Political cover versions of 2007
Posted on Monday 17 December, 2007
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Alright, pop pickers? Not ‘arf! It’s been a poptastic year for politicians doing rock, blues and jazz cover versions, and – as a special treat for fortysomething readers who used to listen to Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman, pictured left – Dave’s Part is proud to bring you this exclusive 2007 Top Ten:
(1) [You're my] Brownite Girl: Harriet Harman
(2) Cocaine: George Osborne
(3) Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way [And I'll Go Mine]: Respect Unity Coalition
(4) Blue in Green: David Cameron
(5) [Northern] Rock Me Baby: Alistair Darling
(6) Money Money Money: Lord Levy
(7) Oldest Swinger in Town: Tommy Sheridan
(8) [Private] Jailhouse Rock: Jack Straw
(9) Every Little Thing She Does is Tragic: Jacqui Smith
(10) Justified and Ancient: Ming Campbell
Further suggestions in the comments box, please. Rock on!
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Blue in Green (Miles Davis): David Cameron;
Who’s Sorry Now? (Connie Francis): the entire Labour Party;
I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of a Chance (Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, etc); the two nonentities fighting over the Lib Dem Party.
It’s my party (and I’ll cry if I want to) – the ghost of Nye Bevan
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Losing My Religion – John Rees and SWP-Respect
I’m just a cut and paste merchant, so I’ll fall back on some titles that I suggested way back in November of last year on the old Shiraz Socialist blogspot:
Bjork’s ‘It’s oh so quiet’ (the SWP during the down turn.)
Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ (George Galloway)
The Smiths ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’ (Mark Thomas)
Kingmaker ‘Armchair Anarchist’ (Youth Wing of Workers’ Power)
Regina Spektor’s ‘Poor Little Rich Boy’ (Youth Wing of the CPGB-Weekly Worker)
Thomas Dolby ‘Hyperactive’ (Youth Wing of the Millies)
U2 ‘I Will Follow’ (Youth Wing of the SWP)
The Beatles ‘When I’m 64′ (Youth Wing of the CPB)
Bow Wow Wow’s ‘Go Wild in the Country (The scamps from the Scottish Socialist Youth)
The Cure’s ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ (The International Bolshevik Tendency)
New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ (Sheridan, the CWI and the SWP)
Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ (Ian Donovan)
Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Being Boring’ (Forty years of the Grant/Taafite press)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ‘Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?’ (Sheridan’s Vanity Project)
The Clash’s ‘Remote Control’ (The London Offices of the CWI and the SWP, and their Scottish sections.)
Sonic Youth’s ‘Self Obsessed and Sexee’ (Tommy Sheridan)
Stevie Wonder’s ‘Mr Know It All’ (Sean Whatshisnamethisweek?)
Badly Drawn Boy ‘Pissing in the Wind’ (SPGB – and a few hundred other suggested titles in an old post here)
Everyday I love you less and less [George Galloway]
Paranoid Android [John Redwood]
Everybody Hurts [The people of Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan]
From Russia with love [The SWP]
I’m wanna sex you up – Colour me Bad (Feat T. Blair)
War ensemble – Slayer (Feat. Blair T)
Tell me lies – Tommy [Redacted]
Personal Jesus – George Galloway
Black planet – The Bali Convention
I fought the law – Tommy [Redacted]
Happy Christmas (War is Over)- NOTW (Featuring Tommy)
Plastic People [The Mothers of Invention]: the Cabinet.
Shiny Happy People (R.E.M) – SSP.
I’m not like anybody else (Kinks) – Bob Pitt.
Ave Maria (Various) – Terry Eagleton
Eton Rifles – John Rees
“I got the guns then you ran off with Galloway”
‘Everything’s Brown’ by Jack off Jill, ft the Cabinet
‘You Don’t Love Me (Vince Cable)’ by the Allman Brothers ft. David Cameron
‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’ by Gordon Brown
‘I Shall be Released’… the B side to the above
‘The Consultation on Post-Neoclassical Endogenous Growth Theory will not be televised’… er… on the special edition LP?
“As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade” (Mark Stewart and the Maffia)-Gordon Brown and the cabinet.
Shaddap You Face – Andy Newman (football-related joke)
If You Don’t Know Me By Now – John Rees
The Oldest Swinger in Town – guess, cos I’m not saying.
Limehouse Blues – GG
There’s also two other songs that spring to mind: Hegel Don’t Bother Me and Wouldn’t It Be Lavelette – ideas anyone?
Darren of the SPGB is the undisputed champion of this genre. Here’s some he did on Shiraz Socialist a while back:
Bjork’s ‘It’s oh so quiet’ (the SWP during the down turn.)
Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ (George Galloway)
The Smiths ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’ (Mark Thomas)
Kingmaker ‘Armchair Anarchist’ (Youth Wing of Workers’ Power)
Regina Spektor’s ‘Poor Little Rich Boy’ (Youth Wing of the CPGB-Weekly Worker)
Thomas Dolby ‘Hyperactive’ (Youth Wing of the Millies)
U2 ‘I Will Follow’ (Youth Wing of the SWP)
The Beatles ‘When I’m 64′ (Youth Wing of the CPB)
Bow Wow Wow’s ‘Go Wild in the Country (The scamps from the Scottish Socialist Youth)
The Cure’s ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ (The International Bolshevik Tendency)
New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ (Sheridan, the CWI and the SWP)
Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ (Ian Donovan)
Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Being Boring’ (Forty years of the Grant/Taafite press)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions ‘Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?’ (Sheridan’s Vanity Project)
The Clash’s ‘Remote Control’ (The London Offices of the CWI and the SWP, and their Scottish sections.)
Sonic Youth’s ‘Self Obsessed and Sexee’ (Tommy Sheridan)
Stevie Wonder’s ‘Mr Know It All’ (Sean Whatshisnamethisweek?)
Badly Drawn Boy ‘Pissing in the Wind’ (SPGB – and a few hundred other suggested titles in an old post here
Socialism
I Will Rise UP / Lyle Lovett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_mNJkYlP9A
‘Move Over, Darling’ Doris Day. (The Chancellor & Northern Rock)
‘The Tide Is High’ Blondie. (Bali Climate Change Conference)
‘Deadwood’ Dirty Pretty Things. (New Labour cabinet)
Double A Side: ‘Little Ole Wine Drinking Me’/ ‘Rehab’ Dean Martin/Amy Winehouse. (Charlie Kennedy)
‘Sexy Boy’ Air. (Tommy Sheridan)
‘Tramp Down The Dirt’ Elvis Costello (Pinochet’s Death – I know it was this time last year, still…worth celebrating)
‘You can get it if you really want it’ Desmond Decker. (The Working Class – we are many they are few!)
‘With A Little Help From My Friends (in the north)’ Beatles. (Labour funding from David Abrahams
‘Accident Waiting To Happen’ Billy Bragg. (Martin Amis and his thought experiments about Muslims.)
‘Billy Hunt’ (cockney rhyming slang) The Jam (Dave Cameron)
‘Bankrobber’ The Clash. (Adam Applegarth, Chief Exec. Of Northern Rock)
‘House of Cards’ Radiohead. (The Global Banking System after the credit crunch)
Eton Rifles – the bloody lot of us. What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
smoothing tlaking criminal – my lawyer prevents me from making any suggestions