Written about the Falklands war sadly...

Hey. We never wanted a war with you. It was political

All the people of the Earth are one people, but our common enemy are our governments, they exploit us, lie to us and kill us and claim they're doing it for our benefit. Time for a new political system and do away with all politicians.

It always reminds me of that vanity war so futile, it was so unnecessary as most wars are, criminal in fact

@@darethevans888 I think he knew that.

Do you still drive a diesel? Another con!

Yes. Me too. Tears because I remember it all too clearly that b*tch Thatcher (she was only a grocer's daughter but... Boy, did she f*ck things up). It was just the beginning because, next was the miners. Then the printers and, in the meantime the motoring manufacturing industry. It was a bloody hard time for all us Ordinary People. Meanwhile, Mrs. Thatch is in Marks & Sparks drooling over cashmere cardi's saying: Ooh, all older women of my age should have the comfort of cashmere - as she is freezing the pensions for the nth year running! If you made it up, people would not buy it as it would be SO unrealistic but, there you have it. Thatcherism. Auf Wiedersehn, pet.

Thatcher was merely the front for the designs of elites to keep themselves rich. Sadly too many stupid people get conned.

One of the best live songs I’ve ever seen!

Pure quality

Hits you like a Rocky Marciano right hand. Classic performance..

Well said ..the 80s were dark times …nothing for the youth 3 ways dole queue.. YTS or army … dark times

Gordon Morris , when David Bowie was asked in 1997 what song he wished he had written he replied “ the one that comes to mind immediately is Ship building. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs written, stunning piece of work, makes me cry...just the opening bars, specifically the Robert Wyatt version- I think it’s just the most tragically beautiful song”

Very well said.Sometimes i despair that this nightmare will never end.

I think it is somehow even worse today. The Labour party should abstain from the next election now and say "you can have government for another session, see what you can do, we don't want your mess". Of course they have to participate but it would be very interesting to see what happened if they did that.

@@davidsmith6355 We should ALL refuse to take part in the election charades. if you vote for anybody, you’re part of the problem

Sung from the Heart❤

Your channel's great by the way

I wonder how you react to the famous people of your generation? I mean I would feel intimidated, in my youth, faced with Kate Bush, Toyah, Elvis Costello (the one you mention), Tina Turner, Bonnie Tyler. Blondie, Sinead OConnor and so on.

@@Dermacrosis Any generation of pop/rock stars.

He has just gone up massively in my estimation.

It's so strange.. Like I'm 16 and I can still see the damage that's done and still being done in the UK. What a strange world

@@lightbulb8587 so true Sophie. Growing up in glasgow i saw the damage to peoples lives she inflicted unemployment, despair and no hope for families. We grew up with a single mum who had mental health issues and 3 kids to bring up. Thatcher gave us no chance to even help ourselves. And she hated the scots too. She knew the price of everything and the value of nothing. Greed was her only goal.

The problem you are highlighting is technocratic neoliberalism. A symptom of this is demagogic populism. The answer is democratic pluralism. Or in simpler terms, we have been increasingly screwed by the rich from 80s onwards and our country has become less and less democratic and inequality has spiralled while wealth has increased. We have made great technological advances at he expense of cultural stagnation and regression. Political disconnect has left the poor and working class with little or no effective political representation. I don’t vote anymore, nothing worth voting for imo.

That's the thing, it takes forever to rebuild others misdemeanours in your mind. It's hard, you just have to carry on and give back in your own way to those around you rather than rely upon politicians but if you can, you will in spite of them and you'll be richer. Sounds whimsical but it keeps me sane. Fuck em!

I left the UK in 1980 because of her and never returned. Look at it now.

The first version I heard of this song, great version too.

That Chet Baker solo is bone chilling! I've never heard a trumpet sound like that, it's almost like it was crying.

@@JaneSmith0709 that's right, I'm not a big Chet Baker fan but that solo is transcendental

That Trumpet solo will stick with you for eternity. As beautiful as double cream. And sad.

I started listening halfway through an interview with Elvis (I think) on the radio. I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but they were talking about that solo. I'm a big Chet fan, I think he was a fantastic musician, but he was very much an "ear player" - no understanding of theory etc. but because he was so musical he could just play, and sing, beautiful solos. However, the chords for shipbuilding aren't very straightforward, and are a bit different to a lot of the jazz standards that he was used to and he just couldn't get a good enough handle on them to record a decent solo. They had to construct one from fragments of different takes. It sounds an unlikely story, so I wonder if I got that wrong.

Chet est magiiic je ne sais s il a joué avec billie holiday

Sorry but ever none Beatles song is the best none Beatles song ever. I could not stand that, essentially, boy band.

How? It makes out like the Falklands war was a mistake. When it certainly wasn't, it ended the evil regime that was in Argentina at the time and stopped 2.2k British people from loosing their democratic rite of self determination.

Was it langer ?

@@jamespaterson2084 Yep. Clive Langer had the music with a different lyric apparently, and asked Costello to improve on it...

Definitive?

Oh, you don't say!

Yes she made a failing economic model look like it worked, by relying on North Sea oil and gas while failing to mention this in her autobiography. The only benefit of her economic orthodoxy is technological advances. The price is wrecked communities and a toxic society and culture.

Yeah she did… Divided the country From those that have and those that’s have not .. Tried to destroy the working class. Shut down mental hospitals and care homes put people into dose houses and called it care jn community Hand in glove with fascists in South America. Horrible horrible women

David Bowie wasn't that much of a hippy pussy to perform a song as inaccurate and unpatriotic as this

As is your right. Personally I prefer Suedes' version. Horses for courses after all. I am going to have to say one thing about this performance, I wish a couple of my friends had seen it as then they would possible moved on with their interest in musical performance as they were both in wheelchairs but had bloody good voices and they could have made a go of it as a career.