The lost song of an unknown German soldier
mainA British singer and guitarist have helped identify an unknown German casualty at Verdun by means of a song he wrote. Watch the video.
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Sad song, but it helped to identified him. RIP
Heartbreaking.
Profoundly moving
Am I the only one who see the irony in this case?
If these British musicians take a time machine and perform exactly the same songs 100 years earlier, in the hope of making a stop to the cruelty and absurdity of the war, their people would not be amused, at all.
Indeed. But the irony would only exist in case time machines would exist.
In 1914, the lights went out over Europe, and they have only been flickering now & then since, in spite of its impressive postwar recovery.
That appears to be true. As far as the culture is concerned, I think it is due to two factors: established modernism (in all fields; look at Tate Modern), and the misunderstanding that democracy and emancipation movements justify an egalitarian world view in the cultural territory, inviting populism.
What a beautiful song. Beautiful performance,
And wonderful that you found it and are giving the poor writer some belated recognition. Thank you.