Thursday, July 30, 2009

An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special Total Victory is Ours, Comrades! Video Edition

From 1973, please enjoy unjustly overlooked Brit folk-rockers The Strawbs with their actually-a-hit-record ode to blue collar solidarity and heinous fashions, the infectious "Part of the Union."



As always, a Coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader who twigs its relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
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17 comments:

  1. geor3ge7/30/2009 2:27 PM

    Okay, I'll break the ice:

    Songs mentioning states?

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  2. Anonymous7/30/2009 2:32 PM

    songs about democracy or demonstrations

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  3. Anonymous7/30/2009 2:40 PM

    songs about people like SARAH PALIN -- LOL

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  4. steve simels7/30/2009 2:53 PM

    No, no, and no.

    Although I'd love to do a Sarah Palin category.

    Which reminds me -- there's a quote from her over at Box Office

    http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve/2009/07/lets-get-nuts.php

    that you literally won't believe anybody was stupid enough to actually say.

    But it's actually verbatim from her farewell speech on Sunday.

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  5. Wendy7/30/2009 3:02 PM

    Songs about the Civil War? :-)

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  6. TMink7/30/2009 3:39 PM

    Anti-capitalist songs?
    Organizing songs?
    Bands named after edibles?

    Trey

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  7. Anonymous7/30/2009 4:52 PM

    SONGS aBOUT YEARS .. or numbers

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  8. steve simels7/30/2009 5:43 PM

    Tmink is vaguely in the ballpark with his first guess.

    Vaguely....
    :-)

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  9. Anonymous7/30/2009 6:35 PM

    bands whose lead singers dress like bananas?

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  10. steve simels7/30/2009 6:36 PM

    Seriously -- is that the worst suit you ever saw?

    Not to mention the worst hair cut. And glasses.

    I will admit that I had a pair like those back in the day, but the suit?

    NEVER!!!!

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  11. Anonymous7/30/2009 6:38 PM

    company spies!!!!
    like narcs in the classrooms in college... your best bud is your worst enemy...

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  12. Dave7/30/2009 7:01 PM

    Songs about work(ers)?

    I was in England when this song became a hit -- brings back wonderful memories.

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  13. racymind7/30/2009 8:19 PM

    My first guess would be songs about being a blue collar worker... but Dave got to it first.

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  14. MBowen7/30/2009 10:09 PM

    Y'know, listening to it again, I'm not exactly sure exactly how pro-union it actually is. It could easily be presented as a Randy Newman-style parody.

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  15. dSmith7/30/2009 10:22 PM

    In the States this song is called "There was a union maid"

    Songs associated with Woody Guthrie?

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  16. steve simels7/30/2009 10:22 PM


    Dave said...
    Songs about work(ers)?


    DING DING DING!!! we have a winner!!!

    My friend, your coveted No-Prize is winging its ways to you via carrier vulture as we speak.

    And congrats from all of us here at PowerPop!!!!!

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  17. Dave7/31/2009 1:42 AM

    I am humble. Correct. And a prize winner. But humble.

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