Saturday, April 18, 2009

Daily Question 131

Connect the first three visuals. For bonus points, connect the fourth






Ira Hayes

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by folk singer Peter La Farge. It tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Bob Dylan followed suit by covering the song during his sessions for Self Portrait, though his version did not see release until Columbia used it as part of the Dylan album of 1973.

The song has been recorded many times; the most popular version is by Johnny Cash, whose nickname was 'The Man in Black'

Cracked by Advaith only

2 comments:

Abstract Randomness said...

The connect is Iwo Jima.

Peter LaFarge composed The Ballad of Ira Hayes detailing the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima

The song was included on the album Dylan by Mr. Bob

The third pic is Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima where the flag was raised

urmm ..well for the fourth
is much cloudiness and randomness
i wud guess 2007 oscars Letters from Iwo Jima was nominated for best pic....and Will Smith was nominated for best actor for The Pursuit of Happyness...both lost incidentally

Abstract Randomness said...

che
my connect may hv been misplaced
Think its Johnny Cash
and the 4th refers to Johnny Cash's
1971 album Man In Black