[78-L] Resonance

Bud banjobud at cfl.rr.com.invalid
Thu Nov 26 08:06:47 PST 2015


Vera Lynn had a voice like a bell, unlike most of today's female singers who sound like the clapper.

Bud

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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 1:01 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
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> Vera at the end of Dr. Strangelove is a JOKE! But I get the significance for that side of the world.
> 
> dl
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>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:54:04 +0000
>> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Resonance
>> 
>> 
>>> On 25/11/15 17:27, Michael Shoshani wrote:
>>> Cannot understand why Vera Lynn still counts for anything, but that's me.
>>> Nice lady, but BORING singer. Always was. And she had a hit album last
>>> year.
>>> But I have no idea who Adele is or why she now has "the greatest album ever
>>> made", apparently.
>>> Or what Justin Bieber is even doing in "popular music".
>>> Or why rap has lasted.
>>> dl
>>> ==================================
>>  Actually, this thread is not to ponder the imponderable, just to 
>> address things as they are! Vera Lynn's name continues to surface 
>> because of her propaganda role in WW2, and possibly her singing of 
>> "We'll Meet Again" at the end of "Doctor Strangelove"? Incidentally, I 
>> used to live opposite her mother-in-law!
>> 
>> Regarding Adele and Bieber, I only know the names, but have never 
>> knowingly heard them. If I have heard them, then they made no impression 
>> on me.
>> 
>> Perhaps the answer about why rap has lasted lies in the adage, "No-one 
>> ever lost money underestimating public taste"?
>> 
>>       Julian Vein
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