the day that Thatcher dies: 10+1 αντι-Θατσερικά τραγούδια

Τίτλοι τέλους για τη Margaret. Την "ειδεχθή" Maggie, την μη εξιλεωμένη στα μάτια μου από την προπερσινή ταινία, την σιδηρά κόρη του μπακάλη που το όνομά της έγινε συνώνυμο του άκρατου νεοφιλελευθερισμού και του νεοβρετανικού επεκτατισμού, την επίτιμη απούσα του μετα θάνατον παραδείσου που από τις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 80, έβαλε - φανερά ή όχι - την υπογραφή της στις περισσότερες από τις ειδήσεις που ταλάνισαν την ανθρωπότητα κι εμένα μαζί.

Πολλά, πάρα πολλά άσματα γράφτηκαν για τη Thatcher. Το καλύτερο κατά τη γνώμη μου όμως το έγραψαν οι Hefner.

1. Hefner – The Day That Thatcher Dies (2000)

We will laugh the day that Thatcher dies,
Even though we know it's not right,
We will dance and sing all night.
I was blind in 1979, by '82 I had clues,
By 1986 I was mad as hell.
The teachers at school, they took us for fools,
They never taught us what to do,
But Christ we were strong, we knew all along,
We taught ourselves the right from wrong.
And the punk rock kids, and the techno kids,
No, it's not their fault.
And the hip hop boys and heavy metal girls,
No, it's not their fault.
It was love, but Tories don't know what that means,
She was Michelle Cox from the lower stream,
She wore high-heeled shoes while the rest wore flat soles.
And the playground taught her how to be cruel,
I talked politics and she called me a fool,
She wrapped her ankle chain round my left wing heart.
Ding dong, the witch is dead, which old witch?
The wicked witch.
Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead

αλλά υπάρχουν φυσικά και πολλά άλλα, από τα οποία επιλέγω μερικά ακόμα:

2. Elvis Costello, “Tramp the Dirt Down” (1989)

I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign
A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain
She spills with compassion, as that young child's
Face in her hands she grips
Can you imagine all that greed and avarice

 Coming down on that child's lips

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3. The Beat - Stand Down Margaret (1980)

Our lives seem petty in your cold grey hands
Would you give a second thought
Would you ever give a damn, I doubt it
Stand down Margaret
Awar!
Everybody shout it
Stand down Margaret!

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4. Morrissey - Margaret on the Guillotine (1987)

The kind people
Have a wonderful dream
Margaret On The Guillotine
Cause people like you
Make me feel so tired
When will you die ?

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5. Specials – Maggie’s Farm

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6. Madness – Blue Skinned Beast (1982)

Here you have this medal you can even melt it down
Or frame it in the living room every time you turn around
Have a drink on me I heard you shout for yesterday, but I was sleeping on the job
And I dreamt of fighters miles away whose lives I had to rob
Have a drink on me
I put it down to the company

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7. Sinead O’Connor - Black Boys on Mopeds (1990)

Margaret Thatcher on TV
Shocked by the deaths that took place in Beijing
It seems strange that she should be offended
The same orders are given by her
I've said this before now
You said I was childish and you'll say it now
Remember what I told you:
If they hated me they will hate you

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8. Billy Bragg – Thatcherites

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9. Chumbawamba - Fitzwilliam

Smiles for the cameras as the miners return
They say no one has lost and no one has gained
But wiser and stronger the people have changed
And it won't be the same in the village again
Twelve months of bribery, twelve months of lies
Cops in the village to truncheon your bride
Scabs down the back roads to break up the strike
Come out of your houses--there's a war on outside
Attacked in the village, attacked in the courts
Sacked for refusing to bow to their lords
Less than a whisper from Commons and Lords
Retreats from the front when they most need support

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10. The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (1987)

από το δίσκο αφιέρωμα στη Maggie με τίτλο "She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter"

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11. The Exploited: Maggie You Cunt

Maggie, Maggie you cunt Maggie,
Maggie you cunt Maggie,
Maggie you cunt
Maggie Maggie Maggie Maggie
you fucking cunt