THE LAST DITCH
This, apparently, is number 6 in the HMV download charts. Give it a listen, playing close attention to the lyrics. That this should be popular gives me hope that England may yet awaken. It is for sale at iTunes and HMV.
H/T Andrew Ian Dodge
I just blogged this myself and downloaded the pukka copy from the Show of Hands website.
A powerful & poigniant song.
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A cracking song indeed.
However, I see that the natural order of things has not been disrupted: Dundee band “The View” are at number 5.
You strain under the yoke still, my Sassenach friends.
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What a horrible fucking din. I’ll take your word for it about the lyrics.
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Hmm, just saw this on ‘The Remittance Man’s blog’ – they are indeed very good. One of their other videos is of equal quality:
What a horrible fucking din.
Tut! Curmudgeon 😉
The lead singer’s diction is excellent! For one, I didn’t have to Google the lyrics of a song! Imagine that…
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I appreciate a message about saving English culture, but this is excessively negative for me. The problem isn’t American Pie, or Estuary English, we should be advocating the merits of traditional music not slating those who don’t appreciate it.
That’s my opinion on the lyrics, the music I have no problems with, it’s a very nice arrangement.
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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