Just a good slagging off of yuppie London in the 1980's.
Certain types still living in the glory years of empires (Falklands war etc) and the rich with their conspicuous consumption contrasting with a country where there were increasing pockets of poverty (highlighted by the prostitution comment as a "well paid job").
Plus there's a critique of pop music "waving from their videos", keeping the masses happy and refusing to engage with the social issues of the day and acting as escapism. At one stage he did "The Smiths will wave from their video" which was a bit unfair (they did at least cover social issues) but there was conflict with Rough Trade who were using all their resources to promote the Smiths and Microdisney didn't get a look in.
I especially like the line about "go back to work/you're all alone/old fashioned weak and childish". This I think is specifically about the 1984-1985 miners strike in England where we were treated to daily propaganda from the government, newspapers and TV about how the miners would lose and were wasting their time. You can see the same pattern of propaganda in the Junior doctors strike in 2016, so still relevant today.
Just a good slagging off of yuppie London in the 1980's.
Certain types still living in the glory years of empires (Falklands war etc) and the rich with their conspicuous consumption contrasting with a country where there were increasing pockets of poverty (highlighted by the prostitution comment as a "well paid job").
Plus there's a critique of pop music "waving from their videos", keeping the masses happy and refusing to engage with the social issues of the day and acting as escapism. At one stage he did "The Smiths will wave from their video" which was a bit unfair (they did at least cover social issues) but there was conflict with Rough Trade who were using all their resources to promote the Smiths and Microdisney didn't get a look in.
I especially like the line about "go back to work/you're all alone/old fashioned weak and childish". This I think is specifically about the 1984-1985 miners strike in England where we were treated to daily propaganda from the government, newspapers and TV about how the miners would lose and were wasting their time. You can see the same pattern of propaganda in the Junior doctors strike in 2016, so still relevant today.