World War II songbird Vera Lynn to publish tell-all

CBC ^ | Sunday, February 15, 2009

[warpsmith]

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?

[CaptRon]

Gee, my dad’s only 82 and he has a hard time remembering what he had for breakfast.

[RaceBannon]

Some Sunny Day?

Wasn’t that the last song in DOCTOR STRANGELOVE?

[fso301]

White Cliffs of Dover is a good song but my favorite Vera Lynn song is her rendition of Lili Marlene

Anyone who hasn't heard it can hear it here

[mkjessup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-L2cv6_Gc8

[Thank You Rush]

“”Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?””

Absolutely - I have tapes of her songs that a dear friend let me copy. I remember her songs from the war years - radio was all we had and a Victrola - weren’t we lucky in those years?

[Thank You Rush]

“”We would meet again””

We’ll meet again..
Don’t know where, don’t know when..

[Bahbah]

Here is a nice one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY

[popdonnelly]

Had no idea she was still alive.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Yes.

[yarddog]

I liked both songs but like you slightly prefer “Lili Marlene”.

Oddly enough, one of the best versions was sung by Eddie Albert on a TV show. Normally don’t think of a guy singing it. He also sang it very slowly.

[A. Morgan]

“We’ll Meet Again” played in the final scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”

http://grumpyautomaton.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/dr-strangelove-well-meet-again-by-vera-lynn/

[icwhatudo]

Fantastic lines from a great song.

[aculeus]

Eddie Albert was ... A genuine war hero, he was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, when, as a landing ship pilot, he rescued several hundred wounded Marines while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Albert#World_War_II

[Hoodat]

[dfwgator]

That’s the only way I would have ever heard of Vera Lynn.

[Young Werther]

Quite the Lady. There is nothing like a Dame!

[dfwgator]

From that pic, I could see Kate Winslet being an excellent choice to portray Vera in a movie.

[alarm rider]

I think Vera Lynn was an English patriot when there were still Engilsh patriots.

God bless her.