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You may have seen recent news coverage of allegations that an armed police officer inserted song titles into the evidence he gave to an inquest. Prompted by this revelation, I wondered if other people have been doing this. Possibly even public figures? So I analysed David Cameron's speech to the Conservative Party Conference last month. In the first half of the speech he drops in mentions of the following song titles:
*"I Want To Tell You" by the Beatles
*"Remember" by John Lennon
*"Stood Up" by Ricky Nelson
*"Good Times Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin
*"Tribute" - Tenacious D
*"Dividing Lines" - Citizen Fish
*"Give & Take" - Kina
*"Respect" - Aretha Franklin
*"Bloody Sunday" - Stiff Little Fingers
*"Stronger Together" - Rockmelons
I'm shocked to have discovered many song titles in it. Presumably there would be more in the second half. Further, I found, like the Law of Fives, that the harder I looked for song titles in the speech, the more I found. Next up, I suggest we try the same thing in Shakespeare, to see how many songs he was referencing. Also that Bible book I've heard about.
*"I Want To Tell You" by the Beatles
*"Remember" by John Lennon
*"Stood Up" by Ricky Nelson
*"Good Times Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin
*"Tribute" - Tenacious D
*"Dividing Lines" - Citizen Fish
*"Give & Take" - Kina
*"Respect" - Aretha Franklin
*"Bloody Sunday" - Stiff Little Fingers
*"Stronger Together" - Rockmelons
I'm shocked to have discovered many song titles in it. Presumably there would be more in the second half. Further, I found, like the Law of Fives, that the harder I looked for song titles in the speech, the more I found. Next up, I suggest we try the same thing in Shakespeare, to see how many songs he was referencing. Also that Bible book I've heard about.
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Date: 2010-11-06 12:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-06 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-06 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-06 05:15 pm (UTC)Anyway you're slacking. There are at least 9 songs in the first sentence.
Honour - VNV Nation
Privilege - Incubus
Stand - REM
Party - Boston
Country - Paul Weller (I was never convinced of his left wing credentials especially after he left The Jam)
Prime - Rubicon
United - Judas Priest
United Kingdom - ABC
Kingdom - VNV Nation
In fact I'm dubious there is any real substance beyond music references. Hell the middle section when I saw it on TV sounded like he was corrupting Benjamin Zephaniahs style of rap poetry !!!
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Date: 2010-11-07 02:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-06 02:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-06 04:36 pm (UTC)Nice to know I'm not the only one wondering whether this police marksman is a Texas sharpshooter.
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Date: 2010-11-06 05:44 pm (UTC)Mind you, the song has entirely escaped my notice, so had it not been pointed out I'd have had nothing to wonder about!
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Date: 2010-11-06 06:58 pm (UTC)fuck my old boots! A c.p. connoting astonishment: Londoners' (C.20), hence RAF (1918 onwards), then gen. A humorously euph. var is seduce my ancient footwear!
WTF?
Date: 2010-11-07 01:39 pm (UTC)Considering how hard it is to get something referred to the PCC, it seems amazing this has.
Re: WTF?
Date: 2010-11-07 02:14 pm (UTC)