Boris Johnson
(Picture: PA)The band behind Boris Johnson’s conference walk-out song are not happy that the Prime Minister used it.
After Johnson shuffled out to a Friendly Fire’s track to deliver a stand-up set with a few policies thrown in, the band were incensed.
The band wrote on Twitter: “We do not endorse the Conservative Party’s use of our track ‘Blue Cassette’. Our permission was not sought, and we have asked our management to ensure it is not used again.
— Friendly Fires (@FriendlyFires) October 6, 2021
“If we had intended them to use it, we’d have named the track ‘Blue Bunch of Corrupt W*nkers.’”
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They then shared a screenshot of a 2017 article revealing that Jacob Rees-Mogg once called food banks “uplifting” and added: “If Boris Johnson needed something uplifting to walk on to, perhaps he should have used the sound of a busy food bank.”
Savage.
Reacting to their statement, people on social media thought it was brilliant:
— Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) October 6, 2021
Really do hope they're not just working through the 'songs that start with the word 'Blue'' catalogue... https://t.co/BYnTUIt7IF
— Public Service Broadcasting (@PSB_HQ) October 6, 2021
Great response, well done lads. The audacity of them.
— DT #KroenkeOut (@RLDTx) October 6, 2021
This is brilliant. 😂😂 https://t.co/L61e5b11b0
— Daniel Stewart (@dnstewart67) October 6, 2021
Friendly Fires had this response to Boris Johnson using their music at conference pic.twitter.com/8yTm8RdHxa
— Jono Read 👻 🎃 (@jonoread) October 6, 2021
THE most iconic response from friendly fires when boris used their song at the tory conference pic.twitter.com/VGmvZwmUmO
— mami✨ (@_hmarial) October 6, 2021
I'd never heard of "Friendly Fires" before, but I definitely like how they sound now. In fact, I'm a new fan.👇🏻 https://t.co/t7ajUnQsqK
— Ⓟⓔⓣⓔⓡ Ⓛⓞⓡⓓ 😎🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 (@peter_lord) October 7, 2021
Haven’t listened to Friendly Fires in years. Might just go and buy their entire back catalogue now. ✊🏻 https://t.co/GSO3MPZjAH
— John ✌🏻🏴☠️⚪️ (@John_H_1996) October 6, 2021
Meanwhile, to compare and contrast, Labour leader Keir Starmer walked out to Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now, for his own conference speech but when the Daily Mail tried to find out what the DJ thought of that he said: “I don’t want to chat.”
As for Johnson, it looks like those fires aren’t so friendly after all.
