The Medusa Fora

IrishRover sort of wrote:Never mind. I've found it. Here is what I was looking for:

http://www.shanemacgowan.com/articles/nme88.shtml

IrishRover sort of wrote:The article itself doesn't give any direct info regardin' mechanic "lady's" role on the ban,
but if something's not in the paper, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. [...]

DzM wrote:I think you misunderstand my question. I don't know what you mean by the phrase "mechanic 'lady'" or "iron 'lady'". Are you referring to a particular person? Is this a euphemism for a job or role?

firehazard wrote:

DzM wrote:I think you misunderstand my question. I don't know what you mean by the phrase "mechanic 'lady'" or "iron 'lady'". Are you referring to a particular person? Is this a euphemism for a job or role?

"Iron lady" was a euphemism for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The euphemism is used because the correct term to describe her is simply too rude for public broadcast.

Christine wrote:"I still hate Thatcher!" a banner read yesterday in Parliament Square.

This was of course on the occasion of a well-known war criminal paying a state visit to London.

philipchevron wrote:thousands of British people exercised their democratic right to display their continuing contempt for the War Criminal, has received scant coverage

Christine wrote:

philipchevron wrote:thousands of British people exercised their democratic right to display their continuing contempt for the War Criminal, has received scant coverage

and despite the fact that they actually BANNED the march on Downing Street. To add to the long list of this government's encroachments on anything resembling democracy and freedom.

IrishRover wrote:yes anyway, never moind, oi've fiund it.. was tryin' to open thois page before but oit doidn't load, tois' probably that oi had coinnection problems, as oit noiw shoiws foine; foir all thoise ointerested heres
what oi've been lookoin' for: http://www.shanemacgowan.com/articles/nme88.shtml

woikoipedoia wrote:Songs
Thatcher was the subject or the inspiration for a number of protest songs. In 1982, The Jam released "Town Called Malice", containing the lyrics, "It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious in a Town Called Malice" - the song reached Number One in February 1982. The song, according to the BBC, was "an elegy to humdrum everyday existence and broken dreams which barely disguised Paul Weller's fury about the state of Britain".[84] Other songs included "Stand Down Margaret" by The Beat (1980); "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards" on the album "Workers Playtime" by Billy Bragg (1988); "Two Million Voices" by Angelic Upstarts (1981) - a reference to the numbers of unemployed people in Britain (a similar theme was the subject of "One in Ten" by UB40 (1981)); "Goose Green (Taking Tea With Pinochet)" by Christy Moore; "Margaret On The Guillotine" from the album "Viva Hate" by Morrissey and "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" on the album "Final Cut" by Pink Floyd.

"Tramp the Dirt Down" recorded by Elvis Costello, contains the lyrics

Well I hope I don’t die too soon
I pray the lord my soul to save
Oh I’ll be a good boy, I’m trying so hard to behave
Because there’s one thing I know, I’d like to live
Long enough to savour
That’s when they finally put you in the ground
I’ll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down

dsweeney wrote:I think I read somewhere that Terry had another verse for " Streets of sorrow ". Was the full version of it ever recorded Phil ? I'm assuming it probably wasn't as it would have been included on the box-set. If there was another verse I'm wondering why it was dropped ?