Month: July 2012
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Unofficial Anthems 5 & 6: Shipbuilding & Pills & Soap
When is an anthem not an anthem? If it says something profound and isn’t upbeat, is it an anthem? Ferry Cross the Mersey, Swing Low, even that terrible Elgar mess are all slow and meaningful and they’re anthems? (well maybe not the rugby ones, unless actions are also conferred LOL). I think Shipbuilding, written by…
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Unofficial Anthems (and unofficial strikers) 4 – Redskins
It is better To die on our feet Than to live on our knees If we fight as one Then the fight is won Til that day we’ll keep keeping on yeah Anthems tend to be upbeat, and full of empty inspirational poster platitudes of the sort of that terrible Keep Calm And Carry On…
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Zombie University
CERVELLO!!!!…hey puppet you got red on you! (via Subversive Comics) EDIT – I have to say watching many of their videos Gloves and Boots is THE BEST THING ON THE INTERNET EVER. Check out this one about ads:
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Unofficial Anthems 3: Common People
Cos everybody hates a tourist Especially one that thinks it’s all such a laugh… This wasn’t my suggestion, it comes from Dean Whitbread, but it is perfect. Not only for that line, but the fact this song was a watershed moment not only in Jarvis Cocker and Pulp’s career, but I’d argue music as Pulp…
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Unofficial Anthems 2: A New England
The ultimate anthemic non-anthem, and the ultimate (anti?) lovesong given Billy Bragg’s obvious love of political change, it grates interestingly against his other songs. I suspect there’s more than a little sarcasm or irony here against those who apathetically look to relationships to guide them (the girls with prams, and even the protagonist even confesses…