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Won’t get Fooled Again – the Who
The Who’s iconic anthem from 1971’s Who’s Next album, performed here on B-Stage at Shepperton Studios on 25 May 1978 Filmed by Jeff Stein for the closing sequence of The Kids Are Alright. Sadly, this was to be the very last performance ever by Keith Moon.
Thanks go to D.A. for helping me decide which song to post next in Underplayed Classics, via his article in the February 2026 Socialist Standard.
Best lyric: “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss”
Relatively recently, there was a news-story about a man who died from his injuries after falling from a lamp-post while attempting to put an English flag at the top of it.
Nationalism kills.
Here’s some clarification on labelled generations (two of which are mentioned in the article):
– The Greatest Generation (born in the 1920’s & ’30’s)
– Baby Boomers (’40’s & ’50’s)
– Generation X (’60’s & ’70’s)
– Millennials (’80’s & ’90’s)
– Generation Z, also known as: Zoomers (2000’s & ’10’s)
– Generation Alpha (2020’s & ’30’s)
IMO, there’s no such thing as labelled generations. Think of it: the very oldest Millennials were in their early 20’s when 9/11 happened, whereas, the very youngest were infants.
Venus as a Boy – Bjork
Big Time Sensuality – Bjork (Top of the Pops performance)
Bjork is proof you can be cute and scary at the same time.
– Imposs1904
Here’s a great Christmas-related article that’s missing from your list:
The Waiting Game by Clifford Slapper
https://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-waiting-game-1985.htmlLooks fascinating.
Your wait is over: the book is for sale at AwesomeBooks for a much lower price.
Thank you, Pauline (although, you probably don’t remember why because it was so long ago).
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
Apparently, the first lyric of this song was voted the best opening lyric in music history. Here it is:
“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain. He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s. Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein.”
Karl Marx wrote: ‘Workers of the world unite!’
Groucho Marx said: ‘Operator, I want to call my mother-in-law. Give me a wrong number.’
This song is called: ‘Hazard’, & it’s by Richard Marx.
Great story-song. Great music-video.
A relevant article:
The Tribune Group: Organised Hypocrisy by Robert Barltrop https://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1970s/1975/no-853-september-1975/the-tribune-group-organized-hypocrisy/
Best parts:
‘The group called for a wealth tax to achieve a “fundamental and irreversible shift of wealth and power in favour of working people”. It is difficult to visualize a mind which can put such twaddle into lofty-sounding words. Does it mean the rich are to go on making riches so that they can be taken away? If so, how can they make riches without exploiting the workers who must therefore be kept poor? Or is it to be transferred from one address to another, so that we all have a turn at being rich and being taxed and then being poor again? [LOL]’
‘As for a “fundamental shift of power in favour of working people’’, the Tribunites either do not comprehend or are happy to misrepresent the nature of political power. It means the control of the state, and while capitalism exists that can only be to conserve the class ownership of the means of production and distribution. The working class can and one day will take control of the powers of government — to replace capitalist ownership with common ownership; but it can do that only when the majority have become conscious of the need for Socialism. To speak of redistributing power as a social reform under capitalism is absurd.’
It’s Raining on Prom Night – Cindy Bullens
This song is from the play ‘Greece’. It isn’t in the movie, however, it is on the soundtrack.
‘The Greens will benefit from this.’
Only if a lot of 16 & 17 year-olds turn-out to vote, which I can’t see happening. Has giving 18-20 year-olds the vote had a significant impact on election results? I doubt it.
Giving 16 & 17 year-olds the vote is something we certainly shouldn’t be against, but shouldn’t exactly campaign for, either. After all, more than enough working people (& their dependents) have the vote – in order to overthrow capitalism.
In your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
This song is from the famous scene in the teen-romance film: Say Anything.
