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A more personal view on WW1 ‘When The Whistle Blows’ is a song about Pete Riley's granddad, Robert Wilson who survived and returned from the WW1 trenches. His wife Lidia Wilson, who died earlier this year at the ripe old age of 103, can be heard recounting his experiences at The Somme.
lyrics
Part 1
From Cumberland to Gallipoli
The Eden to the Somme
Young boys on a journey
They’d been called upon
The call that came from Kitchener
Was coloured by their pride
For Glory, King and Country
Such unfamiliar lies
So they answered the call
And the rain would fall
Red the river flows
When the whistle blows
He hated all the generals
Can’t you see what you have done?
Sending burning flying steel through flesh and bone
Of another mother’s son
So the tables turned (You’ll only hear what we want you to hear)
While the home fires burned (You’ll only hear what we want you to hear)
Red the river flows (You’ll only hear what we want you to hear)
When the whistle blows
Part 2
You take the shilling you’re ours day and night
So go on the whistle you’re here to fight
Over the top while we play our games
Do as you’re ordered and fall like rain
From the man that returned not a word has been said
About 14 to 18 or the blood that was shed
The nightmares may fade but the scars never heal
So silence remained over Flanders fields
So they answered the call
And the rain would fall
Then the field would fall silent
Just the sound of a lone voice in no man’s land
Barely out of school with his life on the line
And he’s calling out for his mother’s hand
So they answered the call
And the rain would fall
Red the river flows
When the whistle blows
A hand full of medals a picture or two
Remind us forever of what he went through
Robert Wilson a father, a son
His childhood ended at the Somme with a gun
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The first official outing of the "what would be" Steve Rothery Band. Riccardo Romano was missing with his keyboard wizardry and no singer at all (later Martin Jakubsky of Stillmarillion). Marillion's catalogue was represented by excerpts of instrumental sections where Steve had his solo spot. This is a milestone in the forming of a great band that later became the spokesman of early Marillion era and of course of Steve's solo material. If you want to hear how it all started you have to get this Alessandro Carmassi
Subdued and elegiac songs from Tom Kelly that have the grandeur of classical music, the technicality of prog, and the sweep of synthwave. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 6, 2020