Paul Hardcastle has updated his original song “19” made twenty five years ago, just released a few days back, I’ll let him explain
19/04/10 The Story of 19
25 Years ago, I recorded the song ’19’. The idea came about whilst watching a documentary which highlighted the plight of young men and women who fought in Vietnam. “In World War 2 the average age of the combat soldier was 26, in Vietnam he was 19.” These words really made me stop and think.
When I first approached Chrysalis Records with the Demo of ’19’ most people there didn’t believe it would get any attention as there would be no interest from the media, and I quote “the public don’t want to hear a song about war.”
Two people thought otherwise,
–>The rest can be found here<– along with the updated song and video. But I’ll bring the video to you now.
Along with the original put into YouTube video form.
About a month ago Paul did an interview with the BBC on the coming remix of “19” twenty fives years later and relating to Afghanistan.