Good grief, there are a lot of great songs about politicians. So many brilliant suggestions, so little space. The Legendary KO track on the playlist was never officially released but you can find it here.
Thanks to RockingMitch for reminding me about Paris's ferociously intemperate 1992 rap Bush Killa. And if I could recommend songs myself, I'd have added the Pet Shop Boys' I Get Along (Blair and Mandelson), Primal Scream's Swastika Eyes (Madeleine Albright) and Ministry's NWO (Bush senior). I think the B-list deserves to look official this week:
You're The Man (Pts. I & II) - Marvin Gaye
The Love of Richard Nixon - Manic Street Preachers
My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) - The Ramones
Blues for Ceausescu - Fatima Mansions
Mao Tse-Tung Said - Alabama 3
Ben Gurion - Hot Snakes
He Was a Friend of Mine - The Byrds
Why? (The King of Love is Dead) - Nina Simone
The Day That Thatcher Dies - Hefner
When the President Talks to God - Bright Eyes
L'Eurovision va arriver bientôt. Oui, c'est vrai! Je suis très excité. Donc, le sujet pour ce semaine est le chanson multilingue. That, in rusty GCSE French that Frogprincess and ejaydee may well have to correct, is my way of saying that next week's Eurovision-themed column will be multilingual songs, by which I mean any song which features two or more languages.
The languages can be anything, from French and German to Latin and Cherokee. I imagine most songs will be partly in English but they don't have to be. Obviously some foreign words, from café to schadenfreude, have firmly entered other languages, so they don't count. A truly polyglot song is making a bigger point. That's what will make this theme work.
If you're suggesting a fairly obscure song with significant chunks not in English, help me out by giving me the gist of the lyric. And don't fib - I'll be checking.
Also, the RR social is finally scheduled for Saturday May 12th. I've already emailed everyone who expressed an interest but others are welcome too. Email me on dorianlynskey AT hotmail.com if you want to know details
Regardez-vous l'archive, et aussi l'A-Z. Le date limite est le lundi á midi. Merci beaucoup.
