Katrina and the Waves Gary Moore & Phil Lynott Go West Loose Ends The Everton Army Simple Minds Freddie Mercury Bryan Ferry Manchester United Football Team Marillion Phyllis Nelson Jimmy Nail Duran Duran Paul Hardcastle
The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. The track was notable for early use of sampled and processed speech, in particular a synthesized stutter effect used on the words "nineteen" and "destruction".
"19" features sampled narration (voiced by Peter Thomas), out-of-context interview dialogue ("I wasn't really sure what was going on") and news reports from Vietnam Requiem[ the ABC television documentary about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Vietnam veterans.
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