It says here that the Unions will never learn
It says here that the economy is on the upturn
And it says here we should be proud
That we are free
And our free press reflects our democracy
Those braying voices on the right of the House
Are echoed down the Street of Shame
Where politics mix with bingo and tits
In a strictly money and numbers game
Where they offer you a feature
On stockings and suspenders
Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders
It says here that this year's prince is born
It says here do you ever wish
That you were better informed
And it says here that we can only stop the rot
With a large dose of Law and Order
And a touch of the short sharp shock
If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land
And they'd rather you believe
In Coronation Street capers
In the war of circulation, it sells newspapers
Could it be an infringement
Of the freedom of the press
To print pictures of women in states of undress
When you wake up to the fact
That your paper is Tory
Just remember, there are two sides to every story
It says here that the economy is on the upturn
And it says here we should be proud
That we are free
And our free press reflects our democracy
Those braying voices on the right of the House
Are echoed down the Street of Shame
Where politics mix with bingo and tits
In a strictly money and numbers game
Where they offer you a feature
On stockings and suspenders
Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders
It says here that this year's prince is born
It says here do you ever wish
That you were better informed
And it says here that we can only stop the rot
With a large dose of Law and Order
And a touch of the short sharp shock
If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land
And they'd rather you believe
In Coronation Street capers
In the war of circulation, it sells newspapers
Could it be an infringement
Of the freedom of the press
To print pictures of women in states of undress
When you wake up to the fact
That your paper is Tory
Just remember, there are two sides to every story
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2016/2/25 - 11:07
Incisa dai Gang come B-side in un 45 giri uscito nel 1984, prodotto dal grande Federico Guglielmi, registrato nell'aprile '84 a Roma e pubblicato per la storica "IRA" . Il lato A era occupato da Against Power Dollar.
L'importanza di Billy Bragg per i Gang e Billy Bragg è sottolineato dalla citazione in Sesto San Giovanni:
Billy Bragg che canta nella nebbia
consola i tuoi vent'anni
Poi i Gang hanno suonato con Billy Bragg in dei concerti in Italia nel 1988
Donquijote82 - 2016/2/26 - 07:37
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Parole e musica di Billy Bragg
La traccia che apre il suo secondo album, “Brewing Up with Billy Bragg”
Feroce satira contro certa stampa inglese, quella dei tabloid, i giornali scandalistici, che tra un paio di tette e un articolo sull’ultimo bebè di casa reale, negli anni 80 operava – ed opera ancora adesso - quotidianamente il lavaggio del cervello ai suoi lettori, tutti appartenenti a quella classe medio-bassa, inculata ed immiserita, che invece di ribellarsi si accontenta della donna nuda in copertina, del bingo e del gratta-e-vinci, invoca legge ed ordine (quando non la forca) e un “short, sharp shock” (una veloce, severa punizione) per la piccola criminalità, i marginali e gli immigrati, mentre ricchi e potenti continuano a farsi tutti i cazzi loro alla stragrande, ad accumulare fortune predatorie e a preparare nuove crisi e nuove guerre…