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Black Letters: By The Time You Read These Words

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When you think of the soldiers that laid down their lives in the first World War, what exactly were the lives that they laid down? What did they leave behind? Who were these "boy soldiers" fighting on the front? And what is left of them?
Black Letters, a song from The Dreadnoughts' 2017 album Foreign Skies, takes a shot at presenting what was lost in The Great War, to the tune of a an excellent original song based on the words of an anonymous Canadian soldier. In this video, I dissect its meaning and provide context and commentary on one of my favorite songs of the album.
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Note: My editing software is on the fritz at the moment, hence the delay since the last real upload, so somethings in the video got messed up or didn't show up. Please excuse those.
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The Dreadnoughts - Black Letters
The Dreadnoughts - Anna Maria Tango
Zackariah Hickman - Argonne
Lucas King - The Last Harpy
Underbelly and Ty Mayer - Moorland
Kuiper Belt Productions - Cinematic and Emotional Background Music
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29 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 20

@kaitlindoesarts 3 года назад

It's so chilling to think that these weren't just lyrics thought up by some band, they used an actual dying soldier's letter to his loved one as lyrics. It makes the whole thing so much more real and so much more heartbreaking.

@B_Akso 3 года назад

Love to see this underappreciated album of an underappreciated band getting some recognition! Also a really well put together video.

@ElementFreakYT 3 года назад

Thank you!

@them_that_loudly 2 года назад

I think both verses are about the same man, because even though it mentions Alberta, it also talks how the cradle his mother rocked him in was of an Alberta grain, meaning wood from Alberta, so he could still have been from Montreal

@ElementFreakYT 2 года назад

I went back and forth on this too, because you can can easily hear the lyrics as “of a tall Alberta grain” and “of the tall Alberta grain.” Either as wood grain of a tall Alberta tree, or the tall grains of a field of wheat. Paints two different yet equally heartbreaking pictures

@ejm9358 3 года назад

That was a great breakdown of the song. "Black Letters" is up on my favorites from The Dreadnoughts and there in my favorites as a whole. Every song in the Foreign Skies album tells a story and I love it.

@tallesttree4863 2 года назад

First 5 seconds I thought you were another youtuber dweeb, but you have some sense and empathy which is rare these days, imma give you like.

@FreshD0T 3 года назад

Very Good video

@ElementFreakYT 3 года назад

I like your pfp

@JoeMama-rh1vb 3 года назад

I came to this channel because of Tally Hall, but I'm quite interested in seeing stuff about all these random topics. Your videos are super interesting

@funkystudent8577 3 года назад

Damn this shit was beautiful, idk why but it struck a chord in me

@Bagel121 6 месяцев назад

Ik this is old but amazing video

@zaccolangelo3363 3 года назад

You seem cool

@ElementFreakYT 3 года назад

Thanks

@TagetesAlkesta 3 года назад

Your videos remind me a lot of EmpLemon's. High-quality new-age RU-vid documentaries about random subjects that are personally interesting to the creator. I take it he's a major inspiration for you?

@ElementFreakYT 3 года назад

Yes, big respect for the mans abilities

@pepsikong9524 3 года назад

Great vid, although personally not a fan of the Dreadnaughts I do appreciate the lyricism and messages they put into their music. Offtopic but have you heard the album Deadhorse by Dirt Poor Robins it's pretty wild it feels more like a movie than an album and it blows me away.

@ElementFreakYT 3 года назад

Have not, might check it out