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posted by davidt
on Friday May 26 2006, @11:00AM
Uncleskinny sends the link:
Beauty and the beat - The Guardian
However hard they try, it's impossible for people who make wonderful music to be morally ugly
Zoe Williams
Wednesday May 24, 2006
Excerpt:
Taking as given, before we start, that Morrissey is basically perfect, and that his gig last Sunday at the Palladium was perfect, and that it was his birthday on Monday and we all wish him a happy one, I will admit: when he played Irish Blood, English Heart, I got a twang of anxiety. I'd never listened to it attentively enough to learn the words, and you worry with Morrissey that he could turn round and bite you on the arse with something that's just plain racist.
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Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of
There is no-one on earth I'm afraid of
And no regime can buy or sell me
I've been dreaming of a time when
To be English is not to be baneful
To be standing by the flag not feeling
Shameful, racist or partial
Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of
There is no-one on earth I'm afraid of
And I will die with both my hands untied
I've been dreaming of a time when
The English are sick to death of Labour
And Tories, and spit upon the name of Oliver Cromwell
And denounce this royal line that still salute him
And will salute him forever
Where woman? Where?