Interesting. I know the words to the Floyd song, but never knew who Vera Lynn was. Now I is edumacated.

One of my favorite songs from "The Wall" and of all times*.

Never knew it was about a real person, thanks for sharing!

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*as part of this series of songs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tecWmThkrY

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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson,

Did you just hear her name on PTI? I had no idea who she was.

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"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

No it was on yahoo or drudge and reminded me of the wall. But I knew who she was from reading the Pink Floyd biography in college.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

Everything on that album is intentional and based on waters experiences.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

I saw a metal band that went by the name Vera Lynn.

They were really good and they just disappeared off the face of the earth without a trace.

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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Was she the groupie who blew the security guard to get a backstage pass during 'Young Lust"?

No. But Val Kilmer's ex wife was one of them. Maybe the one.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

TheForge wrote:

Everything on that album is intentional and based on waters experiences.

Have you seen the Roger Waters' "The Wall" documentary/concert? It's available on DVD/Blu-Ray but it's been on the AXSTV channel a lot recently too. Good watching.




Maybe it's a British thing but I'm kind of surprised that so many posters here didn't know who Dame Vera is.

I saw waters do "The Wall" live a few years back and it was absolutely amazing.

chriskal wrote:

I saw waters do "The Wall" live a few years back and it was absolutely amazing.

I wish I'd gone to that. I'd like to see him on his next tour if the Trump administration lets him back in.

I'm more in touch with British history and affairs than you know. I just play dumb on the net and keep my opinion to myself. I even know what MP meant when I asked about it a while back. ;).

Especially keen on British Invasion music, WWII, reconstruction and Middle Ages. Sure it will help me one day on Jeopardy.

I learned a lot of this when doing family research and open minded.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

Maschinenpistole. Figures you'd know that.

No. Member of parliament.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

+1

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

One of my favorite concert experiences. Amazing performance. And one of the few concerts where the line for the men's room was way longer than the women's...

Wasn't she the uncomfortable chick from Scooby doo that (if internet folklore went by) was into kinky sheizen that loved the date?

No, I think she goes by the name "Dirty Girl".