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"Admiral William Brown" is a song written and first performed by the Wolfe Tones in 1982, [1] the year of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. [3] The song recounts the biography of Irish-Argentine admiral William Brown (1777–1857), [4] and contains denunciations of imperialism, colonialism and the United Kingdom.
The song is reported to be the first CD single ever released; [5] [better source needed] it was released in the United Kingdom in 1986. The song's lyrics, influence, and impact were discussed from a variety of musical and personal perspectives in the BBC radio programme and podcast Soul Music first broadcast in September 2012. [6]
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
"Shipbuilding" is a song with lyrics by Elvis Costello and music by Clive Langer. [1] Written during the Falklands War of 1982, Costello's lyrics highlight the irony of the war bringing back prosperity to the traditional shipbuilding areas of Clydeside, Merseyside (Cammell Laird), North East England and Belfast (Harland and Wolff) [2] to build new ships to replace those being sunk in the war ...
"Southampton Dock" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut. [1] [2] In World War II, many soldiers departed from Southampton to fight against the Germans. In the eighties, Southampton was again used as a departure base, this time for the Falklands War. The song describes a woman who "bravely waves" the soldiers "Goodbye again".
Written during the 1982 Falklands War, "Brothers in Arms" deals with the senselessness of war. [21] In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering from the effects of that conflict". [22]
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Mount Tumbledown, Mount William, and Sapper Hill are located to the west of Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands. Due to their proximity to the capital, these positions held strategic importance during the 1982 Falklands War. On the night of 13-14 June, British forces launched an offensive against Mount Tumbledown and the ...