This song’s written through the eyes of an American soldier fighting in Iraq. The ‘dad’ in the song is slang for Baghdad. Other slang used -
Frankenstein - HUMV customised with extra armour plating
Muzzle Monkey - a GI
Angel - A deceased GI
Willie Pete - Napalm
Ali Baba – An Arab
Spot on, but a correction. It's most likely from the perspective of a british soldier, since a muzzle monkey is slang for what brits call american GIs.
Spot on, but a correction. It's most likely from the perspective of a british soldier, since a muzzle monkey is slang for what brits call american GIs.
"Willie Pete" is actually slang for white phosphorus ('WP'), not napalm. White phosphorus burns rapidly, so white phosphorus munitions may be used as incendiaries or to generate smoke, either as a target marker or to create smoke screens.
"Willie Pete" is actually slang for white phosphorus ('WP'), not napalm. White phosphorus burns rapidly, so white phosphorus munitions may be used as incendiaries or to generate smoke, either as a target marker or to create smoke screens.
"Ali Baba" may refer to Arabs in general, or it may be used in a more restricted sense to refer to the looters who emerged after the fall of Saddam. The name comes from the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
"Ali Baba" may refer to Arabs in general, or it may be used in a more restricted sense to refer to the looters who emerged after the fall of Saddam. The name comes from the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
Incidentally, the more typical spelling is 'humvee', and it comes from the acronym HMMV...
Incidentally, the more typical spelling is 'humvee', and it comes from the acronym HMMV (High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicle' or 'High Mobility Military Vehicle': sources differ on which is actually the correct form). It's a lightweight wheeled vehicle used by the US military, and you're correct that a 'humvee Frankenstein' is one that has been up-armored by the addition of armor plating, often done by military mechanics using whatever was available - hence, 'Frankenstein', after the artificial man created out of bits and pieces.
This song’s written through the eyes of an American soldier fighting in Iraq. The ‘dad’ in the song is slang for Baghdad. Other slang used - Frankenstein - HUMV customised with extra armour plating Muzzle Monkey - a GI Angel - A deceased GI Willie Pete - Napalm Ali Baba – An Arab
Spot on, but a correction. It's most likely from the perspective of a british soldier, since a muzzle monkey is slang for what brits call american GIs.
Spot on, but a correction. It's most likely from the perspective of a british soldier, since a muzzle monkey is slang for what brits call american GIs.
"Willie Pete" is actually slang for white phosphorus ('WP'), not napalm. White phosphorus burns rapidly, so white phosphorus munitions may be used as incendiaries or to generate smoke, either as a target marker or to create smoke screens.
"Willie Pete" is actually slang for white phosphorus ('WP'), not napalm. White phosphorus burns rapidly, so white phosphorus munitions may be used as incendiaries or to generate smoke, either as a target marker or to create smoke screens.
"Ali Baba" may refer to Arabs in general, or it may be used in a more restricted sense to refer to the looters who emerged after the fall of Saddam. The name comes from the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
"Ali Baba" may refer to Arabs in general, or it may be used in a more restricted sense to refer to the looters who emerged after the fall of Saddam. The name comes from the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
Incidentally, the more typical spelling is 'humvee', and it comes from the acronym HMMV...
Incidentally, the more typical spelling is 'humvee', and it comes from the acronym HMMV (High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicle' or 'High Mobility Military Vehicle': sources differ on which is actually the correct form). It's a lightweight wheeled vehicle used by the US military, and you're correct that a 'humvee Frankenstein' is one that has been up-armored by the addition of armor plating, often done by military mechanics using whatever was available - hence, 'Frankenstein', after the artificial man created out of bits and pieces.