This song is actually about Margerat Thatcher's legacy as prime minister in Britain: it's a comment on the lassaiz faire politics of the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, and how everyone suddenly had to compete and struggle just to make a living: "I'm in love with the coming race"... "I take all I can get".
Killing joke have always had political undercurrents to their music, and been critical of right wing leaders.
Its one of my favorite songs by Killing Joke, the main guitar riff still sends shivers up my spine
@devotion
Yes, Thatcher brought in a brutal end to an engineered crisis.
I always hear, when I feel the political foment rise, and listen to the record: "I'm in love with the coming mallaise". Which is French for sickness ... but in political talk it would mean, ... well, just exactly what we always have ... discord, disbelief & disenfranchisement.
'The coming Mallaise.'
@devotion
Yes, Thatcher brought in a brutal end to an engineered crisis.
I always hear, when I feel the political foment rise, and listen to the record: "I'm in love with the coming mallaise". Which is French for sickness ... but in political talk it would mean, ... well, just exactly what we always have ... discord, disbelief & disenfranchisement.
'The coming Mallaise.'
This song is actually about Margerat Thatcher's legacy as prime minister in Britain: it's a comment on the lassaiz faire politics of the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, and how everyone suddenly had to compete and struggle just to make a living: "I'm in love with the coming race"... "I take all I can get".
Killing joke have always had political undercurrents to their music, and been critical of right wing leaders.
Its one of my favorite songs by Killing Joke, the main guitar riff still sends shivers up my spine
@devotion Yes, Thatcher brought in a brutal end to an engineered crisis. I always hear, when I feel the political foment rise, and listen to the record: "I'm in love with the coming mallaise". Which is French for sickness ... but in political talk it would mean, ... well, just exactly what we always have ... discord, disbelief & disenfranchisement. 'The coming Mallaise.'
@devotion Yes, Thatcher brought in a brutal end to an engineered crisis. I always hear, when I feel the political foment rise, and listen to the record: "I'm in love with the coming mallaise". Which is French for sickness ... but in political talk it would mean, ... well, just exactly what we always have ... discord, disbelief & disenfranchisement. 'The coming Mallaise.'