THE 30'S| FIRST TIME HEARING Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again REACTION
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- THE 30'S| FIRST TIME HEARING Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again REACTION
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Lived till the age of 103 ,passed away in 2020 entertaining our troops ,she was a national treasure x
@@kellybarton8688 I was a woman in the Canadian Navy (Women's Royal English Navy) or WREN'S as we were called. I am very proud of her. Music for my father and grandfathers in the field of battle during the First and Second World Wars gave them courage, strength and hope. Thank you. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
I have so many of her records, passed on from previous generations. She helped win wars.
My nana had the sheet music for this song, she was a singer.
@@user-eh8zq1vi4e Bless you, Canadian grandma and all Canadians, Anzacs, all that helped in Britains time of need. Ever grateful.
It was , though, the Womens Royal Naval Service or WRNS, but everyone said Wrens. Not meaning to be picky. Thank you for your service. Mine was in the RAF, 11/2 years at Goose Bay, Lab.
@@peebeedee6757 you are my sister in service to our country. God bless you, as we are embraced in the service, so many can live in freedom. That is who we are. Canadian Armed Forces Grandma Lori. C.
If anyone asks, “Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?”, we can all say, “Why yes, we do!”
Yes
I sure do, having met her after a concert in Canada in the 80s. Classy, gracious lady.
They played this at the end of Dr. Strangelove!
Why yes I do ❤
My nana was a singer and had the sheet music of this song. I can remember her singing when I was little
My mother would cry when she heard this song. My father didn't come back from the war.
I was thinking of that- all the people who must have sobbed when they heard it because... Hope they did meet again though.
That was the emotion behind the song for so many. For every son, boyfriend or husband that went off to war so few came back home. This was a song of hope for all those brave boys and men that they would be back home some day.
So sad
Same for me. My mum always cried when she heard this. Her brother was in the Royal Navy and died in the Atlantic convoys in 1943. Definitely makes me emotional when I hear it too.
So very sorry for you.
WW 2-British soldiers, sailors, airmen going to war. The hopes we’ll be together again after the fighting. A morale booster. England’s greatest songstress.
@@Clayton-kf3su I was in the Canadian Navy and my father went to WW2. My grandfathers were in WW1. These types of songs kept them in a perpetual state of hope and survival. So incredible when you are reminded of their sacrifice. Canadian (WREN) Grandma Lori. C.
My father fought in WW2 and you just can't overstate what this song and singer contributed to the war and in what esteem she was held. 30 years later this song would come on the radio, and as children we were told to shut up if we tried to talk when it was on. It wasn't about the song. It was the spirit it invoked and I'm not sure it can be explained to a modern audience. It wasn't really the men going away to fight. This was a population fearing complete annihilation in the blitz. There was a double meaning, the meeting again might well be after the war, or maybe or even most likely, in heaven.
Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" are such iconic WWII songs that served to sustain the Allied troops and all those friends and loved ones who were missing them.
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😢 Missing my Dad!
USN WW2 Korea.
My mother's father was called up in 1943.joined the royal navy and sent to the Burma campaign He was 35 years old,the younger men went first,those a bit older were judged more critical to the domestic war effort.by 43 the older guys went.Came home in 45.,2 years away from family.
The late Queen Elizabeth referenced this song during her speech, given while we were all in lockdown. "We will meet again" , words she knew many in Britain would recognise, and have great meaning.
I'm 88 now and this song brings me to tears because it brings back memories of the war years when we did not see our dad for more than 4 years and never knew whether or not we would ever see him again. With bombing raids virtually every night during the darkest days, Vera Lynn almost single handedly kept the Nation's moral high when things were bad. She was called the Forces Sweetheart, because she gave freely of her time to entertain our fighting men wherever they might be, but she was our sweetheart too. A glimmer of hope that everything will be alright in the end if we just dig in and carry on. A national treasure indeed.
You Tommies liked Marlene Dietrich too, didn't ya?
@@redhen2123 So did you, you welcomed her to America, we only welcomed her music.
@@jhindle7883 Ich bin aber Deutsch.
@@redhen2123 Ah: my mistake - it was just what I might have expected an American to say. Lily Marlene must have been sung all over the world because it was a soldiers song and soldiers everywhere recognised its message. I was 4 years old when the war started and this song was just as popular as Vera Lynn was. Music can cross all boundaries.
@@jhindle7883 Music is great, just no more brother wars !
She didn't just entertain the troops before they left. she also went overseas and entertained the troops in their camps in the war zones in Burma, India, and Egypt. Also during the Blitz, she would drive to the subway stations and sing to the people taking shelter from the bombings there. From what I can tell, all of Britain regarded her as a genuine angel.
A friend's dad was stationed in Burma in WW2. He found out one of his "men" was underage and wanted to send him home. He said he had no home to return to. His home and family were all destroyed in a bombing raid. He never got to "meet again" with his family so it was a very poignant song for so many.
@@susieq9801 After the war, in 1953 she gave a concert for the troops and, at the last, all the men joined in singing along with her. It must have been a bittersweet occasion, remembering all the men who didn't come back.
@@emmitstewart1921 - Absolutely. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't she perform at "The Proms" a few times too?
The young man of whom I spoke was from Coventry. Terribly bombed in the war.
To the English servicemen Vera Lynn was a goddess. She really gave them hope of coming home.
I think you mean 'British Servicemen', but if you're American I'll forgive you.
@@narabdela I'm an American, but I know that there were a lot of Welsh, Scots and even some Irish in that Army, Navy and Airforce.
@@emmitstewart1921 Also Canadians, Ausies, Kiwis, Gurkahs & many, many more. Not to mention The Free French, The Poles & all the European resistance groups which included the Kreisau Circle in Germany. Let us also not forget the contribution of the Neutral countries which maintained supply routes & helped to repatriate the lost, escaped & the injured. Shout out to the Red Cross & the Sally Army & the medics who were conscientious objectors but all equally committed to resisting the rise of Fascism in Europe. Lest we forget. Complacency is death! Never allow the Far Right to gain control. Vote them out whenever & wherever the populist create division because they are the enemy of the people every where & every when. Cheers.
@@MazzaEliLi7406 I'm 83 and remember the war in vivid detail from the age of 2. My dad delivered items to 13 group aerodrome at Usworth (Defending Northern England to Scottish Border) and he often took me into the airfield where I got to know all the ground staff and a lot of pilots. Sorry, I appreciate the help we got from the Commonwealth and European military members who made it over to Britain, but not many (if any) were there right from the beginning of the war - most were a few thousand miles away. I developed great respect for the Polish pilots (shame I never met them) who hated the Germans so much that they took down more Luftwaffe planes than I think any other squadrons - it was payback time for them, and while they were perhaps a bit "overenthusiastic at times" they did a hell of a good job against their and the allies enemy and I am still ashamed that they got such a raw and rotten deal from the UK at the end of the war. In summation, yes, we eventually got help, but for quite a long time the UK stood alone. Credit where credit is due. I lost a lot of relatives in WWII.
@@aidencox790 Thank you for the response & especially for your memories. Cheers.
WWII. My dad was overseas for 5 years. He used to sing this. Miss you dad. ❤❤
Mine as well. I can hear the scratchy sound of the old record playing in my head as I remember.
God Bless your, Fathers.
Extraordinarily important song that was used to raise moral during the second world war. Cant overstate its importance
Vera Lynn Passed away only 4 years ago at the age of 103 and is the Oldest person to have a a UK No1 Album at the age of 92. A Forces Sweetheart for many generations. For more of the Era you should also check out Gracie Fields.
I have this Album !! 💿
Gracie Fuelds “The Thing-a-me bob” where she’s singing about the women working in the factories while the men went to fight, if I remember the words “It’s a strange kind of thing making a thing for a thing-a-me-bob, especially when you don’t know what it’s for…and I don’t know!”
No please not gracie!!
@@keithwarrington2430 I hope you’re kidding otherwise that would make YOU the musical Luddite!
@@keithwarrington2430 I hope you’re kidding otherwise that would make YOU the musical Luddite!
She became Dame Vera Lynn by Queen Elizabeth 2nd, it's the equivalent to a male Knighthood.
She died in 2020 aged 103. She would sing all over the world during World War Two to all Allied Forces, she was around at the same time as Glenn Miller and the Andrew Sisters.
The White Cliffs of Dover was her other well known song during WW2.
This is WW2 in Britain. Long life for Vera Lynn!
"Doesn't anybody here, remember Vera Lynn? How she said one day we'll meet again some sunny day."-"Vera" by Pink Floyd. You now need to listen to this song.
Vera Vera what has become of you?
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do
Yes, the Floyd insured that a younger generation was exposed to her. They played excerpts from this Vera Lynn song before their live performances of The Wall. Of course Roger Waters father did not come back alive from the war.
Bring the boys back home.......
Same.
The Backing singers are Soldiers, she sang to all Servicemen and Women in every theatre of war, in WW2
Another WWII era "anthem" by Vera Lynn is (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover. The cliffs of Dover are in the south of England, and a lot of air battles and bombings took place there. So this is another song of hope and longing, a real tear jerker if you put yourselves in the shoes of those waiting for the soldiers to come home.
The blue birds being the RAF pilots - rather than actual birds.
@@docksiderWell at the time, but the lyric speaks of the future, when the birds will be real ones, not metal...That song was written by the iconic American composer Irving Berlin after a visit to England early in the war.
Yep, I have a hard time not crying when I hear this one.
@@stevetournay6103 White Cliffs of Dover was composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton. You are likely confusing it with God Bless America, which Berlin wrote in 1938 after returning from a trip to England.
@@docksider Sorry to burst your bubble but the lyrics were written by Nat Burton (an American) He was indeed talking about blue birds literally, but never realised they're not indigenous to the UK. So his intention was to reference a time when there would be birds, rather than planes, over the cliffs of Dover. It's unfortunate that he picked (what he considered) a very common bird that, just didn't happen to live in England.
Although, "Seagulls over, the white cliffs of Dover" doesn't have the same ring to it so, perhaps it's just as well.
You need to listen to Vera singing "White Cliffs of Dover" another war time song
My dad used to sing "White Cliffs" whenever they returned across the channel and his navigator would tell him to shut up. 😁 RCAF Mosquito Sqdn.
❤
"We'll meet again" has such a huge impact on the UK as millions associate this song with the memories of their loved ones lost in WWII.
Both my mum and dad served from 1939 to 1945, my dad with the RAF and my Mum as a front line nurse with the RNA. Both used to sing this song often and if my mum heard it on the radio, it always brought a tear to her eyes.
I served as an infantry officer in the Falklands war, and remember hearing this song playing as our ship steadily left the coast of England behind as we headed off for the Falklands.
The impact Dame Vera Lynn and her patriotic music had on the troops during WW2 and even beyond, was just incredible.
My dad served in the US Navy during the same time period
He was one of the crewman who escorted vessels being transferred to HMS Navy possession prior to US entry to war in Europe
By the end of hostilities, he had served in both Oceans (Atlantic and Pacific) passing through the Panama Canal after Victory in Europe, as well as both Hemispheres (North and South)
Quite an accomplishment for a Navy man 😊
This wonderful woman travelled to the places entertainers didn't want to go during the WW2 to sing to the troops - like Burma. She camped in army tents in the jungle just a few miles from the Japanese front lines. She also did a series of radio shows called 'sincerely yours' on the BBC, singing requests from the troops and their families. She was beloved by both the troops fighting overseas and by their families back at home in the UK. She remained popular for decades after the War and even had a number one hit with this song a short time before she died at 103 years of age. Like Shirley Bassey, her voice remained strong in her late eighties and after. She is remembered as the Forces Sweetheart. Nice reaction. Thank you.
CBI was the forgotten theater in WW II.
My Dad served in Burma.
When people think of WW II, they always picture Europe.
There was a whole nother war out there !!!!!
The date of this song, 1939, is incredibly important. The Second World War had started in Europe, but it was only just over 20 years since the end of the first war. There were huge numbers of single women in the UK who had lost the love of their lives in the trenches of WW1 and here it was starting again for a whole new generation. They sang "We'll meet again" while knowing full well that they may not.
It captures a moment in history, a moment of hope against the background of terrible loss. For us older folks in the UK, it is more than a song.
Thank you for covering it.
“ Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? “
Pink Floyd- Bring the boys back home
That’s another song called “Vera”!
❤ puts a lump in my throat when I think of the young people going off to war
Makes me tear up. She was one of my mom's favourite singers. My mom was a beautiful singer as well.
My Mom loved it also.
As the UK was entering lockdown in 2020, Her Majesty the Queen addressed the nation which a speech that ended "We will see our families again, we will see our friends again.......we will meet again.
And Canada.
Vera Lynn was not only an incredible singer but a goddess of a woman. What an amazing life she had, so giving of herself.
Welcome to the Big Band Era. This is the time of Glenn Miller (In The Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo), The Andrews Sisters (Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree), and Bing Crosby (Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day).
That whole era has so much great music.
You could have a reaction channel doing nothing but big band era music and never run out of material...
Made me think of my Dad (WWII Veteran) who left the week after high school graduation. He died in 1989 from lung cancer due to being in Japan after the bomb was dropped and smoked the Pall Mall cigarettes that were rationed to them. He quit smoking in 1975. Miss him everyday.
😢
Me too!
I knew someone who was called up aged 21 in late 1939 . He didn't get back to his hometown of Barrhead ( next to Paisley) until 1946. He had been fighting in Egypt , Palastine , Sicily , all of Italy and when the war finished was stuck in Germany for months.
When he got home he stopped to ask a girl in the street if she knew where his parents were living ( they'd moved ). When he arrived at that house the girl was there. She was his now grown up sister whom he had not seen for 7 years.
With England, going into the war in 1939, Miss Lynn, being British recorded this song giving their soldiers way to keep their homeland in their hearts.
🤯 England is NOT the same as Britain 🤷♂️
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This song was so important to the men in WWII, it gave them hope that they'd see their loved ones again. "When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today." John Maxwell Edmonds c 1875-1958. Vera Lynn was made a Dame (like a Knight for men) by Queen Elizabeth The 2nd.
The context of this song is so important. Vera Lynn sang it during the Second World War, toured extensively to entertain the troops and in the UK was termed 'the force's sweetheart'.
After the war she carried on entertaining, was made a Dame and for generations of Brits remained associated with the war and the British spirit. It's one of those songs everybody knows and she is part of the fabric of British culture.
This song is played at the end of "Dr. Strangelove", a fantastic dark comedy you should react to.
One of the funniest movies from the time before Blazing Saddles.
Lol, they wouldn't even begin to grasp the concept of black comedy. Their most likely reaction would be confused shock and offense.
@@davidlionheart2438 Other young people have reacting to Dr. Strangelove. Some good reactions. Not everyone gets that Pete Sellers play 3 roles.
@@davidlionheart2438 From Jay and Amber? They're smart cookies, I think they'd get it.
Our beloved late Queen Elizabeth gave a speech during covid and at the end she used Dame Veras song `We will meet again`
Singers of her era did a lot of entertaining of our troops. I remember her.
I can't hear this song without seeing Slim Pickens ride at the end of Dr Strangelove.
"Mein Führer, I kann valk!!!"
(*cue the bombs montage*)
Dame Vera Lynn is a British Icon you could say. Huge during world war one and two
Not world war one as Vera was born in 1917.
@@jasonglidden1966 i stand corrected
World War I...that reminds me of the Vera Lynn concert I saw decades ago. She began taking audience requests for songs. Somebody hollered "Tipperary!" which is of course a famous World War I era song. Dame Vera (actually she may not have been a Dame yet then) called back, "Tipperary? That's not my war!" getting a very good round of laughter from the audience...
@@stevetournay6103 lol yes.
People still sang that song during World War Two as well 🙂
Ironically when war was anounced Vera told her mum: "Well that's put an end to my recording career." Comedian Spike Milligan quipped that the Second World War was started by Vera Lynn's Agent.
Spike - what a man..
So true😂😂
I never heard that quote but that is SO typical Spike Milligan I can see him saying it.
There is a powerful black and white version of this song on UA-cam in which Vera is singing live before several hundred RAF aircrew in 1943. I've watched this dozens of times and it is deeply touching to me knowing that among all of the RAF aircrew who fought in WWII only 24% made it through the war without being killed, wounded or captured. In total over 85,000 members of the RAF were killed. In this video it is clear how deep was the respect Vera had for these guys. Check it out when you get the chance.
This reminds me; it's been a while since I watched Dr. Strangelove
Same first reaction.
“Mein Fuhrer . . . I can walk!” Dr. Strangelove 😂
@@pigmeatmarkham898my first thought. 😅😅😅😅😅
Peter Sellers was a genius!
After all of the fine messages you will realize how important Vera Lynn was to the World War 2 generation. There were a handful of entertainers that gave more than a show to the troops and the soldiers and their families returned the service with an enduring appreciation and respect. Vera Lynn, Martha Raye, Marlene Dietrich, Bob Hope were a few that did above and beyond for soldiers fighting for freedom. Playing this during 4th of July weekend was great. Thank you
May I add Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vlAgree. My Mother told me how much it meant to her generation at home that Glenn Miller was in the Army and was pictured wearing the uniform. What’s forgotten is how important the newsreels were in bringing visual information to the stateside families. There would be clips of Miller and the Armed Forces band and seeing the faces of the entertained troops gave hope that things would return to normal” normal “
George Formby was another entertainer and big film star at the time went out to entertain the British troops during world war two .
This is the ending song to Stanley Kubrik's film Dr. Strangelove. A great movie starring Peter Sellers in several different roles.
Please do more from the Big Band and Swing era. Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey (whose boy and girl singers were Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford), Artie Shaw (who recorded Any Old Time with Billie Holiday), Jimmy Dorsey and so many more!
Vera travelled all around the world during the war to sing to the troops. She died quite recently at over 103 years of age. She sang at the late Queen's golden jubilee show outside Buckingham Palace in 2012, after being the oldest person to put out an album of songs, which was a top seller.
The UK and its commonwealth stood alone against the Nazis for two years doing the right thing before June 1941 when Russia was invaded and Dec 1941 when the US was embarrassed at Pearl Harbor. The forces of that era were my generations parents and we will not see their like again in terms of sacrifice and bravery. These songs kept morale going whilst the rest of the world woke up to the evils of dictatorship and the Nazis.
Amazingly another younger lady who entertained the troops and is still with us is Petula Clark, well known here in the USA for her hit Downtown and many others from her TV appearances with Dean Martin and others.
Technically but our war effort was secretly funded by the us government. We were paying it back until quite recently.
It is too bad that we didn't have the bravery & morals to stand up to a VERY similar evil to the Nazis that is taking place as we speak! I keep coming back to the comparison in my mind over & over again for many months now of how our countries acted towards the immoral horrors of WW2 vs. how they are turning their backs today. It disgusts me, upsets me & angers me so very much! It's nothing but weakness & greed today with our politicians! It makes me so very heartsick! (I know America didn't involve themselves until near the very end of WW2 either [except to sell weapons to Germany at the time], but other countries acted.)
@@Carrie-so3ro Actually, the US sold and loaned many weapons to the UK before their formal entry into the war. Though many people did support Germany, the government was very supportive of the Allies from the outset of the war. We remember and we are grateful.
@@eddiearthur4654 I don't know about the American government specifically, but the US manufacturers were selling items to help Germany in their war effort in WW2. It is possible that they were selling to both sides.
You have to listen to white cliffs of Dover. So pure. Vocals
Vera passed away in June 2020 at the ripe old age of 103
OMG you are bringing me back to my parents era. Music like this was played in our home. My mom and dad were born in the 1920s. I grew up with their music as well as my older siblings. It is like listening to a lullaby. Thank you for reconnecting me to my long lost Mom and Dad. I am in heaven right now. Falling to sleep like a young child in my mom's arms. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
Mine too.
Mine two. Great music of the Greatest Generation
Gosh...this is my parent's era....so nostalgic.
Haunting listening to it realising how many died an we didn't see again beautiful an thought provoking 😢
Vera Lynn, a true national treasure for us Brits,
Whole Commonwealth, too...
Dad, Normandy Veteran, Belgium, Malaya. Died 30 years ago and still miss him. Thank you for playing this as relevant today as she was a Dame to us forever. 👵🇬🇧🙏
Pink Floyd has a song called "Vera" and its about her, this song, and relating it to his grief.
Vera Lynn recorded "We'll Meet Again" at the end of 1939. WW11 began in September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, so Britain had to defend Poland and Democracy and entered the war against Germany. Big Mama Thornton recorded Hound Dog in 1952, and The Ballad of The Green Berets was in the 60's during the Vietnam War.
Puts a tear in my eye thinking of the time it came- soldiers being sent off to war, and the loved ones praying for them.
Vera Lynn passed away at the age 103 in 2020. Try "The White Cliffs Of Dover" for another suggestion. In 2009 she became the oldest person at the age of 92 to have a #1 Album on the UK Charts.
Jo Stafford was from the 40's and 50's... She has some great songs... You Belong To Me, and Shrimp Boats are a good start.😊
Absolutely on Jo Stafford.
Good for you finding out the legend that was the late , great Vera Lynn . This remarkable woman brought so much happiness to servicemen and women in those dark days of war , and she went all over the world , sometimes putting herself in great danger . She lived to the grand old age of 103 yrs and was still singing well in to her 80s , an amazing woman . Thank you for taking the time to introduce her beautiful voice to a whole new generation .
It is difficult to explain the love for Vera Lyne here in the U.K. My dad would tell us how in the dark days of Nazi attacks, her voice would give them a glimmer of hope that they just might win. This song is a song of hope in a time of great national despair. Thank you for listening to it. I am rarely proud to be British these days, but when I hear this song I get a lump in my throat and a twinge of pride. Love the channel guys!
30s and 40s had some AWESOME music!!
Many Big Bands had 'girl singers', very talented eye candy. Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan...The evening gowns back then....exquisite.
The 30's and the 40's had awesome music in particular the big bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman. And you add women like Vera Lynn. And you get this beautiful sound. Awesome you're going way back in time. You will be very pleasantly surprised to listen to music of these two decades.
I keep hoping they’ll listen to Swing Swing Swing. I think they will like it.
@@CB-kj6xw You are right. Even though it was originally done by Louis Prima. Benny Goodman and his orchestra took it to another level with their cover.
I grew up an army brat, both my parents lived through WWII and had very special memories of Vera Lynn and others of the war years. Every year on Remembrance Day (Veteran's Day down there) November 11th, my parents would play all day the music from the war years. Hearing this song again brought back so many memories. I still have all of the albums.
Vera Lynn, The Andrew Sisters, Billie Holiday, Glen Miller, George Formby, The Ink Spots, Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, and so many more.
Hey Amber! Thanks so much for choosing this old classic sung so beautifully by Vera Lynn! Would you be interested in exploring more songs and artists from this era? Well, I certainly hope so, because I think that both of you might continue to be pleasantly surprised!
My Dad's favorite duo from this era was Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.... and what a combo they were! They appeared in several movies together, always featuring some of the most beautiful duets and solos from that day, such as: Maytime, Sweet Mystery of Life, Indian Love Call, Rose Marie, When I'm Calling You, Sweetheart, Wanting You, and Will You Remember?
So if you want to hear yet another classic male crooner voice teamed with one of the greatest female soprano voices of that golden age, you can't go wrong with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald!
Les Paul and Mary Ford are definitely worth a listen too. The World is Waiting for The Sunrise.
One of the best WWII songs--you might try, "I'll Be Seeing You," "Here's That Rainy Day," or Bing Crosby's "Pennies From Heaven"---another 1930s classic.
I love "I'll Be Seeing You."
Dame Vera Lynn so important to the war effort in terms of moral .In a career spanning over 70 years her last public performance was in 1995 at Buckingham Palace. She is the only artist to span the British charts across 60 years from its inception in 1952 to becoming the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 album in 2009 at the age of 92. She passed in 2020 .
I had to hold back tears for the soldiers heading off to fight, and THIS was the last piece of home they heard as they went, never to return.
I can't help but wonder just how many brave boys and young men marched off to a very uncertain war, never knowing whether they'd be returning. How many wives and sweethearts cried to these lyrics, especially if their man was killed. Far too many of us today never take the time to remember their courage. We've built modern society on their sacrifices and we owe them a debt we cannot repay. These old war songs bring this to mind for some of us. Yes, they are beautiful pieces of music, but they are also reminders of a time where the world suffered a tremendous loss. Thank you both for this one.
The final minutes of Dr. Strangelove has this song in a very moving montage that suggests we won't meet again.
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If you love Vera Lynn than you should listen to Jo Stafford. The song ‘No Other Love’ is so beautiful. Stafford, just like Lynn was very popular in the 30s and 40s. Thank you for all the music reactions😀
Also “I’ll Be Seeing You”
My Dad served in World War II This was the signature song for soldiers who were part of "The Best Generation: Thank you Vera Miles for giving those brave men hope and..... thank youJay and Amber for going way back and picking this song -- paying a tribute to Vera Miles AND and all the courageous soldiers who sacrificed to keep us free!
Another vote for "The White Cliffs Of Dover", another song that powerfully inspired the British people during the darkest days of WWII.
This song always makes me sad. They were so young and so,so many of them never came home 😢
My Dad requested this song be sung by his two nieces at his memorial service. He had fond memories of this song from when he was a child, with aunts and uncles going off to WWII (Grandpa was ineligible due to hearing loss).
I play it now when I visit my father at Mountain Home, TN.
I remember hearing "You'll Never Know", "As Time Goes By" "Anniversary Waltz" "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" & more. I'm turning 75 next month & used to watch Musicals & listen to Vinyl Records (LPs) with my Dad. I was quite young, but I'll never forget some of the greats. Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Harry James. I could go on. Thanks for a great memory.
My Dads favourite, she epitomised the war time feeling, of longing to be back home with your loved ones, all through our darkest days in WW II. She was Queen Elizabeth II favourite as well! Her contribution was invaluable, she together with tea helped us win the war!
....and, JAY: YOU, like me, tend to LOVE this TIME PERIOD!! Some REALLY SUPER-GOOD MUSIC in this time period!! This song, to me, was telling the "boys to come back home!!" HUGS to YA'LL!!!
This is another BIG deep hole to dive into, you two. The female crooners(torch singer) from back in the day. So many to choose from, so many.😊
Yes...and continuing all the way to now, too...
I wish we could have singers with voices like this again - clear and soothing and powerful, with no affectations or shrillness or shrieking.
another vera lynn song to examine is IT'S A LOVELY DAY TOMORROW
Yes. Same fragile optimism as We'll Meet Again and White Cliffs Of Dover...Vera made them believe it could happen and, for many at least, it did.
Great part of music history. Appreciate whoever suggested this.
Realizing the circumstances that existed when this song was popular makes it all the more evocative and moving. Remember WW II started in 1939. My mother loved this also and I'm gonna sing along.
This ia a wonderful addtion to your videos! This woman, along with so many others, helped the morale of England in 6 years of constant attack on citizens of the United Kingdom from the Nazis. I notice many younger people say things like a "simpler time" when, in fact, times were far from simple. England, like the US and the rest of the world was starting to emerge from a world-wide depression as well as knowing that Germany was arming itself and planning world dominance. The majority of the population had little money and even less after 1939. The Nazi uboats interfered with cargo shipnments of needed supplies and food for the people of the United Kingdom. Rationing became more severe after 1939, Heating oil and coal were in short supply, I could write and entire essay on it but books have been written on the struggles of the UK and all of Europe due to the tyrannical Hitler and it's policies.
You are right, I was born in Denmark during the last months of the German Occupation. Growing up my parents and aunts and uncles always referred to those 5 years, "as a horrible scrarry times".
My father was 20 years old when WW2 broke out he fought in El Alamein in the desert and Monte Cassino in Italy , it was this lady that kept the troops moral up and let them know what they were fighting for , their wives and girl friends back home . Dame Vera Lynn , she was knighted for services to her country . The British Armed Forces adored her , where the fighting was its toughest she was there singing to “her boys “
You must be so proud. My dad was 20 when he landed on Omaha Beach. I miss him. I’m 83. I’ll be seeing him soon.
Listening to this with Tears in my eyes...Was My dad's Favourite Song....He was in the Airforce WWII
Yay! This song is on my Playlist- LOVE IT! Think of the troops listening to this song and thinking of home and their loved ones.
Always makes me cry …dad served in the navy during in WW2 ..he loved this song ..told me he listened to it on board ship and thought of home ..I miss him ❤
My late mom and dad were from the WW2 Generation. This song was huge for their crowd, almost all gone now. I always think of sweethearts separated by the War and unsure if they ever would meet again. A similar great WW2 song was I'll Be Home For Christmas which dad remembered Judy Garland singing while he was on the Italian Front. He wouldn't say of course but he must have been wondering if he would be as so many did not make it.
This along with 'There'll be bluebirds over the White cliffs of Dover' were the songs of WW2, RIP Dame Vera Lynn 🇬🇧
i was 1 yrold in 1939 and grew up on this song -- they were songs of the war -- all the mothers waiting waiting -- i was 7 when my dad came home from the phillipines -- what a different world -- suddenly we had sugar, gasoline -- and dads!
Good singers in every generation.
Indeed. (Even, despite what people tend to say, this one active right now. You may have to hunt a bit, but they are very much there!)
The White Cliffs Of Dover is a song I remember of hers.Someone said she sang it in an underground Air Raid Shelter while London was being bombed.
Gosh I didn’t expect to cry listening to this again. Memories of my grandparents came flooding back 😭❤️
Yet another amazing song by her is (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover that was immensely popular with the WWII soldiers
All Rob Squad fans in the UK will probably know about Vera Lynn even if only through D Day celebrations. I was a little boy in the 1970's when I met her, a lovely lady.
"The white cliffs of Dover" is another war time song. Often heard my grandad sing it. He is from Tipperary Ireland. He went to London to work in 1938. He married my grandmother who's from Kerry Ireland and they married in London in 1940. They lived through the Blitz in London. My mother and her sister were born there in 41 and 44. He was in the British homeguard and work on the Wellington bomber production line. They remember the bombing and the V1 bombs blowing up streets during the war. They came back home to Tipperary Ireland in 1952. All deceased now except my Aunt.
Vera Lynn a true British icon whose music kept our boys chins up in those dark days of ww2
This was the BIG BAND era, 1930s to 1940s and yes, crooner vibes. She was the sweetheart of England.
Pink Floyd has a song on their album The Wall called Vera, which immortalizes Vera Lynn, with Roger Waters even using some of the lyrics in Vera Lynn for his song.
The song in the opening scene of the movie Pink Floyd: The Wall (the slow dolly shot down the hotel hallway) is "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" by Vera Lynn
It’s making me cry.
Me too.