Talk:Paschendale (song)

"Surely a war no one can win" recognizes the stalemate that was occurring on the Western Front of the war, where the battle took place.
Is there any proof this is what the band intended that line to be interpreted as? I only mention this because to me, this was a strong Anti-War notion. A war, the meaningless taking of lives, cannot be "won" in the usual sense of the word. Many say that a war only ends.

I recognize the situation of WWI trench warfare and the stalemate at the Western Front, but if I were to assert myself to edit the page I would remove that line as it can be construed in more than one way.

124.184.174.252 (talk) 05:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The song analysis seems extraneous.
Is the line by line analysis of the song really necessary? It seems to make the page really cluttered while only adding information that is fairly obvious. (For example, any half-wit can make the connection between the use of machine guns in WWI and the line "Rapid fire and the end of us all.")

The song analysis is also uncited, and contains many statements that could be considered OR. Ex. "...Nicko McBrain's rhythmic tapping on the hi-hat, simulating the Morse Code used for communication at the time." I haven't taken action yet, as I want to see if there are any objections. If there are no objections within a week, I shall delete the OR sections.

(talk) 02:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC) jatlasb

As there were no objections, I have removed the described content.

Jatlasb

Referring the to above "any half-wit can make the connection between the use of machine guns in WWI and the line "Rapid fire and the end of us all."" This is a misinterpretation in the first instance - Rapid Fire was, at the time a reference to the rapidity with which a skilled infantryman could fire his bolt-action rifle - it has nothing to do with machine guns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.217.208 (talk) 13:05, 23 July 2011 (UTC)