{"id":8403,"date":"2019-04-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2020-12-10T07:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:52:35","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-cover-me-freedom-cadence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/roll-of-the-dice-cover-me-freedom-cadence\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice\/Cover Me: Freedom Cadence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Some Say Freedom is Free&#8221; is a soldier&#8217;s marching cadence originally credited to Private First Class Roger L. Southard. With each generation, the cadence is passed down, its lyrics altered and (tragically) updated with each successive war.<\/p>\n<p>Search the Internet and you&#8217;ll find dozens of examples, like at the 3:52 mark below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8TsYsnsQIQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In 2017, Jason Hall wrote and directed a movie about Iraq War veterans suffering from PTSD. The movie was based on and shares its name with a book by David Finkel, <em>Thank You For Your Service,<\/em> based on the true experiences of Staff Sergeant Adam Schumann.<\/p>\n<p>While making the movie, Schumann recalled and recounted the cadence he&#8217;d sung in bootcamp, and producer Jon Kilik recorded it on his phone. Jon played it for his friend Bruce Springsteen, who loved both the cadence and the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce asked Jon for the recording of the cadence, and asked Jon and Schumann to come and see him.<\/p>\n<p>They did, and that&#8217;s how Schumann ended up providing backing vocals (along with Kilik) on Bruce&#8217;s recording of &#8220;Freedom Cadence,&#8221; which played over the end credits of the film upon its release.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce didn&#8217;t alter the melody one bit, but he arranged it for pump organ and banjo, anchoring the song in its history, while carrying it forward through Ron Aniello&#8217;s drum loops and electric keyboards.<\/p>\n<p>The result is captivating and haunting:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zwkklT8sR4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In time-honored fashion, Bruce did adapt the lyrics however, and he did so with callbacks to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-born-in-the-u-s-a\/\">Born in the U.S.A.<\/a>&#8221; that can&#8217;t be accidental:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I say freedom is won through the barrel of a gun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Had a brother in Iraq, he didn&#8217;t come back<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I ask why oh why do soldiers gotta die<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I say freedom is won through the blood of someone&#8217;s son<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I say freedom is won through the barrel of a gun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Daddy died in Vietnam, he was killed at Khe Sanh<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I ask why oh why do soldiers gotta die<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I say freedom is won through the blood of someone&#8217;s son<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I say freedom is won through the barrel of a gun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Had a brother in Iraq, he didn&#8217;t come back<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I ask why oh why do soldiers gotta die<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The reference to a brother who didn&#8217;t come back, to a father who was killed at Khe Sanh&#8211;one can almost imagine the song is being sung by the son of the brother left in Khe Sanh in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-born-in-the-u-s-a\/\">Born in the U.S.A.<\/a>,&#8221; providing a through line that reminds us of our lasting duty to those who sacrifice for our freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom Cadence<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Recorded:<\/strong> 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Thank You For Your Service<\/em> (2017)<br \/>\n<strong>Never performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? 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