https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wwii-forces-singer-vera-lynn-dead-103
I can't start to imagine what these songs must have meant to soldiers around the world during the war.
RIP
I've always loved her songs. RIP Vera :(
When I hear "We'll Meet Again" I can't get the end of "Dr. Strangelove" out of my head.
I would link the clip, but its sarcasm is probably not a respectful tribute to her.
RIP Vera Lynn...we'll meet again.
Am I really the only one who associates her with Pink Floyd's The Wall? That song used to haunt me when I was younger and I didn't even understand who or what the song was about.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 18, 2020, 09:42:38 AM
Am I really the only one who associates her with Pink Floyd's The Wall? That song used to haunt me when I was younger and I didn't even understand who or what the song was about.
Maybe. I thought their
Dark Side of the Moon and
Wish You Were Here albums were great and I've still got them, but I kinda got turned off them after
Animals. Never knew there was a Pink Floyd song mentioning Vera Lynn...till today.
Quote from: steve58 on June 18, 2020, 01:41:55 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 18, 2020, 09:42:38 AM
Am I really the only one who associates her with Pink Floyd's The Wall? That song used to haunt me when I was younger and I didn't even understand who or what the song was about.
Maybe. I thought their Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here albums were great and I've still got them, but I kinda got turned off them after Animals. Never knew there was a Pink Floyd song mentioning Vera Lynn...till today.
The Wall is a fantastic album. It is about a rock star who increasingly feels aliented from his audience and who eventually withdraws into a self-imposed isolation inside of the "Wall". The fictional character, "Pink" lost his father in WWII (he was a pilot) and never got to meet him. I think this is true of Roger Waters, as well. In any event, the song "Vera" is about Vera Lynn and the ironic nature of her song, "We'll Meet Again"...
Best listened to in sequence...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tecWmThkrY
A little help
RIP Vera Lynn
Yeah I always thought that The Wall was clearly about Roger Waters and his father.
RIP Vera Lynn
Waters' father, Eric Fletcher Waters, died during the Battle of Anzio.
The song is referenced in the movie version of
The Wall and appears on the re-release of
The Final Cut.
I confess I didn't know until now it was Vera Lynn whose songs I've enjoyed over the years in numerous WW2 films & documentaries. :( RIP.