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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Mar 6, 2014 ^^
Rating : 4.83 (350/7,901 LTDR)
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This is the most profound of Chris de Burgh’s songs I think .
Refugees , Lake Geneva , the guns of war, and the dead young men on the Normandy beaches of Juno, Omaha and Gold on D Day . My dad’s old university friend was killed on the Normandy beaches on D Day at the age of 21 - RIP Philippe Pimentil ! Can’t find your name on the new memorial to the allied dead on the Normandy beaches - maybe so little of you was left you’re just buried as ‘ a British soldier , known only unto God ‘ . Let’s hope all these sacrifices haven’t been totally in vain and someone puts a stop to that monster Putin ( another bloody Hitler ) and helps the courageous Ukrainians to WIN !
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The track is a follow up, or sequel given the way the artist tends to tell stories through his songs, to the previous song borderline.
Upbeat song as the soldier in the previous track has made it back from the war, albeit to the hospital and his girl was waiting abd finds him. The optimism post-war is reflected through the song. Obviousl stuff, I know, but a nice sequel all the same.
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Chris de Burgh is one of the finest musicians. His music touches the heart like few others can. And it’s lasting. Beautiful stories. Complex songs at times sounding simple. I’d always hoped he’d collaborate with ABBA or Sarah Brightman. I saw him in concert in Sydney many years back for his ‘Beautiful Dreams’ tour. He made me cry.
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Takes me back, out in the desert of the first Gulf war waiting to advance into Iraq with A sqdn Royal Scots as a young 18 year old lying on top of an army truck canopy watching the night sky with my walkman on listening to Chris De Burgh watching our jets fly over switching off there lights and 5 minutes later watching the horizon light up with tracer and bombs and feeling the ground shake knowing that is where I will be heading not knowing if I will live to see my parents again.Feeling never goes away even after thirty plus years. To all our past and present veterans uk and world wide may you stay safe.
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@magedselim1806
2 years ago
I still think that there are a few singers who can be counted on the fingers of one hand who are still able to alert societies to the dangers of wars, their catastrophes and consequences of these wars , including, of course, Roger Waters and Chris de Burgh . Such singers are reckoned pacifists and deserve respect and appreciation. They are an example of how art can serve societies and spread peace among . Such singers deserve a round of applause for their noble arts
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