Are Muse tories?
TB has been checking out the new Muse album. The band that were a stable part of his teenage years are back with more of what they do best. However the timing and words to their latest single, plus
this article
from The Alternative Conservative
got TB thinking...Another promise, another scene, another
A package not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Very sound.
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Not sure how these lyrics point to obvious conservatism…they could easily be interpreted as a tirade against all political parties.
Ha! Muse are the perfect New Tory band.
They have that veneer of cool that might make someone who is totally uncool think that they are cool. If you see what I mean.
Muse, of course, are total rubbish, thoroughly in the MOR rock tradition of overblown, slightly gothic choruses. To me, they have clearly always wanted to be Radiohead. But ultimately they're just fucking boring.
To stretch the analogy to the limits of usefulness, I think that makes Tony Blair Thom Yorke ...
Overindulgent and overplayed: the answer must be 'yes'.
I read it was a protest song against bankers. Not very Tory, is it?
Protesting against bankers who gorge themselves on tax money is fairly sound. There's a difference between Toryism and corporatism.
Wishing heart attacks on fat cats is specifically an extreme ANTI-Tory sentiment, no? Nice to see an optimistic though, even if it does not occur in this reality.
Probably not, judging by that lyric.