Question Time this Thursday

[London Calling]

If Adolf Hitler were here today, they'd send a limousine anyway.

Mighty words from the White Man in Hamersmith Palais

 

[Southy]

If Adolf Hitler were here today, they'd send a limousine anyway.

Joe Strummer

The single greatest line ever written in the history of modern music. How true is it now more than it was then.

 

[coventrygull]

Mighty words from the Prisoner

I thought it was White man in Hammersmith Palais

 

[London Calling]

I thought it was White man in Hammersmith Palais

your right see my correction

 

[coventrygull]

Joe Strummer

The single greatest line ever written in the history of modern music. How true is it now more than it was then.

Like Gordon meeting Premier Wen Jiabao.

Didn't Joe go to Public school southy

 

[coventrygull]

your right see my correction

Thats cheating

 

[Brovion]

One could argue that nationalist support racial and cultural diversity where as the Left want a one world melting pot.

I think that's at best 50-50. Perhaps a better argument would be to say that some on the left are racist because they hate the white British working class.

(Even I'm going to struggle to refute that; although I did say SOME and not all!)

 

[London Calling]

Thats cheating

I was so into proving Hackney is the East End, that I got me tune all wrong. I thought no, in the Prisoner its all

"AND ALL THE GERMANS AND ALL THE FRENCH
JAM THEMSELVES DOWN THE TUBE
AND RE-ENACT THE SECOND WORLD WAR"

 

[London Calling]

From Lord Strummer himself

Racist or an observation

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Black man gotta lot a problems
But they don't mind throwing a brick
White people go to school
Where they teach you how to be thick

An' everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
An' nobody wants
To go to jail!

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
All the power's in the hands
Of people rich enough to buy it

While we walk the street
Too chicken to even try it

Everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
Nobody wants
To go to jail!

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Are you taking over
or are you taking orders?
Are you going backwards
Or are you going forwards?

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

 

[coventrygull]

I think that's at best 50-50. Perhaps a better argument would be to say that some on the left are racist because they hate the white British working class.

(Even I'm going to struggle to refute that; although I did say SOME and not all!)

Oi stop stealing my lines

 

[Southy]

Like Gordon meeting Premier Wen Jiabao.

Didn't Joe go to Public school southy

Boarding school as his dad worked as a Visa office for The Foreign Office and it came with the territory. But you're right Webster didn't. The point is Joe was fairly well rounded and whereas even you would admit that Tyndall and Webster weren't/aren't the most sociable of human beings (and I'm not talking about their sexual preferences before you do any liberal baiting).

 

[London Calling]

to use a line from that song.

it was so in the 70's, 80,s 90's and still now.

That in London, white working class kids particularly boys, "achieve" the worst education results

 

[coventrygull]

Boarding school as his dad worked as a Visa office for The Foreign Office and it came with the territory. But you're right Webster didn't. The point is Joe was fairly well rounded and whereas even you would admit that Tyndall and Webster weren't/aren't the most sociable of human beings (and I'm not talking about their sexual preferences before you do any liberal baiting).

Ok I would admit that but Tyndall wasn't gay

 

[Southy]

From Lord Strummer himself

Racist or an observation

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Black man gotta lot a problems
But they don't mind throwing a brick
White people go to school
Where they teach you how to be thick

An' everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
An' nobody wants
To go to jail!

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
All the power's in the hands
Of people rich enough to buy it

While we walk the street
Too chicken to even try it

Everybody's doing
Just what they're told to
Nobody wants
To go to jail!

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Are you taking over
or are you taking orders?
Are you going backwards
Or are you going forwards?

White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own
White riot - I wanna riot
White riot - a riot of my own

Referring to Notting Hill carnival riots in '76 and be-moaning the fact that the only people fighting back were black (at the time). He also said 'we're anti racist, anti fascist and pro-creative' just after it was released.

 

[coventrygull]

Don't let the sun go down
on our empire
it's too much to waste
and don't let the walls
come down round our empire
it's too much to wave goodbye
we've been working for a long time
we've been fighting for a way
now in the streets men stand in lines
they're all wasted anyway
you live in an incestuous world
where your conscience holds no weight
you sold us down the river like rats
then you drowned and beat the brave

you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all

don't let the sun go down
on our empire
it's too much to waste
and don't let the rains come down,
on our empire
it's too much to wash away
we've been working for a long time
we've been fighting for a way
now in the streets men stand in lines
they're all wasted anyway
you live in an incestuous world
where your conscience holds no weight
you sold us down the river like rats
then you drowned and beat the brave

you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all

yeah...

not alone not alone

there's just too many dreams
in this wasteland
for you to leave us all behind
there's just too many dreams
in this wasteland
for you to leave us all behind

you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone, you know
you're not alone at all

The Enemy

says it all really.

 

[Southy]

So you must have seen them at the Love Music - Hate Racism gigs they've played if you're such a big fan then?

 

[coventrygull]

So you must have seen them at the Love Music - Hate Racism gigs they've played if you're such a big fan then?

Of course not mate. I even saw the Clash several times.

 

[keaton]

f*** me, the only song he can find to support his view is by the Enemy. That perfectly illustrates have f***ing thick and childish his thoughts are

 

[London Calling]

So you must have seen them at the Love Music - Hate Racism gigs they've played if you're such a big fan then?

mR cOVENTRY is like all men and women = complex character

 

[coventrygull]

f*** me, the only song he can find to support his view is by the Enemy. That perfectly illustrates have f***ing thick and childish his thoughts are

To be honest what do you want a bit of Skrewdriver.