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Goodbye To All That
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A cheerful little Power Pop ditty about blind nationalism, trench warfare, dismemberment and anonymous death. Apologies to Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen and John Singer Sargent.
progressive britpop power pop girls bob kingdon transatlantic eric daum
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Glam Rock for the Future, Power Pop for Progessives, Martinis at 5:00.
We are the trans-Atlantic alliance of Bob Kingdon, from England and Eric Daum from New England. We are a virtual band inspired by the music of Bill Nelson, Power Pop and girls in short skirts and tight shirts. Bob handles the guitars, Eric, the keyboards, loops and programming as well as dabbling with his ancient Rickenbacker on a few songs. Both Bob and Eric sing and share songwriting. In addition, we sometimes set the poems of Carole Young, a Scottish poet to music.
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Genre
Alternative • Avant Rock
Charts
Peak #160
Peak in subgenre #19
Author
Eric Daum
Rights
2009
Uploaded
March 30, 2009
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MP3 5.0 MB • 128 kbps • 5:25
Story behind the song
In honor of my Grandfather, Stanton Latham, Royal Canadian Dragoons and my dear Great Uncle Oscar Seaholm, The Yankee Division, who was gassed in France in 1918.
Lyrics
Goodbye to All That Eric Inman Daum c. 2009 We watched the Gathering Storm The war clouds piled high Joined the cheering crowd Our loudest battle cry We sang so loud and strong Embraced the surging tide How could our cause be wrong For God stood by our side Goodbye To All That There's No going back The Glittering lights Have vanished from sight Goodbye To All That There's no turning back The Dazzling Days Have vanished in the haze Over the Top We Ran While machine guns mowed us down Deep into No Man’s Land Our Dreams have gone to Ground Buried Deep we hear the thud When the bombs and rockets fall Our brothers churned to mud The Pity of it All Goodbye To All That There's No going back The Glittering lights Have vanished from our sight Goodbye To All That There's no turning back The Dazzling Days Have vanished in the haze And now the poppy fields Have all turned to red The endless crosses mark The rows of nameless dead In quiet times the drum did beat Death pursues all who flee It is neither nor fitting nor sweet To die for one's country Goodbye To All That There's No going back The Glittering lights Have vanished from our sight Goodbye To All That There's no turning back The Dazzling Days Have vanished in the haze
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Ed Drury
Apr 20, 2009
Love the intro! Starting with unusual instrumentation and swinging into more expected format, it quickly sets just the right mood for the vocal. Which is excellent! Strongly and perfect intonation it's nice to hear a natural strong vocal comming clearly and honestly with the lyrics. The chorus is memorable which is always a good sign. The instrumental break quite in character and the entire track stays in character very well while it tells a hopeful story.