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Memorial Day

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I don't know whether this is a coincidence, but I heard "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker this morning on Dial Global America's Best Music. There are lyrics about war--not that it is a good thing, but that the person singing has seen combat and knows how terrible it is.

At some point today I would bet the format will include "Ballad of the Green Berets". I know I heard that on Timeless Classics, and I've heard it on various stations where that song sould fit the format.

On the other hand, America's Best Music also did "From a Distance". The lyrics ask why people go to war when from a distance we are all the same. I don't know whether that was an intentional choice for today, or just a coincidence.

On a different type of station, "War" by Bruce Springsteen or Edwin Starr might be appropriate. I'm not sure, though, because opposing war and respecting those who served seem to be conflicting goals.
 
Nobody wants or likes war, including those who serve and have served, many of whom gave "the last full measure of devotion", to quote Abraham Lincoln, or to quote Winston Churchill, "all gave some; some gave all". "The Last Farewell" is not specific about the type of war or which war. It was a hit in 1971, though the lyrics composer was merely inspired by rain beating on the window of the bus he was riding, and submitted the lyrics to Roger Whittaker who was running a "you write the lyrics; I'll write the music" contest on his radio program. Aren't I just a wealth of useless information?
 
I phoned a friend in Austin, Texas today, a 92-year-old WW II veteran who recently lost his wife after 68 years' marriage, to wish him a good Memorial Day. Though now in assisted living, his memory is sharp, and his family and friends there gathered around him this weekend, as it should be for everyone who served.
 
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