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songs about the Falklands War?
Salad
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I listened to "Mickey" by Spear of Destiny the other day and it had me thinking there weren't many songs about the Falklands War were there?
Others I can think of:
Island of No Return - Billy Bragg
Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello - also covered by Robert Wyatt
any others?
Others I can think of:
Island of No Return - Billy Bragg
Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello - also covered by Robert Wyatt
any others?
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Mark Knopfler re-released Brother in Arms the single to help a benevolent fund for Falklands vets. I think this was written about the conflict.0
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We had a beano to the Derby in 1982 just about the time the Bellgrano had been sunk and all the the lads on the coach were singing, to the tune of Dad's Army...
Who do you think you are kidding Galtieri
If you think old England's done
We are the boys who can stop your little game
We are the boys who will make think again
So who do you think you are kidding Galtieri
if you think old England's done...0 -
The Levellers song ....."Another Man's Cause"
Gunshots shatter in the peace of night
Just another fire fight
For the people of this little town
But for the dying soldier
Well he's feeling ten years older
As he's lying face down on the ground
All the words that are in his head
And all the words his mother said
As she would put him to bed back home
Your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the Last War
And your mother well she's lying home alone
Every day she sees your face
On the picture on the fireplace
With your brother as he was leaving school
Then a day came five years ago
You said, "Mother, I need to know"
And you spoke the words your brother spoke before
"I seen the things my Daddy's done
And I've seen the medals Daddy's won
And I know that this is what he would have wanted for me."
But, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the Last War
And your mother well she's lying home alone
Now she wonders at it all
Just in whose name do these brave young heroes fall
And how many more are going to answer that call
They're going to fight and die in another country's war
They're going die for a religion they don't believe in at all
They're die in a place they should never've been at all
Oh, never've been at all
'Cause, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the Last War
And your mother well she's lying home alone
And your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother he was killed in the Last War
And your mother well she's lying home alone0 -
Would be grateful if anyone could find me the Spear of Destiny lyrics!
Shipbuilding lyrics ("task I presume refers to Task Force):
Is it worth it
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boys birthday
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children
Soon well be shipbuilding
Well I ask you
The boy said dad theyre going to take me to task
But Ill be back by christmas
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The result of this shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture postcard
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again
Its all were skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls0 -
Island of No Return lyrics:
Digging all day and digging all night
To keep my foxhole out of sight
Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees
The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze
Fear in my stomach, fear in the sky
I eat my dinner with a weary eye
After all this it won't be the same
Messing around on Salisbury Plain
Pick up your feet, fall in, move out
We're going to a party way down South
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity
I can already taste the blood in my mouth
We're going to a party way down south
I hate this flat land, there's no cover
for sons and fathers and brothers and lovers
I can take the killing, I can take the slaughter
But I don't talk to Sun reporters
I never thought that I would be
Fighting fascists in the Southern Sea
I saw one today and in his hand
Was a weapon that was made in Birmingham
Pick up your feet, fall in, move out
We're going to a party way down South
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity
I can already taste the blood in my mouth
We're going to a party way down south
I wish Kipling and the Captain were here
To record our pursuits for posterity
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity0 -
I believe brothers in arms was written about the arab israeli conflict..0
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[cite]Posted By: Carter[/cite]Mark Knopfler re-released Brother in Arms the single to help a benevolent fund for Falklands vets. I think this was written about the conflict.
great tune, great band0 -
Pink Floyd/Roger Waters - The Final Cut
Brezhnev took Afghanistan
And Begin took Beirut
Galtieri took the Union Jack
And Maggie over lunch one day
Took a cruiser with all hands,
apparently to make him give it back.0 -
Billy Bragg: Island Of No Return
Digging all day and digging all night
To keep my foxhole out of sight
Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees
The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze
Fear in my stomach, fear in the sky
I eat my dinner with a weary eye
After all this it won't be the same
Messing around on Salisbury Plain
Pick up your feet, fall in, move out
We're going to a party way down South
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity
I hate this flat land, there's no cover
for sons and fathers and brothers and lovers
I can take the killing, I can take the slaughter
But I don't talk to Sun reporters
I never thought that I would be
Fighting fascists in the Southern Sea
I saw one today and in his hand
Was a weapon that was made in Birmingham
Pick up your feet, fall in, move out
We're going to a party way down South
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity
I wish Kipling and the Captain were here
To record our pursuits for posterity
Me and the Corporal out on a spree
Damned from here to eternity0 -
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[quote][cite]Posted By: Oakster[/cite]Crass - Mother of a Thousand Dead
The cheery, sing-along lyrics are [url=[url]http://www.lyricsdir.com/crass-how-does-it-feel-lyrics.html[/url]]here[/url][/quote]
Interesting story...some Tories tried to get Crass prosecuted under the Obscene Publications act for that song:
http://www.southern.com/southern/label/CRC/09422b.html
"Mr Eggar (a Tory MP at the time) said: "This is the most vicious, scurrilous and obscene record that has ever been produced. It goes beyond the acceptable bounds of freedom of speech. It is an insult not only to the Prime Minister, the country and all the armed forces, but also, sadly, to the families of those who died and were wounded in the Falklands."0 -
they obviously hadn't heard the lyrics to the great Crass follow-up - Sheep Farming in the Falklands!!!
i was more of a Subhumans fan myself0
