We'll Meet Again

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
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From the album: We'll Meet Again

We'll meet again,
Don't know where,
don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day.
Keep smiling through,
Just like you always do,
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

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About that song:

We'll Meet Again - Wikipedia

[John1956PA]

1. "Dr. Strangelove" ending. Thanks for the post. n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I put that version in the Music Appreciation Forum.

We'll meet again

[John1956PA]

3. Thanks for that movie clip which contains my favorite version of the song.

Vera Lynn's vocals are so crisp and pitch-perfect that they should remain unaccompanied by any type of background singers or chorus.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. It sounds as if it were recorded in some music hall. I can look that up.

On the internet, I can look up everything.

Good God, Vera Lynn is still alive -- 103.

Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch; born 20 March 1917) is an English singer of traditional popular music, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.

She is widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart" for giving outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India, and Burma during the war as part of Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".

Dr. Strangelove

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Ending

The end of the film shows Dr. Strangelove exclaiming, "Mein Führer, I can walk!" before cutting to footage of nuclear explosions, with Vera Lynn and her audience singing "We'll Meet Again". This footage comes from nuclear tests such as shot BAKER of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, the Trinity test, a test from Operation Sandstone and the hydrogen bomb tests from Operation Redwing and Operation Ivy. In some shots, old warships (such as the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen), which were used as targets, are plainly visible. In others, the smoke trails of rockets used to create a calibration backdrop can be seen.

Former Goon Show writer and friend of Sellers Spike Milligan was credited with suggesting Vera Lynn's song for the ending.

[John1956PA]

5. Sing-alongs were popular durng the WWII era.

When the German V-2 rockets were falling in London during World War II, citizenry morale was lifted by singers, some of whom performed in theaters and bomb shelters in between air raids. One young singer was Petula Clark. Group song-participation can be uplifting and empowering.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I liked the version used to end The Colbert Report for its final broadcast.

Starting with Steven Colbert and Randy Newman, adding singers as the song progressed.