With the passing of Dame Vera Lynn at 103, World War II slips a little bit further away from living memory. Thanks to magnetic tape recording — an invention perfected in Nazi Germany — this 1950’s re-recording of Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again” sounds as though it could have been made yesterday.
I should see if Vera Lynn ever commented on this use of her signature song.
My specialty is mining the nooks and crannies of old stuff!
If I’m being honest, I knew those lyrics but didn’t realize they were about an actual person (and that song) until reading your post!
I didn’t know this. Thank you! Petula Clark, who I have had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with, was another WWII British songbird. Here she is with Vera Lynn. https://dograt.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Petula-Clark-Vera-Lynn.jpg
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?
–Roger Waters