Nancy Drew in music and Swedish
After a long hiatus I thought I’d better come out from hibernation. Apart from other things I thought I’d let you know that I’ve … Read More
Music
Tour de France and top ten french songs
Lo and behold Tour de France has started – a true sign of summer. I got inspired dig a little bit deeper into the … Read More
Souls lost during WWII – ”I’ll Be Seeing You”
I thought Billies version of ”I’ll Be Seeing You” would be a honorable soundtrack to this post about how many lifes we lost during … Read More
Swedish music and Sweden during WWII
Swedens neutrality can be argued therefor it might not bet that strange that a song named ”My Soldier” or in Swedish ”Min soldat” was the … Read More
Polish music and uprising during WWII
This song translates to ”Axe, Hoe” and was a famous Polish military and street-level protest song from the war. It became the most popular … Read More
Zarah Leander, Novgorod and White Roses in Germany
For this part of my series on music during World War II I’m mostly staying in Germany, but it’ll include a little bit on … Read More
Allied music during WWII
Compered to the music from World War I many World War II songs focused more on romance and strength instead of propaganda, morale, and … Read More
Japan and japanese music during WWII
In Japan the musical genre of ”ryūkōka” had been popular since the 20’s. It was influenced by western music, however after 1936 war songs … Read More
French music during WWII
It took only six weeks for France to capitulate to the German invaders, which was a stunning defeat. The occupation of France is a story … Read More
Danish music during WWII
The occupation of Denmark began in the middle of the danish golden jazz era. The Germans came on the 9th of April 1940 and left, following … Read More
