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Is it OK to book bands who sing about killing Tories?


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Booking bands who sing about killing Tories...  

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  1. 1. Booking bands who sing about killing Tories...

    • More of them, please.
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    • Meh, it’s only a song.
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    • Not at all cool. A booking oversight.
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    • Only if we can add Kate Hoey.
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Funny how the BBC have latched on to this.  Personally I think they should play this song every time the BBC give air time to far right apologists pretending to be legitimate politicians.

Well he's looking, he's looking, he's looking down,
Hoping you'll clean up this dirty old town.
Finish his battle, before it turns rotten,
Your granddad didn't vote for fascists, he shot 'em.
Yeah he shot 'em, he shot 'em, he shot 'em down,
Fired his gun till they hit the ground.
So I hope, you've not forgotten:
Your granddad didn't vote for fascists
He shot 'em down.

 

 

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Bands shouldn't be singing about killing anyone. But in the light of the tragic Jo Cox murder, joking about killing politicians of any flavour is crass.

Perhaps the Fat White Family  could sing about voting the Tories out instead, which would be both legal and somewhat more effective in solving society's ills, since a murdered Tory MP would simply be replaced with another Tory MP...

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4 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Bands shouldn't be singing about killing anyone. But in the light of the tragic Jo Cox murder, joking about killing politicians of any flavour is crass.

Perhaps the Fat White Family  could sing about voting the Tories out instead, which would be both legal and somewhat more effective in solving society's ills, since a murdered Tory MP would simply be replaced with another Tory MP...

Punk is crass, always has been-- that's the point--if it was polite and reasoned it wouldn't really be punk. The killing tories thing is an expression of rage and hatred rather than a genuine incitement. 

 

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8 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Perhaps the Fat White Family  could sing about voting the Tories out instead, which would be both legal and somewhat more effective in solving society's ills, since a murdered Tory MP would simply be replaced with another Tory MP...

Fat White Family aren't the act whose song lyrics are under the microscope regarding Tories, just that their "song topics include abusive relationships, serial killers and addiction to class A drugs". It's a 2015 tweet they are receiving flak for here. Worth pointing out though that they have always been 'edgelords', as one might say, and even went onstage at All Points East with an Ian Brady t-shirt last weekend so they are probably quite enjoying this latest media attempt to stir up some outrage.

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