Smash Hits, May 26, 1983: Difference between revisions
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"We were on tour in Australia and this was at the height of the Falklands War. We were getting these very third-hand reports through the Australian press which I think are world famous for being very sensational. You know, British troops were being napalmed and ships were being blown up every day. It really was alarmingly dramatised. | "We were on tour in Australia and this was at the height of the Falklands War. We were getting these very third-hand reports through the Australian press which I think are world famous for being very sensational. You know, British troops were being napalmed and ships were being blown up every day. It really was alarmingly dramatised. | ||
"They say when you're away, you can see things in a different light. This | "They say when you're away, you can see things in a different light. This 'shipbuilding' idea popped into my head. I wrote the lyric quite quickly. I didn't hone it down that much. Normally when I write, I change a lot but this came almost as a complete thought. | ||
"I rang Clive up from Australia and said, I've finished the song but I'm not entirely certain you're going to be pleased with it. I wouldn't read him the lyrics over the phone because I always think if you do that then you'd be a poet and not a songwriter. | "I rang Clive up from Australia and said, I've finished the song but I'm not entirely certain you're going to be pleased with it. I wouldn't read him the lyrics over the phone because I always think if you do that then you'd be a poet and not a songwriter. | ||
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'''Smash Hits, May 26 - June 8, 1983 | '''Smash Hits, May 26 - June 8, 1983 | ||
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[[Ian Birch]] interviews Elvis Costello. | [[Ian Birch]] interviews Elvis Costello about "[[Shipbuilding]]." | ||
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[[Category:Smash Hits| Smash Hits 1983-05-26]] | [[Category:Smash Hits| Smash Hits 1983-05-26]] | ||
[[Category:Magazine articles|Smash Hits 1983-05-26]] | [[Category:Magazine articles|Smash Hits 1983-05-26]] | ||
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