Mervyn Mitton Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Something different - and linking the original songs of the time, with correct pictures of the troops shows some good references. This is a theme we could enlarge on for the War songs. Mervyn
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=C3385028A5B76F846EE7C3385028A5B76F846EE7
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=FF1586017619634C2192FF1586017619634C2192
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=839AA29D4C2E75FBC222839AA29D4C2E75FBC222
IrishGunner Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=C3385028A5B76F846EE7C3385028A5B76F846EE7 Damn, this is one of the greatest songs of all time... About WWI... But can't we all imagine ourselves sitting down by the graveside of a comrade and rest for a while in the warm summer sun? Ahh, the pipes. I doubt Mr. Snow could write an article about the "myths" of war if he ever heard the pipes play lowly. Edited January 23, 2014 by IrishGunner
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=B4E8CBC9DA0A339E1C0AB4E8CBC9DA0A339E1C0A
IrishGunner Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=John+McDermott+Songs+youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=john+mcdermott+songs+youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=FF1586017619634C2192FF1586017619634C2192 6. Gallipoli was fought by Australians and New Zealanders Australians and New Zealanders mark Anzac Day in Gallipoli, 2011 Far more British soldiers fought on the Gallipoli peninsula than Australians and New Zealanders put together. The UK lost four or five times as many men in the brutal campaign as her imperial Anzac contingents. The French also lost more men than the Australians. The Aussies and Kiwis commemorate Gallipoli ardently, and understandably so, as their casualties do represent terrible losses both as a proportion of their forces committed and of their small populations. Thank you, Mr. Snow. I didn't know they were waltzing Mathilde in Pall Mall.
IrishGunner Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I think there can be little question that the music that came from WWI is of a different tone than the music we remember from WW2 or even later... This war was different. The veterans of this war mostly remained silent. Historically, I contend this war meant more to our world than we give credit... And I speak as a citizen of a nation that joined quite late. But my Irish heart, my Irish soul... These songs touch me in ways that Big Band and swing music from WW2 never will and never can. As an American, I think we have to go to Vietnam to find the same emotional attachment to certain music. This is a great thread to help us remember the emotion of the times as we debate the diplomacy, politics, grand strategy, and tactic of the time...
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=How+ya+going+to+keep+them&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=FB80A5D12CA071539E44FB80A5D12CA071539E44
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0ysO58KXE&list=PL5B80F33C27AFBA46
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 More for the footage than the song...............
E Williams Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 Written in 1915, during World War I, it was published as a poem under the title "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht"
peter monahan Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Fabulous slide show with it. Thanks for sharing!
Tony Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I have a few records from WWI that I play on my gramophone. My favourites are Row Row Row (all the rage in summer 1914 so I was told) and the other side has It's a Long Way to Tipperary, If You Were the Only Girl and Gilbert the Filbert are also favs of mine. These records are heavy and a good 3mm thick. Tony
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