Wednesday, 10 September 2014
We've Got To Get The Reins In Our Hands Ourselves
This fine slice of pop and politics came up in an internet discussion the other day- The Redskins searing indictment of Tory policies, workers/boss relations and the dole, over a Motown beat, horns and clipped Telecaster. In this clip, live on The Tube, a striking miner is invited to speak over the intro and Channel 4 producers cut the mic. Meanwhile the audience dance in their DMs and bomber jackets. Different times, yet somehow still the same. The 12" version has an extra five inches of agit-prop funkiness. Keep on keeping on!
Keep On Keeping On (12" Version)
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It's a great clip - did you see that Ch4 prog 'Rewind The Tube' where they talked about this in depth and interviewed that miner? - interesting stuff.
I spent some significant moments in the early '80s immersed in the anarcho-punk scene, very political but, to be honest, a bit short on good tunes; when I hear this it really makes me think that the best way to get your politics across is to combine with some accessible toe-tappingly good music...
They whip us into line with the threat of the dole. What a bloody brilliant line. Nothing changes, does it?
Whether you like it or not the reins are in our hands up here at the moment and a lot of nest featherers are shitting bricks.
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