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Wikipedia article
"'Vera'" is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their 1979 album, 'The Wall'.
Title
The title is a reference to Vera Lynn, a British singer who came to prominence during World War II with her popular song "We'll Meet Again".
The song's intro features a collage of superimposed audio excerpts from the 1969 film 'Battle of Britain'. Among the used clips are a piece of dialogue ("Where the hell are you, Simon?"), a BBC broadcast and battle sound effects.
Personnel
*Roger Waters vocals
*David Gilmour acoustic guitar, bass guitar
*Richard Wright Prophet-5 synthesiser
with:
*New York Symphony Orchestra
Personnel per Fitch and Mahon.Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, 'Comfortably Numb A History of The Wall 19781981', 2006, p. 96.
Further reading
* Fitch, Vernon. 'The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia' (3rd edition), 2005. .
See also
* List of anti-war songs
References
Category:1979 songs
Category:Pink Floyd songs
Category:Songs written by Roger Waters
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin
Category:Song recordings produced by David Gilmour
Category:Song recordings produced by Roger Waters
Category:Anti-war songs
Category:Songs about World War II
Category:Songs about musicians
Category:Cultural depictions of British women
Category:Cultural depictions of pop musicians
Category:Cultural depictions of folk musicians
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