Remembering D-Day with The Shores of Normandy (Jim Radford) | The Daily Doug (Episode 411)
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In this episode of #thedailydoug, we're honoring the brave sacrifice of our forefathers on the 78th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. In doing so, I'm listening to The Shores of Normandy, a story-song written by Jim Radford, who served in the British navy and was there on the day as a young 15-year-old lad. His account of his experience in song is poignant and powerful, helping us remember and honor those who bravely stormed the beaches so long ago. My best to all of you on this most important anniversary. Peace.
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I'm German, born 1960. I'm extremely grateful to all the soldiers who helped free the world of the Nazi bastards. Your sacrifice made the world a better place.
Jim Radford was a friend of mine for over 20 years, and when I last saw him in Hull (UK) in 2019 I asked if I could sing this song and he gave permission by saying "That would be just fine".
I sang it last night (5/6/24) at Harrogate Folk Club and have sung it a few times at other clubs, around this anniversary - and I feel very proud to do so. RIP Jim, my friend 💟💟
I was moved to tears as he said to remember the ones who made it so. This is because of the number of people who didn’t even know what today is. As I am 15, i could not even imagine what he had went through… Thank you!!!
We are obligated to remember the sacrifice that our older generations made! I'm sure that from your comments, that you are one of those who will continue to remember them.
You're a shining star, little Brother!
@@walter2990 This means a lot!!!
Never heard the song before. Never heard of Jim Radford. But now I know them both. And I believer you did indeed find the perfect song to memorialize D-day.
Jim Radford and his song are a world treasure!!!!
Thank you Doug. My second cousin landed at Utah Beach and is now 100 years old and living in Tucson, AZ. He was one of the lucky ones that survived and survives today.
I travelled to Parigne, Brittany from Toronto this past Christmas to visit my sister and her husband, Covid notwithstanding. We visited the American cemetery at St.James, where 5000 American boys are laid to rest. I am 67 now and to witness their final resting place, to imagine their suffering and their bravery was, and still is, overpoweringly emotional. I thank god I was born in peacetime, never had to take up arms to defend my country, grew up in a post-war Britain listening to the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones but especially Yes. It seems to me that Jon Andersons words and Yes's music was an equal and opposite reaction to the horror my parents and grandparents had experienced. "Soon, oh soon the light, ours to shape for all time ours the right, the Sun will lead us, our reason to be here" RIP Jim Radford, "this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you".
When the single topped the charts in 2019, that was on the 75th anniversary of D-Day and Mr. Radford was 90 years old. What a tremendous way to enter one's 9th decade in this world.
Illume Eltanin. It would be the beginning of his 10th decade. (Ages 1-10 are one's 1st decade; 11-20 are the 2nd, and so on.)
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Right!
I'm usually much better at that.
My own grandfather was first wave on Sword beach blowing up tank traps... I only discovered this years after his death.
I heard this heartfelt song when first broadcast at The Royal Festival of Remembrance and was reduced to tears. There was no counselling for those who fought. In the aftermath of the conflict, those suffering from the likes of PTSD lacked the support that we consider paramount today.
What a debt we owe.
Thank you to the likes of Jim Radford and also to you Doug, for bringing it to our collective conscience.
Visited Normandy several times. A visit to the cemeteries there always makes my eyes burn as does this song. Thanks to all that made the liberation of Europe happen, be it at a terrible cost of human life. Never forget.
Beautiful! Rest in peace, Jim Radford!
My father was too young to serve in WWII, being born in '31. But my stepfather was born in '25 and he served as a combat engineer in Patton's army, moving through France and Germany, surviving the Battle of the Bulge, and building the pontoon bridge on which that army crossed the Rhone. And where Patton famously pissed into that river. My stepfather's unit was supposed to be part of the June 6th invasion, but fortuitously perhaps, his Colonel got sick just before and that whole unit was substituted. It was about 2 weeks later when his unit went over the channel. He lived until January 2020. I was born at the end of '61 and grew up watching a lot of 20 and 30 years later WWII shows on PBS. It's hard to imagine our country managing that kind of sacrifice -- economic and human -- these days.
A big thank you to all those who fought for our great country. Sadly, many people today are mostly unfamiliar with this great event.
Beautiful. My grandfather fought all over in world War 2. He was in France, Germany, Belgium and North Africa.
Great intro, Doug! Thanks for commemorating D-Day. My wife's grandfather earned a Silver Star during the invasion by donning a German officer's coat and tricking 17 German soldiers to surrender. Sadly, he was KIA on D+18.
Thanks for doing this one Doug. I knew you had done Iron Maiden The Longest Day and you had just done a Sabaton song so Primo Victoria was kinda out, so I searched songs that were about D-Day and came upon this one. And what better song than from someone that actually was there. The day that I'm sure turned boys to men. One lyric in Iron Maiden's song that sticks with me is "All the water is red, with the blood of the dead. Although I'm still alive, pray to God I survive." I can't imagine what those young men faced as their landing boats hit the the shores of Normandy. To all those that served in WWII thank you for your service to rid the world of fascism. To those that made the ultimate sacrifice, may you never be forgotten.
Dudeeeeee!! @Metal Mark...so stoked for you that you got your pick bud! I thank you for this amazing contribution!!
Great choice Mark brought tears to my eyes.
It has a very Roger Waters feel to it. Reminds me of When The Tigers Broke Free. Roger must have paid attention to this hero, Mark. This was incredible. Thanks so much for sharing!
Also...I'm crying buckets right now 😢 😭
A song that needs to be remembered and shared in perpetuity.
I have added it to my playlist and will be sharing it at every Memorial Day and July 4th celebration I am a part of from now on.
Metal Mark has a twitter feed that focuses on different types of music each day of the week. He's always surprised me with his broad historical knowledge of music for a young dude. We all have connection to WW2 and I'm glad you presented this remembrance. It makes me think of all those that made a difference, we should never forget. Elections coming up, make your vote count to honor and recognize their sacrifice.
All those brave men, we will always remember.
Never had the pleasure of listening to this song before. This hit like a punch but was so gentle at the sime time. What an astonishing performance
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this important song with us. They are such well-written lyrics that hold such power in their simplicity.
Thanks for this Doug. Tears were shed and a glass raised to all those who stormed the beach this day. Thanks to Metal Mark for this request.
This, right here, is the heart and soul of folk music. I often say, in the "gabbing between tracks" bits of my sets, that it's one of the reasons we in the folk music community have a reputation for "doom and gloom" when we're not singing drinking songs or bawdy tales. We're conscious of our position as (some of) the inheritors of these islands bardic traditions - we sing about things that shouldn't be forgotten, about things we've witnessed that touch us deeply, about things that really need to be changed, things that *matter* . We tell those stories to music and we share those songs whether they be about war, about shipwrecks, industrial disasters, social injustice - and as others sing them and more people hear them the memory lives, the awareness grows.
COVID be damned, Jim aint gone - not while there are some of us singing his songs and passing them on just as he did - as you passed this one to me today. Once I've put in enough practice on it that I can do it justice others will hear it in turn from me and Jim will go on along with it.
Thank you Doug for doing this. I lost an uncle on Normandy. June 6 is always a somber day for me. My dad fought in the Italian campaign and was in the Po valley that day.
A friend of mine who comes from the Normandy area of France, assures me that the people of that area, remain always, so thankful for the young men & women who sacrificed their futures, for people that they didn't even know.
Rest peacefully, all who were there.
Hey Doug!!! Thank you to our heroes in the military 🪖 🙏
Im Australian my grandfather was a marine in the Pacific in WWII he was in Australia for a few weeks that's where he met my grandmother he left to fight the battle of Midway and returned to the USA when the war ended. About 8 months after he left Australia my mother was born in 1943 and died in 2020 she never got to meet him and he never new about her. War is a very sad thing
The longest day is a very good iron maiden song about d-day. A must for today
Did you even watch this video? 0:47 explains it all
Lost my 1st cousin 2x removed John William Ernst during the D-Day invasion. John served as a Private, 357th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. John landed on Utah beach as part of the D-Day invasion. John was KIA on June 19th after the 90th drove across the Cotentin Peninsula to Cherbourg France to engage the German army on the 18th and 19th of June.
I did expect the reaction this song brought to me, but I got a bit misty eyed. Thanks Doug for playing this song, my first time hearing it.
Thank you for showcasing this. It’s so important to hear these voices.
Thanks Doug! This has probably been said already, but I haven't read all the comments. Of course, the melody comes from the poem and song "Raglan Road", put to music I believe, following the traditional Irish song " The Dawning of the Day". Jim Radford has used the traditional song to superimpose his own poem in a remarkable way.
Glad someone finally reacted to this. You should react to "1915" By Celtic Thunder. Amazing and touching
I don't know how you do it. I cried through pretty much the whole song.
My father was in the Navy during WW2. He was an electrician's mate on the 1st ship (a destroyer) in at Normandy on D Day.
I went and took a tour of Normandy beaches and American cemetery in 2017. A day of reflection and tears. It moved you in a way difficult to describe. You have to go.
In my mid teens we were at a family Christmas party and I was talking to my dad and grandfather about an ace from Wisconsin I had been reading about. I went into the kitchen to get some more shrimp and when I turned around my great Uncle Redd greeted me with his common kind smile and he told me he saw the pilot I mentioned do 3 victory rolls over port Moresby. He mentioned a second story about transferring Japanese POW's over the Kakota Pass to another camp. He straightened up and left quickly. I walked back in the dining room And my dad and grandpa very nearly bum rushed me With rapid fire questions about Uncle red and what he said. On the way home my dad said that Uncle Redd had been a New Guinea for about 8 months and would write home FOUR Or 5 times a week until his nurse girlfriend there was killed in a bombing raid. Apparently to this day as far as anyone knows I am the only person Uncle red ever mentioned the war 2. It still boggles my mind that I as a dumb teenager with counter culture attire and a skateboard could mention something that would open a veteran up like that for a minute.
Beautifully done….🥲
DDay is one of these Days, that canged Live and History forever.
Just as 9/11.
Both in the American way - the 11th of September and Ground Zero.
And the european way - the 9th of November, the day the Wall came down.
Believe it or not there's a Yes song off of Big Generator that might remind one of a soldier's reminiscent sentiments and anguish felt on Normandy. That song is 'Shoot High Aim Low.' It's a very understated art piece of a song. I think it's the best Yes song of the 80's.
Speachless.
Thanks for doing this Doug. My Father fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Same as your Grandfather, my Father didn't really want to talk about it much, but some of the stories he finally told us as he (and we kids) got older were unbelievable.
What a powerful song beautifully and simply delivered, thank you for bringing it to our attention. My grandfather was killed on that beach that day leaving my mother aged 2 and her four siblings behind. The blood on the beach has washed away now and the children do play in the sand, but if you do go there and sit quietly and wait a while I'm sure you'll hear the ghosts. I just pray that one day, soon, humanity will learn the lesson.
Roger Waters has an album called _"Amused to Death",_ and a few songs on that album include an interview from a soldier in WW2 which tells a story similar to the history that Jim lived through. _"The Ballad of Bill Hubbard",_ and then the last three minutes of the final song, which is called _"Amused to Death"._
Did not expect to be choked up today, but here we are. How am I supposed to face the parole board with mascara running down my face? The ennui is not unremarkable. Of course I jest to dry my eyes, placed there by that beautiful gentleman, and this beautiful one too. Three four je t'adore. Got me some fancy folks back in ancient Normandy, and should form a caravanserai for to travel thither, practice French and Norwegian. His words reminded me of a poem by Rabindranath Tagore that ends thusly: "On the seashore of endless worlds children meet. Tempest roams in the pathless sky, ships are wrecked in the trackless water, death is abroad and children play. On the seashore of endless worlds is the great meeting of children."
What a powerful statement!
I was not familiar with this song or artist, really a treasure!
Jim set this song to the same air as On Raglan Road by the Dubliners, which is a musical rendition of the poem by the same name from the legendary Patrick Kavanagh.
You should check it out!
That was amazing!
Thank you Doug 🇨🇵
Thank you Douglas.
Please, can we have some more folk music
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Stripped (1986, darker tone and new wave influences)
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Enjoy the Silence (1990, their biggest hit, probably the best place to start if you're unfamiliar with the band)
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Background on the history of D-Day June 6, 1944
The assault began shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, with an air bombardment consisting of more than 2,200 allied bombers attacking targets along the coast and inland. Clouds hindered the air strikes, however, and the coastal bombing at Omaha Beach was particularly ineffective. More than 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne assault troops and 1,200 aircraft followed the air bombardment. At 1:30 a.m. the 101st (U.S.) Airborne Division began landing behind Utah beach to secure the exits from the beach, and the 82d (U.S.) Airborne Division began landing at 2:30 a.m. to secure bridges on the right flank of the beachhead. Thick cloud cover also hindered the air insertion, and many of the units missed their landing zones, often by miles. On the coastline, the second phase began at 5:30 a.m. as forces when six Allied divisions and numerous small units began landing on five beaches. The Allies landed more than 160,000 troops at Normandy, of which 73,000 were American. There were also 83,115 British and Canadian forces who landed on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches.
By the end of the first day, none of the assault forces had secured their first-day objectives. Allied casualties on June 6 have been estimated at 10,000 killed, wounded, and missing in action: 6,603 Americans, 2,700 British, and 946 Canadians. Over the following days the Allies gradually expanded their tenuous foothold. When a failed German counterattack on August 8 resulted in more than 50,000 German troops being encircled by Allied forces near the town of Falaise, the tide turned, and the Allies broke out of Normandy on August 15. Once out of Normandy, Allied forces advanced quickly and liberated Paris on August 25. German forces retreated across the Seine five days later, marking the end of Operation Overlord.
The cost of the Normandy campaign was high on both sides. From D-day through August 21, the Allies landed more than two million men in northern France and suffered more than 226,386 casualties: 72,911 killed/missing and 153,475 wounded. German losses included over 240,000 casualties and 200,000 captured. Between 13,000 and 20,000 French civilians died, and many more were seriously wounded.
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
The Normandy American Cemetery is the resting place for 9,387 Americans, most of whom gave their lives during the landing operations and in the establishment of the beachhead. The names of 1,557 soldiers are inscribed on tablets in the cemetery’s Garden of the Missing. They came from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The remains of approximately 14,000 others originally buried in this region were returned home at the request of their next of kin. A father and his son are buried here, side by side, and in 33 instances two brothers rest side by side. The headstones are of white Italian marble -- a Star of David for those of Jewish faith and a Latin Cross for all others. The permanent cemetery is located on land France granted to the United States in perpetuity, on the site of the temporary American cemetery established June 8, 1944. It is one of 14 permanent World War II military cemeteries constructed on foreign soil by the American Battle Monuments Commission, an independent U.S. federal agency that commemorates the service, sacrifice, and achievements of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Source of information - The White House Office of Press Secretary - Fact Sheet - Normandy Landings
Dude. Did you type that off the top of your head? Cheers if so!
@@ephesians.6 No, I read it, then copy pasted each section from the source I cited at the end.
@@metalmark1214 very impressive nonetheless!! 👏 appreciate you!!
Also sabaton primo victoria is a good pick for today :)
Remember D-Day as the beginning of the end for the West
There were thousands of young British boys who left the shores of Britain to fight in both WW1 and WW2 because they wanted to do their bit for King and country
Yes Doug I enjoy your channel very much I just wanted to say when you do the Grateful Dead 1974 I believe that's the tail end of the wall of sound you should do some reading about Alice Lee Stanley and the sound system he designed it brought forth some technology
Owsley Stanley
Manowar-Heart of steel (with orchestra or not)
How about Therion-Ten Courts of Diyu, from the album Leviathan, please?
PLEASE DO "TARKA Y OCARINA" BY " LOS JAIVAS" YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
The Dutch Progressive metal band Knight Area has released 2 records Entitled D. day part 1And D. day part 2. They are both good. They are Not that well known Give them a list of if you get a chance.
Very moving, as you say Doug this could only be done by someone who was actually there. One question Doug maybe you can help me with this. This sounds like it is sung in the Irish folk style rather than the English folk style. Can you (or anyone else confirm that)?
It is set to an Irish tune. It's the same tune to which the poem "On Raglan Road" was set by the Dubliners, originally the traditional song "The Dawning of the Day" (Fáinne Geal an Lae). It's a long-standing practice in folk music to take older tunes - many of which were instrumental in origin and had no words when originally written - and set lyrics to them. It's equally common to take an existing song and lift the tune, setting new lyrics to it.
I would personally find it hard to make much of a distinction between the "English style" and "Irish style" of folk music, the "English folk music tradition" being composed of the melting pot of the native celtic music and the musical traditions brought by successive waves of invaders - it's just that given which "side" of the islands was in greater proximity to mainland Europe that was where the invaders tended to land so the "purer" celtic musical traditions remained "stronger" in the traditional music of Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the bits farther away from the "Invasion beaches" and where "the resistance" was a bit stronger, at a greater distance from the invaders seats of power.
Not that it really matters, it seems like an unwritten rule of folk music that you can't get away without at least one Irish tune in your set whether you're English, Irish, Scots, Canadian, American or Australian.
@@davebooth5847 Wow! Thank you so much for the detailed answer to my question.
I know Metal Mark :)
Wouldn't it be great if fascism could be thwarted and such a battle would never happen again
June 23rd you'll have to do the Battle of Bannockburn.
Lovely song. I think the tune is traditional, but I am drawing a blank what the other words I know are. Raglan Road, maybe?
I've talked to many veterans over the years. Some of the stories I never heard until I heard them from their families while planning their funerals. There was one who had parachuted in behind Utah Beach. They went from there to the Battle of the Bulge. Of the group he went through basic training with, only 15% survived. He attributed his own survival to "keeping his boots on." Seems others would take their boots off when they inevitably got wet, but then their feet would swell and they couldn't get them back on, and I'm sure you can guess the rest. He said at one point he didn't take off his boots for two weeks.
My mother-in-law was a nurse in the navy, serving in the Pacific. She was profoundly affected by the experience, but the only thing I ever heard her say was, "They were just babies." She was 21 when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Would you react to techno music?
First like!
Why dont you shut up during the song?