The WW2 “forces sweetheart”, Vera Lynn, is back in the Top Twenty at the age of 92.
An Album of her wartime songs, including her famous signature tune We’ll Meet Again is being released to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two.
Dame Vera Lynn
As a reminder of wartime food rationing, shortages, and how we had to eat all sorts of unusual–for us Brits–things, I feel tempted to comment:
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Gabi.
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Wasn't It Awful?
Whale meat, I mean!
I bet even Auntie Greta hated it!
Hugs,
Joanne
I recently saw her on television
She is a wonderful woman and still charismatic.
Susie
Luckily...
I'm not old enough to have lived through WWII... Can't say the same about more recent "unpleasantness". But, with those, there wasn't much in the way of rationing (well, unless you count the gas lines back in the '70s...). I do recall the old performers though - as my parents did live through it, and had much in the way of vinyl (some of which I inherrited), as did both sets of grandparents.
It's great that she get recognition again.
Thanks for sharing,
Annette
Vera Lynn
She had a brief renaissance of popularity when Dr Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb came out as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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Don't know where, don't know when
Hey, I was gonna mention the Dr. Strangelove connection. Ya beat me to it.
I seem to also remember a reference to her on Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall--"Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?" Of course most of those listening to their music weren't old enough to, unless, like me, they were familiar with her work from the finale of Kubrick's satirical masterpiece.
-Erin M.
Pink Floyd
The song is named "Vera." Roger Waters, one of the main songwriters and lead singers in the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985, had a father who died in WWII, and many of his songs draw upon this experience of loss. In the movie, the opening credits have Vera Lynn singing "The Little Boy that Santa Forgot". In the stage version of The Wall on tour, they often played a recording of Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again" as a prelude.
Here's a snippet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujX4AXAIOWY
Bigger snippet, more Pink Floyd, plus a little Vera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqFDW6ZDsqU
Vera Lynn with amateur backup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style