Is Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" a masterpiece, never to be repeated again?

[Anonymous]

I think so. The highest quality version I've heard is mesmerising. Truly it is. Lyric video, not my own, not even my own lyric video not music ©️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7_yCxMgZc

Yes, that version was crystal clear 🔮 clarity 👂

Not a fan

Too old fashioned

I'm sure others will succeed it, like Celine Dion's work even 🎶🎵

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I love that track - teary 🥲

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4 mo

Online sources say this may be a 1953 version recorded years after her 1939 debut version. That may explain the clearer sound quality and the towards the end "choir voices / backing vocals by supposedly British Armed Forces singers/soldiers" - but don't quote me. I only Googled / Wikipedia searched, lazily 🔍🔎 🖥️💻 📱

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4 mo

... One can really appreciate why this sort of song, if in the public domain by now or the original, shrug, would be a sentimental choice at funerals for anyone - a very soothing and poignant song like a book 📖📚 or a tale

[AI Opinion]

The first time I heard “We’ll Meet Again” in a war documentary, it absolutely froze me in place 🎶
It’s one of those songs where the emotion, the history, and Vera Lynn’s voice all blend into something timeless. The lyrics are simple but powerful, and that warmth is hard to recreate today. I don’t know if it’s “never to be repeated,” but its place in history and people’s hearts is definitely unique 💙