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Stand Down Margaret

Stand Down Margaret
[1980]
Uscito come singolo in versione dub e poi incluso nell'album "I Just Can't Stop It" pubblicato lo stesso anno.

"The late '70s in England were troubled times: high unemployment, secession, the fear of nuclear war breaking out, the kind of fantasy end-of-the-century, end-of-the-world kind of feeling. And Margaret Thatcher came on, kind of like the last great hope of the British Empire. She'd actually been born above a grocery store in Nottingham, a working class city. But had developed airs and graces and a posh accent and kind of saw herself as being of the upper classes, which she wasn't. So it was sort of a false accent, and a false attitude that went with it. Then she fell head over heels with her teenage heartthrob, Ronald Reagan, and went about trying to dismantle any sense of social unity that England had: breaking the unions, letting people go out on strike and starve. And... (Continues)
i said i see no joy
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/2/1 - 11:48
Song Itineraries: Miss Maggie Thatcher




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