Originally Posted by
j06096
I believe it was in the 80's, there was a song. I think it would be considered a punk song, although an atypical punk song as it's not guitar driven, and no aggressive lyrics
I can't remember specific lyrics, as Fear's "Let's Have a War" keeps
interfering with my recollection. I can almost string together a sentence, but then..."Let's have a war, so you can go die..."
For some reason, I think it was a well known band, but that
may not be the case.
It was a made up call between Margaret Thatcher, and the US secretary of defense. He calls her and
identifies himself as such. It was spoken word over a soft bed of hard guitar music. The spoken word has that talking over a telephone sound.
He did all the speaking, she just made doddering old woman noises.
It was about the need for a war, as profits were down, both here and in England, and that the corporations were upset.
also there are too many slackers, smoking dope, and drinking, and hanging around causing trouble, and the draft would certainly take care of that. You can sense his disgust with them.
It was recorded onto cassette off of a local college station, and the tape is long gone.