Uploaded by SamantaKeane on May 27, 2007
This is the song by Keane. It was remixed in 2001 as a pre-mix. Dominic Scott, the ex-member of Keane, took part in it too. I like this song a lot, because it has got a different sound. But all Keane songs are great...
The band specifically do not want this recording to be distributed as it is written to a very different perspective to any of their other work - a positive view to war. Those who actually found the recording distributed it between themselves, and so many Keane fans have the song.(Wikipedia)
the happy soldier lyrics:
I've been thinking
Why don't we
Jump onboard some gunship
And sail away to sea
And if I'm seized by enemy
Of any kind
I don't mind
They'll be sorry
Wait and see
The SAS will rescue me
I've been thinking
I'm so bored
What a life to live and die
By the silver sword
And if I'm crashed on stormy seas
The darkness falls and all I see
Is a desert island
That's ok
I'll use the stars to find my way
If I'm drifting to no-man's land
GHQ will lend a hand
And there's nothing king and country wouldn't do for me
(x2)
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I don't think there's any positive view of war. And Keane is clearly an anti-war band. It was well stated in Is it any wonder?, for instance.
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Keane is a anti-war band.
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@JulyForToday well said
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@JulyForToday You show me the CD called Little Broken Words and I'll show you someone who burned a fan made album to a disc.
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Em 2:39 passa uma foto do Tim que parece uma miragem ...
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I really love, it's fabulous, why they don't do it in an album ? Tom's voice is unbelievable...
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I love this song, I adore Tom´s voice and I worship the whole band. This must be the most underrated band in the world.
9 months ago 3
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ПРОСТО ОБОЖАЮ ЭТИХ МАЛЬЧИКОВ.
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6 people are unhappy soldiers! i love keane b-sides more then a-sides i think. don't get me wrong MOST of there a-sides i play HEAPS. but i play there b-sides just as much!
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@xxemililyxx I'de gladly marry you...hehe jk.
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Really? That's odd that Keane didn't want it distributed. Funny then that it ended up on Little Broken Words.
I don't think it represents war as being positive, but as a sort of satire on war and the happy soldier who is blindly patriotic and willing to fight in wars, to kill and be killed for a country's glory. It has quiet some room to interpret. And I don't see it out of character for Keane, really.
And there are a lot of non-album songs. Keane has enough B sides for at least 2 full albums.
JulyForToday 3 years ago 36
We all know Keane is anti-war. So, I think this song is a kind of irony. Right?
EdwardGlory 2 years ago 9