The Night I Heard Caruso Sing


 The visuals from the Middle East are sobering and chilling
Truly.
Strange as it would seem, I am reminded of my favourite band, and a song from their early days in the late 1980s when war was a long way away and I was surrounded by young high spirited psychiatric nurses like Tracey Birkin who looked and acted like a young Sophia Loren with open mouthed smiles and the energy of a herd of sweet ponies.

When you are young life is immortal and fear is only a thing seen in the movies. 
Everything but the Girl , sang The Night I Heard Caruso Sing beautifully. 
The beauty hides the message and screaming dread of war, and we find ourself hurtling towards a faceless video game of war with drones and missiles and screams in the night.

I feel so sad today, listening to that beautiful song

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48 comments:

  1. gz7:05 am

    Thankyou. A beautiful sad song

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    1. John Going Gently9:41 pm

      The line “ It's time to hold your loved ones
      While the chains are loosed” breaks my heart

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  2. happy hooker7:39 am

    And so it continues... World peace is just a pipe dream, sadly. xx

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  3. MarisAna7:43 am

    Yes so sad. The song describes exactly how I feel. Fear and grief.

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  4. Poppypatchwork8:49 am

    Our world is beautiful, BUT filled with too many ugly men waging war.

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    1. Anonymous8:59 pm

      Thank you! Carol in atlanta

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  5. Andrew9:01 am

    I am distressed about what is happening, and is it our, or rather the US business? I suppose the answer is oil. Always the oil.

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    1. John Going Gently9:49 pm

      It’s not all coming from Trump…who is advising him

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    2. Anonymous10:01 am

      Yet you wish him dead.

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  6. Kath9:17 am

    Remember you are surrounded by love and friendship close to home x

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    1. John Going Gently9:50 pm

      I know that, I’ve just been to the pub quiz x

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  7. Moving with Mitchell10:02 am

    I was raised under a cloud of stories of death and hatred. I’ve never had that time in my life when I felt immortal. It’s a beautiful song and those last three lines are heartbreaking.

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  8. Raybeard10:10 am

    Your comments on current political situation? Absolutely!
    But that song? Thank heavens for the facility of subtitles!

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    1. John Going Gently9:51 pm

      The harmony in the song is sublime

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    2. Raybeard9:10 am

      Maybe so, but I just don't get it when an entire essential dimension of a song is missing just through lazy enunciation. Perhaps it's just me!

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  9. Karla12:29 pm

    As an American, I am disgusted and appalled. NONE of what the orange lunatic has done is what those of us with a sane and sound mind, and who did not vote for him wanted. We knew what was coming if he was voted in. He has made a mockery of democracy and of the U. S. waving his magic wand of power like a scolded toddler.

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    1. John Going Gently9:59 pm

      I wish someone takes him out …and I’ve never wished anyone dead

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    2. Anonymous9:59 am

      Your comment John, hmm. Perhaps you should give that some more thought.

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    3. John Going Gently4:13 pm

      Nope

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  10. Ellen D.1:36 pm

    "War, what is it good for. Absolutely nothing."

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  11. Travel1:40 pm

    It is a terrifying time. Hug someone.

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  12. Barbara Anne3:29 pm

    More heartbreaking violence because of greed.
    "Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me."

    Group hug!

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    1. John Going Gently9:58 pm

      Hugs…off to bed……tired after nights and the pub quiz

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  13. Anonymous3:50 pm

    hauntingly beautiful song and so very sad- these times are. Susan M/ Calif

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  14. Debra She Who Seeks5:19 pm

    Sane people do dread war and quite rightly so.

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  15. Susan5:39 pm

    The man that said he was to end all wars and now we have three.

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  16. Anonymous6:37 pm

    I’m ashamed of our country

    Lee

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    1. John Going Gently9:29 pm

      Understandable .as I am with my prime minister

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  17. Steve Reed7:11 pm

    I love EBTG. Trump, on the other hand, I do not love.

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    1. John Going Gently9:29 pm

      I tried to get tickets for their small venue concert in south London in may…only 2 dates

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  18. Katie7:39 pm

    As I see it, when evil has been given the power, this is what will happen. It is sickening.

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  19. Anonymous9:04 pm

    I firmly believe when the US elects a woman President and the majority of congress is women, war can end. I hope I’m right. Everything right now is miserable.
    Carol in Atlanta

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    1. John Going Gently9:27 pm

      I wished that with Kamala

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    2. Anonymous10:45 pm

      Jesus John , I wanted her to get in so much

      Lee

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    3. Anonymous10:46 pm

      3 martinis in tonight

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    4. John Going Gently10:56 pm

      🍸🍸🍸

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    5. bornfreev7:57 pm

      Not if that woman is; Nancy Mace, Kristi Noem, Elise Stafanik or Lauren Boeburt! If any of them becomes President of the U.S. - I will have to move to Canada!

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  20. Linda Sue2:43 am

    humans fail every time. Over 120 little girls blown up in elementary school , no reason at all. and not much mention of them on corporate news. After all , they were "just girls". That song makes my heart hurt so hard and puts a lump in my throat. beautifully uncomfortable. Thanks for that lovely song - suits the mood of the day. So sad.

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  21. Cro Magnon5:38 am

    It is said that Caruso's mother would always make sure that they entered church late, so that the congregation would notice the difference in the quality of the singing. She sounds like a great woman!

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  22. CaptainKirt11:03 pm

    😢

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