Oliver's Army - Música

Declan Patrick MacManus Nacido En Londres El 25 De Agosto De 1954 Conocido Como Elvis Costello Es Un Músico Cantante Y Compositor Británico. Se Inició En La Escena Pub-Rock Londinense A Mitad De Los 70 Desde Donde Vio Llegar Como Observador Privilegiado La New Wave Y El Punk Movimientos Con Los Que Se Asoció. Biografía
En 1975 McManus Llevaba Una Aparente Vida Convencional Casado Y Con Un Hijo Y Empleándose En Diferentes Trabajos Administrativos. No Obstante Componía Y Movía Sus Maquetas Hasta Que La Independiente Stiff Records Le Contrató Jack Riviera Director Del Sello Le Propuso Una Identificación Artística Más Sugerente Combinando El Nombre De Elvis Presley Y Su Segundo Apellido Materno Elvis Costello Ya Era Una Realidad. El Disruptivo 1977 Marca La Carrera De Costello A Su Fichaje Por Stiff A Inicios De Año Le Sigue La Edición De Su Primer Single Less Than Zero En Abril Y De Alison En Marzo Debutando En Larga Duración En Verano Con My Aim Is True Con Un Significativo Éxito De Críticas Y Un Moderado Éxito Comercial Puesto 14 En El Reino Unido Entrando El El Top40 En Estados Unidos . La Portada Con Un Costello Con Fender Jazzmaster En Ristre Enormes Gafas De Pasta Piernas En Cuña Embutidas En Pantalón Pitillo Ecos Estéticos Al Punk Y A Buddy Holly Y Pose Desafiante Era Una Declaración De Intenciones. La Banda Que Acompañó La Grabación Fueron Los Americanos Clover Conjunto Que En Aquella Época Practicaba El Country/root Y Que Con El Tiempo Se Convertiría En Huey Lewis And The News Ese Mismo Verano Costello Reclutó A Lo Que Sería Su Banda Estable The Attractions Formadada Por Steve Nieve Al Piano Bruce Thomas Al Bajo Y Pete Thomas A La Batería. El Otoño Participaría En La Stiff Live Package Con Otros Grupos Del Sello Como Ian Dury Wreckless Eric Y Nick Lowe. A Final De Año Jack Riviera Deja Stiff Para Fundar Radar Records A Donde Se Llevaría A Lowe Y Costello Publicando Su Último Single Watching The Detectives Grabado Con El Bajista Y Batería De Graham Parker And The Rumours A Final De Año. En Los Dos Años Siguientes Publicó Con El Nuevo Sello Y La Nueva Banda This Year's Model' Otra Colección De Singles Como Fue El Su Debut Con Un Estilo Igual De Urgente E Intenso Pero Más Crudo Y Directo Acaso Fruto De La Escena Punk Vigente Y Desligado Del Pub-Rock Setentero Y Músicos De Country-Rock Con Los Que Grabó My Aim Is True Y Armed Forces. Con Este Último Álbum Pretendería Y Alcanzaría Un Reconocimiento Comercial Más Amplio El Álbum Y Primer Single Oliver's Army Lograría El Número Dos De Las Listas Británicas Mientras Que El Albúm Entraría En El Top10 Estados Unidos No Así Ninguno De Sus Singles . Armed Forces Es Un Disco Más Complejo Y Variado Musicalmente Tanto En Tiempos Estilos Y Orquestación Igual De Irónico Y Quizá Más Trabajado En Cuanto A Letras Y Deja Entrever Lo Que Será La Carrera Posterior Del Costello Maduro De Las Siguientes Décadas. Costello Cierra Los Setentas Como Productor Dejando Su Impronta En El Disco Debut Y Homónimo De The Specials. read less

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"Oliver's Army" is a song written by Elvis Costello and performed by Costello and the Attractions, from the former's third studio album, Armed Forces. The song is a new wave track that was lyrically inspired by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and includes lyrics critical of the socio-economic components of war. Costello had traveled to Northern Ireland and was influenced by the sights of British soldiers patrolling Belfast. Musically, the song features a glossy production and a keyboard performance inspired by ABBA, creating a juxtaposition between the lyrics and music that both critics and Costello have pointed out. Released as the first single from Armed Forces, "Oliver's Army" was Costello's most successful single in the United Kingdom, spending three weeks at number two on the UK Singles Chart and remaining on the chart for 12 weeks. The song also charted in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Australia, and it spawned the successful follow-up single "Accidents Will Happen", which reached the top 30 in the UK. "Oliver's Army" has since been recognized by writers as one of the highlights of Armed Forces and has received critical acclaim for its melody, production, and lyrics. The song has appeared on numerous rankings of Costello's great songs and multiple compilation albums. Multiple artists, including Blur, have covered it. Costello wrote "Oliver's Army" as a comment on the Troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. He was inspired to write the song after seeing British soldiers patrolling the streets of Belfast. He stated, "I made my first trip to Belfast in 1978 and saw mere boys walking around in a battle dress with automatic weapons. They were no longer just on the evening news. These snapshot experiences exploded into visions of mercenaries and imperial armies around the world. The song was based on the premise 'they always get a working-class boy to do the killing'". Costello's family had roots in the Northern Ireland conflict; as his father, Ross McManus, recalled, "'Oliver's Army' is an important track for me... My grandfather was an Ulster Catholic, and as a child, I lived in an area where bigotry was rife". Costello's Irish grandfather, Pat McManus, had served as a British soldier during World War I and the Easter Rising. According to Sound on Sound, the title "Oliver" refers to English statesman Oliver Cromwell, who personally led the Parliamentarian forces which conquered Ireland in 1649. In addition to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the song references other "imperialist battles" in Hong Kong, Palestine, and South Africa. However, Costello later explained that the song was not intended to be a comprehensive political piece; he said "It wasn't supposed to read like a coherent political argument. It was pop music". He also pointed out that the opening lyrics "argued the absurdity of even trying to write about such a complex subject". The song lyrics contain the phrase "white n**ger", a racial slur that usually remains uncensored on radio stations. The usage of the phrase came under scrutiny, particularly after Costello used racial slurs during a drunken argument with Stephen Stills and Bonnie Bramlett in 1979. The same year, Costello's father published a letter in Rolling Stone defending his son against accusations of racism, stating "Nothing could be further from the truth. My own background has meant that I am passionately opposed to any form of prejudice based on religion or race...His mother comes from the tough multiracial area of Liverpool, and I think she would still beat the tar out of him if his orthodoxy were in doubt". In March 2013, the radio station BBC Radio 6 Music played the song with the phrase removed, despite BBC radio stations having played the song uncensored for over 30 years. This decision attracted public criticism, with critics citing the intended anti-racist and anti-war theme of the single. In January 2022, Costello said that he would no longer be performing the song and asked that radio stations no longer play it. In an interview on Australian radio around the same time, Costello clarified he did not specifically ask radio stations to stop playing the song, but he did state that the way some radio stations edited or bleeped the phrase called attention to the phrase without engaging the context in which it was written. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.