Songs about Thatcher!
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Songs about Thatcher!
All the talk about (a) 'Tramp the Dirt Down' and (b) the Twitter confusion over Cher (hasthtag: that - CHER - DIES) got me proposing that Thatcher was indirectly responsbile for vastly more contributions to pop music than Cher ever did. In addition to 'Tramp,' we've got
-EC, 'Shipbuilding'
-Richard Thompson, 'Mother Knows Best' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjm6XdtEb0
-The Pogues, 'Wake of the Medusa' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyUwykasKhY
but I'm betting this is just the tip of the iceberg. Any more suggestions?
-EC, 'Shipbuilding'
-Richard Thompson, 'Mother Knows Best' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjm6XdtEb0
-The Pogues, 'Wake of the Medusa' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyUwykasKhY
but I'm betting this is just the tip of the iceberg. Any more suggestions?
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Re: Songs about Thatcher!
Nice idea- I would add Mr. Thompson's "Walking Though a Wasted Land" as yet one more as he has acknowledged in the past its connection to her:
http://youtu.be/NucthnjcGNY
http://youtu.be/NucthnjcGNY
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Morrissey's Margaret on the Guillotine. According to the Moz, the police actually came to search his flat for a guillotine!
And The (English!) Beat's Stand Down Margaret.
And some Roger Waters song I've never heard:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1311109
And The (English!) Beat's Stand Down Margaret.
And some Roger Waters song I've never heard:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1311109
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I thought of another one last night and this should warm VG's solidarity heart:
"Between the Wars"- Billy Bragg
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... KuGivy7NQA
Later heard it on Canadian Radio as they were interviewing Mr. Bragg as he is currently touring in Canada and he used this song in discussing Ms Thatcher.
"Between the Wars"- Billy Bragg
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... KuGivy7NQA
Later heard it on Canadian Radio as they were interviewing Mr. Bragg as he is currently touring in Canada and he used this song in discussing Ms Thatcher.
"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
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Celebrate (the day after you) The Blow Monkeys and Curtis Mayfield.
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The second verse of Thompson's "Can't Win" also seems relevant
Oh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons?
Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues
Ah better to leave than stay here and grieve
And play the game
Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around
If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound
Just stand there and rust, die if you must
But play the game
Never mind the verse, the guitar solo on this version is so angry, it could only be about Thatcher!
Oh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons?
Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues
Ah better to leave than stay here and grieve
And play the game
Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around
If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound
Just stand there and rust, die if you must
But play the game
Never mind the verse, the guitar solo on this version is so angry, it could only be about Thatcher!
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Though not ostensibly about her, I think Bruce Springsteen's song "Death to my Hometown" has a universality about it that makes it fit her legacy easily-and it does share a celtic melody!
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 0110,d.dmQ
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 0110,d.dmQ
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By the same token Ghost Town would have to be listed as on e of the most enduring epitaphs on her era.
Blow Monkeys win the prize for entitling an album in her 'honour': She Was Only a Greengrocer's Daughter (or something close).
Blow Monkeys win the prize for entitling an album in her 'honour': She Was Only a Greengrocer's Daughter (or something close).
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Re: Songs about Thatcher!
A nice synopsis of relevant songs from that time and their dearth now. Otis- a nod to your "Ghost Town":
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/n ... ritish-pop
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/n ... ritish-pop
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