[nickcarraway]

Radiohead Debuts Single “Harry Patch” In Memory of English Soldier’s Death (Wall Street Journal)

[skeeter]

I hope it’ll be a worthy tribute. No F bombs.

[a fool in paradise]

Henry Allingham died this year and was 113.

He was also a UK veteran of WWI.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/30/henry-allingham-funeral-war-veteran

Veteran, gentleman and teenager twice, Henry Allingham laid to rest

Patrick Barkham at St Nicholas Church, Brighton
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 July 2009 22.33 BST
Article history

A bugler sounded the last post, the coffin was draped in a union flag, and respectful crowds burst into spontaneous applause, but the funeral of Henry Allingham was far more than a military honour for the oldest survivor of the first world war.

[avacado]

Not bad! Here’s a link to the song.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8184000/8184802.stm

“Harry Patch (In memory of)

I am the only one that got through
The others died where ever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
I’ve seen devils coming up from the ground
I’ve seen hell upon this earth
The next will be chemical but they will never learn”

[skeeter]

Just heard it. Pretty bland - a few disjointed excerpts from Mr Patch's interview and improvised melody.

Its nice they tried, though.

[the invisib1e hand]

"we were all victims."

Aye. We're all victims! Reparations, I say!

Are these the "artists" who had an album called "Hail to the Thief" when W was president? Or was that that U2 knockoff band Coldplay?

[SunkenCiv]

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