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Radiohead: Harry Patch (In memory of) - charity single

chimechime Posts: 7,839
edited August 2009 in Other Music
Radiohead song in memory of the last British WWI veteran. Proceeds go to The Royal British Legion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 184802.stm

http://download.waste.uk.com/Store/did.html (download link) £1 so approx $1.65, €1.15, AU$1.95, CA$1.75 ... it's for charity ... you know you want to ;) ... and it would balance out that you probably got In Rainbows for nothing :lol:
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I'm not a fan of Thom's vocals, it almost sounds like he's drunk (I actually think he was trying to sound like he did on "You and Whose Army?"). Still, Jonny's string arrangement is amazing.

    I don't really consider this a true Radiohead song, though. I don't think the other band members really had much, if any, input.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    I think the song has the right kind of dreamy and sad sound for the subject matter.
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Today was Harry's funeral:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8186578.stm

    The Ministry of Defence said the involvement of soldiers from France, Belgium and Germany symbolised Mr Patch's desire for reconciliation and his view that, "irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims".
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    it's definitely a different sound. I like the strings alot
  • NoKNoK Posts: 824
    Loved this song so much I was listening to it on repeat all of last night.. and now again today morning..
  • Restless SoulRestless Soul Posts: 805
    I really love this, it's so moving. I just wish it was a bit longer.

    But at least it's for a good cause. That Harry Patch sounded like a cool old gent.
    "We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan
    ---
    London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
    London, Wembley, 1996
    London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
    London, O2, 18 August 2009
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
    Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
    London, O2, 18 June 2018
    London, O2, 17 July 2018
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 09 June 2019
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 10 June 2019



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