Comments on: Remembrance Sunday http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: falski http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1879 falski Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:50:31 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1879 Cracking song. I'm sure I've got a version of that in the attic on the b-side of a Pele single... not as good as the version you've posted though. Cheers! Cracking song. I’m sure I’ve got a version of that in the attic on the b-side of a Pele single… not as good as the version you’ve posted though. Cheers!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1878 Matthew Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:38:21 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1878 Crash I am not at all criticising Remembrance Day. If anything the opposite. Every last little death is a normal, ordinary life. Crash I am not at all criticising Remembrance Day. If anything the opposite. Every last little death is a normal, ordinary life.

]]> By: dickvandyke http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1877 dickvandyke Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:05:53 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1877 Remembrance can be a completely personal experience. For me it is to quietly recall with all my heart those who did not shirk their sacrifices. Remembrance can be a completely personal experience. For me it is to quietly recall with all my heart those who did not shirk their sacrifices.

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1873 Campfires & Battlefields Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:26:16 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1873 So is Remembrance Day specifically about the war dead, then? They just cut to the chase and call it Veterans Day in the States (or Memorial Day, which is at the end of May). Those who die of cancer or in car crashes simply don't rate their own holiday apparently. So is Remembrance Day specifically about the war dead, then? They just cut to the chase and call it Veterans Day in the States (or Memorial Day, which is at the end of May). Those who die of cancer or in car crashes simply don’t rate their own holiday apparently.

]]> By: Crash http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1874 Crash Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:43:49 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1874 I agree with that, although I think there is a lot to be said for specifically remembering, as we will tomorrow. A community coming together to share their rememberance, their tragedies, their 'special memories', gives people reassurance of their and their loved ones' worth for just being who they were. Obviously as a teenager I thought all of this rememberance stuff was just more thatcherite fascism but I blame her for making me feel that - maturity is seeing that just because they want to glory in war it doesn't mean there isn't something worth remembering. I agree with that, although I think there is a lot to be said for specifically remembering, as we will tomorrow. A community coming together to share their rememberance, their tragedies, their ‘special memories’, gives people reassurance of their and their loved ones’ worth for just being who they were. Obviously as a teenager I thought all of this rememberance stuff was just more thatcherite fascism but I blame her for making me feel that – maturity is seeing that just because they want to glory in war it doesn’t mean there isn’t something worth remembering.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1875 Matthew Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:28:15 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1875 Yes, just that. We seem to be afraid of not being special in some big way and I never understood that. We are special to the people around us and I don't know why so many people don't think that this is enough. No matter how ordinary we all are, our passing is a tragedy for someone. Yes, just that. We seem to be afraid of not being special in some big way and I never understood that. We are special to the people around us and I don’t know why so many people don’t think that this is enough.

No matter how ordinary we all are, our passing is a tragedy for someone.

]]> By: Ben http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1876 Ben Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:05:54 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1876 Just that you don't have to be considered special to be missed. Except by those that think you're special. Gulp indeed. Just that you don’t have to be considered special to be missed. Except by those that think you’re special. Gulp indeed.

]]> By: DavyH http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1872 DavyH Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:41:58 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1872 That's a great song though. That’s a great song though.

]]> By: DavyH http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1871 DavyH Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:40:31 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1871 Bravo? Matthew, for the first time ever, and it may be because I am stupid, I am not sure what the point you are making is. Bravo?

Matthew, for the first time ever, and it may be because I am stupid, I am not sure what the point you are making is.

]]> By: Ed http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1869 Ed Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:51:07 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/11/09/remembrance-sunday/#comment-1869 Gulp. Bravo indeed. Gulp. Bravo indeed.

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