The controversy stirred up by this song always makes me laugh. It reminds me of the time the state of Maryland tried to pass legislation to ban the playing of Randy Newman's "Short People," because they didn't get the joke.
This song is very obviously critical of the National Front. It's classic Morrissey, pushing dark vocals against a lively melody. The protagonist, "David," is portrayed as a bit of a loser,
"The wind blows
Bits of your life away"
whose friends and family are mourning the fact that he's been lost to this fascist (disco) party,
"Where is our boy? Oh, we've lost our boy"
which gives him someone to blame for his troubles (i.e. minorities),
"You want the day to come sooner
When you've settled the score"
and promises to remake England into the country he wishes it was, one where he thinks things would go his way.
"There's a country; you don't live there
But one day you would like to
And if you show them what you're made of
Oh, then you might do"
But of course, like most white-supremacist organizations, the National Front Party (wittily represented as a disco party) is all talk, no real answers.
"But David, we wonder
We wonder if the thunder
Is ever really gonna begin"
Anyone who listens to this and thinks it supports the National Front is probably dim enough to be a member. Morrissey has made unfortunate comments about race (among other topics), but this song isn't one of them.
The controversy stirred up by this song always makes me laugh. It reminds me of the time the state of Maryland tried to pass legislation to ban the playing of Randy Newman's "Short People," because they didn't get the joke.
This song is very obviously critical of the National Front. It's classic Morrissey, pushing dark vocals against a lively melody. The protagonist, "David," is portrayed as a bit of a loser,
"The wind blows Bits of your life away"
whose friends and family are mourning the fact that he's been lost to this fascist (disco) party,
"Where is our boy? Oh, we've lost our boy"
which gives him someone to blame for his troubles (i.e. minorities),
"You want the day to come sooner When you've settled the score"
and promises to remake England into the country he wishes it was, one where he thinks things would go his way.
"There's a country; you don't live there But one day you would like to And if you show them what you're made of Oh, then you might do"
But of course, like most white-supremacist organizations, the National Front Party (wittily represented as a disco party) is all talk, no real answers.
"But David, we wonder We wonder if the thunder Is ever really gonna begin"
Anyone who listens to this and thinks it supports the National Front is probably dim enough to be a member. Morrissey has made unfortunate comments about race (among other topics), but this song isn't one of them.
@anthony110 can i ask you for a 'date' to the national front disco
@anthony110 can i ask you for a 'date' to the national front disco
@anthony110 can i ask you for a 'date' to the national front disco
@anthony110 can i ask you for a 'date' to the national front disco