Vera
Posted in BBC, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Pink Floyd at 20:30 on 18 June 2020
So, Vera Lynn has died.
I suppose it’s too much to hope that that will mean the Second World War is finally over and will no longer be invoked by those trying to make some spurious point about contempoorary life. It was 75 years ago after all.
Oh, well.
A flavour of this sentiment colours this Pink Floyd Track from The Final Cut.
Pink Floyd: Vera
Perhaps not, then.
Lynn is repeatedly referred to as the Forces’ Sweetheart but I have it on good authority that isn’t quite true – at least for the rank and file. When she was on tour giving concerts she spent most of her time with officers. As a result, more popular among the ordinary soldier was the much lesser heralded Anne Shelton.
Still, print the legend, eh?
But at least Lynn didn’t forget the Fourteenth Army and actually visited Burma.
Most people – not least the BBC – no doubt opted for We’ll Meet Again to mark her passing. This one’s slightly less sentimental.
Vera Lynn: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Vera Margaret Lynch (Vera Lynn;) 20/3/1917 – 18/6/2020. So it goes.
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