Today’s slow drag is with “Peace in Our Time,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to a 30-year-old Elvis Costello.
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Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson
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References:
Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Peace in Our Time: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Peace_In_Our_Time
“Peace in Our Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xwgm_O1jh0
“Peace in Our Time” Solo live Performance w/ slightly different lyrics: https://youtu.be/AY_Lw53udq8 (extended version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJH5IqUxrw )
Heston Aerodrome arrival of Neville Chamberlain: https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675035713_Neville-Chamberlain_reads-the-paper_plane-lands-and-taxis_greeted-by-friends
Britain’s Gesture of Peace (1938) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGG9YT4YXuE
Britain’s Appeasement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/ztydcwx/revision/1
Munich Agreement: https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-Agreement
"Peace in Our Time" Lyrics:
Out of the airplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare
But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken,
As he waved a piece of paper in the air
Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends
And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time
There's a man going round taking names no matter who you claim to be
As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies, you're still a part of some conspiracy
Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean burning brighter than the sun
And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God, what have we done?"
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time
They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land (In England)
Just another tiny island invaded when he's got the whole world in his hands
And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the International Propaganda Star Wars
There's already one spaceman in the White House what do you want (the same one again) another one for?
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time