You have it right regb. Roger is criticizing peace destroyers who then send people to die for their conflicts. The name Fletcher Memorial Home is a very sad origin indeed. The name Fletcher was part of Roger's father's name, full name being Eric Fletcher Waters. These are the kinds of people that sent Roger's father to die out there in the war, people who had nothing to do with the conflict, people who really wanted no part of fighting but were doing it out of duty or whatever else was implanted in their minds by the politicians. These are the people that treat life as something that can easily be tossed aside. Reagan and Haig represent our government, Mr. Begin and friends are Israel, Mrs. Thatcher and Paisley represent Britain, Mr. Brezhnev and party is the former U.S.S.R., McCarthy represents hatred, Nixon represents corruption, and the anonymous latin-american meat packing glitterati represent Venezuela.
BrainDamage, I do like your version but surely you mean Argentina and not Venezuala? The song was written just after the Falkland conflict and believe that Aregentina wanted to join the 'War Mongers' memorial club. However, 'Meat Packing Glitterati' I thought may be associated with 'Frey Bentos' meat pies but FB is from Uruguay.
BrainDamage, I do like your version but surely you mean Argentina and not Venezuala? The song was written just after the Falkland conflict and believe that Aregentina wanted to join the 'War Mongers' memorial club. However, 'Meat Packing Glitterati' I thought may be associated with 'Frey Bentos' meat pies but FB is from Uruguay.
You have it right regb. Roger is criticizing peace destroyers who then send people to die for their conflicts. The name Fletcher Memorial Home is a very sad origin indeed. The name Fletcher was part of Roger's father's name, full name being Eric Fletcher Waters. These are the kinds of people that sent Roger's father to die out there in the war, people who had nothing to do with the conflict, people who really wanted no part of fighting but were doing it out of duty or whatever else was implanted in their minds by the politicians. These are the people that treat life as something that can easily be tossed aside. Reagan and Haig represent our government, Mr. Begin and friends are Israel, Mrs. Thatcher and Paisley represent Britain, Mr. Brezhnev and party is the former U.S.S.R., McCarthy represents hatred, Nixon represents corruption, and the anonymous latin-american meat packing glitterati represent Venezuela.
BrainDamage, I do like your version but surely you mean Argentina and not Venezuala? The song was written just after the Falkland conflict and believe that Aregentina wanted to join the 'War Mongers' memorial club. However, 'Meat Packing Glitterati' I thought may be associated with 'Frey Bentos' meat pies but FB is from Uruguay.
BrainDamage, I do like your version but surely you mean Argentina and not Venezuala? The song was written just after the Falkland conflict and believe that Aregentina wanted to join the 'War Mongers' memorial club. However, 'Meat Packing Glitterati' I thought may be associated with 'Frey Bentos' meat pies but FB is from Uruguay.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?