Vera Lynn is why skiffle had to happen
― 'rona funeral goes tits up (Matt #2), Friday, 8 May 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
For a time I was in the backing band for a Vera Lynn tribute act who played at the Canadian Legions on Rememberance Day etc. We'll Meet Again is a drag - her worst song- but her broader repertoire had good songs in it imo. Or at least they were fun to play. During her career the song she was most associated with was not WMA, but "Yours" btw. I don't much like her voice though.
― everything, Friday, 8 May 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Good pub quiz trivia is she was first British act to reach #1 in the US.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 8 May 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
The only other Vera track I know is her only UK #1 "My Son My Son" - it is about as bad as We'll Meet Again, not unpleasant to listen to, but infested with a malignant 1950s UK torpor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTeKk36-Ys
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 8 May 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
Of all the surprisingly good LPs I own, "Vera Lynn In Nashville" is perhaps not the most good but is perhaps the most surprisingly good.
― Tim, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 07:52 (three years ago) link
BREAKING: Entertainer Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, has died at the age of 103, her family have said.— BBC Radio Sussex (@BBCSussex) June 18, 2020
― nashwan, Thursday, 18 June 2020 08:44 (three years ago) link
Will maintain my position that she was generally a dreary presence in the audio world, however I'm currently listening to recordings from the mid 30s and it turns out she could be a pretty decent guest singer with British dance bands before she went solo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOFH0FdIsoA
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:40 (three years ago) link
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― Rapsputin (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 11:37 (three years ago) link
Back in the news! Dame #VeraLynn up for 2 Classic @BRITAwards & Dave Brock of @HawkwindHQ - playing Camden @RoundhouseLDN as part of @DesertFest this Sunday - together here at an anti-heroin concert in Crystal Palace, 1985. @thetimes pic.twitter.com/OKGJR3AGxg— News UK Archives (@NewsUKArchives) May 2, 2018
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 18 June 2020 12:05 (three years ago) link
haha Ditchling!
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link