Talk:Army Dreamers

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Meaning and accent[edit]

"The song is about the effects of war and about a mother who grieves for her young son, who was killed on military maneuvers. Saddened by his unnecessary death, she wrestles with her guilt over what she could have done to prevent it."--I'm not sure about this bit. I imaginedit was sung as a biting indictment of society rather than in the persona of a grieving woman.Merkinsmum 18:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The song is a change to previous works in that it features a Waltz time tempo and Bush sings the lyrics in an Irish accent." -- I can't detect any difference in her accent from other songs. ChrisMalme (talk) 23:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's a very definite Irish lilt in her voice for this song as well as using the term "mammy" - which is the Irish version of mummy.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 12:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[1]: "The Irish accent was important because the treatment of the song is very traditional, and the Irish would always use their songs to tell stories, it's the traditional way. There's something about an Irish accent that's very vulnerable, very poetic, and so by singing it in an Irish accent it comes across in a different way. But the song was meant to cover areas like Germany, especially with the kids that get killed in manoeuvres, not even in action. It doesn't get brought out much, but it happens a lot. I'm not slagging off the Army, it's just so sad that there are kids who have no O-levels and nothing to do but become soldiers, and it's not really what they want. That's what frightens me. (1980, Zigzag)" - ZigZag (magazine) is a perfectly reliable source if anyone has a copy of that issue. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:02, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spoken counterpoint[edit]

Who provides the sotto voce male spoken counterpoint? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:34, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]