Comments on: Fell On Black Days

By: Kilo

Kilo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:14:41 +0000

As to lyrics, from “Last Letter Home” by the Dropkick Murphys?

Nobody’s written any lyrics that nail it like that title does.

By: cobernicus

cobernicus — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:50:03 +0000

How about these:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Traveling Soldier
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother

By: Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:48 +0000

These are good suggestions, guys. Any others?

By: OhioBoy

OhioBoy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:07:07 +0000

I would vote for yes, and the lyric I would select is “It’s all of the good that won’t come out of us” (or “It’s all of the good that won’t come out of them”) by Rilo Kiley off of The Execution Of All Things, still the best album I’ve heard about the Iraq War Era.

By: jfaberrit

jfaberrit — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:25:07 +0000

Another vote for yes.

As to lyrics, from “Last Letter Home” by the Dropkick Murphys?
“I stand alone in the distance
And the foreground slowly moves”

By: cobernicus

cobernicus — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:03 +0000

Dear Spencer,

I have only recently started to read your blog, since your emigration to FDL. Please continue to post these e-mails from both Iraq and Afghanistan, for the reasons so eloquently summarized by Tom Ricks.

Regardless of one’s opinions of either of these conflicts, we owe it to those who serve to note their passing with a moment of contemplation. We can only hope that these postings will cease in our lifetimes, rather than in 100 years.