I don't know where you guys are getting John Lennon out of this. Pretty sure that's the typical "they're the most important band ever" complex (which is frighteningly common in Beatles fans) coming into play. The whole album is about post-WWII Britain and the subsequent economic and social collapse that was brought about as a result of the war. The money was gone and the result was everyone instantly doing whatever they could to support themselves; this reached into the highest levels of society with film companies making shitty movies, hence "as long as the kids go," and to major corporations outsourcing work to Japan, which is where the Japan lines come from. This did little to help the working man, which is what they're talking about earlier in the album with the lyrics "If it wasn't for the Nips [slang for Japanese] being so good at building ships, the yards would still be open on the Clyde [a shipbuilding yard in Scotland]." The mixed languages at the end with the man screaming in the background is obviously satirical of the cliche British love of drinking no matter where they are mixing with the xenophobic attitude that was common in the working class as a result of the outsourced jobs, and the pro-war sounding sentiments are likewise satirical. The song is a hate-letter to capitalism, implying that it did as much damage to Britain and her people as World War II. This is all much bigger than Lennon.
Further note- a similar xenophobic attitude is commonly seen in America today as a result of the whole "Mexicans are taking our jobs" belief. Also, Indian call centers are so commonly mocked that someone had to make a terrible show about them.
Further note- a similar xenophobic attitude is commonly seen in America today as a result of the whole "Mexicans are taking our jobs" belief. Also, Indian call centers are so commonly mocked that someone had to make a terrible show about them.
@Coaler The reference is not about outsourcing jobs to the japanese (which is not a big outsourcing country) rather it is about competing with the Japanese on the global market, during this time the Japanese were a rising economic force, especially in automotive production and electronics and subsequently taking market share away from the West.
@Coaler The reference is not about outsourcing jobs to the japanese (which is not a big outsourcing country) rather it is about competing with the Japanese on the global market, during this time the Japanese were a rising economic force, especially in automotive production and electronics and subsequently taking market share away from the West.
I don't know where you guys are getting John Lennon out of this. Pretty sure that's the typical "they're the most important band ever" complex (which is frighteningly common in Beatles fans) coming into play. The whole album is about post-WWII Britain and the subsequent economic and social collapse that was brought about as a result of the war. The money was gone and the result was everyone instantly doing whatever they could to support themselves; this reached into the highest levels of society with film companies making shitty movies, hence "as long as the kids go," and to major corporations outsourcing work to Japan, which is where the Japan lines come from. This did little to help the working man, which is what they're talking about earlier in the album with the lyrics "If it wasn't for the Nips [slang for Japanese] being so good at building ships, the yards would still be open on the Clyde [a shipbuilding yard in Scotland]." The mixed languages at the end with the man screaming in the background is obviously satirical of the cliche British love of drinking no matter where they are mixing with the xenophobic attitude that was common in the working class as a result of the outsourced jobs, and the pro-war sounding sentiments are likewise satirical. The song is a hate-letter to capitalism, implying that it did as much damage to Britain and her people as World War II. This is all much bigger than Lennon.
Further note- a similar xenophobic attitude is commonly seen in America today as a result of the whole "Mexicans are taking our jobs" belief. Also, Indian call centers are so commonly mocked that someone had to make a terrible show about them.
Further note- a similar xenophobic attitude is commonly seen in America today as a result of the whole "Mexicans are taking our jobs" belief. Also, Indian call centers are so commonly mocked that someone had to make a terrible show about them.
@Coaler The reference is not about outsourcing jobs to the japanese (which is not a big outsourcing country) rather it is about competing with the Japanese on the global market, during this time the Japanese were a rising economic force, especially in automotive production and electronics and subsequently taking market share away from the West.
@Coaler The reference is not about outsourcing jobs to the japanese (which is not a big outsourcing country) rather it is about competing with the Japanese on the global market, during this time the Japanese were a rising economic force, especially in automotive production and electronics and subsequently taking market share away from the West.