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13 Jan 13 - 01:35 PM (#3465531) Subject: BS: Theme song that RB might like. From: John MacKenzie Bugger the bankers! |
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14 Jan 13 - 12:09 AM (#3465779) Subject: RE: BS: Theme song that RB might like. From: Richard Bridge Yes I do thank you. |
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14 Jan 13 - 01:31 PM (#3466006) Subject: RE: BS: Theme song that RB might like. From: katlaughing So do I. |
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14 Jan 13 - 01:34 PM (#3466007) Subject: RE: BS: Theme song that RB might like. From: Beer That was good. Adrien |
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15 Jan 13 - 07:13 AM (#3466361) Subject: RE: BS: Theme song that RB might like. From: Pete Jennings LOL. Should explain quite nicely the UK use of the word "bugger" to non-UK catters! |
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15 Jan 13 - 08:11 AM (#3466380) Subject: the bankers From: The Sandman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSIUf2hD6Io dedicated to all the puppet politicians, and as well jimmy savile |
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15 Jan 13 - 09:17 AM (#3466409) Subject: RE: the bankers From: The Sandman http://youtu.be/vrDgvyOkD8U |
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15 Jan 13 - 09:42 AM (#3466416) Subject: RE: the bankers From: GUEST,999 "Bugger the Bankers" was posted by Giok a few days back, Dick. FYI. |
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15 Jan 13 - 09:48 AM (#3466421) Subject: RE: the bankers From: Pete Jennings And by John MacKenzie on 13 Jan, below the line. |
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15 Jan 13 - 09:54 AM (#3466423) Subject: RE: the bankers From: GUEST,Backwoodsman "Giok" is John MacKenzie, IIRC! Threads combined, renamed, and put above line. -Mod |
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15 Jan 13 - 11:23 AM (#3466465) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Pete Jennings Didn't know that! |
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15 Jan 13 - 12:17 PM (#3466489) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Acorn4 Pity it couldn't have made the Christmas number 1 slot! |
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15 Jan 13 - 12:40 PM (#3466497) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Lizzie Cornish 1 'Bugger The Bankers' "When I was a lass I was proud of my class, like my father and mother before me They taught me to fight for my civil rights, but it's always the same old story – The rich reign supreme while the poor can but dream under Labour or Liberal or Tory And I say - Bugger the bankers and politicians, bugger the bureaucrats too Bugger the buggers who make up the rules And if you're one of them - bugger you And if you're one of them - bugger you The system is bent and the money's all spent, we're badgered from every direction The workers get taxed while the wealthy relax with nary a moment's reflection Where there's brass, there's muck and they don't give an arse 'Cos we're programmed against insurrection And I say - Bugger the bankers and politicians, bugger the bureaucrats too Bugger the buggers who make up the rules And if you're one of them - bugger you And if you're one of them - bugger you Now all you good people with passion to vent, don't give up the struggle for justice But I've done my time on the protesters' line and these days I show my dissent By loitering within my tent And I say - Bugger the bankers and politicians, bugger the bureaucrats too Bugger the buggers who make up the rules And if you're one of them - bugger you And if you're one of them - bugger you, oh Bugger the bankers and politicians, bugger the bureaucrats too Bugger the buggers who make up the rules And if you're one of them - bugger you And if you're one of them - bugger you And if you're one of them - bugger you" 'Bugger The Bankers' - Facebook page |
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15 Jan 13 - 05:21 PM (#3466637) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: SylviaN A great song by Phil Cockerham I'm So Happy I'm a Banker |
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15 Jan 13 - 08:05 PM (#3466727) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Tattie Bogle Received it well before Christmas - from a friend who is a vet - does she have an axe to grind? But too cruelly true! |
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22 Jan 13 - 03:10 PM (#3470063) Subject: Austerity song From: GUEST,JTT Catchy! NSFW http://www.buggerthebankers.com |
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29 Jan 13 - 01:05 PM (#3473086) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Travlinman Should also go down well with the buggers in Brussels! |
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29 Jan 13 - 01:46 PM (#3473112) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Absolutely brilliant, both the song and the singers. There were some right good singing in that lot. Does anybody know who they are? |
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29 Jan 13 - 08:25 PM (#3473317) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: BanjoRay I know the banjo playing lady - she's Jo Cooper, an Old Time banjo player who also plays good fiddle. |
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29 Jan 13 - 09:21 PM (#3473343) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: YorkshireYankee Made me smile... |
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30 Jan 13 - 11:15 AM (#3473508) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Soldier boy It's a brilliant song and video. It puts a big smile on my face and I find it rather uplifting, only trouble is that it has become an ear-worm now and I can't get it out of my head! |
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30 Jan 13 - 12:05 PM (#3473528) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Johnny J Am I the only one who thinks all these songs and jokes about(and digs at) bankers is all becoming a bit cliched now? Every wannabe songwriter has a banker's song and all comedians tell banker jokes. Yes, there were a few greedy and less than honest high powered individuals who let us down but the great majority of people who are employed in financial institutions are good, honest, hard working people many of whom are earning far less a month than most of you in the so called "squeezed" middle classes. It's high time we changed the record. |
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31 Jan 13 - 12:03 PM (#3473887) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Well, it's the evil few who very nearly brought about the collapse of the western economic system, and they're the ones being targeted. We know there are vast numbers of respectable honest people in the banking industry who don't earn 7 figure salaries or make do with 80 million pound pay offs. They are the victims just as much as the rest of us. |
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31 Jan 13 - 12:58 PM (#3473908) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Q (Frank Staplin) The song makes no distinctions. It is distasteful. |
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31 Jan 13 - 10:24 PM (#3474185) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Soldier boy Good lord Q what planet are you living on dear boy! Distasteful my arse!!! |
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01 Feb 13 - 06:04 AM (#3474298) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Q. It doesn't need to. "The bankers" has become a euphemism for the fat cat high flyers of the banking world, and by extension, the mess that they've landed us in. |
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01 Feb 13 - 06:21 AM (#3474308) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Johnny J It's an "euphemism", so that makes it all OK now? It's not always OK to misuse languages or words and then claim that you are actually using them in another contest, e.g. "gay", the "N" word, various archaic descriptions of disabled people. You would quite rightly get challenged for such behaviour. So, there's no difference here. |
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01 Feb 13 - 06:41 AM (#3474317) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Johnny J Further to the above, I am now retired but used to work for an organisation which was regularly criticised and the subject of so called "humour" and still is. Of course, much of this was arguably justified as far as certain individuals and incidents were concerned. While I was assured that this "didn't mean me" and I'm sure they were being very sincere when they said this, nerves wre often "touched". Yes, most of the time I "laughed it off" as I'm sure most bank tellers and others in less senior positions will do. However, that doesn't mean they don't have feelings and they will still be sensitive to such matters. Even if they don't admit to this. |
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01 Feb 13 - 07:04 AM (#3474327) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Fred McCormick JJ. Do you not think that most bank clerks, as we call them in Britain, are as disgusted by the antics of those at the top of the banking tree as the rest of us? |
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01 Feb 13 - 07:11 AM (#3474331) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Johnny J Undoubtably so. That's why people should respect their feelings and not just give the impression that they are conducting a "blanket" slagging of all bankers. Most of the time, there is nothing constructive or new being said and it's just being done for a cheap laugh at an easy target. |
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01 Feb 13 - 08:01 AM (#3474347) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Pardon me but this is becoming a little tedious. I've just looked up my Concise Oxford Dictionary, and it describes the word banker thus; "Proprietor or partner of public bank, governor, director, etc of joint stock bank". The bankers are the fat cats, the usurers, the people who make millions out of exploiting markets. The people who work behind the counter in your local branch are not bankers. They are bank employees. |
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01 Feb 13 - 11:52 AM (#3474442) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,Horsey boy I thought this thread had taken serious turn for the worse. I thought it had changed to " Burger The Bankers " |
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01 Feb 13 - 12:19 PM (#3474454) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,999 Brought to you by Tesco. |
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01 Feb 13 - 02:33 PM (#3474528) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Tattie Bogle Well my ex-profession has had to put up with its share of stick too. Having relatives living abroad, they now appreciate just how great the NHS is, and if anyone else had to work the hours we did and (before you say it, for no extra pay!) and put up with some of the regular abuse from some of those who came our way and from the media there would have been a revolution! No-one is immune! |
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01 Feb 13 - 02:35 PM (#3474530) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Tattie Bogle P.s. My mother taught me that BUGGER was a swear word - and you're complaining about BANKERS? (of course in certain parts of the UK, Bugger is a term of endearment!) |
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01 Feb 13 - 06:09 PM (#3474622) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: McGrath of Harlow Well, it can be a term of endearment, but not here, I'm glad to say. A great little video - and it's good to have a hard-hitting protest song with a sense of euphoria. |
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01 Feb 13 - 09:00 PM (#3474692) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: McGrath of Harlow If I was singing it I would feel I'd need to change the first line to when I was a lad I was proud of me Dad, of me father and mother before me... Generally I'm doubtful about changing gender words in a song, but I'd feel a bit daft starting out When I was a lass Not sure if I'd restore what I imagine would have been the original words in verse two and have it as Where there's brass, there's muck and they don't give a fuck Odd really that that's still a much more taboo word than bugger, this side of the pond anyway. |
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02 Feb 13 - 08:17 AM (#3474807) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: McGrath of Harlow It really should go viral. I've been posting it to friends anyway, and I'm hoping they'll do the same. It'd be good for a Flash Mob. |
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02 Feb 13 - 07:49 PM (#3475037) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Tattie Bogle Well it was first posted on YouTube early December and has since had nearly 300,000 hits. Isn't that at least bacterial? |
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02 Feb 13 - 07:52 PM (#3475041) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,999 It would have at least a million hits had it included some idiot tripping over his own feet and smashing his teeth on a skateboard. |
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03 Feb 13 - 06:43 AM (#3475194) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,John from Kemsing Just to add to the game try the link below (I failed to make a "blue clicky"??) http://snd.sc/WH4V7Z |
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04 Feb 13 - 02:11 PM (#3475742) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,999 http://snd.sc/WH4V7Z |
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22 Aug 13 - 06:17 AM (#3551674) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST,andy martin this parody popped in to my head....please share.... Lloyds Banker Parody on Wild Rover by Andy Martin I've been a Lloyds Banker for many's the year I've spent all your money on whiskey and beer But now I'm returning with more gold in store now I never will play the Lloyds Banker no more And it's No, Nay, never, No, nay never no more Will I be a Lloyds Banker, No never no more I went to the parliament I used to frequent And I told the prime minister all the money was spent I asked him for credit he answered me nay Such a custom as yours I can have any day I took up from my pocket ten euros bright And the ministers eyes opened wide with delight he said "I have pounds and pence of the best but the words that he told me were only in jest" I'll go home to the *old lady, confess what I've done And I'll ask her to pardon her Lloyds Banker son She'll quantitive ease me as oft times before So never will I play the Lloyds Banker no more *the old lady of thread needle street |
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22 Aug 13 - 05:52 PM (#3551911) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: The Sandman q, sounds like a banker, could be a crossword Qlue |
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03 Sep 13 - 07:40 PM (#3555902) Subject: BS: Bugger the Bankers video From: Songwronger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSIUf2hD6Io Pretty amusing. About 3:50 long. You can pause at the end credits to see who played what. A song for our times. |
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03 Sep 13 - 09:02 PM (#3555920) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: Songwronger Thank you for merging my "new" thread about the song with this one. I should've searched first. There's a link to the Youtube video on WhatReallyHappened.com today. That's a pretty big site. Should increase awareness. |
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04 Sep 13 - 02:45 PM (#3556122) Subject: RE: New Song: "Bugger the Bankers" From: GUEST Phil cockerham's song is brilliant! |