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Thread #58395   Message #924451
Posted By: alanabit
02-Apr-03 - 09:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I Hate Wogs (Eric Bogle)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I hate wogs
Satire is always dangerous. Jeremy Taylor's wonderful "Liberal Man" is about a passionate lefty with NO sense of humour. It is very useful for annoying people with either left or right wing politics - or at least those who do not take the trouble to listen properly.
Over here I do a song called, "Nach 'nem Bier", which is about a bloke who just knows that he is wittier, better looking and sexier after a few beers - but the women JUST DO NO NOTICE! It has a beery chorus. On one occasion I was doing it at the Irish Pub in Düsseldorf. A crowd of beery blokes came in and stood at the bar with their backs to me. They turned to face me to bawl out the chorus and turned around again to continue the serious business of boozing during the verses. I couldn't get upset about it. The irony of the situation was just too delightful!