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Author Topic: "Taps" (The song, not the THX thingy) Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-28-2007 06:50 PM                        So today I was down at the local national cemetery just keepin' it real as always when the MC gets on the mic and declares that "Taps" will now be played. "Oh cool!", I thought. Any song called "Taps" is sure to have a nice, catchy beat. But it didn't. It was sad. I wasn't able to get my groove on, and believe me I tried. My question is this: Why would they give such a song an uplifting, positive name that implies a foot-tappin' beat? I felt ripped off. I think that they should rename this song to "I Sure Am Sad".  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-28-2007 08:15 PM                     I dont know what's more depressing, Taps, or the thought of you getting your groove on. Actually the latter is quite funny now that I think of it more.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-28-2007 09:08 PM                     More than you ever wanted to know about "Taps," courtesy of Wikipedia.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 05-28-2007 09:10 PM                     Oh, c'mon Joe. I can't believe you didn't know that "Taps" (originally called "Day Is Done") is played not only at every military funeral but at the end of the day at just about every military base in the country. Of course it's sad and so is the memory of the supreme sacrifice payed by hundreds of thousands of our young men in all the wars this country has fought.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-28-2007 09:31 PM                        Not so hard to believe. Most people under about 40 these days don't know much about the military unless they've actually been in it. Heck, I'm 50 and most of what I know about the military, I learned from movies and TV shows. (Therefore most of it is probably wrong.)  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-28-2007 11:11 PM                        Somehow I knew that people with zero sense of humor would come in and take a dump in this thread.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-28-2007 11:34 PM                     I assumed it was a song about plumbing. Oh wait, you guys call them faucets  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 05-29-2007 03:28 AM                     Random Fact #356 about me: I used to volunteer playing 'TAPS' at funerals back when I was in high school. <----ROTC/Band Trumpet #1 Fun stuff...  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 05-29-2007 04:54 AM                     At least Joe attended a ceremony instead of spending the time shopping.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-29-2007 08:30 AM                     Rachel, let me get this straight, you know the exact number of dispensed facts?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-29-2007 08:36 AM                     Damien ...and you DON'T???  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2007 08:41 AM                        Apparently, the military is having difficulty in finding buglers. The Ceremonial Bugle is an electronic bugle that is sometimes used at funerals and other events when a real bugler is not available. Yuck.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2007 09:30 AM                        But it's digital, right? So it must be better!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-29-2007 10:11 AM                     quote: Robert E. Allen Oh, c'mon Joe. I can't believe you didn't know that "Taps" (originally called "Day Is Done") is played not only at every military funeral but at the end of the day at just about every military base in the country. Taps wasn't played during flag raising or lowering any of the Marine Corps or Navy bases where I lived. The specific Morning Colors and Evening Colors bugle calls were played instead. They were preceded by a call to attention. Even if you were driving anywhere near where the colors activity as taking place you were required to pull over and even get out of your vehicle to stand at attention facing the flag. Active duty military would usually salute. Everyone else would just put the hand across the heart pledge of allegiance style. Even decades ago many military bases just played morning and evening colors via a recording played over a loud speaker system. Sometimes it was a vinyl record playing (you could hear the pops and grinding of the stylus). We had a live bugle player in Quantico, VA -crossroads of the 'Corps.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-29-2007 12:19 PM                        quote: Rick Raskin At least Joe attended a ceremony instead of spending the time shopping. I have 3 relatives buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery so I got in for free! People with 2 or less dead relatives had to pay.  |  IP: Logged

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