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"Song of the Falklands" is the unofficial anthem of the Falkland Islands ("God Save the King" being the official). It was written in the 1930s by Christopher Lanham, a Hampshire schoolteacher, while working on West Falkland. [1] [2]
"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 ...
The Marcha de las Malvinas (in English: March of the Falklands) is a patriotic anthem of Argentina.It is sung in demonstrations to assert Argentina sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands (in Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and was prominently broadcast by the military government (controlled media during the Falklands War).
Malvinas 2032, developed by Sabarasa, is a real-time strategy game, in which the player has to command the Argentine forces and re-take the Falkland Islands for Argentina. [4] The Falklands War - 1982 scenario collection, created with the Harpoon3 naval warfare simulator, is intended to accurately recreate the real-life war from 1982. [5]
Let's Start a War, or Let's Start a War...(Said Maggie One Day), is the third album by Scottish punk band The Exploited, released in 1983 through Pax Records.The title refers to Margaret Thatcher's decision to go to war over the Falkland Islands in 1982, suggesting that she did so almost on a whim.
"I Love This Land" is a 1982 song by Vera Lynn that was released as a single in the aftermath of the Falklands War. The song was written by André Previn, and credited to "Vera Lynn and The Victory Group". The B-side was "The Victory Theme". It was released on State Records. [1]
The album consists mainly of oral work, read or sung by Cale. It was written in 1982 as a response to the Anglo-Argentinian Falklands War, using poems written by fellow Welshman Dylan Thomas. There are also two orchestral interludes, two other solo piano pieces "Songs Without Words 1 and 2", and finally a song by Cale, "The Soul of Carmen Miranda".
The song appears twice in the Broadway musical Spamalot, based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail – once in Act II and again during the curtain call. The song is used at the end of Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), the comedic oratorio written by Eric Idle and collaborator John Du Prez.