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ChrisRawlins — The Western Front
Published: 2007-07-06 14:00:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 8336; Favourites: 229; Downloads: 189
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All quiet on the Western Front, nobody sawA youth asleep in the foreign soil, planted by the war
Feel the pulse of human blood pouring forth
See the stems of Europe bend under force
So tired of this garden's grief, nobody cares
Old kin kiss the small white cross, their only souvenir
See the Prussian offense fly, weren't we grand
To place the feel of cold sharp steel in their hands
It's gone all quiet on the Western Front, male angels sigh
Ghosts float in a flooded trench as Germany dies
Fever reaps the flowers of France, fair-haired boys
String the harps to Victory's voice, joyous noise
All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
Written by Bernie Taupin
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Comments: 26
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And today... young men still fight for the interests of wealthy capitalists and politicans who do not represent the people's wishes.
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doesn't look very quiet to me... ah well thats why the tittle is ironic
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Alles ist auf der Westlichen Frontseite Ruhig...
I love it!
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Amazing poem,
Goes wonderfully with the picture.
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Thanks, although I'm afraid the poem is not mine. They are the lyrics to All Quiet on the Western Front written by Bernie Taupin and performed by Elton John.
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Mm, i see. Well the picture is very great.
Thanks for the clafification.
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That is a very good piece of work. Very emotional.
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Very, very evocative of the Great War--made me think of what the British saw when Ludendorff unleased die Friedensturmen. Foch had his great moment-- "I would fight before Amiens, I would fight in Amiens, I would fight behind Amiens and I would keep on fighting as long as I had the ability to fight." Winston Churchill was at that meeting. Perhaps you were there.
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Oh WOW.
This is so amazing!!
I just looked up AQWF for a project...
but this just blew me away o__o
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Just amazing, absolutely amazing. Never have I seen a picture that invokes so many emotions and the poem fits magnificantly with the picture. You really are a true artist.
BRAVO!!!
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Thank you so much, that's quite a compliment. I'm glad it did something for you. Thanks again.
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another amazing picture matey, but what's with the sky and the grass? i'm only asking because i do similar in my (real) work, whats your reasoning?
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How do you mean whats with the sky and grass?
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you used a gravel/stone texture in the sky, and a factory/machine photograph? in the grass... i do similar, i use a relevant texture subtly in the background
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Oh I see. Yeah most of my works have a gritty texture in the sky or over the entire image. I find it pulls the whole thing together and adds drama.
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lol 'real' as in distinct from what i draw for deviantart LOL
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Wonderful work !..
I guess this made onto a photograph...
all the same, beautiful.
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Thanks, It's made out of about 20 seperate images and blended in Photoshop.
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oh, ok.. now im even more impressed, ill think about Fav. ing it...
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