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Thread #139837   Message #3213669
Posted By: Lizzie Cornish 1
27-Aug-11 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: John Tams asks Bellowhead about politics
Subject: RE: John Tams asks Bellowhead about politics
SoH played 'Arrogance Ignorance and Greed' which went down very well...

Good Lordy, WHO would give out leaflets to spread a message? The first thing most folks do with those is...throw them away. As to e-petitions, well they don't reach in the same way, do they...and besides, they simply get signed, then sent on their way.

Now for instance, moving back to Belo Monte again...President Dilma Rousseff completely ignored over 600,000 signatures on various petitions, back in April, so they don't work...although I'd assume there are now MILLIONS who've signed the new petitions doing the rounds...

And'smashing up Westminster!'...well hardly, you can't even get within a mile of The Houses of Parliament these days without being arrested...

No, you need to do your Market Research a little better, Matt.

Now songs, you see, political songs that is, helped to bring about the end of the Vietnam War, for they galvanised millions into taking to the streets to protest...

You just can't beat the power of songs. And that,of course, is why they killed off The Last DJ, turning them all into Company Men...apart from those lovely fellas at Radio Caroline, who play whatever they want, of course. They're lovely over there...AND, they follow the English folk scene too!   :0)

Your go, Matt. ;0)

Show of Hands and Home Service 53 each
Radio Caroline                42
Bellowhead                      7

(I've decided to be a little kinder to the Bellowing Ones, as they are good musicians) :0)