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
Paul Moran (British musician) Paul Moran (British musician) Paul Moran is a Hammond organist, pianist, trumpeter, composer and arranger. He is currently musical director to Van Morrison since 2006, both touring and recording, and has appeared as keyboard player and trumpeter on these Van Morrison Albums Paul Moran has appeared on the 911 Fundraiser organized by Kevin Spacey. Prior to working with Van Morrison - Paul Moran has also featured on the following recordings: Paul Moran has appeared on a number of TV programs and films Paul Moran started composing commercially for Warner/Chappell in 1988. On making the move to London in 1989, his