Four Ballads of USS Thresher (2013)

http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2013/04/four-ballads-of-the-uss-thresher/

by brudgers • 6 years ago

20 4 6 years ago

rectang• 6 years ago

I thought this Phil Ochs lyric was moving and thought-provoking:

  She’ll always run silent
  And she’ll always run deep
  Though the ocean has no pity
  Though waves will never weep

... but then I saw that at the end he goes for the unsubtle political club like Seeger:

  Oh can't you see the wrong?
  She was a death ship all along
  Died before she had a chance to kill
  And she'll never run silent
  And she'll never run deep
  For the ocean had no pity
  And the waves they never weep
  They'll never weep

Regardless of whether I share the sentiment, I don't like being told what to think.

mwattsun• 6 years ago

When we did our diving tests on the USS G.W. Carver, I didn't know about the Thresher. I might have been a lot more worried when we dove to test depth and blew our tanks to surface like a cork. What a ride!

headbansown• 6 years ago

Holy heck, Gold Crew patrols 57-65 here. Small world, indeed.

jacquesm• 6 years ago

In the same spirit, and in my opinion much more powerful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

The way that storm builds up in the music is incredible.

Four Ballads of USS Thresher (2013)

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