Every time I listen to “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor, I think if the lyrics were changed just a bit, it could fit different generals (Grant, Sherman, etc.) for each verse. But the chorus is what ties it in for me:
“This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name”
For a movie about the marriage of Abe and Mary Lincoln: George Jone’s “Its Been a Good Year for the Roses”
Nathan Bedford Forrest, “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FyQNx8oyU
I like it or how about “One bourbon one scotch and one beer” for Grant?
“Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent for Joseph Hooker
Take Me Out to the Ball Game….for Abner Doubleday
Notre Dame Victory March…for Father Corby
Hey Big Spender….for Joe Hooker
Twist and Shout….for Stonewall Jackson
Slow Ride……for George McClellan
“Won’t Back Down” for George Thomas
“Cruel to be Kind” for William Sherman
Every time I listen to “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor, I think if the lyrics were changed just a bit, it could fit different generals (Grant, Sherman, etc.) for each verse. But the chorus is what ties it in for me:
“This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name”
Rocky Theme song/Gonna Fly Now- Grant
Michigan Wolverine fight song/Hail to the Victors- Sherman
“Onward Christian Soldiers,” written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865 – General R. E. Lee & Lt. Gen. Thomas Jackson
“Generals and Majors,” XTC – Maj. Gen. George Custer
“Burn it Down,” Linkin Park – Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
For Grant, “Driving South” by Jimi Hendrix. For Sherman, “Hot ‘Lanta” by The Allman Brothers..
“Another one bites the Dust” Queen…Leadership “Army of the Potomac”until you know when !
Goodness, Gratious, Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis. Describing .Pelham
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need!” Rolling Stones for Elmer Ellsworth.
Joe Hooker, House of the Rising Sun.
George Picket, Disco Boys by Frank Zappa.
“Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables makes me think of Lincoln and some of his interactions with the soldiers or waiting for news from a battlefield.