tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post4583617991290612468..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirsPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-57918216195076572352011-08-11T07:30:27.312-04:002011-08-11T07:30:27.312-04:00My father always said that he sent colonials into ...My father always said that he sent colonials into the most dreadful, hopeless conflagrations.<br /><br />There is a very good live version by Joan Baez here:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E9Nu8JinM0<br /><br />It's not my favorite, though. There's always a beautiful sheen to her work, but I sometimes feel there's no there there.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-65066092103158338022011-08-11T05:23:47.972-04:002011-08-11T05:23:47.972-04:00I was trying to find the version I like best, one ...I was trying to find the version I like best, one sung by an Australian woman. It always gets a thrashing around Anzac Day (April 25.) I couldn't find the version, but I did find this, by an English folk singer. Poignant.<br /><br />http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3400451340893228389<br /><br />They say that the reason Churchill never visited Australia/New Zealand was that he was ashamed of his hand in planning the Gallipoli campaign.Otepotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315317923902957130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-21254725510600763592011-08-10T06:48:44.807-04:002011-08-10T06:48:44.807-04:00Yes, absolutely.
I just realized that the narra...Yes, absolutely. <br /><br />I just realized that the narrator is talking about ANZAC Day and not Decoration Day. Forgive my ignorance.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-17981452036086714942011-08-10T03:23:37.875-04:002011-08-10T03:23:37.875-04:00One of my great-uncles was among the Gallipoli sur...One of my great-uncles was among the Gallipoli survivors of the Otago Regiment (only one in ten survived, and he was sent off to fight in Belgium, and died there.<br /><br />Bloody madness of the deepest dye.Otepotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315317923902957130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-34808737894839880842011-08-09T11:09:04.416-04:002011-08-09T11:09:04.416-04:00I haven't heard this song since a coffeehouse ...I haven't heard this song since a coffeehouse in college 25 years ago, but it's been in my memory ever since. Thank you. It really is a heartbreaking performance.Anne-Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-81956243665036102762011-08-09T07:02:54.585-04:002011-08-09T07:02:54.585-04:00And this is a song for New Zealanders too, isn'...And this is a song for New Zealanders too, isn't it.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-19235659854632785972011-08-09T07:01:32.360-04:002011-08-09T07:01:32.360-04:00Yes, TQ, we have transformed our nature into the b...Yes, TQ, we have transformed our nature into the base and hideous in so many ways.<br /><br />Otepoti, me too, and this performance is devastating. It is one of the Perfect Songs, I think, that says so much with such restraint: "And the band played Waltzing Matilda/As they carried us down the gangway/And nobody cheered, they just stood and stared/And they all turned their faces away."Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-45402245950592619242011-08-09T00:48:59.208-04:002011-08-09T00:48:59.208-04:00This song makes me cry, P.This song makes me cry, P.Otepotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315317923902957130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-71586406904846066082011-08-08T19:57:28.794-04:002011-08-08T19:57:28.794-04:00I remember this date each year. Thanks for the po...I remember this date each year. Thanks for the post. It is something to contemplate that August 6 is the Feast of the Tranfiguration. Nuclear weapons are a perversion of man's creative and transformative powers. TQ the Dove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com