Born In The 50's

These lyrics make me cringe...

GCE = General Certificate of Education en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Education

It's about his generaton, and how they felt about the world they were living in. A funny song. It always makes me laugh

"My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it was the Communists But I knew better ... And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs Oh they should've known better"

I can't say I was born in the 50's, but I can relate to what this song says, because I always think "I know better". AND I DO :P

So if there are any flaws on the album at all, it's only (a) that many of these songs, good as they are, still don't stand the competition with later Police classics (after all, there were bands who could do 'Next To You', but there wasn't anybody who could do 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'), and (b) a couple of the songs are indeed sub-par: 'Born In The 50's' isn't bad melodically, but the lyrical message and the arrogance of the number are kinda dumb, almost fit for a generic arena rocker … [George Starostin]

psssst! He's being sarcastic. The song isn't arrogant, it's self-effacing. "Weren't we so dumb and arrogant, we thought we knew better."

A question that has nagged me for years: what is a G.C.E.? Is it a British thing? And when did the king fall down the stairs?

These geezers were born in '52, '51, and 1942. Were they trying to be as young as punks in England at the time? Dave Vanian and Johnny Rotten were born in 1956, putting two punks square in the '50s. Police: suspect.

Er... George Starostin, are you the same George Starostin who did those reviews for that site? Wow... You're not dead.

Okay, on topic:

The song is pretty catchy, so I ignore the annoyoing lyrics, but looking at them now, I see waht you mean. They are really arrogant. >>;; Why would anyone want to brag about being born in the 50's anyway? The 50's were critically lacking in a sense of humor.

Other than beatniks. Beatniks are funny.

Oh and the Cold War. That was a riot.