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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: CapnJack on April 08, 2013, 07:57:33 AM

Title: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: CapnJack on April 08, 2013, 07:57:33 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: RGMike on April 08, 2013, 08:02:43 AM

or "RIH" depending on your POV.

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: ggould on April 08, 2013, 08:28:10 AM

Quote from: RGMike on April 08, 2013, 08:02:43 AM

or "RIH" depending on your POV.

yeah, kind of the way I feel too.  The TV heads are all trying to remember to call her "Baroness Thatcher."

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: urth on April 08, 2013, 09:53:47 AM

From Pink Floyd to the English Beat and beyond, they were united in their distaste for Mrs. Thatcher.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/21-incredibly-angry-songs-about-margaret-thatcher

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: RGMike on April 08, 2013, 09:57:38 AM

Quote from: urth on April 08, 2013, 09:53:47 AM

From Pink Floyd to the English Beat and beyond, they were united in their distaste for Mrs. Thatcher.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/21-incredibly-angry-songs-about-margaret-thatcher

bwahahaha!  21 anti-Thatcher songs and only one is by Billy Bragg -- I think he wrote over 21 Maggie-dissing tunes all by himself.

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: urth on April 08, 2013, 10:13:32 AM

Quote from: RGMike on April 08, 2013, 09:57:38 AM

Quote from: urth on April 08, 2013, 09:53:47 AM

From Pink Floyd to the English Beat and beyond, they were united in their distaste for Mrs. Thatcher.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/21-incredibly-angry-songs-about-margaret-thatcher

bwahahaha!  21 anti-Thatcher songs and only one is by Billy Bragg -- I think he wrote over 21 Maggie-dissing tunes all by himself.

I was glad to see the list included both Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down and Stand Down Margaret by the English Beat (which Elvis used to cover quite frequently in his live shows in the mid-80s).

Title: Re: RIP, Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister, 87
Post by: RGMike on April 12, 2013, 07:47:11 AM

Ha.  the campaign to make "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" the #1 song in the UK has succeeded. Now the BBC has to dedice whether to play it or not.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/BBC-faces-dilemma-as-anti-Thatcher-song-tops-chart-4429079.php