"So, I’ve decided I’m not going to play it."Ĭostello said the removal of "Oliver’s Army" from his catalog would do a "favor" for the legacy of his music. "On the last tour, I wrote a new verse about censorship, but what’s the point of that?" Costello said. However, the Grammy-winning singer said the effort of altering the song is not worth it. This led Costello to perform a rewritten version of the song on tour last fall, featuring a verse that alluded to the BBC radio edit. "They’re making it worse by bleeping it for sure," he said. In 2013, the BBC released an edited version of the song to address the slur, which drew criticism from Costello himself. Costello said he might have reconsidered the phrasing of his lyric under different social circumstances: "If I wrote that song today, maybe I'd think twice about it."Įlvis Costello reflects on cancer scare, 'extraordinary' Bruce Springsteen and new Audible project "But people hear that word go off like a bell and accuse me of something that I didn’t intend."Ĭostello also said he won't perform "Oliver's Army" when he goes on tour this summer. "That’s what my grandfather was called in the British army – it’s historically a fact," Costello, 67, said in an interview with The Telegraph published Saturday. Released on his third album "Armed Forces," the song in question is his 1979 British hit "Oliver's Army," a track about the army and imperialism that has drawn controversy in recent years for its use of a racial slur to describe a British private: "Only takes one itchy trigger/ One more widow, one less white (N-word)" Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).British rocker Elvis Costello is pulling the plug on one of his songs – rather than altering it. Get the embed code Children of Bodom - Was It Worth It? Album Lyrics1.Angels Don't Kill2.Angels Don't Kill (Live At Bloodstock)3.Angels Don't Kill - Live at Bloodstock4.Was It Worth It?Children of Bodom Lyrics provided by
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