Wow, name-dropping Devo in reference to an EC video is, like, the nerdfecta.
lvn4life(July 9, 2009 at 12:35 pm)
I more lesson:3. Devo said "Freedom of Choice is what you got" so you can CHOOSE to not watch the video!
Recreant456(July 9, 2009 at 4:50 am)
2 lessons can be drawn from this video:1. National health=not such hot dental care2. You can pair a perfectly good song with a shiite video.
micksumbling(July 8, 2009 at 12:43 pm)
We could be in Palestineoverrun by the Chinese linewith the boys from the Merseyand the Thames and the Tyne
asafan(July 8, 2009 at 12:39 pm)
its like The Jam´s Little Boy Soldier /Funeral Pyre or The Style Council´s Mpney go round or Paul Weller´s Savages KerimModEver Allahu Akbar!
brokenscimitar(July 7, 2009 at 10:57 am)
Hong Kong is up for grabs, London is full of Arabs, and we could be in Palestine, over and by the Chinese land, with the fires from the Mersey and the ThamesOh, to be able to write lyrics like these!
TheMartiansChronicle(July 6, 2009 at 1:17 am)
Of the song's meaning, Costello himself has stated: "I made my first trip to Belfast in 1978 and saw mere boys walking around in battle dress with automatic weapons. They were no longer just on the evening news. These snapshop experiences exploded into visions of mercenaries and imperial armies around the world. The song was based on the premise 'they always get a working class boy to do the killing'... I pretty much had the song sketched out on the plane back to London."[5]
tfpmacheath(July 5, 2009 at 1:50 pm)
This song is one of the coolest things to ever come out of the death of the old British Empire. Three cheers to EC!
partydoll222(July 5, 2009 at 5:42 am)
That's Elvis. A total rant and it's great.
Tabla461(July 4, 2009 at 8:41 pm)
I suppose your pro-imperialist. the problem with imperialists is they never follow through with their fucking plans.