It means that if you have no worldview outside of your own narrow existence, you are ignorant. If you blindly cling to your flag and have a jingoistic attitude, you are the worst of the worst. It could be applied to anyone, not only the English, or even just national identity. For example, if you're an adherent of a religion but know nothing about other religions, yet insist that yours is the one true and correct faith, you have absolutely no credibility.
It means that if you have no worldview outside of your own narrow existence, you are ignorant. If you blindly cling to your flag and have a jingoistic attitude, you are the worst of the worst. It could be applied to anyone, not only the English, or even just national identity. For example, if you're an adherent of a religion but know nothing about other religions, yet insist that yours is the one true and correct faith, you have absolutely no credibility.
@Petabite - when "Don't Try This At Home" was first released, I read an article or a review and it mentioned that "The Few" was about football hooligans, many of whom had ultranationalist/right wing views which often resulted in violent assaults of those who were of a different colour and/or nationality.
@Petabite - when "Don't Try This At Home" was first released, I read an article or a review and it mentioned that "The Few" was about football hooligans, many of whom had ultranationalist/right wing views which often resulted in violent assaults of those who were of a different colour and/or nationality.
The first line makes reference to the "baby brotherhood" and the "inter city crew", both of whom were reference to different football "firms" (gangs with links to organised crime).
The first line makes reference to the "baby brotherhood" and the "inter city crew", both of whom were reference to different football "firms" (gangs with links to organised crime).
The inter city crew would often leave calling...
The inter city crew would often leave calling cards on their victims.
Congratulations
You have just met
the I.C.F.
(West Ham United)
The phrase "What do they know of England, who only England know" is a quote from Rudyard Kipling's "The English Flag", apparently "to empthasize the neglect that most Englishmen showed towards the British empire".
If you take note of the following lines, it all begins to make sense:
"And they salute the foes their fathers fought
By raising their right hands in the air
Oh look how my country’s patriots are hunting down below
What do they know of england who only england know"
These "patriotic" hooligans would often drape themselves in the English flag, while espousing ultranationalist/right wing/pro Nazi beliefs that their own fathers had once fought against.
I'm not sure I understand the line 'what do they know of England, who only England knows'?
It means that if you have no worldview outside of your own narrow existence, you are ignorant. If you blindly cling to your flag and have a jingoistic attitude, you are the worst of the worst. It could be applied to anyone, not only the English, or even just national identity. For example, if you're an adherent of a religion but know nothing about other religions, yet insist that yours is the one true and correct faith, you have absolutely no credibility.
It means that if you have no worldview outside of your own narrow existence, you are ignorant. If you blindly cling to your flag and have a jingoistic attitude, you are the worst of the worst. It could be applied to anyone, not only the English, or even just national identity. For example, if you're an adherent of a religion but know nothing about other religions, yet insist that yours is the one true and correct faith, you have absolutely no credibility.
@Petabite - when "Don't Try This At Home" was first released, I read an article or a review and it mentioned that "The Few" was about football hooligans, many of whom had ultranationalist/right wing views which often resulted in violent assaults of those who were of a different colour and/or nationality.
@Petabite - when "Don't Try This At Home" was first released, I read an article or a review and it mentioned that "The Few" was about football hooligans, many of whom had ultranationalist/right wing views which often resulted in violent assaults of those who were of a different colour and/or nationality.
The first line makes reference to the "baby brotherhood" and the "inter city crew", both of whom were reference to different football "firms" (gangs with links to organised crime).
The first line makes reference to the "baby brotherhood" and the "inter city crew", both of whom were reference to different football "firms" (gangs with links to organised crime).
The inter city crew would often leave calling...
The inter city crew would often leave calling cards on their victims.
Congratulations You have just met the I.C.F. (West Ham United)
The phrase "What do they know of England, who only England know" is a quote from Rudyard Kipling's "The English Flag", apparently "to empthasize the neglect that most Englishmen showed towards the British empire".
If you take note of the following lines, it all begins to make sense:
"And they salute the foes their fathers fought By raising their right hands in the air Oh look how my country’s patriots are hunting down below What do they know of england who only england know"
These "patriotic" hooligans would often drape themselves in the English flag, while espousing ultranationalist/right wing/pro Nazi beliefs that their own fathers had once fought against.