Electioneering

First off, apologies for the lack of posting recently. My new job is going well but it's definitely eating into my tweeting and blogging time. A general election is almost upon us and as such politicians are taking to the stages and news programmes to tell us why they should be put in charge of the country and what they're going to do to make our lives better. They'll also warn us of the dangers of voting for the other lot, intimating that doing so will lead to nothing but a world of misery and pain and further damage to "Broken Britain."

Politics and politicians are a necessary evil but unfortunately, the majority of those who go into politics seem to be utterly the wrong people to do so. For every Vince Cable there is a plethora of Balls, Osbornes and Wintertons: smug, manipulative, viscous douchebags who completely believe they know better and delight in listening to their own constant spastic drone of meaningless soundbite spunk.

I detest these people. When they're on the news I have to change the channel or I will become a rabid, spitting rage monkey who could well throw something through the television. It shouldn't be like this so today's five are people I think we ought to be able to vote for - artists who understand life and convey more common sense and wisdom in the space of a song than any politician has in a life of carefully crafted speeches and policy statements.

Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: Get Better



This song is essentially everything The Daily Mail isn't: someone who dares to treat teenagers as something more than feral, hoody wearing scum who will slit your throat, rape your mobile and stick a portrait of Princess Di up your arse then set fire to it. The sad thing is, The Daily Mail website probably gets more views in a day than this video ever will and countless thousands of imbeciles will believe everything they read there and vote accordingly. If Britain is indeed Broken it's time media outlets like the Mail looked a little more closely at their part in creating the climate of fear and paranoia they love to report on.

Johnny Cash: San Quentin



Before anyone points this out to me, yes, I know he's dead. This is not a blog bound by the realms of reality and if you believe that even those in this post who are still alive would stand a chance of being elected then you're either madder or more optimistic than most. This is a song for the "hang 'em high" brigade who believe all the problems in society can be solved by throwing people in prison or, even better, executing the majority of them. They also tend to be the people who believe in the mythical golden era when crime was almost non-existent and everyone lived in harmony. I'm no historian but as far as I can see this has never been the case. Imagine what Johnny Cash could bring to politics - the honesty to admit that people stray and the belief this isn't something that should be held against them indefinitely. No knee-jerk reaction and the willingness to add a hysterical comment to every media non-story.

Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues



As an album What's Going On has a stronger political and social conscience than any think-tank or party political group. For that alone you've got to think Marvin Gaye could have brought something special to the world of politics. On a slightly lighter note, you've also got to believe he would do sex scandals with flair and panache - no soggy cigars and jizz stained dresses.

Primal Scream: Shoot Speed Kill Light



There are political Primal Scream songs but this has to go in for the simple fact that I dream of a day when Bobby Gillespie is in the running for Prime Minister and this is his campaign song. Who knows, if he got in we might even get some sensible drug laws...

The Stone Roses: I am the Resurrection


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From Mani Mk2 to the original model. Will leave it to two lines from the song to convey what I think a massive amount of people feel about politicians:

Don't waste your words I don't need anything from you,
I don't care where you've been or what you plan to do.