Για ένα διάστημα οι Human League βρέθηκαν στην κορυφή της ηλεκτρονικής ποπ, με μια σειρά δυνατών τραγουδιών που είχαν ταυτόχρονα τη στόφα του χιτ. Όπως το εξαιρετικό ‘The Lebanon’ από το άλμπουμ τους Hysteria του 1984.
Το βίντεο βγάζει κατά την άποψή μου ένα είδος ειλικρίνειας, αφοπλιστικής και κάπως …εξωτικής υπό συνθήκες όπως οι παρούσες.
Ο Phil Oakey γεννήθηκε αυτό το μήνα πριν από 68 χρόνια.

For a while, Human League was on the edge of electronic pop, with a string of mighty songs, that also were the stuff that hits are made of. Like the excellent ‘The Lebanon’ from their 1984’s album Hysteria.
The video brings out in my view a kind of honesty, disarming and somehow …exotic, under conditions such as the present ones.
Phil Oakey was born on this month 68 years ago.

She dreams of 1969
Before the soldiers came
The life was cheap on bread and wine
And sharing meant no shame
She is awakened by the screams
Of rockets flying from nearby
And scared she clings onto her dreams
To beat the fear that she might die
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
Before he leaves the camp he stops
He scans the world outside
And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought he’d be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
Weren’t we supposed to keep the peace?
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
The Lebanon
From the Lebanon
I must be dreaming
It can’t be true
I must be dreaming
It can’t be true
And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
The Lebanon
From the Lebanon