Anime Boys' Tribute_Green Fields of France_Veteran's Addition
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- READ DESCRIPTION: I do not own the songs used, nor some of the characters portrayed. In commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme during the First World War, I have done an upgraded variation of "The Green Fields of France." This time I have used the version sung by a group called "Dropkick Murphys," which I found to be equally touching. Many of the old stock pictures have been used, but there are a few new additions. It was a very touching piece in the way it came out and I hope you enjoy it. As had been mentioned before, please refrain from making any negative, insulting, or critical comments. It took a great deal of time to put this viedo together and create new images as well. I have meant no insult to those who have died and I and do not want any scorn placed upon me or the artists or genre invovled. Again I apologize for any offenses and I hope that you will grant mercy.
Most Respectfully,
LDA
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I count this, and the original version as among your best work. Bless.
Big 100th Anniversary for WW I STARTING TODAY. AS GENERAL DeGAULLE SAID, "WE'RE STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT DAMN WAR".
The Devonshires Held this Trench, The Devonshires Hold it Still
-Inscribed on the crosses of the Devonshire Cemetery, Somme, France
'Like' is inadequate. This is a beautiful piece. I don't have words, but it is rare indeed for a song to bring me to tears.
Nicely done, Draco. Beautiful work as always.
This video mainly made me think about my grandfather, who fought in WW2 and rescued injured soilders. He always used to tell me that war, despite what you were fighting for, never lead to any good and that there were better ways to solve things than fighting all the time.
I used to think that sometimes fighting was the only way to sort things, but now looking over the recent wars, I have to agree.
even the words work of art do not do it justice... I dun care who you are or what you call yourself... in its tragedy and the images you drew, it's a work of beauty, so powerful the haunting tune of the song with the raw imagery, the scene of the old man in the graveyard especially.
I've stood in one of those graveyards near to the fields where the battle tookk place, and it's exactly the same feeling, it's truly indescribable, the sensation as if you're watched and measured.
That was incredible. Very well done.
If only WW1 was "the war to end all wars." But alas, human nature will always come boiling out, at least I believe, until the King comes.
“War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.”
Heraclitus of Ephesus
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below."
- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae - Physician, Canadian Expeditionary Force - World War One
Drako, it is not the first time I see this vid of yours, but every time, the pics of second verse ("did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind ? etc.") move me to tears. Be praised for your work and for managing to convey such emotions with drawings of anime characters.
Lest we forget.
This song and this band are truely telling the horrors of one of the bloodiest battle of WWI. Rest i peace all the men who fought that awful war.
God bless, the soldiers who fought and died in that war.
That poem (which unfortunately appeared ugly in the comment) was written by Sergeant Frederick Coulson who was killed in action at Transloy Ridge on October 7th 1916. It has always made me cry just like this song now did; both show the horrors of that war for the young men on the battlefield. It's even worse that we now know that they all died for nothing...
My friend, any one giving complaint is not worth listenin to. Your soul crosses eras. Your hands open the pages of time and then you speak in a new way to bring the subject to life again. My salute.
No need to apologize. This is truly wonderful and a beautiful tribute to those who died in WWI
My great great-uncle James Lally came from Ireland and fought for the USA in both the War With Spain and in World War 1.He died in 1937 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
RIP 1st Sgt. James Lallly
1869-1937
This is a beautiful adaptation of art and music. I think you did a wonderful job... there's a lot of passion love and work put into this and I have to say that it's pretty good in my opinion.
The lyrics elevate sarcasm and irony to a crushing art. Bravo! If only we so felt before wars as we did after them.
4:19 Willie was saluting him for giving him a little tribute.... this made me almost cry since I have done seen wars in games...I did a fare share of killing in my games and this makes me regret ever kill I did more... I nicked named my best sniper Willie Mcbride before I heard this song....he made it back from the war but he was hit by a enemy sniper and wounded. he made it back from the war and wenton to serve in profile in Warfare 1944 where he was promoted to Captain and went on to go home.
They didn't die for nothing so long as they are remembered. We at least, if nobody else, have been touched by their sacrifice and know what they fought for. Even if world peace didn't happen and may not occur for a very long time, we know that millions of people have already died with the goal of achieving just that. They died with the hope of creating a better world for the rest of us. We owe it to them to do what we can to create just that.
I still feel that you should totally make a video using "Blood Upon the Risers"
However, this was a very well made remake of a classic vid that actually earned you my subscription, so good on you, mate. Glad to see you dusted off some of the old pics, it was truly a treat to see them again. The new ones were blended in well.
the "died in vain" part refers to the fact that WWI was called the "War to end Wars" and that he (Willy) thought that it would end all wars
God bless the fallen Irish. It's a shame they were off in someone else's war when they were needed in Ireland for the Easter Rising.🇮🇪
The spirit of soldiers gone looked down from heaven upon the scarred and shell torn fields of mud and barbed wire. He watched as men were slowly turned to monsters by the shells and the horrors of war. He listened the constant chatter of the machine guns deadly song and the screams of the dying trapped in no mans land. His father appeared next to him and said "it wasn't like this in our day." The son turn to him replied "back then it was a matter of gentlemanly pride and honor and even then it was a waste of life" they both looked down to the hellscape man had created for themselves and as tears fell from their eyes rain came from the sky and next to a hastily dug grave a single poppy bloomed as a voice was heard to whisper 'never again, never again'
This song makes my heart hurt and my eyes sting...
LDA, as a veteran this version still speaks to me
I think this is a lovelier version than the first, with the color poppies and the vignettes of future wars in the last verse. I've always imagined the speaker to be Bogle himself - a young man touring, perhaps in an Aussie hat. Speaking of which, his other classic song which you could easily do in this style is The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
These videos make me want to improve my own sketching and make my own! Thank you for the inspiration.
I don't see why you have to apologize. It's a really good video. I felt tears forming as I watched.
I lost family in ww I - I cried watching this - and lost family in ww2 as well as Korean war and Vietnam! War is hell - bless the men and women to fight for our freedom!!
I always get goosebumps when I watch this video, and have tears in my eyes when I hear this song.
All I can say is that no words can do this video justice. Truly a work of art.
It's sooo touching! May they rest in peace
i love every vidow and drawing you've don this one just hits home and brings me to tears
Watching this on rememberance day... 11/11/2016 will do so again on the Sunday.
same
this is the version of the song i originally found and now this vid makes it twice as good
Wow, this is even more heart breaking than the last version
excellent work as always Mr Arakis!
that last clip near the end where the ghost fades in to the picture of the tombstone is amazing!!! 4:41!!! amazing work!!!!!
gives me respect for the soldiers!
Julian,
Every War that ends lays the seeds for the next.
Another song that make me cry
Excellent, as always!
@CaptainShadowKilo There's a lovely rendition of this song known as Willy McBride's Reply. However, only one recording is out, and it's by a fan, not the original writer. It gives the other side of the coin to people, what some soldiers believed the war was really meant for. To some, it truly was a war to end all wars, to fight back tyranny. Sure, we can look back and say "they died in vain", but anyone who isnt a veteran and says that has never seen the face of war.
It really bugs me that a lot of performers get this part wrong. "Did the band play the last post AND chorus" is "Did the bugles sing the last post IN chorus" in Eric Bogle's original version. I can forgive replacing the bugles with a band (why, though?) but why "AND chorus"? (And why change "Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered you down")
Oh God...I can't stop crying! I love the message that this conveys. So sad. "War is Hell" - Anonymous.
Bravo well done.Crying mw ass off here.
The greatest sin was that this was not the last war, that the deaths and sacrifices made in this war did not open the eyes to the true horror of war
@Lepper36 "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" would be amazing. The Pogues with Shane McGowan had a really good version as well.
Perhaps my comment has been misunderstood. I think it's amazing and wonderful that those men fought for what they believed in; for eternal peace. But I think it's amazingly tragic that that war, in which they fought for peace, resulted in a 2nd world war. I do sincerly hope however that the memory of the war and it's fallen has and will continue move people to peace rather than war. If even one person has decided to avoid war for their memories, then no, they didn't really die in vain. I hope so
I love your anime-videos.
When it comes to the song even if it happened again and again I don't think it all was in vain because if no one fight back against tyrany, then democracy and freedom would have been dead long time ago. I don't like violence but understands that sometimes that is the only way because the other side rather listen to thee sword before the pen.
Another song that would go well with this anti-war theme is "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
MMusashi7
Are you familiar with an anime partly set in Australia, "The Noozles"? I was thinking that the human Characters would be perfect for that song.
This make a somber air come when I watch this video.
I actually found this one infinately more effective than the first one: a woman's voice is beautiful, but in this case a man's voice makes it truely powerful, and made the story much more compelling. (I'm sure you must be tired of requests, but would you concider "The Band Played Waltzing Matildia?" It's another powerful war song, and I think it would lend itself to this format. Many groups have done versions, but "The Dubliners" springs to mind.)
Simply wodnerful! Bravo!
I have alwas felt heart ache at this song. My band teacher decided to have me sing this song in the talent show and the band play the tune. I was scared as heck.
This song is more than just a song it is a marker to those Who died that day to preserve (hope i spelled that right) freedom
France, the eternal battleground lives on.
this song put a tear in my eye :. (
I think i'm going to cry.
I really like the song at the end but I cant find a marching version
Dang-- I'm not dyslexic, merely a clumsy typist. That's "wonderful".
The end scene is perfect
Bravo, my hat is off to you sir.
Well, I cried
@agricolaterrae Another good song he should do on that note would be "I was Only 19". Yes, it's Vietnam, but it describes what every veteran had to go through in recent days. I have to agree, The Dubliners do make a damn good rendition of "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda." and it would make for a good vid.
@gdog1673 I will second that, gdog. Well spoken, brother. Welcome home.
Vietnam combat veteran 69-71 Semper Fi
it's been almost a century now, and no one alive remembers the premeditated and calculated horror of that war. I must ask, how long until we do it all again?
+Jefferson Selvy As many times as it takes mate. Some wars are foolish, some are fought because they needed to be. Would you prefer we let the Third Reich have it's way? Would you prefer we let ISIS have its way?
+clothar23 The Third Riech would not have been a problem if the Allies hadn't imposed harsh punishments on Germany after the Great War.
Or if the allies had actually finished the job and completely crushed Germany. It was the absurd lack of occupation that allowed the myth of a German army undefeated in the field to grow which the nazi party used to their advantage.
It is getting near my birthday so can you please put together a vidio of the revolutionary war songs including mad Anthony Wayne by Wallace house your frend andy densmore
This world has only one WWI vet left, and she lives in England, The last US veteran died in March.
If we always prepare for war, is it any wonder we never have peace?"
I actually cried
Just to lighten everything up:
4:19, holy crap a ghost!
I did cry.
Oh, I don't know. WWI didn't solve much, but it did set the stage for WWII, which really DID end the cycle of war in Europe, more or less. Violence doesn't solve everything, but that doesn't mean it can't solve anything.
So are we just not counting the whole Balkans thing?
20somthingdrifter11 I did say "more or less," didn't I? ;) We haven't seen whole generations of young men fed to the fire as happened in WWII, WWI, the Franco Prussian War, etc etc.
the wars will continue until all world leaders have died or are working together.
and for that to happen the religions need to do their part and accept people form other religions and to those who do not believe.
most wars now are about religion or resources.
so in other words accept other people and stop using up resources and then we can start ending the wars.
+James Stouffer That's because we're too busy teaching little boys that war is just a game. Nowadays, most boys have thousands of virtual kills to their name by the time they're 'old enough' to head off to war for real.
+Lupius Neo Don't be such an Englishman! Violent video games don't cause violence: shitty parenting does!
god bless them all
@JulianTheRanger At least by me it wasn't misunderstood. There are many people who would say "they died for nothing" or "they died in vain." What I said was to everyone who thinks literally anything like that.
@Lepper36 Thanks, I'll look it up and see if I can find it.
I do hope not to offend anyone, but I wish LDA would make a video with "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."
Only the dead really know the end of all wars and what is to come after them. Only the dead know the true fate of all who have fallen in the name of God and country. And only the dead have a true right to say whether or not it was all for nothing.
Who Made the Law?
Who made the law that men should die in meadows?
Who spake the word that bood should splash in lanes?
Who gave it forth that gardens should be bone-yards?
Who spread the hills with flesh, and blood, and brains?
Who made the law?
Who made the law that Death should stalk the village?
Who spake the word to kill among the sheaves?
Who gave it forth that daeth should lurk in hedgerows?
Who flung the dead among the fallen leaves?
Who made the law?
*crying* (alot)
this song is such a sad son it mackes me wis i code have don somthing to help the solders how are fiteing the curent war
Where did you find the audio for "Will ye no cam back again?" I've never heard it performed in that manner.
I believe it featured in a 1930s British film, Gunga Din, which moved Kipling's story into the 20th Century, and where Gunga Din died saving his British regiment by sounding the General Alarm to warn of an ambush. Ironic in view of prior and subsequent history...
you know the battle lasted almost till the end of the war but the British fixed there tactics and lost FAR less solders after the first day
makes you think
11-11-18. 100 years later
did pepole trulye beliv that the great war ended all wars? no disrespect too those WHO died at the summes
This is a beautiful song, but it was written by a man who had never experienced war about the men who died in one. As a veteran, I've never thought that quite fair or proper. It definitely seems wrong that he claims that any man fighting for what he believes in "died in vain". I'm not offended, really, but I would very much like to see a video of "Willy McBride's Reply". I tells how willy and all of us who have faced death feel about the issue.
@TheWingsOfTheFallen me to
Sad.
I conkur.
And again, and again, and again, and again...
@123456789pjs true
No offense given.
Wtf