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On the best political songs of recent years which is relevant today as it was in my younger days of the decline of Britain's industrial heartlands and the incompetence of public and private leaders to halt this descent into a country which is now reliant on service industries
"I'm attacking those working class Tories and middle class who still think Britain is on a par economically with France and Germany...I wanted to write a classic song which is basically representative of its time, a record that in 1999 people will put on and it will remind them exactly of this period of time... you know it took 18 months to write on and off because I knew it was the most important song I was writing."Beneath the old iron bridges, across the Victorian parks
And all the frightened people running home before dark
Past the Saturday morning cinema that lies crumbling to the ground
And the piss stinking shopping center in the new side of town
I've come to smell the seasons change and watch the city
As the sun goes down again
Here comes another winter of long shadows and high hopes
Here comes another winter waitin' for utopia
Waitin' for hell to freeze over
This is the land where nothing changes
The land of red buses and blue blooded babies
This is the place, where pensioners are raped
And the hearts are being cut from the welfare state
Let the poor drink the milk while the rich eat the honey
Let the bums count their blessings while they count the money
So many people can't express what's on their minds
Nobody knows them and nobody ever will
Until their backs are broken and their dreams are stolen
And they can't get what they want then they're gonna get angry
Well it ain't written in the papers, but it's written on the walls
The way this country is divided to fall
So the cranes are moving on the skyline
Trying to knock down this town
But the stains on the heartland, can never be removed
From this country that's sick, sad, and confused
Here comes another winter of long shadows and high hopes
Here comes another winter waitin' for utopia
Waitin' for hell to freeze over
The ammunition's being passed and the lords been praised
But the wars on the televisions will never be explained
All the bankers gettin' sweaty beneath their white collars
As the pound in our pocket turns into a dollar
This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.
This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.
This is the 51st state of the U.S.ALast edited by Double Edge; 09 Jun 19,, 15:16.
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This one has prolly got a new lease of life. Came out six months after the LA Riots circa 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_in_the_NameLast edited by Double Edge; 10 Sep 20,, 22:31.
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Originally posted by Double Edge View PostThis one has prolly got a new lease of life. Came out six months after the LA Riots circa 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name
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Northern Ireland Troubles
This song was written by the irish band Cranberries. Despite the vast majority of dead occuring on the island of ireland, they wrote this song about the tragic death of 2 children at the hands of the IRA in a bombing in northern England, 3 year old Jonathan Ball and 12 year old Tim Parry. The bombs exploded in litter bins as they were shopping for mother days cards.
No justice has ever been served and the murders remain unsolved.
Bad Wolves cover with some altered lyrics for the 21st century
The second video only makes sense from reference to the first. Dolores actually died the day they were supposed to record this version and the video pays homage to the original song video and her.
Last edited by tantalus; 13 Jun 21,, 15:07.
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Van Morrison to release lockdown protest songs | BBC | Sept 18 2020
Searing
Another written by Van Mo and performed by Eric Clapton
A second by Clapton
One by Ian Brown from the Stone Roses
This one is right in CT territoryLast edited by Double Edge; 11 Nov 21,, 22:36.
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