That was great but too much advertizing and not enough ammo wasting

Saaah-weeet!

Youtube has some neat stuff in this category, such as an argument set to Beethoven's 5th as well as some neat arrangements of Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

In fact, someone has done gone and set my suggestion for ending the WOT and the Middle East crisis in one neato finale:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo48YpNOesQ&feature=related

Sorry! Not for me at all. It shouldn't be allowed. Unless the music was specifically written for that purpose. Give War Music composers the job to create new stuff, and leave my Classic composers alone. I don't want to associate Beethoven's 9th Symphony (or any other well-known piece of music) with the sounds of guns. It's a desecration of beauty.

War is hell. I listen to Classical music to rest from the battlefield killing I see on the media, to find moments of peace, and to renew faith in our humanity. Keep the images of destruction out of it. They have their rightful places, but not with my favourite composers.

Claudia-
With all due respect;

I don't want to associate Beethoven's 9th Symphony (or any other well-known piece of music) with the sounds of guns.

It must be the generation gap, but Beethoven distracted me from the sounds of gun fire.

I don't want the cannon taken out of the 1812 Overture!

Reconsider, Claudia. Some classical music is entirely military in nature, from its conception.

Consider practically every March, many national anthems, and not a few concertos, symphonies, etc. Some of these were written for occasions like celebration for a military victory, or for a patron's military review.

Would you take the rocket's red glare out of our national anthem?

I was more expecting the 1812 Overture as background music for the obliteration of Islamofascists.

Sorry gentlemen, not for me...Unless (as I said) it was written for that purpose.

Kudzuisedible - Your National Anthem does celebrate bombs bursting in air. So, I guess a similar video would be appropriate. I wouldn't criticize it but I wouldn't necessarily like it.

And I would certainly choose a different visual interpretation for the 9th of Beethoven.

To each its own. Honni soit qui mal y pense.

CD - What do you mean by generation gap??? I thought you were my friend...;-)

Claudia.....

I suggest a little music from John Lee Hooker......

a little number entitled BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Boom,boom,boom boom...I`ll shoot you right down , right off of your feet! It doesn`t soothe the mind like Beethoven but what the heck.

Best wishs from Dudley1

At the risk of sounding like a purist music snob, I must add that the only visualization I could enjoy, when listening to Classical music, would be to see the orchestra, the artist playing or singing. If it's not possible, I close my eyes, and let my imagination create the scene.

I'm sure that you will not let my words spoil your pleasure in those videos.

Dudley1 - Ha! Ha! We were both writing at the same time. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it. Best wishes too!

Ralph - Check Out ET's link above. There are nukes exploding to the finale of the 1812 Overture.

Actually that isn't combat footage, it is an ad for Dillon-Aero. The M134 MiniGun is real. There are even about a dozen owned by civilians in the USA. Most are used for Hollywood movies. Those are worth about $200,000 each and it takes about $90,000 for an hour of shooting.
There is a neat video on the Dillon-Areo site of the ultimate SUV.
http://www.dillonaero.com/videos.html

C'mon Claudia...

There's just a gap between generations. We're still friends. ;-)