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The Enduring Music Of Remembrance Day On Canadian Radio
I never really thought about it, but there are certain songs that are redolent of Remembrance Day and chances are you may hear a few of them on Nov. 11th.
Some are contemporary and recent ("Highway of Heroes" by the Trews) while others evoke the era of WWII ("We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn.)
Some have already made their presence known - John Moore began his morning show on Wednesday by playing a snippet of the Trews classic.
It's a list I'd never considered and it was put together by The Bay 88.7, in Muskoka.
Sounds of Solace: The enduring music of Remembrance Day in Canada
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The Last Post and We'll Meet Again are the only tunes I recognize. I am not at all familiar with any of the others or the artists that performed them.
- The Weed
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I remember CHUM-FM playing Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms, Gord James reading In Flanders Fields and, IIRC, a moment of silence at 11/11/11.
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Weekdays, AM740 usually airs their Top Ten at Ten, where they pick a day from the past and play the hits from that day. Yesterday they played ten Remembrance Day themed songs including those mention in this thread. The timing was good as it started at 10am and ended just before 11am, in time for the moment of silence. I then watched the local coverage from Old City Hall, which I actually used to attend when I worked downtown.
Is it me or is it usually overcast in Toronto on November 11th? Seems like it.
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Here's one that is more upbeat and was played a little by some stations on Remembrance Day. The Payola$ and Soldier...Payola$ - Soldier (1982)