tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1247531822714588023..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Big Girls You Are Beautiful...Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65721222291741929852007-02-17T15:16:00.000+00:002007-02-17T15:16:00.000+00:00Mika gives me the creeps. Give me the conspiratori...Mika gives me the creeps. Give me the conspiratorial Devonian rock of Muse (particularly their latest album, which my 40-something colleague listened to four times back to back the other day, loving every minute) anyday.The Stoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193123831918706978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35765032587122190022007-02-17T14:16:00.000+00:002007-02-17T14:16:00.000+00:00Incredibly sacharine...Incredibly sacharine...Paul Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941688096751778537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13424319198776652472007-02-17T11:08:00.000+00:002007-02-17T11:08:00.000+00:00I prefer to stick to more traditional gay music, l...I prefer to stick to more traditional gay music, like Erasure and the Communards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81420969290594772402007-02-16T23:46:00.000+00:002007-02-16T23:46:00.000+00:00ah a musical interlude, how aboutthis one by show ...ah a musical interlude, how about<BR/>this one by show of Hands<BR/>Roots<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5h4PFBuzvw<BR/><BR/>Roots<BR/><BR/>Now its been twenty-five years or more<BR/>Ive roamed this land from shore to shore<BR/>From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames<BR/>From Moor to Vale from Peak to Fen<BR/>Played in cafes and pubs and bars<BR/>Ive stood in the street with my old guitar<BR/>But Id be richer than all the rest<BR/>If I had a pound for each request<BR/>For Duelling Banjos American Pie<BR/>Its enough to make you cry<BR/>Rule Britannia or Swing low<BR/>Are they the only songs the English know?<BR/><BR/>Seed, bud, flower, fruit<BR/>Theyre never gonna grow without their roots<BR/>Branch, stem, shoots - they need roots<BR/><BR/>After the speeches when the cakes been cut<BR/>The discos over and the bar is shut<BR/>At christening, birthday, wedding or wake<BR/>What can we sing until the morning breaks<BR/>When the Indian, Asians, Afro, Celts<BR/>Its in their blood and below the belt<BR/>Theyre playing and dancing all night long<BR/>So what have they got right that weve got wrong?<BR/><BR/>Seed, bud, flower, fruit<BR/>Never gonna grow without their roots<BR/>Branch, stem, shoots we need roots<BR/><BR/>Haul away boys let them go<BR/>Out in the wind and the rain and snow<BR/>Weve lost more than well ever know<BR/>Round the rocky shores of England<BR/><BR/>And a minister said his vision of hell<BR/>Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells<BR/>Well Ive got a vision of urban sprawl<BR/>Its pubs where no one ever sings at all<BR/>And everyone stares at a great big screen<BR/>Over-paid soccer stars, prancing teens<BR/>Australian soap, American rap<BR/>Estuary English, baseball caps<BR/>And we learn to be ashamed before we walk<BR/>Of the way we look and the way we talk<BR/>Without our stories or our songs<BR/>How will we know where weve come from?<BR/>Ive lost St George in the Union Jack<BR/>Its my flag too and I want it back<BR/><BR/>Seed, bud, flower, fruit<BR/>Never gonna grow without their roots<BR/>Branch, stem, shoots we need roots<BR/><BR/>Haul away boys let them go<BR/>Out in the wind and the rain and snow<BR/>Weve lost more than well ever know<BR/>Round the rocky shores of EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33646797609790688082007-02-16T21:15:00.000+00:002007-02-16T21:15:00.000+00:00Lollypop for me!Lollypop for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9510105274956563462007-02-16T19:41:00.000+00:002007-02-16T19:41:00.000+00:00I commend your taste Iain! Mika is a brilliant ar...I commend your taste Iain! Mika is a brilliant artist and, along with the Scissor Sisters, is the only modern music I really listen to!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Steven Bainbridge<BR/>A View from the Right<BR/>http://stevenbainbridge.blogspot.com/S Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782244032635583669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43386408528621253452007-02-16T19:10:00.000+00:002007-02-16T19:10:00.000+00:00Sorry you are wrong Iain, "Grace Kelly" is the dog...Sorry you are wrong Iain, "Grace Kelly" is the dogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2931907282752934132007-02-16T18:31:00.000+00:002007-02-16T18:31:00.000+00:00You been havin' a smoke with David? The track wher...You been havin' a smoke with David? The track where Mika sounds like Aled Jones is particularly hilarious. Stick to politics old boy.Tom Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091423134526350566noreply@blogger.com