guy on the left: “Sir! We have run out of musical notes, Sir!”

[@SENOR_David]

Bro! That is Hilarious

[@glendapeterson1180]

Imagine soldiers being told, "Hey guys, you're going to play in a symphony."

[@kauhanen44]

"But we are in artillery!" "Exactly."

[@sketchygetchey8299]

But sarge......

[@MrTyS1776]

They don’t care, they get to fire the guns!

[@Timjaro]

"my mother always wished I appreciated more of the arts."

[@brianholmes1812]

Conversely, imagine being in an orchestra and being told "hey, you're going to have to move over to make room for the artillery"

[@Furball2k]

Now THIS is what I call FEDERAL SPENDING ON THE ARTS!!! Hell Yeah

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

totally agree - art can be a watercolor landscape or it can be f'n big and loud and it is just as beautiful and powerful

[@joshbobst1629]

It's the best use of military spending and War machines that I can think of

[@ethanfelix6791]

If your song doesn’t have actual artillery cannons as instruments then you’re doing it wrong

[@ProfessorYana]

Some guy: "Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments." Tchaikovsky: "Yes they are, and I'm probably going to use twenty-one of them." Some guy: "Tchaikovsky, no!" Tchaikovsky: "TCHAIKOVSKY YES! TCHAIKOVSKY ALWAYS YES!"

[@LoreSka]

Same if you don't have anvils in Verdi's Il Trovatore :)

[@numbereightyseven]

Song? SONG?

[@donalderickson8283]

Absolutely brother

[@antvic11]

And church bells and a choir. We did this in Old San Juan, PR. in 2010-2012 with the PRNG Band, invited military musicians to augment the band and a choir made up,with 100 voices. Talk about magical moments...

[@spinotter1763]

These guys are so lucky. Who else can say: "I played in the orchestra!!!!" -- "Which instrument?" -- "Canons!!!" So freaking lucky.

[@jonathanbair523]

Just think if they used canons for the Star-Spangled Banner! Maybe have them shoot colored illumination shells.

[@zombieregime]

The cannons during the star spangled banner were british being fired at the american fort, in order to bring the flag pole down, as the lowering of the flag was a signal the americans surrendered. Come dawn the flag pole still stood, though at an odd angle. It had taken multiple direct hits from British cannon fire. Every time it fell the men of the fort rushed out to prop it back up. By the end of the assault the pole was stood by the pile of bodies at its base. So no, the star spangled banner does not need cannons.

[@HOwNOTthink]

Overused and old joke

[@ErichKartmann]

Mozart: my music is the greatest in all mankind history Tchaikovsky: HOLD MY VODKA!! *rolls out field artillery equipment*

[@DenisTriton]

В царской России практически не пили алкоголь.

[@tylermin5305]

When tchaikovsky shows this in front of the zar: that roof has to go im sory but we have to shoot live canon rounds that concert hall roof has to go alright evry body prepare to fire

[@antifurrygeneral1099]

The best is mozart.beethoven.tchaikovsky

[@camilqaq1478]

During these times it was prohibited to drink alcohol.

[@SgtRock57]

😂😂😂Touché 😂😂

[@michaelduncan5116]

Love the far left guys at the very end "OH BALLS WE'RE OUT OF SHELLS" then "Welp, we'll just have to stand here and look good" then "HOLY CRAP ANOTHER SHELL!" then "F yeah we're awesome"

[@AFO3310]

Literally the entire US Army in one sentence xD

[@JB-qq1xz]

nice recovery..

[@Ailasher]

@@AFO3310 Well, judging by my experience in the Russian army - this is international.

[@Genevasuggestions1]

@@Ailasher Yes. I served 4 years in the US army infantry. Cross trained with several European and middleastern armies, logistics sucks about everywhere haha

[@MickeyKraut419]

That's what happens when you slot the knuckle draggers in the Land of Squawking Chickens to do your cannon salute. Should have hired the real Airborne Artillery. At least we can count.... and fire on beat... and in unison...

[@greatwarships2758]

May I recommend the 16 inch guns of the Iowa class battleships?

[@jaysongordo549]

YESSSS then a Salvo in the end

[@chrisw443]

If only....

[@cjcarthy5]

That may require like 20+ battle ships just to have the cannons loaded on time for their signal

[@MoreUngaMoreBunga]

Maybe Beethoven went blind attempting that (I know the piece isn’t by Beethoven)

[@PhillyCh3zSt3ak]

@@cjcarthy5 I see no way how this could end badly.

[@tankmaster1018]

7:03 Holy FUCK! What a save... That loader was fast as hell!

[@adamayer2031]

Just in the nick of time.

[@alexio1372]

So was the Sarge.👍🏽

[@lolomcspanky]

This is one of the greatest uses I've seen for artillery

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

Look up Canadian artillery wake up you will thank me

[@AndrewS-wj8be]

joe jitsu Yeah id rather use it on socialists as well

[@urbainleverrier1]

​@@AndrewS-wj8bewoah woah woah calm down brotha

[@indycustommade3568]

We had 155 mm Howitzers at the 2/29th FA. I can tell you we never fired that fast. These guys looked nervous, but then again we were loading big daddy shells. Go Field Artillery.

[@paistinlasta1805]

You can hear the microphone suffering when the cannons are fired

[@TheLuckyLuke314]

Dude the mic simulates losing your hearing to the cannons😂😂

[@vindicatedrascal]

4:09 THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE WAITING FOR!! 6:16 DO IT AGAIN! 6:30 PERFECT CANNON!!

[@robertfrank16]

6:50 That one soldier coming in clutch for that 3rd gun.

[@jx592]

As a 13B in the 101st that's assigned on this cannon. I'm ecstatic that I could get this opportunity

[@judeverge14]

Smoke earned his pay that day. On the spot with that last round!

[@sethchiaroproductions2171]

My group does at least two 1812 overtures with our 75mm pack howizters. It's a fun time, unless a round that miss fires and rolls by your feet thats still smoking...

[@MickeyKraut419]

75mm Packies? Awwwww how cute!!! It's sweet that you want to play with your older brother.

[@mycodenameism4331]

This is why I pay my taxes.

[@zaniq23]

It's all justified under training. They figure you need x-hours practice per period and this is how we are going to write this off. That's how flyovers work.

[@martel732]

freakin' 3rd howitzer was off key

[@karmallama4686]

🤣🤣

[@ceasefire915]

yeah god dam guy shot at b flat instead of b natural

[@brad3646]

Watch the Japanese one it’s great

[@urbainleverrier1]

​@@ceasefire915yeah that one was so accurate it was sick

[@sanqiangli6425]

Who says classical music is boring?

[@vindicatedrascal]

Love the song, hat the discipline of these troops. The Japanese version showed that mile-long stare in the cannon cockers. They should make the 105 cannon for the 1812 Overture a goddamn MOS. And before you criticize me, I DID play in the Marine Band and HAVE had the honor of playing this song with full cannons, fireworks, church bells, and a MF military flyover. It was incredible. If you've never seen this in person, put it on your bucket list. It really is THAT good.

[@way2muchNFO]

Wow

[@cdgncgn]

think of it, victory of 1812 was a military one over militant, totalitarian liberalism ... 209 years ago the piece written around 140 years ago to commemorate that triumph, be it timely. 1870s Tsarist Russia had problems with another offspring of modernity, communism, which worked its way as Russia bled dry in WW1, communist skum lost everything and gave imperial Germans peace that cost Russians dearly, not only in lives but also in country. Another offspring of modernity, fascism/nazism would show up on their doorstep - even as the country was in bolshevik communist grip. Germans were gripped in that national socialism thing. What a bloodbath ww2 was nazism basically out, after 89 commies also out, liberalism - the root of our existential problems of today. Liberalism basically erased/rewrote how the world functions to most people and it is empty, wrong, evil. 1812 commemorates victory over evil. Tsar, family was executed in 1917, just 105 years from then by people possessed by thought that came along the french liberalism. What a mess. As if that was not enough, 20 years from falls of empires all the madness happened. I seriously think that the totalitarianism presented in liberalism make it impossible to coexist with anything, because liberalism takes priority. I like it how US political circles present the only options as reps and dems, when both are liberal. 1812 was a victory, worthy of commemorating. Not just for the fancy bombastic cannon play, which I surely do appreciate, but the triumph over that perversity is what deserves to be known. Cheers from E. Europe. God bless you.

[@nunyabidnez2729]

Adapt, improvise, and overcome. Also, count your rounds while getting ready.

[@adamayer2031]

Rounds were all accounted for, Gun 3 just had fired an extra round to make up for Gun 2 getting skipped over and then Gun 2 also firing an extra round in between. Gun 3 were rockstars.

[@riot_mtf_roblox9509]

WE GETTIN’ OUT OF PARIS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🗣🔥🗣🔥🗣🔥

[@lanvu9323]

“I’m kind of a musician myself”

[@mjcamck]

July 5th 2018 - APPRECIATION TO ALL Armed Forces Services Members (their supportive family & friends) for OUR FREEDOMS. This display of efficient teamwork (even w/ the urgent re-stocking) is IMPRESSIVE as it gets. Even BETTER is the fact that these cannons are just firing into air, not AT anyone or anyone's property. Please - let us all recognize that soldiers, sailors, flyers do NOT create wars; they work to stop them from covering the entire planet. THANK YOU & Happy Holiday to you and yours!

[@pj7362]

Marth everything thing you wrote is accurate and appreciated accept for one thing . That little go twenty feet and retrieve another blank to fire is not " As Impressive As It Gets" . If anything it shows they had preparation in the case there was a need for extra possibly for a screw up , and even more probable just to give something for their Sargent to do besides be a human statue. Possibly pre planned to give that impression. What are men and women of the armed services do to perfection would fry your brain if you saw or understood the detail of their jobs mentally and physically. I am not trying to pound on you just simply point out some facts.

[@anitasukendro5256]

Soldier 1: That was the first and the last time we ever used a cannon. In a symphony. Soldier 2: The first time in a history soldiers led by a conductor.

[@jimsaenger7316]

John Philip Sousa comes to mind. Also Frederick the Great.

[@patricedhanis3546]

My mom used to play this song, LOUD, on Saturday mornings for us to wake up. Saturday was house cleaning day.

[@jonathanbair523]

My dad would sing, Irving Berlin - "Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning"

[@ardillav.5778]

I just absolutely love the fact that the US Army has been playing this part since the Cold War in a melody meant to celebrate the victory of the Russian army over the (by then) greatest army in the World.

[@livefree223]

I remember as a kid going to the Boston Esplanade for these 4th of July shows as a kid. Of course, the artillery and fireworks made my day!

[@samvinsonn]

I played this song for school. We didn't get cannons :^(

[@brad3646]

Sam Tried nah when in school you get ar15s instead of canons

[@turnanewleaf1]

The Gong, Man! Bash that sucker!

[@urbainleverrier1]

​@@brad3646dude. he's American. he can bring rpg's

[@m1t2a1]

Howitzer is my favorite musical instrument.

[@ijsmikasa703]

Tchaikovsky put Two anthems in one Music.... *He was very Genius*

[@sae136]

Alexei Brusilov long live the communist revolution

[@ijsmikasa703]

Comrade Dimitri Petrenko Spetsnaz *Bozhe Tsarya Khrani!!!*

[@sae136]

*da zdravstvuyet revolyutsiya*

[@trstn01]

*our-thems*

[@AT-yy5te]

Just great!

[@barbaracoleman9215]

my favorite song for a lot of reasons...mostly the field artillery!!!

[@jonathanbair523]

Field Artillery, Fire Works and classical music... What more could you ask for? Other then tanks!

[@TooLateForIeago]

Nice save by the commander at the end!

[@mr.numbers7996]

This was, and still is the most effective use of artillery in war.

[@kevnwarriner8819]

I just came across this performance from watching the British Navy fire HMS Belfast's six inch guns to the 1812 Overture, her stern started to disappear in the Smoke Clouds, but one of those guns sounded a little Flat but I don't think the Navy had time to tune it 😳

[@PROCHEESEBURGER]

I love the moment that guy says prepare to fire and then the finale begins

[@annamedvecky4793]

I never saw this, thank you so much. I am sawing my violin as fast as I can.........love you guys!!!!

[@Mr91495osh]

Fantastic performance.

[@Just_A_Dude]

Anyone else getting weird audio issues? Because for a minute there I thought my headphones were going out.

[@christopherbroms2508]

yes the right left balance is not right up on this piece

[@Eagle-od1im]

I thought I went deaf for a minute

[@billscheitzach601]

When we did this in my high school orchestra we had someone's dad firing blanks from a 12-gauge (he had something like six shotguns, all loaded; once he emptied one he picked up the next) into an empty metal oil drum.... and I thought THAT was impressive. Might as well have been shooting a BB gun into a pop can when compared to the real things.

[@andrewrobles5838]

They knocked it out of the park! Well timed.

[@Keef19661]

Congratulations from Russia my Boston brothers! Thx for perfect show you ☺️

[@jasminejo2424]

oh you play in an orchestra? what instrument do you play?

[@SOTY3011]

the 105 mm howitzer. it's just a smal part. not that magnificant

[@donalderickson8283]

1/40 field artillery in 1996 did this and I fell in love with this song. Boom field artillery. I loved my time in the Army as a forward observer. I learned to be a man at Ft. Sill.

[@michelleo7501]

They are the stars of the evening. Everyone waits for the 1812!!!

[@deborahturner7606]

NEVER. GETS. OLD!

[@ivanlussich8146]

I am from Uruguay. Some decades ago this famous '1812' piece was played outdoors at the Golf Club here in Montevideo, and the artillery parts were overwhelming ! The orchestra was our National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Piero Gamba. The soldiers wore the original uniforms !

[@jabba5263]

What a great save!

[@josedro]

Skillful gunners.Played the cannons in the overture key B Flat Major

[@mattadams887]

Brings to mind Longstreet at Gettysburg :"Did you not have enough ordinance when this was begun!?"

[@ForgetfulHatter]

wow that was awesome...aw...awe...huh...mawp mawp mawp *checking for hearing damage*

[@m1t2a1]

Excellent Archer reference

[@charlesevans1872]

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be a less exciting piece of music.

[@perfectoausentedesconocido4323]

Bien perrona bravo

[@danilsmith7292]

This literally sounds like a battle with the 1812 overture being played over it.

[@LoisJ69]

Best use of artillery ever!

[@64MDW]

From what I've read, the actor Walter Brennan served with the 101st Field Artillery in France during World War 1.

[@scottsugarbearpearson518]

that is so Hella AWESOME !!!!!!

[@natebit8130]

Imagine if they played this while fighting in world war 2 and the enemies can hear the song from all across the battle field

[@JackReace360]

Imagine your Antonio López de Santa Anna in San Antionio playing your cutting throat song to the Alamo then this song comes over the walls look it up

[@miked7745]

What a great save at the end...seconds to spare and finished with a bang.

[@jonathanbair523]

As a kid about 93 I think it was.... Was the first time I remember hearing this song and yes they had cannons to for the 4th of July!

[@terrancestanton8129]

Saved by the NCOIC!

[@lazydog223]

terrance stanton I noticed that too. Ol sarge showed why he got those stripes that day

[@jacksonwilliams8971]

All love to the Pops but I do prefer how the Japanese 1st Artillery Division used semaphore so they didn’t have to yell verbal commands over the piece. At the end of the day, though, it’s impossible to fully enjoy this without explosions going off near you

[@johncollins5591]

Puts a whole new meaning to Screaming Eagles.

[@user-ez8cr5hc4b]

Last round was amazing. Latino and math. Bravo!!!

[@tvideo1189]

Reminds me of the Army Artillery Corps tune "... was it high, was it low, where the hell did that one go, and the caissons keep rolling along". Especially the last part where they ran out of ammo.

[@PatrickRsGhost]

Better than the Air Force's song. "The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. The pilot tried to loop-de-loop at zero-zero feet. He ain't gonna fly no more! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die! He ain't gonna fly no more!"

[@fnkjesnfkjn]

I can just imagine a Steve Harvey reaction when someone asks "what instrument do you play?" and they respond "the Howitzer!"

[@MarioLabot]

7:03 - CLUTCH!

[@romanza_28]

Пётр Ильич Чайковский на американской земле. У них его очень хорошо знают, ибо на рождество самая популярная музыка, практически символ рождества, это танец феи Драже из Щелкунчика Чайковского. Опять же, хороший повод пострелять из пушек и порадовать народ))

[@MichaelKennedyDaphne]

We wait for this every 4th of July!

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

Gotta celebrate that historic victory of a king and his empire over a revolutionary army

[@ceoofwalls6751]

It wired cause this was Russian music in America but ok

[@jimmyyu2184]

Whoever missed that last gun powder packet is now doing KP for the next 100 years. 🤣🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Still a great exhibition. Kudos!!!

[@scottnyc6572]

So yeah..what instrument do you play? I’m fully fluent in howitzer sessions

[@orangejuiceman]

Just in time.....

[@LeeRaldar]

So what is your job in the army? I am a bandsman. What instrument do you play. The 5" field gun.

[@ianfromnh3652]

A good leader sees when you need something and gets it for you so you are in a position to succeed. Even if it the charge for your gun.

[@tanpengjoo7205]

MADE IN USA ALWAYS POWERFUL N BEAUTIFUL

[@turnupthesun81]

Army Recruiter: It says here you played in band in High School. I know just the job for you sir, Artillery Solider: Huh? Why? Recruiter: Because you can fire a cannon on in 4/4 time.

[@superscope27]

"What instrument did you play timmy?" "I played the 105mm howitzer"

[@arcesmo]

dit they break the right microphone?

[@Keef19661]

Gog bless America! Greetings from Russia!!!

[@Makarov13778]

That guy clutched so by giving that ammo on time for the final blast!

[@Cashier1234]

3:36 The best part begins…

[@ericpeterson6568]

We did it back in 94 with a battery of 12 pounder Napoleons

[@paulthomas8884]

Tchaikovsky's nod to those about to rock before anyone was about to rock.

[@josephferguson4507]

For those about to Rock AC ⛈ Dc tour at the Gahden in the early 80s with a Cannon

[@turnanewleaf1]

Oh, you shouldn't have reminded me, off I go.

[@scorzi]

We did this song in school band. Obviously we couldn't use real cannons, so they had people popping balloons 🤣

[@lorddaver5729]

Song? Do you hear any singing? No. Then it's not a song. It's a piece of orchestral music.

[@echohunter4199]

ROUNDS COMPLETE!

[@metodoinstinto]

It's not on time. They missed a lot a lot of tempos. But, hell, they gave their best. Better than most russian performances.

[@philipleroux421]

Tribute to the discipline of the soldiers they got the "bangs" in time to the music.

[@anti2229]

6:18 Even the camera went deaf in the right ear. 🤣🤣

[@AmonRaa]

My left ear liked that

[@BurnningApple]

it's very beautiful but... i feel so grateful about i am in airforce in korea...

[@albertbrock7284]

Artillery!

[@hiroshiseno6068]

最後間に合って良かったね❗

[@biscuitninja]

Zip ahead to 4:00

[@joybox28]

101ST........with 1812 Overture. WOW

[@user-kq7ky6kz9b]

Облажались, сразу видно попсу слушают. )))

[@fabianedgeuner2714]

was there an orchestra there? or was it recording

[@adamayer2031]

There was an Orchestra there. We also had a conductor telling us when to fire. They have us in the sheet music. Pretty neat.

[@rylanfersieck2171]

alright all of you are talking about the cannons but i would like to say that part when the music cut out on the left side sucks cause i thought my headphones gave out, theve been finicky for about a week or two now that wasnt cool

[@joshbobst1629]

I'm curious if the artillery soldiers are musicians. Are they required to have the kind of timing that precussionists have?

[@jasonjoyce7835]

No. The guy in the white dinner jacket with the headphones is a musician with the Boston Pops. He’s following the score and cuing the officer on the rear right to give the command to fire.