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'''"The British Are Coming"''' is the sixth track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' | '''"The British Are Coming"''' is the sixth track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | ||
==Overview== | |||
It is rumored that the original version of the song | "The British Are Coming" was the fourth song to be officially released prior to the album's release. Shortly after the album's release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an earlier version of the song was leaked online, containing unique lyrics and lacking the album version's intro. It is rumored that the original version of the song also contained more explicitly personal lyrics. It is also said that this version contained a lyric about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett Boba Fett]. | ||
The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "The British Are Coming" is grouped under the category "[[Patriarchia]]" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). Many of the song's lyrics are references to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War], specifically the ride of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere] leading up to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Battles of Lexington and Concord]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom King George], the King of Britain at the time, is named. “One, if by land, and two, if by sea” is a phrase coined by Henry W. Longfellow in 1860 for his poem ''[http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/poem.html Paul Revere's Ride]'', referring to Revere's use of lanterns to signal to the Patriots the route used by British soldiers to advance to Concord. "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty Sons of Liberty]" were a secret society who opposed the taxation of the American colonies by the British government. | |||
==Audio== | |||
<youtube>jGUPsdOCZ-A</youtube> | |||
<youtube>zElgsRHdWJE</youtube> | |||
<youtube>6oy44nuHRgQ</youtube> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar, backing vocals | *[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar, backing vocals | ||
*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer | *[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||