19 (song) 19 (song) "19" is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle released as the first single from his self-titled third studio album "Paul Hardcastle" (1985). The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on America's 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'. It also includes various non-speech, re-dubbed sampling, such as crowd noise and a military bugle call. "19" features sampled narration (voiced by Peter Thomas), out-of-context
Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe" Corsbie (September 28, 1913 – September 14, 1992) was an accountant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1945 to 1949 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia and was educated in Saskatchewan. He served as a flying officer during World War II. Corsbie was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the assembly in 1941. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1949. Corsbie then became general manager for C.U. & C. Health