Theres nothing wrong with it, its just that its something that turns me off. Im not into nostalgia. There never was a golden age of England. It didnt exist. To me all these bands being so hung on being British and being so in yer face about it, they may as well just put "Jerusalem" to music and have done with it. Modern Britain is an urbanised dump where the bus stops get vandalised and kids are shagging in the streets , thats the Britain I want to hear about, not some romanticised idyllic fairyland from a hundred years ago were the salt of the Earth doffed their caps to ladies and gentlemen drinking tea on the lawn.
Would we still be talking about the Velvet Underground if their songs were all about the American Civil War? I wouldnt bother listening to 'em.
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Look 'cross the land, shake this land - "Maybe Not", C. Marshall
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