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I wasnt sure whether to post the following. For some time ive been listening to a group called 'Negativland', whom are less a group than exceptionally talented people ripping other peoples recordings, manipulating them and turning them into original work. The best known example is when they parodied U2's 'still havent found what im looking for' and promptly got sued. Though Negativlands version was certainly more entertaining.

 

Anyway, this is the result of their sampling. Personally I think its barely musical at all, but it does have a strangely strident appeal, for me at least.

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I listen to a Cold War themed Youtube selection when I work (ok, so im very sad), and these two popped up on me. Both I think have exceptional videos. Fishbone i'd never even heard of before, and it defied my belief American's didnt know how to do Ska.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU

 

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And of course, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and 'Two Tribes'.

 

This one was interesting in that the 'Air attack warning' at the beginning is narrated by Patrick Allen, whom is reprising the narrator role he undertook for the Government 'Protect and survive' information films. Ironically, it was still supposed to be secret at the time.

 

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And last one from me, because I dont want to fill the thread up with my stuff. This was a good one, particularly like the last line ' I don't think there are any Russians And there ain't no Yanks Just corporate criminals playin' with tanks'.

 

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Ok, just because you brought up REM, I rather like this one. Partly because its one of the most tuneful REM songs, partly because by the bands own admission they had no lyrics when they first sang it and were in fact, babbling. So you have a song about a cold war radio information station, and its basically babbling nonsense. Truly a song for the Information Age. :D

 

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Tangentially to Status Quo, the delectable Kate Bush from the same year 1986.

 

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You remembered that but not this?

 

 

In a similar vein

 

 

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You remembered that but not this?

 

Damn. :D

 

I know "The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda" of course, but never heard the Redgum song. A bit similar in thought, if not style to Paul Hardcastle's "19".

 

 

I looked for a proper video of the Dropkick Murphys' version of Eric Bogle's "Green Fields of France", but only found another homemade, if effective slideshow.

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FYI...

陸上自衛隊 JGSDF

イギリス軍 UK military

ソ連軍 Soviet military

米軍 American military

フランス軍 French military

海上自衛隊 JMSDF

セルビア軍 Serbian military

英 also UK

露 Russia

イスラエル Israel

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