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19 Dec 04 - 06:15 AM (#1361007) Subject: Lyric reqd My Daddy is a left wing intel From: Big Al Whittle Recent threads about music that blew me away somehow jogged my mind to a time in the 1960's when I came across a radio show on the old Third Programme called The Northern Drift. It featured the the playwright Henry Livings and there were a few songs by Alex Glasgow - in particular a song entitled My Daddy is a Left Wing Intellectual. It was brief and pithy - but it really struck home for me. At the time there were so many brilliant writers from the North of England - novelists Alan Sillitoe, David Storey,; the first solo comedy work from Alan Bennet: and the stunning TV plays of David Mercer - Morgan, Birth of a Private Man, Let's Murder Vivaldi. (not even sure were David Mercer was from) - not mention the Beatles soundtrack that we all living to. It seemed to me that they were a really potent and artistically successful movement - their work mulled over in the Sundays and debated In Encounter magazine. Then came this little ubane mordant riposte from Alex Glasgow. Almost saying - so what - so you joined the establishment. I'm sure somebody will have the lyrics to this, but does somebody have any background information about this chap. I know he wrote the music to when the Boat comes in, but that's all I know. |
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19 Dec 04 - 07:16 AM (#1361028) Subject: RE: Lyric reqd My Daddy is a left wing intel From: alanabit I believe he died three or four years ago. I seem to recall a thread here. He wrote some very funny songs, among them, "As soon as this pub closes (The revolution starts)". Other members here know far more about him. I read his obituary and he sounded like an interesting bloke. |
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19 Dec 04 - 12:42 PM (#1361213) Subject: Lyr Add: MY DADDY IS A LEFT-WING INTELLECTUAL From: Piers He certainly wrote some very funny, very moving and rousing songs. Some of them are a bit macho though. Piers MY DADDY IS A LEFT-WING INTELLECTUAL (Alex Glasgow) O, My Daddy is a left-wing intellectual You can see it from the funny clothes he wears In his greasy leather jacket or his suit of corduroy Or that woollen shirt that's full of stains and tears O, My Daddy is a left-wing intellectual He used to be a Stalinist they say For a while he was a Trotskyist until he saw what he had risked Now he's just a pragmatist-o-fake O, My Daddy is a left-wing intellectual But he really thought the Beatles were a gas Mind, he didn't like their music or their haircuts and the rest He liked them 'cause they were from the working class O, My Daddy is a left-wing intellectual Supports the co-op movement do-or-die We must nationalise he cries, down with private enterprise But his divvy comes from shares in ICI O, My Daddy is a left-wing intellectual Believes in full equality for men But you should have heard the fuss when I failed the 11-plus He packed me off to Eton there and then And that Eton education proved effectual And my Daddy is so very proud of me I've at last achieved some fame, I've become a houshold name As a right-wing homosexual on TV |
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26 Feb 09 - 09:17 AM (#2576343) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: GUEST,Kathleen Duffy I remember seeing Alex Glasgow performing at many left-wing benefits in the late 1960s/70s. He was very clever and had a beautiful voice. I don't think he got paid - we just had a whip round. He could see right through the hypocrisy of some people... I've never forgotten him - he struck me as being completely open. Although they are quite different in many way, he reminded me of Jake Thakery, another really special singer and musician from the north. |
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26 Feb 09 - 09:36 AM (#2576356) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: DMcG I think the line is "pragmatist au lait" i.e. milky, implying not even determinedly pragmatic. |
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26 May 10 - 04:05 PM (#2914844) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: GUEST,Crell I've just listened to the track. The line is 'and now he's just a pragmatist, au fait', meaning 'by the way', or 'as a matter of fact'. His songs are bang up to date with New Labour having lost in the UK parliamentary elections. Our new local tory MP sports a cloth cap. I think I'll start the revolution by singing 'as soon as this pub closes' down at my local. |
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01 Jul 10 - 01:34 PM (#2938001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: GUEST,guest R we used to sing this as children with my dad and mum - he having been a good trotskyist in South Africa in the days when Trotsky was still alive - and then pursuing his university career |
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01 Jul 10 - 04:00 PM (#2938076) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: GUEST My father is a member Of the bourgeoisie, And I will fight for freedom While he's supporting me. He's a bourgeois slob, But I don't have a job. -- The Bosses' Song Book |
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01 Jul 10 - 04:06 PM (#2938080) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: Joe_F My father is a member Of the bourgeoisie, And I will fight for freedom While he's supporting me. He's a bourgeois slob, But I don't have a job. -- The Bosses' Song Book |
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01 Jul 10 - 08:16 PM (#2938225) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: Charley Noble Here's a glass for Alex! Charley Noble |
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09 Dec 24 - 08:56 AM (#4213200) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Daddy Is a Left-Wing Intellectual From: GUEST,russ A bit cheeky, but does anyone have access to sheet music, or a link, for this and "as soon as this pub closes" I would like to finger pick on my Uke! Many Thanks r.i.hague59@gmail.com |