ThePumpkin506 right! so pleasing

are piccolos really hard to tune or something?

George Higgins yes!

I see.

I am dead. The piccolo section killed me. it was that good.

Not sorcery but United States Marines!

u.s marine magic baby.

Ender-Chan I’ve played tuba for this....we had to triple-tongue. Yes, that is a thing. No I am not kidding.

yes

Oohrah.

I like this more than the national anthem

Well alright.

​@@Revisedcone same I love this more and I want to say my pride is when I hear this

So did I

I used to think this was the melody of the armed forces for the longest time. Don’t recall thinking it was the national anthem. I was taught at a very young age the Star Spangled Banner and had to play it on the piano.

same feeling

Sounds like a circus

@@joshez1 crazy f--- we rule u

@@JCStaling except you don't. Your potential leaders next year is a pile of ashes or a useless orange. Your society is crumbling and you're doing much worse than my country even if it is doing quite bad.

It's just balls out. Like, fuck you we're America.

Impossible

I mean...it is the President's Own. Incompetent piccolo players need not apply

That's exactly why they're in the Marines' Marching band. Duh

Drew: makes fun joke for fun people Dumb people who think they're smart because they don't get the joke: >:0

I mean this IS the exact band that Sousa directed

No need to apologize! I'm glad to have learned something interesting from your comment! You live in a beautiful country sir.

Manu Ginobili is my hero

complimenti per il tuo abbigliamento, Francesco !

Hello (sorry for bad England)

Your English is wonderful

USA loves France! 🇺🇸❤️🇫🇷

Yes, you are our allies since the War of Independence, and we owe a large part of our victory to the French. We now have a gift from the French in New York Harbor that is an enduring symbol of our alliance. Vive La France!

Thank you and deep respect to our dear friends and allies in France

I feel the same when I hear La Marseillaise. Sending us Lafayette and your welcome of Lindbergh are never forgotten.

Long live the French! Mon amie

dager3000 Fun fact if you play this in Texas eagles flock down to play this and a young JFK orchestrates it

Maybe the wine, maybe your comment, probably both, but I almost peed! LMAO!!!

I LOVE YOU: Omg, you're right! I live in Texas, played this song and here comes the instrumental eagles and young JFK is right there! Hold up, I'm gonna get his autograph before he starts! lol

Go for it

or skips a beat, depending -

I'm not the only one then!

The patriotism is strong with those piccolos. They refuse to bring shame to the country. Such loyalty, such tenacity. Oh my bless'd heart can only take so much. *faints

they are U.S. Marines, they define perfect, they have no such thing as "mistakes"

+InTeg3R-9¹³5 NoPreferences According to statistics from 2015, about 51 percent of the American population are mistakes.

+AverageHighSchoolGirl There's no such statistic. Don't make things up against us because of your frustration.

Amen🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏿🇺🇲🦅🎇

Reserved, respectful, dignified and GOOD!

Absolutely! I was able to play some Army and Navy songs in highschool band, and I greatly enjoyed it. The music really brings a sense of patriotism that can't be expressed in mere words.

boomer

Great band, solid performance. But imo this very aspect is musically problematic. The Hunsberger interpretation with the Eastman Wind Ensemble is more aggressive and musically exciting to my ears. If you search Eastman Wind Ensemble Stars and Stripes and scroll a few to Encores Tokyo 2004, I think you will enjoy that one as well. :)

Thanks you to your Dad's service for my freedom's. 🇺🇲🙏🏼🦅

Yes

🇺🇸 God bless him!

Your dad’s generation was definitely the greatest generation. Too bad there isn’t many of those veterans remaining.

@@Fishcop-326 My grandmother, who is still alive and strong at 93, wasn’t necessarily on the battlefield, but she was a nurse that helped wounded Frenchmen and Americans during the 1940’s, specifically the Fall of France and the Invasion of Normandie.

It certainly is amazing

where are you from?

Tonga 🇹🇴

He wrote a lot of other great marches, too. I always liked "The Thunderer." In the D.C. area we hear a lot of "The Washington Post March." The Charles County Concert Band, directed by Michael Peerless, performed a fantastic version of this a couple of years ago at their Christmas Concert.

@@michaelluginbill5534 thanks 😊

legomaster1998ful The bells dragged a tad, beautiful performance none the less!

yes

Of course it's perfect. They're Marines!

There was one little blip in the piccolo soli. But still having 4 piccolos sound that good together is an accomplishment by itself so who cares.

The Marines don’t make mistakes. Period.

Happy Fourth of July!! From Jermaine Simmons in Des Moines

Happy Independence Day, Jermaine.

@@LoneTinaja Same to you, friend.

Amen!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Well said! 🇺🇲🙏🏿🇺🇲🙏🏽🇺🇲🙏🏼

That posting is as sweet as all the music in the world! I'm grateful, too.

same! Though this Fourth was pretty quiet compared to the usual, I listened to this march and smiled.

John Philip Sousa wrote it: www.marineband.marines.mil/About/OurHistory/JohnPhilipSousa.aspx

Sousa was a genius. Nobody composed near as many great marches. He wrote some other good thing too, but they are overshadowed by his wonderful marches.

Richard Hecht I think Karl L King come pretty close

Salvador Marin Yeah. Karl King composed over 50 more marches than Sousa. I think where Sousa has King beat is that many of his marches were patriotic. Also, being in the leader of the Marine Band helped his exposure. (Well, those are my thought on the matter anyway.)

+Salvador Marin Henry Fillmore was close as well.

Did you cry watching this vid?

+pgiovanettijr *"it doesn't matter if it's a rifle or a flute in their hands"* The irony there is that, as far as I know, members of "The President's Own" are the only Marines who are not riflemen. Although they have to meet basic physical requirements (such as Marine height/weight standards), be acceptable for a security clearance and, of course, pass auditions, etc., they go directly from enlistment into the band (with the rank of Staff Sergeant) exempt from all training. None of which harms their musicianship one bit!

+I Boarshock I agree 100%

+I Boarshock no, they are trained just the same as any other Marines

Joe Downs Not according to their hiring pamphlet (Note: this ONLY applies to "The President's Own" US Marine Band.): *Members of “The President’s Own” are not required to undergo recruit training. The mission of “The President’s Own” is “to provide music and perform such other functions as are directed by the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.” Unlike other Marine Corps musical units, “The President’s Own” has no secondary combat role, and its members are exempt from all such training. “The President’s Own” musicians report to Washington fully trained to perform their primary duties in the accomplishment of the band’s unique musical mission. Therefore, there is no requirement for “The President’s Own” musicians to undergo recruit training.* www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Career%20Information/Career%20Info_16_FINAL.pdf

Has to be. They're just like the Marine Corps. They accept nothing less than the best.

Cool! God, um, Gods?, um, bless, um, Ameri-- India! Yeah! :) (joking, no disrespect intended)

Why in India? No disrespect, just curious

@@jessieg58 honestly, i have no idea why.. as far as us, the students, were concerned, it was just a random western song. We had no idea that this song has such a national importance to the US, until I stumbled upon this on KZfaq. If I were to guess, knowing the culture of my school, i would say, the person who selected this song selected it because it kind of invokes a sense of orderliness and discipline. But again, that's just my guess.. Ofcourse we play our national anthem too regularly and our love and respect are reserved for that.. and @TheRealFumigator ha ha... That's funny..

@@MrGautham1994 whoo hoo wholesome thread

Lmao

Thank you for the very kind words! I hope our two countries will always be friends and will continue to mutually respect each other and enjoy peace.

fdcg94 sorry about trump

IWantMy2Dollars he’s not the problem

Heroic, Then what/who is?

Player Hawk American morals

The most indispensable man in American history was Abraham Lincoln. By far.

Without George Washington the American Revolution would have failed, thus there would have been no Union for Abraham Lincoln to lead the effort to hold it together. Therefore, your opinion is not supported by the historical fact. And it is easy to find historian assessments that Washington is the most indispensable man in American history. I wholeheartedly agree. Washington #1, Lincoln #2, and in my estimation no one is a close 3rd.

It brought a tear to my eyes.

@@LoneTinaja I guess a further 3rd would be FDR. Most historians put him at least third but I don't really know.

@Harrison Guilbeau - as we know, for decades some major news media organizations have surveyed many historians for their ranking of U.S. presidents, & the historians’ collective rankings have long ranked Lincoln #1, Washington #2, FDR #3. I’m not an historian, but I’m an avid student of U.S. history & I agree with that ranking. To me, presidential ranking is very different from the issue of “the most indispensable man” in American history. I’m a firm believer that during the American Revolution there was no one who possessed the degree of leadership abilities that Washington possessed, abilities that were absolutely essential for him to be able to hold the Continental Army together during many dark days, plus Washington had the ability to put effective pressure on the Continental Congress to provide enough support to help keep the fight going.

Hello, how are you doing my friend?

Bitsy Willmott, good morning, how are you doing, how's the pandemic situation over there in your country?

That was my reaction as well: best I've heard this performed. Exquisitely done.

Thanks. I'm an American of mostly Scottish descent, so I really enjoy patriotic Scottish songs.

Then we got trump.

Thanks. Sometimes we swing and miss, but we always keep on swinging. We love the whole world because there isn't a part of the world that isn't in us.

Thank you from a 'first generation' immigrant, son of a Glaswegian Scotsman. ...and a Scotland Forever! to you Sir.

Thank you, friend. Alba gu brath.

lmao

Same All 4 of them sounded like one player!

And to make matters worse, your PM cucked your national anthem to boot. I hope you guys can find some patriotism for Canada before it's too late. I visited your country once, and it was amazing how clean and beautiful and friendly it was. Don't throw away what you have in the name of progress.

If you would like, I believe we could arrange an invasion?

@@TheRealFumigator nah fam we should let Canada sort their shit out. But be there for moral support as well.😊

B)

@@TheRealFumigator let's do it, well call it forced claim

Hahaha, I was just wondering that.

The practice room.

ihaveagun22 Practicing and U.S. Marine dicipline

That is called 5 hours my friend.

Taking it at a reasonable tempo like this also helps.

Thank you to the folks who are so central to the idea of the United States, that you named your child Democracy. We couldn't have done it without you. We love you back.🇬🇷♥️🇺🇸

May God bless America 🇺🇸 and May God bless Greece 🇬🇷

I thought he was spanish?

@@dennis771 well, that's the problem, you thought..

Thank you for your service. 🇺🇲🙏🏼🦅

Thank you XD

@james crowe it is

Some people aren't amused by normal people.

@james crowe dysfunctional misfits? Be careful Bubba, we outnumber you three to one.

Ty transgender

Lovely story

@Samuel Holmes - and may the USA & the UK always remain staunch allies. As we know, our alliance was essential to defeating the Central Powers in WWI & defeating the Axis in WW2. Some of my family fought in those wars. In WW2 my dad’s aircraft carrier USS Saratoga conducted offensive operations with the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Pacific. Whatever challenges the free world faces in the future, the USA & the UK should stand together.

As a U.S. citizen, I thank you for your friendship. God save the Queen.

God save The Queen!!!

We appreciate you! Here's to the enduring special relationship between the US and the UK.

10/16/22. Very sorry for your loss. Very glad music has helped and is helping...and years of memories, too. I've found that to be true for me, also, over many decades. Much appreciate much lovely music on You Tube. Perhaps Sousa a bit especially--with an only son and a late, only uncle Marines. Peace.

Wow - thanks for your kind words Larry!

Even though that I think the royal's are better (and im very biased coz my dad was one) i do agree that the USMC band are very impressive.

Thanks Samuel (yes, those royals are impressive)!

Esta banda es excelente Señor !!!!!

United States Marine Band Oh My Gawd You Replyed

its a march (not a song )

Its a march🤡

Isn’t it ‘oer

@@pannacottafugo7777 A march is a special type of music and this is a song of a march.

Piccolo

Those are piccolos. they're the instrumental equivalent of you shoving a coffee straw up a birds ass. Meh the sound is awesome though. Like the flutes little sister

Well put Joe. I like the "quick and cocky style, the way that little kids in bare feet skip around"

Meh, could have went about 10-15 beats per minute faster but still sounds amazing (but this is my opinion so yeah)

John F NO! This is a MARCH! "Quick time" is 120 steps per minute. Each bass note is timed for the left foot -- 60 beats per minute. Typical "pops" orchestral performances are hideously fast. A "pass in review" would become a foot race! I have actually marched to this tune on parade. The President's Own has it precisely correct -- of course.

shooter2055 well i had to march at 176 bpm... and its just an opinion, calm down!

John F What tradition is this... 176 is very fast...

It must be thrilling to be in a marching band.

At our high school, marching bands are not allowed by the rich neighbor's, too noisy. Even the football team has to play elsewhere for their home field. Too bad those rich people don't appreciate the wonderful country that put them there.

kool , very nice

i can relate; im in a high school marching band

College bands sound so cool But the effort in their marching And i like band and all, but not so much marching. Im still a nubb, been in a band for the past 6 years.

+Barricade IKR my band can't even get one piccolo in tune xD

My eighth grade band has just one piccolo and she is always out of tune haha But at least she's never flat Sharp piccolo is always better than flat

I can relate to that having lived in Boston, and spent time on the Charles River Espliinade with Arthur Fiedler, barges with cannons, church bells, people, fireworks.... That's living.

You ought to hear it with 155mm howitzers from the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment.

is there something mentally wrong ? I strongly suggest you are photic. Perhaps you are already in an insane alyssum?

@Shirley Aprile whispers quietly: *Dont*

@Shirley Aprile not the place to say that.

@Shirley Aprile it's not supporting the president, it's supporting a possible future president elect. It's unnecessary politics

Now the US is backing genocide in Gaza. How low we have gone!

My High School fight song was the chorus to this great marching song!

The handful of good in America is within this band.

I miss that spirit.

i think you meant next to the piccolos during their solo

Bethany Hu nah

No the trumpets and their constant loud volume haha

michael costello duh, they’re marines...

@@TheStevenstatzer Perfection is their default. Anything less is unacceptable.

Carolyn fisher, good morning, how are you doing, how's the pandemic situation over there in your country?

@@austinconnor5297 I’m not Carolyn but I live in the us. not great, many people aren’t wearing masks but it’s definitely getting better!

This song isn't forgotten tho, someone using this for some kind of horror series about uhhh something called alternates

Gordon M Thank you, Gordon. May God continue to bless you and your family.

My dad loved this too. On New Year's Eve at midnight he liked to blast this out the window on his old phonograph. And we would play along on horns and kazoos. 🎆🎇

Yes, something special about the national march! Thanks for viewing Mr. Goodwin.

As a broken down former active duty Marine the same happens to me. Thanks for the sentiment

Technically, a flute is longer in size... Those piccolos that you listened are smaller than a flute.... Altogether were masterly executed... Amazing concert 🇺🇸 Representing what America is... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Amen 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🗽

my father got involved with them. training. each and every one of them are combat ready marines.

Sounds like a circus lol

I love this song

There are only 3 flutes.

There were 4 piccolos, not flutes

That's really cool! Thank you for your willingness to serve! A friend of mine went into the Army last year, and another joined the Air Force. I have a really great respect for those who serve.

There's Edward Elgar and tchaikovsky too

I'm pretty sure they could've played it several times and picked the best one.

@@coldfrenchfry5181 - I cannot deny that they could have tried several times to get one right. But I listened carefully after your comment and did not hear any moment where a "cut/splice" might have occurred. Therefore, however many times they had to try, I believe that the published video was based on a single audio cut, however many video cuts they made.

@@kegginstructure he’s not implying they were spliced together. He’s saying they did multiple recordings and chose the best one (which is what usually happens when recording)

Amen to that, brother

Whoever misses a note has gotta do 100 pushups.

James A Clouder What part do you have?

Allan Tayor Oh, I already forgot, despite it being less then a month. I believe of four trombone parts, I was third trombone

James A Clouder Congratulations on your experience. I too played trombone starting in High School, over 50 years ago. I then played in a Civil War Band, the NH 2nd Rgmt band. We always closed our concerts with this piece. 2 Years ago I paid a return visit to the band and I was given the privilege of conducting the band in this great Sousa masterpiece. Bravo young man.

James A Clouder I just got this handed out to me today in band and it sounded nothing like its supposed to sound because of how slow we played it.

The Knife23 You'll get there eventually, it usually takes a month or two of practicing it slow to make it sound good when it's fast.

M Spears & Bobo Buddy the Senior Cat : Hey, M. Spears, I bet John Philip Sousa would like that! 🇺🇸

Congrats 🎈🎉🎊🥳 Mr Spears, you just pleased Philip Sousa!

124 BPM

Happy independence day indeed

+1ucasvb Have you checked out The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa? www.marineband.marines.mil/AudioResources/TheCompleteMarchesofJohnPhilipSousa.aspx

Not the horn parts.

+Michael frumento They are stupendously easy and are just offbeats.

+Michael frumento Pretty sure I am not.

+SirRageAlot VII +Michael frumento That's how Sousa wrote his horn parts. Horns playing off beats is quite common in marches for some reason.

agree

Hey fortnight kid why are you on a band go play Fortnite

Trumps return musical. As he takes the stage..

@@GoodDeedsBowieTX bro politics are the last thing we need in this comment section

+Bruno Pires While John Philip Sousa was an American composer and patriot at heart, this composition goes well beyond patriotism and is an amazing musical composition in its own right. Regardless from which country this march originated, this march is brilliant and was played brilliantly by this band.

+abigguitar You're right. This was Sousa's gift to the world as well as the USA.

what you have said is so nice of you. to bad there's not more people like you in the dreadful world.

+Bruno Pires now you see that other people misunderstand you. you say you wish something like that. but others connect the olympic summer games with patriotism. i dont know if it would be wise to become national in an international event (except every person as it would like to cheer for his home nation in the games, of course. its competition. but this is music)

+Bruno Pires I'm from England and also say how brilliant this music is and also the Marine Band, and that is saying something , as I'm a former Royal Marine.