Talk:The Ballad of Rodger Young

Frank Loesser?
Russian film "In Search of the Castaways" ("Дети капитана Гранта" or "Deti kapitana Granta" - 1936 (USSR), 11 January 1939 (USA)), song by biggest Soviet film composer Isaak Dunayevsky (play: "Песенка о капитане"). :) --FunGorn (talk) 12:18, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Robert Heinlein
Went looking for this after reading Starship Troopers. This was the anthem of Johnny Rico's ship named for the soldier. 71.163.114.49 (talk) 00:15, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm surprised this isn't mentioned in the article. The song is mentioned repeatedly throughout the book, and it's probably Heinlein's most famous novel. Stormkith (talk) 16:11, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Folk music usually pacific?
"While Loesser's melody emulates folksong,[6] a normally pacific genre, the text of the song unapologetically glorifies military valor." Really? I can think of lots of martial folk songs (particularly from Scotland, although I'm sure lots of other countries have similar). I suppose it might technically be true the folk songs are "usually" pacific, in that the majority are about things other than war. But surely there are enough martial ones that Loesser's melody emulating folksong while glorifying valour is unremarkable? Iapetus (talk) 22:39, 24 January 2019 (UTC)