From Richard Metzger:
Titled Harry Patch (In Memory Of), [the new Radiohead] song is a tribute to the oldest surviving Tommy who fought in World War I. Harry Patch was 111 years old when he died on July 25th, 2009. He fought in one of the grimmest battles of the war, the Battle of Passchendaele, where over 325,000 Allied casualties occurred and over, 260,000 Germans. The 99 day battle from July 31st 1917 to November 6th 1917, saw an average of 3,000 British troops killed, wounded, or captured daily. (By contrast, in Iraq, 3,650 US troops have died and approximately 26,000 have been wounded).
“Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims”.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztj_TnUQyY[/youtube]
You can buy the track here. All proceeds go to the Royal British Legion. Please consider.
(Found via Xeni Jardin)