butterflykiss84 was right on about the Jam/Style Council reference. Roland and Curt have said that's what it was about.
"Politician Granny" is a reference to Margaret Thatcher, who was the PM in the UK at the time the song was written. The boys weren't very big fans of hers. :)
And in general yeah, I think it's a song about people needing to get involved. Wake up and smell what your government is doing in your name. So many people just blindly follow without even really knowing what the implications are. They should educate themselves - there are a ton of resources out there - read them in the books in the crannies and the nooks. :)
This is a very political song.
butterflykiss84 was right on about the Jam/Style Council reference. Roland and Curt have said that's what it was about.
"Politician Granny" is a reference to Margaret Thatcher, who was the PM in the UK at the time the song was written. The boys weren't very big fans of hers. :)
And in general yeah, I think it's a song about people needing to get involved. Wake up and smell what your government is doing in your name. So many people just blindly follow without even really knowing what the implications are. They should educate themselves - there are a ton of resources out there - read them in the books in the crannies and the nooks. :)