There's Something in Roswell

 

Saxon have written a song about the Roswell incident. Anybody considerably younger than me will wonder what on earth I'm talking about so I'll explain. Saxon are a heavy metal band from the north of England who were quite successful when I was a child. They were rather like the American "glam metal" bands and there is no more recent equivalent of their style today. I was never a fan, I must say. Despite their gothic look, their composition and lyrics were a bit simplistic, rather like football chants; but they had a few good songs. I haven't heard about them for ages and I had no idea they were still going; in fact I had no idea the members were even still alive. Actually I assumed they'd all died years ago from drug overdoses and gonorrhoea; but no. They are alive and well and still playing. Last year they did a two-part international tour. It's really quite amusing to see these seventy-five year old guys in leathers with long white hair prancing around on stage with guitars. Anyway, the reason I mention Saxon is that, to their great credit, they've written a song about the Roswell incident. It's called There's Something in Roswell and its lyrics tell the basic history of the 1947 UFO crash. The video shows the band on stage interspersed with recreated images associated with Roswell. It's on their latest album Hell, Fire and Damnation. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-xgVaQX4Hk. Popular music, like mainstream cinema, literature and art, is an excellent means of communication, especially of touchy subjects. It has always served as a conduit of thought in societies where free speech is suppressed. That's why I do it too, see: https://hpanwo-bb.blogspot.com/2016/08/roswell-rising-is-here.html.