Refers to 1987, when a bomb planted by the IRA exploded during a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people and injuring at least 63.
No, 'Green Light' is a reference to the Great Traffic Light Massacre of West Hendred from 1958 when some 'amber gambler' piled into six cars, killing three adults, four children and a tortoise.
(Refers to Charles Lindbergh's epic flight (May 20/21 1927) in the Spirit Of St Louis, from Long Island, USA across the Atlantic to Paris, taking 33 and a half hours.)
Springsteen wrote this in response to the September 11 attacks on America. The entire album deals with it in some way, often from the point of view of the victims.
About the killing of Harry Stanley – a painter and decorator who was fatally shot by police in controversial circumstances.
On 22 September 1999, he was returning home from the Alexandra Pub in South Hackney carrying, in a plastic bag, a table leg that had been repaired by his brother earlier that day. Someone had phoned the police to report ‘an Irishman with a gun wrapped in a bag’.
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New Theme - Songs based on actual historical events
1) Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Surrounding the events and trial of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Who was falsely tried and imprisoned, mainly off the back of a racist police officer.
Refers to 1987, when a bomb planted by the IRA exploded during a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people and injuring at least 63.
(as in the replacement bulbs are more eco-friendly)
Or, I may have forgotten to press F5
. . . back to real events
3) Lindy Comes to Town - Al Stewart
(Refers to Charles Lindbergh's epic flight (May 20/21 1927) in the Spirit Of St Louis, from Long Island, USA across the Atlantic to Paris, taking 33 and a half hours.)
Springsteen wrote this in response to the September 11 attacks on America. The entire album deals with it in some way, often from the point of view of the victims.
As if it wasn't bad enough getting assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr has to suffer the ultimate indignity of being subjected to a Bono tribute song
The burning of Montreux Casino seen across Lake Geneva from their hotel room.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata
About the killing of Harry Stanley – a painter and decorator who was fatally shot by police in controversial circumstances.
On 22 September 1999, he was returning home from the Alexandra Pub in South Hackney carrying, in a plastic bag, a table leg that had been repaired by his brother earlier that day. Someone had phoned the police to report ‘an Irishman with a gun wrapped in a bag’.
Song about the D-Day invasion during World War II and the effect it had on the soldiers who fought that day.
In 1989 the Chinese army stormed a mass demonstration in Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people.
1) Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) ~ Josh Groban
Vincent van Gogh
John Constable
He doesn't half like singing about painters eh?
George, the horsey painter
L. S. Lowrie
David Bowie studied art, his art teacher was Peter Frampton’s father.
Bowie’s paintings.
The Pride Of Daventry no less:D
8) El Salvador - Athlete
Salvador Dali
Much more cultural
(Milton Avery, American 1885-1965)
new theme ahoy.....