set to include lyrics from The Men Behind The Wire in her new album: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...st/7775976.stm
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set to include lyrics from The Men Behind The Wire in her new album: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...st/7775976.stm
She does have direct Irish roots on both her fraternal and maternal sides, not that it matters!Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Paternal, surely.
Depends what part of Ireland they're from.
:o
I'll get me coat.
so what - whats the problem?
From Limerick I believeQuote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
a prominent artist is using lyrics that glorify or romanticise terrorists, and you don't see the problem with that??Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Actually, that's not strictly true. The song was originally written and sung about the people that were interned without trial, as far as I'm aware anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
What happened to the lyrics afterwards is another thing.
I think Dido has said the lines are in because it's a song her father sang to her as a child?
Dont buy it then, simple as.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
ah jesus Tets, its a good song, and another mans terrorists is another mans......blah blah blahQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
(jesus its a wonder we are still not part of the UK:rolleyes:)
Plus, prominent? Not with about six years, I'd say.
Prehaps I'm wrong but sounds to me like another 2nd gen Irish(or plastic paddy) signing about something she has very little idea about
Yes it is quite possible you are wrong...againQuote:
Originally Posted by Neish
tipperary, i suppose - her dad is TD, Des O'Malley's uncle.Quote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
She is even hotter in the flesh than on tv/print.
edit - dont really know why i quoted you soccerc... anyway, just found this
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...408595388.html
Well her father was in the British army and she is singing a song glorifying people who took pride in killing British solidersQuote:
Originally Posted by beautifulrock
The song is about internment, ie. those not convicted of a crime. You're making a presumation of guilt about all internees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
hmm though her father was a publisher??Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
Not saying they were all guilty , ps it was her grandfather not father the was in the armyQuote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Guilty of what exactly ? having an Irish name? having red hair ?,listening to RTE , walking in the cracks in the pavement ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
Internment was widely recognised as a diaster in nationalist/British relations due to a the **** poor intelligence which was years out of date and the fact that practically no loyalists were lifted.
I think the song is being taken out of context. The Men Behind the Wire was a protest song against internment, which most governments now recognise as a failure in terms of policy.
What next, banning "Flower of Scotland" because it resonates anti imperalistic attitudes from a battle almost 800 years ago, banning "Father and Son" because it visualises the October Revolution ?? At this rate we'll just be left with Leonard Cohen CDs....
And yes, she is a 10/10
I don't know about that. What about The Partisan?Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo