This is such an underappreciated song from It's Hard. He mentions that on May 19 Albert Speer was 'deleted'. He mentions as soon as the over was over so probably around 1945. Speer was a high ranking Nazi government official. I wonder what that means because I can't seem to find what if anything happened to him on that day. However May 19 1945 was the date Pete was born...
Always thought this was one of the most interesting pieces Pete wrote, and also wondered about the significance of 5/19/1945 besides being Pete's D.O.B. Turns out that, while not a significant date to Albert Speer, it IS the date that Philipp Bouhler was "deleted". Bouhler was the leader of Hitler's euthanasia program, and would have been tried as a major war criminal if he hadn't committed suicide on 5/19/1945. Did Pete confuse the two, or did the name "Philipp Bouhler" not fit the lyrics as well ? "On the nineteenth day of a Spring day in May,...
Always thought this was one of the most interesting pieces Pete wrote, and also wondered about the significance of 5/19/1945 besides being Pete's D.O.B. Turns out that, while not a significant date to Albert Speer, it IS the date that Philipp Bouhler was "deleted". Bouhler was the leader of Hitler's euthanasia program, and would have been tried as a major war criminal if he hadn't committed suicide on 5/19/1945. Did Pete confuse the two, or did the name "Philipp Bouhler" not fit the lyrics as well ? "On the nineteenth day of a Spring day in May, Philipp Bouhler was deleted." Works for me... Pete?
This is such an underappreciated song from It's Hard. He mentions that on May 19 Albert Speer was 'deleted'. He mentions as soon as the over was over so probably around 1945. Speer was a high ranking Nazi government official. I wonder what that means because I can't seem to find what if anything happened to him on that day. However May 19 1945 was the date Pete was born...
Always thought this was one of the most interesting pieces Pete wrote, and also wondered about the significance of 5/19/1945 besides being Pete's D.O.B. Turns out that, while not a significant date to Albert Speer, it IS the date that Philipp Bouhler was "deleted". Bouhler was the leader of Hitler's euthanasia program, and would have been tried as a major war criminal if he hadn't committed suicide on 5/19/1945. Did Pete confuse the two, or did the name "Philipp Bouhler" not fit the lyrics as well ? "On the nineteenth day of a Spring day in May,...
Always thought this was one of the most interesting pieces Pete wrote, and also wondered about the significance of 5/19/1945 besides being Pete's D.O.B. Turns out that, while not a significant date to Albert Speer, it IS the date that Philipp Bouhler was "deleted". Bouhler was the leader of Hitler's euthanasia program, and would have been tried as a major war criminal if he hadn't committed suicide on 5/19/1945. Did Pete confuse the two, or did the name "Philipp Bouhler" not fit the lyrics as well ? "On the nineteenth day of a Spring day in May, Philipp Bouhler was deleted." Works for me... Pete?