Talk:The Eton Rifles
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[edit] Lyrics
This article is hilarious! The "Lyrics" section attempts to analyse what the song is about and gets it almost completely wrong. Yes it is about class war, but more importantly it's about a real event that took place - a running fight between the boys of Eton school and a bunch of disorganised unemployed lads that thought they were starting the revolution. The Eton boys simply opened up the rifle club's locker and faced down the youths using guns. That's what "what chance have you got against a tie and a crest" means - no chance, they were armed! And of course it was obvious which side the establishment naturally supported. So listen to it again - makes more sense now dunnit? It's just a running commentary on that event and the larger implications that the failure of it to achieve anything means. You can't start a revolution by picking a fight without a plan. Perhaps someone who can make a sensible go of the article might put it into its proper perspective? Graham 10:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Margaret Thatcher
For crying out loud, Eton Rifles was NOT about a reaction to a Thatcherite policy decision. It was one of two songs on the album to be written before the Jam Pact UK tour of May 1979, when Weller was toying with the idea of a concept album. Since Thatcher was elected in that very month, she wasn't even Prime Minister yet when it was written. Bastin 16:31, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
