2006-10-12 20:02:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The Eton Rifles was the only single to be released from the album "Setting Sons" by "The Jam". Released on November 3rd, 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit when it entered the United Kingdom's singles chart at #3, and was backed by the B-side "See Saw". The song featured Mick Talbot, who would later form The Style Council with Paul Weller, on keyboards.
"The Eton Rifles" are a cadet corps of Eton College, a prestigious English public school in Berkshire. The song itself is a sarcastic homage to class war and the rivalry between boys at Eton and the neighbouring working class schoolboys, as perceived in the 1970s.
2006-10-12 20:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by SuccessSeeker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone with a rifle from eton ?
2006-10-12 20:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by minty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a very good song from The Jam.
2006-10-12 20:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by exile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool song from the jam
2006-10-12 22:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What more do you need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eton_Rifles
2006-10-12 20:40:23 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were no match for their untamed wit.......
2006-10-12 20:12:48 · answer #6 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋