1er août 1914

Il y a 100 ans le tocsin sonnait dans toutes les communes de France. Dans le sublime dernier album de PJ Harvey Let England shake, elle évoque beaucoup la première guerre mondiale, notamment dans cette chanson :

PJ Harvey - The Colour Of The Earth

Louis was my dearest friend
Fighting in the ANZAC trench
Louis ran forward from the line
I never saw him again
Later in the dark
I thought I heard Louis' voice
Calling for his mother, then me
But I couldn't get to him
He's still up on that hill
20 years on that hill
Nothing more than a pile of bones
But I think of him still
If I was asked I'd tell
The colour of the earth that day
It was dull and browny red
The colour of blood, I'd say