Friday, September 12, 2008

Revenge is sweet



For those of us feeling vengeful towards the evil IT guys at the Grauniad...here are some revenge songs.

1 Young Waters, by June Tabor. I hadn't quite remembered this right when I recommended it. In fact it's a 'wily lord' who asks the queen who the handsomest man is...but the king is standing right there, so her response is still pretty stupid.
2 Guns Are The Tongues, by Richard Thompson
3 The Black Freighter, by Steeleye Span. AKA Pirate Jenny, I believe.
4 If I Had a Rocket Launcher, by Maggie Holland. Because I know her!

Young Waters
Guns Are The Tongues
The Black Freighter
If I Had a Rocket Launcher

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7 comments:

  1. ToffeeBoySeptember 12, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    Your play button's appeared! Thanks for posting these - I loved 'The Black Freighter'.

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  2. treefrogdemonSeptember 12, 2008 at 10:18 PM

    Only because I reinstalled it...Thanks!

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  3. BlimpySeptember 13, 2008 at 10:02 PM

    the black frieghter has scary connetations for me....

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  4. treefrogdemonSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:22 PM

    How come, Blimpy?

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  5. BlimpySeptember 13, 2008 at 10:27 PM

    have you read "watchmen" , i did when i was quite wee. and it's scary, the black freighter stuff!

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  6. treefrogdemonSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Ah...no, but Wikip. says the Black Freighter in Watchmen is a deliberate allusion to the song - which is really called Pirate Jenny, and is from The Threepenny Opers by Brecht/Weill.

    So you're quite right to be scared!

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  7. ShoegazerSeptember 13, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Watchmen movie next year:

    http://watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com/

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