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
Charlie Hardcastle year was a points loss to former British bantamweight champion Curley Walker. Hardcastle started 1917 with a points loss to former English champion Seaman Arthur Hayes in January. After Llew Edwards vacated, Hardcastle faced former amateur champion Alf Wye in June for the British featherweight title. Hardcastle knocked Wye out in 2 minutes and 22 seconds of the first round to become British champion. He successfully defended his British title in July against Ruddick, who was disqualified in the 15th round after hitting Hardcastle while he was down, and in November made a second defence against Tancy Lee. Lee Knocked