We set out to join the picket line For together we cannot fail We got stopped by police at the county line They said, "Go home boys or you're going to jail" Which side are you on, boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on, boys? Which side are you on? It's hard to explain to a crying child Why her Daddy can't go back So the family suffer But it hurts me more To hear a scab say 'Sod you, Jack' |
Christopher is braving out London, so here's to his safety and an end to the pointless London riots.
While his song of choice is Sleeper's "Pyrotechnician", I have a similar one: The Smiths' "Panic" which includes the lyrics "Panic on the streets of London, panic on the streets of Birmingham. I wonder to myself 'Could life ever be sane again?'".
Since The Smiths (and Morrissey) is on my penalty list, I thought I'd let you know about Mojo Magazine's April 2011 magazine with the Smiths on the cover. The magazine came with a free 15-track compilation called PANIC, obviously inspired by The Smiths name of the same. There are actually no Smiths or Morrissey on the compilation (probably due to legal reasons), but the compilation is pretty good.
They're all songs from the 80's:
I really liked Billy Bragg's re-working of a 1931 song, "Which Side Are You On?", to reflect the working man and the union. You can really switch it around and make it a protest song against the police.
While his song of choice is Sleeper's "Pyrotechnician", I have a similar one: The Smiths' "Panic" which includes the lyrics "Panic on the streets of London, panic on the streets of Birmingham. I wonder to myself 'Could life ever be sane again?'".
Since The Smiths (and Morrissey) is on my penalty list, I thought I'd let you know about Mojo Magazine's April 2011 magazine with the Smiths on the cover. The magazine came with a free 15-track compilation called PANIC, obviously inspired by The Smiths name of the same. There are actually no Smiths or Morrissey on the compilation (probably due to legal reasons), but the compilation is pretty good.
They're all songs from the 80's:
- Madness - Blue Skinned Beast
- Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding (Remastered Version)
- Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On?
- The Three Johns - The World of the Workers is Wild
- Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast
- Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
- Wah!/Pete Wylie - The Day That Margaret Thatcher Dies (A Party Song)
- Orange Juice - Lean Period
- The Nightingales - First My Job
- Televsion Personalities - Paradise Estate
- Felt - Grey Streets
- Mokons - Abernant 1984/5
- Redskins - Lev Brownstein
- McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty
- The Band of Holy Joy - Who Snatched The Baby?
I really liked Billy Bragg's re-working of a 1931 song, "Which Side Are You On?", to reflect the working man and the union. You can really switch it around and make it a protest song against the police.
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