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"Beauty and the beat" - commentary in The Guardian

posted by davidt on Friday May 26 2006, @11:00AM
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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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  • Eh? Come again? Who is this woman. She needs to clarify what she means more clearly. And do it publically. How the hell is 'Irish Blood' racist?

    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?
    Anonymous -- Friday May 26 2006, @11:38AM (#221538)
  • For those of you not familiar with the Guardian newspaper, this is a typical article.
    By which I mean, three paragraphs of words that say absolutely nothing.
    AnthonyGlamour -- Friday May 26 2006, @03:15PM (#221606)
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  • However hard they try, it's impossible for people who make wonderful music to be morally ugly

    Joe Jackson is a militant smoker. I say that's morally ugly.
    Bob Hopeless -- Friday May 26 2006, @03:51PM (#221615)
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    Today is the next day of the end of the world!

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