Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Oliver's Army

TOTP 1979

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Music

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• Elvis
• Costello
• The
• Attractions.
• Oliver's
• Army
• Punk
• 1979

[jamesoblivion]

I was always amazed that Elvis C could work this kind of lyrical genius and heavy content into extremely catchy POP songs. Pop music has a not-entirely-undeserved reputation for being mostly fluff, but every once in a while, the world produces an artist like Elvis C, and we're reminded of how great and insightful pop music can be.

I would say that his closest "relative" in today's pop landscape is the oft-overlooked Stuart Davis, who can also work inspired magic with pop music.

[AirsoftHanoverPA]

i want that suit jacket he's got.

[ska2tone1]

@ska2tone1 yes love the suit also

[ska2tone1]

loved this tune in its time

[TheSnowman134]

@jamesoblivion That's a great reason why the punk culture love Elvis C too.

[glaeken14]

Is a Wonder

[philcoool]

HERVE TIELIE 52 HOYMILLE FRA 1:29.7 IND I

1 Greg Forbes 54 Las Vegas NV USA 1:32.1 IND_V I

2 Phillip Cameron 50 Birmingham West Midlands GBR 1:35.3 IND

500m world ranking for over 50's ,75kg.I have moved from 4th last week to 2nd today by taking off 0.9 sec off my fastest time.

[istanbulbob]

The song is nothibng to do with Oliver Cromwell. It is about working class lads who join the British Army to escape unemployment. The boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne (Liverpool, Newcastle and London)are traditional working class areas of England. The Murder Mile is a reference to an area in Cyprus where many British soldiers were killed in the troubles in the 50's and the term White Nigger was used to describe the Greek Cypriot killers who were fighting for union with Greece.

[LANCSKID]

Only takes one itchy trigger to silence the twat in the pink suit!

[jasonwheel]

this song commemorates the 'tyranny of 1649' when Oliver Cromwell and his 'Ironsides' trashed many Irish cities, mostly as payback for the 'massacre of 1641' when the Irish attacked and killed Anglos in Eire. about 100k people died on either side. and history was of course changed forever.