Also German fascists and English ones were known as Blackshirts.
The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance... basically a whole load of idealists came over to fight the fascists. George Orwell and Laurie Lee are a couple of poets from England who went along.
Federico Lorca lived near Granada, I think he lived in the hills around there. The hilly Alpujarras region near Granada has a history of revoluts, from the Moorish uprising in the 16th century under Philip II to the 79 Greanda revolution.
There probably are some references to Basque seperatism, but it's not true to my knowledge that ETA are active in the South of Spain... in the South of the Basque region they certainly are, but this is in the North of Spain. Barcelona and particularly San Sebastian are places where tehre've been ETA bombings.
I'm wondering whether "they sang the red flag they wore the black one" is actually supposed to criticse the communists. Maybe not. But certainly the communists were generally a bunch of backstabbers in the Spanish civil war, they were shipped out from and totally attached to Russia's Stalinism. They decimated the otehr parties fighting fascism in a series of purges.
If this is a lonve song it's not a bout a woman but about nationalism, or perhaps just love of peace. Reading the lyrics in the album they do seem to be asaebassist has them down, and this does kinda translate to wanting the bombs to end.
I'd neevr noticed the references to the IRA but this is a good point, cheers.
Anyway whatever this song is about... and there are lots of cryptic lines like the one about "my disco casino... it's bloody brilliant.
re: "The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance . . . ."
re: "The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance . . . ."
It cannot be about either: the DC-10 did not enter service until 1971, long after the Spanish Civil War was over, and indeed, after Franco started preparing for the power transition anticipated upon his death, which occurred in 1975. The line can only refer to a flight more-or-less contemporary with the song being written.
It cannot be about either: the DC-10 did not enter service until 1971, long after the Spanish Civil War was over, and indeed, after Franco started preparing for the power transition anticipated upon his death, which occurred in 1975. The line can only refer to a flight more-or-less contemporary with the song being written.
Also German fascists and English ones were known as Blackshirts. The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance... basically a whole load of idealists came over to fight the fascists. George Orwell and Laurie Lee are a couple of poets from England who went along. Federico Lorca lived near Granada, I think he lived in the hills around there. The hilly Alpujarras region near Granada has a history of revoluts, from the Moorish uprising in the 16th century under Philip II to the 79 Greanda revolution. There probably are some references to Basque seperatism, but it's not true to my knowledge that ETA are active in the South of Spain... in the South of the Basque region they certainly are, but this is in the North of Spain. Barcelona and particularly San Sebastian are places where tehre've been ETA bombings. I'm wondering whether "they sang the red flag they wore the black one" is actually supposed to criticse the communists. Maybe not. But certainly the communists were generally a bunch of backstabbers in the Spanish civil war, they were shipped out from and totally attached to Russia's Stalinism. They decimated the otehr parties fighting fascism in a series of purges. If this is a lonve song it's not a bout a woman but about nationalism, or perhaps just love of peace. Reading the lyrics in the album they do seem to be asaebassist has them down, and this does kinda translate to wanting the bombs to end. I'd neevr noticed the references to the IRA but this is a good point, cheers. Anyway whatever this song is about... and there are lots of cryptic lines like the one about "my disco casino... it's bloody brilliant.
re: "The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance . . . ."
re: "The reference to flying in on a DC10 is probably not about the US gov't at all, but about foreigners rallying to the cause of the socialist alliance . . . ."
It cannot be about either: the DC-10 did not enter service until 1971, long after the Spanish Civil War was over, and indeed, after Franco started preparing for the power transition anticipated upon his death, which occurred in 1975. The line can only refer to a flight more-or-less contemporary with the song being written.
It cannot be about either: the DC-10 did not enter service until 1971, long after the Spanish Civil War was over, and indeed, after Franco started preparing for the power transition anticipated upon his death, which occurred in 1975. The line can only refer to a flight more-or-less contemporary with the song being written.