Posted on 03/01/2006 9:51:23 AM PST by presidio9
The Pet Shop Boys are to use their new album to attack the Government. Lead singer Neil Tennant regularly donated thousands of pounds to the Labour Party during its first term in office between 1997 and 2001 but he now votes Liberal Democrat.
Tennant and Chris Lowe, the other half of the synth-pop duo whose hits include It's A Sin and West End Girls, went to several party functions hosted by Tony Blair, including the notorious "Cool Britannia" celebration at Number 10 in July 1997.
Now, however, Tennant and Lowe vehemently oppose the Government's plan for ID cards and the "special relationship" between George Bush and Mr Blair. One song, Integral, is scathing about the aims of the New Labour project.
A spokesman for the Pet Shop Boys said: "Neil has always been a Labour Party supporter but at the last election he voted Liberal Democrat because he is completely against the idea of ID cards.
"The Pet Shop Boys think we should try to increase our freedom, not limit it. They don't believe ID cards are an effective way of countering terrorism.
"Some tracks are about the climate of fear that is being exploited so people can push through ID cards. I'm With Stupid is inspired by the relationship between George Bush and Tony Blair."
The lyrics of I'm With Stupid include: "Call you every day/ Fly across the ocean/ Just to let you get your way/ No one understands me/ Where I'm coming from/ Why would I be with someone/ Who's obviously so dumb?"
The song also has homoerotic overtones: "I have to ask myself like any lover might/ Have you made a fool of me?/ Are you not Mr Right?.../ Is stupid really stupid or are you really smart?/ That's how you stole my heart."
The group's website contains a link to protest website Our World Our Say, which encourages visitors to impeach Mr Blair for leading the country into war with Iraq.
The duo's new album, Fundamental, is released on 22 May.
Riiiiight. Freedom = indiscriminate degenerate sex.
I hear that the Liberal Democrats are absolute slimes. They make the Labour Government look good.
Clue phone!
It's for you.
up there with Boy george and George Michael
So is the name "Pet Shop Boys" a reference to where you could buy gerbils, by any chance?
Pet Shop Who?
I'm reminded of Laura Ingraham's book "Shut up and sing". West End Girls is a singular triumph of Western culture (well, maybe not quite the triumph that is Chopin, but pretty durn close). They should stick to pop and stay out of politics...
My first question after reading the want ad is...
WHERE THE HELL ARE WE GOING THAT I NEED TO BRING WEAPONS?!
How?
Are they going to throw the unpurchased CD's at the government?
Yeah - when I'm in need of political advice I always go to a washed-up musician and a refugee from the Village People.
Isn't that a song about transsexuals?
ROFL
And what TYPE? Nuclear? Pocketknife? Nunchucks?
Probably nunchucks. It is the 80's after all...
A band that takes a shot at Bush. That is ground breaking. Has it ever be done?
That was my response when I came across this story. My subheading reflects the fact that I am most surpised about the fact that they still exist.
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