UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted February 24, 2010 enjoy (if thats the right word) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dej 17 Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Ah, takes me back a while. In my morris-dancing and folk-singing days that song and 'And the Band played Waltzing Matilda' were two staples. But if you consider the songs sang by those who really lived through it, rather than those who were, like us, moved by the pathos, there was more satire than sentimentalism. One of the times I've felt 'closest' to those who really fought and died in WW1 was doing an amdram production of 'Oh, What A Lovely War'. It moved me and most of the rest of the cast more than those songs do... though I admit, as noted above, I'm over-exposed to the 'Willie MacBride' genre. But, it occurs to me just now, now that we've lost our last veterans... isn't it time for a West End revival of OWALW? Edited February 24, 2010 by Dej Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted February 25, 2010 . Who wouldn't join the army? That's what we all inquire. Don't we pity the poor civilians sitting beside the fire. . WM, that is a moving song indeed, though I do prefer Eric Bogle's rendition to that of the Fureys. Like Dej, I have performed it myself on more than one occasion and for that reason I suppose it does not impact on me quite the same as it used to. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
