Uploaded by hellincastro on May 14, 2008
Roger Whittaker (Nairobi, Kenia; 22 de marzo de 1936); cantante y compositor británico. Encuadrado en un estilo a medio camino entre la música popular adulta y la canción folk, ha vendido más de 55 millones de discos en todo el mundo. Fue conocido en sus primeros años de carrera por su habilidad para silbar.
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I think the song is mainly just about living in the part of the past that "should have been". If I could have the time again ...
But then that doesn't match so well with the start. So maybe it's about "two ifs"?
Cause and effect first, then for most of the song, wasting time wishing things had been otherwise.
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@SueMyChin have faith it's why God saved us through Christ !
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Did Roger write this song based on his army service fighting the Mau Mau in Kenya?
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Love and War has motivated the human race for thousands of years. It's where we excel and where most of our strength comes from. Peace is a favorable albeit perilous ideal and one which I fear will never come to pass.
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
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Shameful at any age. My daughter is active US Navy. Freedom isn't free. IF you thing defending your country is wrong go elsewhere!!!!!
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There is a difference between reference and response or answer. A response or answer is having a reaction to whatever is asked or stated. I read the poem and it's difficult to call this song a response because there is nothing in the poem that says : war is glorious and if you believe that you'll be a hero.
Maybe Whittaker stated this song to be a reply to the poem but in my view it is not.
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@NKismynextgoal So he doesn't believe in "If" any more - but that is not a reference to Kipling's poem "If"? What does he mean then?
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Although Kipling pulled strings to get his son to the war, you can hardly say that this song is an answer to his poem IF. The poem is about being true to yourself and having courage to take on life whatever comes on your path.
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learn to spell... its the only way we can have peace
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Beautiful - just the most perfect song ever!
1 year ago 2
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Listen to the song and think of the futility of war and how war destroys the human sole Its a brilliant song
stanleymiller27 2 years ago 12
This song is a response to "If" by Rudyard Kipling, the most popular poem in the English language. "If" expresses sentiments that inflenced many young men who were killed in the first World War. One of these was Kipling's own son, Jack. Yet "If" still appeals to many people. Afterwards Kipling had a change of heart and wrote "If they ask you why we died, tell them that out fathers lied".
SpokenVerse 1 year ago 7