Setting Sons - Weller - Iraq.....

[Von Boy]

Listening to The Jam album "setting sons" i think the lyrics to the song Little Boy Soldiers just about sums up the British army in Iraq and Tony Blair (election bit) !!.......written by the great Paul Weller in 1979.....................BRILLIANT


Its funny how you never knew what my name was,
Our only contact was a form for the election.
These days I find that you don't listen,
These days I find that we're out of touch,
These days I find that I'm too busy,
So why the attention now you want my assistance -
What have you done for me.

You've gone and got yourself in trouble,
No you want me to help you out.
These days I find that I can't be bothered,
These days I find that its all too much,
To pick up a gun and shoot a stranger,
But I've got no choice so here I come - war games.
I'm up on the hills, playing little boy soldiers,
Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
Shoot shoot shoot and kill the natives,
You're one of us and we love you for that.
Think of honour, Queen and country,
You're a blessed son of the British Empire,
God's on our side and so is Washington.
Come out on the hills with the little boy soldiers.
Come on outside - I'll sing you a lullaby,
Or tell a tale of how goodness prevailed.
We ruled the world - we killed and robbed,
The fucking lot - but we don't feel bad.
It was done beneath the flag of democracy,
You'll believe and I do - yes I do - yes I do -
yes I do -

These days I find that I can't be bothered,
To argue withthem well what's the point,
Better to take your shots and drop down dead,
then they send you home in a pine overcoat
With a letter to your mum
Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note -
to say he won.

!bow!

[strictlybroadband]

Well spotted. Amazing how little things change (and what a shame that each new generation doesn't learn the lessons of the last one).

I was watching a Bill Hicks performance from the early 90s recently and he was talking about the Gulf War. Everything he said would have been relevant today.

[chatterji]

Weller is the dog's.

[steve56]

go back to 1969 the kinks song "some mothers son" just beats weller to it.Von Boy wrote:

> Listening to The Jam album "setting sons" i think the lyrics
> to the song Little Boy Soldiers just about sums up the British
> army in Iraq and Tony Blair (election bit) !!.......written by
> the great Paul Weller in 1979.....................BRILLIANT
>
>
> Its funny how you never knew what my name was,
> Our only contact was a form for the election.
> These days I find that you don't listen,
> These days I find that we're out of touch,
> These days I find that I'm too busy,
> So why the attention now you want my assistance -
> What have you done for me.
>
> You've gone and got yourself in trouble,
> No you want me to help you out.
> These days I find that I can't be bothered,
> These days I find that its all too much,
> To pick up a gun and shoot a stranger,
> But I've got no choice so here I come - war games.
> I'm up on the hills, playing little boy soldiers,
> Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
> Shoot shoot shoot and kill the natives,
> You're one of us and we love you for that.
> Think of honour, Queen and country,
> You're a blessed son of the British Empire,
> God's on our side and so is Washington.
> Come out on the hills with the little boy soldiers.
> Come on outside - I'll sing you a lullaby,
> Or tell a tale of how goodness prevailed.
> We ruled the world - we killed and robbed,
> The fucking lot - but we don't feel bad.
> It was done beneath the flag of democracy,
> You'll believe and I do - yes I do - yes I do -
> yes I do -
>
> These days I find that I can't be bothered,
> To argue withthem well what's the point,
> Better to take your shots and drop down dead,
> then they send you home in a pine overcoat
> With a letter to your mum
> Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note -
> to say he won.
>
> !bow!
>
>

[strictlybroadband]

steve56 wrote:

> go back to 1969 the kinks song "some mothers son" just beats
> weller to it.

If we're looking for the top anti-war song, What's Going On takes some beating.

[steve56]

marvin gaye yes.strictlybroadband wrote:

> steve56 wrote:
>
> > go back to 1969 the kinks song "some mothers son" just beats
> > weller to it.
>
> If we're looking for the top anti-war song, What's Going On
> takes some beating.
>
>

[Von Boy]

I think Weller's song is not so much anti war but a great piss take of the british government and its use of the army (especialy Blair!)

"You've gone and got yourself in trouble,
Now you want me to help you out."

I'm sure most the lads in Iraq feel just that way !
Despite what their "eton rifles" officers would say.

!hmmm!