A measure of happiness, and on that day an enormous measure.

But a terrible disappointment for millions of people, that need never have happened, if only our governments in the West hadn't betrayed the hopes of those who tore down the wall. And betrayed our hopes as well.

I remember we had an East German dissident band over in Harlow playing just after this, mad with joy - and leading the house in singing the Internationale.

Looks like a good song, Michael, and prescient. The truth is, they're all music threads, if they are worth anything at all, even if the music is under the surface.