19 Vietnam Song Destruction Mix Special Extended Play LP Single 1985 Paul Hardcastle
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2019
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"19" is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle released as the first single from his self-titled third studio album Paul Hardcastle (1985).
The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. The track was notable for early use of sampled and processed speech, in particular a synthesized stutter effect used on the words 'nineteen' and 'destruction'. It also includes various non-speech, re-dubbed sampling, such as crowd noise and a military bugle call.
"19" features sampled narration (voiced by Peter Thomas), out-of-context interview dialogue ("I wasn't really sure what was going on") and news reports from Vietnam Requiem[3] the ABC television documentary about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Vietnam veterans. In 2009, the song placed at 73 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s.
"19" had huge international success in the charts; it went to No. 1 in the UK for five weeks, as well as a number of other countries worldwide. "19" became the top-selling single in 13 countries for 1985. This was helped by the fact that versions of the song, spoken by well-known local news anchors, were recorded in French, Spanish, German and Japanese. The song received the Ivor Novello award for Best-selling single of 1985. The song's English-language release came in three different 12" versions - "Extended Version", "Destruction Mix" and "The Final Story", all with an alternative cover design.
Hardcastle was inspired to create the song after watching Vietnam Requiem,[3] and comparing his own life at 19 to those of the soldiers featured: "...what struck me was how young the soldiers were: the documentary said their average age was 19. I was out having fun in pubs and clubs when I was 19, not being shoved into jungles and shot at."
The title "19" comes from the documentary's claim that the average age of an American combat soldier in the war was 19, as compared to World War II's 26. This claim has since been disputed. Undisputed statistics do not exist, although Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF), the source for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, shows a large number of deaths (38%) were ages 19 or 20. According to the same source, 23 is the average age at time of death (or time of declaration of death). The song also comments that while the tour of duty was longer during World War II, soldiers in Vietnam were subjected to hostile fire more frequently: almost every day.
Musically, the song was inspired by electro, particularly Afrika Bambaataa, although Hardcastle also "added a bit of jazz and a nice melody", and beyond the sampling of the documentary narration, the song incorporated pieces of interviews with soldiers.[5][6] The song's pivotal hook, the repetitive "N-n-n-n-nineteen", was chosen due to the limitations of the early sampling technology used. The E-mu Emulator could only sample for two seconds, so the hook was based around "the only bit of the narrative that made sense in two seconds".[5] Hardcastle wasn't optimistic about the song's chances in the charts. His previous two singles for independent labels had failed to make it into the UK's top 40 and the musical policy at Radio 1 was felt to be unsupportive of dance music.[5] News interest in the song helped, with the tenth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War seeing Hardcastle interviewed by Alastair Stewart of ITN.
Tony Blackburn, then breakfast DJ for Radio London was an early supporter of the song and it quickly reached number 1 in the UK and most of the world. Hardcastle produced different mixes of the song to help maintain interest in it.[5] Although the song did not climb as high in the United States chart, Hardcastle claims "it outsold everybody else for three weeks solid, it only reached number 15, because back then the chart was based on airplay as well as sales".[5] The song was held back in the US by some radio stations refusing to play it, feeling that the song took an anti-American stance, something Hardcastle denies, noting he "had tons of letters from Vietnam vets thanking me for doing something for them".
The song's reliance on sampling also caused problems with legal clearance. Ken Grunbaum recalled in 2012 that "there were no precedents for something like this. We ended up having to pay royalties to the narrator, Peter Thomas.
My uncle enlisted,when he was 19.just to get out of the south bronx.i wanna cry for him and all of our men.my mom was the only one that cried and took his death hard,no on else did.i do.I morn for him,but I will never forget what him and many other's have done for life good or bad,although war is never good.R.I.P.nam67.
R.I.P. To All Americans Soldiers , Who Lost There Life During THE VIETNAM WAR .
No R.I.P. to Vietnamese soldiers?
@@efz629 Yes , I Have Another Comment Of Paul Hardcastle . You Can Go To ->> PAUL HARDCASTLE - NINETEEN (DESTRUCTION MIX)
And There Is Written >> THEY DONE THERE DUTY , AS THEY BEEN TOLD , R.I.P TO THOSE WHO LOST THERE LIFE IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
GOD BLESS VIETNAM VET 🧡
Thank u fa listen to this , if it wasn't fa them we probably wudnt be er, think Tu them young guys who give there lives up
They played this song alot in the german clubs back in the mid 80's, was stationed there for a couple years
I remember, I was there.
Was there as a German. ALso did DJing a little, also with this song...yes we played it a lot. And I play it every time I am giving a chance.
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I was 20
World peace
Cikal bakal lagu breakdance klo ngak salah tahun 80an.
tur de france
rip real MEN
Nice its not restricted
You might also like this version of Paul Hardcastle's classic: ua-cam.com/video/5dAslLntNB8/v-deo.html
Ich bin aus Deutschland,aber ich Salutiere vor Der Flage der USA,von den Soldaten die Ihr Leben gegeben haben in diesem Krieg,meinen Ehre an diesen Menschen
Hardcastle hat auch eine deutsche Version gemacht ua-cam.com/video/GZ-btBjJaUY/v-deo.html
land of the free allowed us troops to suffer indescribable fates, in the name of what?
Las guerras absurdas
Cuando los grandes imperios y su fulana coas ion invaden, asesinan y doblegan a los más vulnerables que nunca han contado con ayuda de otros para su defensa.