Thatcher is dead

[teqniq]

Hope the funeral procession goes as well as Khomeini's.

I prefer the demise of Henry VIII who according to a radio program I dimly remember from years ago his body was apparently putrefying so much that by the time of the funeral precession the coffin partially burst open spilling remains upon the street which were eaten by starving dogs.

 

[Groucho]

Maggie bringing the gang back together.

She was always uch a unifying force!

 

[Wilf]

She was always uch a unifying force!

Bloody hell, you've not been around for a while - in fact, so long that I was someone else (4thwrite)! Anyway, good to see you back on this happy day.

 

[Groucho]

Bloody hell, you've not been around for a while - in fact, so long that I was someone else (4thwrite)! Anyway, good to see you back on this happy day.

Ta. Its good to be back on this happy day.

 

[Citizen66]

Thankyou B3ta!

 

[teqniq]

 

[belboid]

my kiwi friends are all just getting up.

another round of celebrations!

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I was out tonight in Torquay Devon, where I am visiting for a few weeks. At an open mic come jam event I asked the MC if he knew of anyone who could do a Thatcher is dead song. He was concerned about balance and moderation. This in a town with massive unemployment and most of the young people in the audience looked decidedly not affluent. I gave up. and headed to my bus stop. On the way I was hesitantly and politely asked for some small change by a young quietly spoken man. I gave him the seventy pence I had. This in defiance of Thatcher and her principles. There were no fire works in the sky and no sounds of celebration evident here.

 

[DotCommunist]

grindingly dissapointing text from my brother 'Load of bollocks m8 dunno why, everyones drinking but!' swiftly followed by mum calling to gloat about here demise

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Ta. Its good to be back on this happy day.

My feelings indeed.

 

[Delroy Booth]

http://whydopeoplehatethatcher.com/

Please spread this far and wide.

 

[elbows]

She had been moved to the Ritz to live out her last days as it was easier for them to look after her. Posh cunts hospice.

Though the headline is as classy as ever.

This does offer the opportunity to rework the lyrics to Puttin' on the Ritz. Dyin' in the Ritz, with other lyrical opportunities due to the rhyming with pits and shits, and some of the original lyrics such as 'have you seen the well-to-do','With their noses in the air' and 'If you're blue'.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I just discovered an American friend's Facebook status "Evil Dead" was not a commentary on dear Maggie's passing

 

[Kidda]

This does offer the opportunity to rework the lyrics to Puttin' on the Ritz. Dyin' in the Ritz, with other lyrical opportunities due to the rhyming with pits and shits, and some of the original lyrics such as 'have you seen the well-to-do','With their noses in the air' and 'If you're blue'.

Get to it, this weeks number 1 is still up for grabs.

 

[DotCommunist]

This does offer the opportunity to rework the lyrics to Puttin' on the Ritz. Dyin' in the Ritz, with other lyrical opportunities due to the rhyming with pits and shits, and some of the original lyrics such as 'have you seen the well-to-do','With their noses in the air' and 'If you're blue'.

I was thinking of re-working dire straits


These piss covered grave plots
are a home now for me
but my home was number 10
and my dads grocery

Through these fields of privitisatioooon
Baptisms of ire


theres so many different worlds
But I court but murdochs Sun

and dream of the day fucked workers for fun

now I've gone to hell
The moods rising high
let me finally fuck off
every revenant must die



its written on my foooooorehead
and every nugget of my shite
I was fool to make war on the people who'll fight



could adapt this to any dadrock tune of the era

 

[SpineyNorman]

People were out on my mum's street, giving each other beers and bags of crisps and stuff. It was a little bit communism

 

[belboid]

Get to it, this weeks number 1 is still up for grabs.

No, we have to be decided on this thing, or we'll end up with eighteen different versions of 'Dong Dong the Witch is Dead' each hovering around number 58

 

[Citizen66]

There's a Thatcher Challenge happening on B3ta.

 

[elbows]

Get to it, this weeks number 1 is still up for grabs.

If I had the ability I would have rather than simply throwing out the half-baked idea.

Anyway it would be fitting if it were a group effort and the artist is named 'a thing called society'.

 

[belboid]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-party-brixton-glasgow

I think they'll find it happened in more places than that

"A chorus of "so long, the witch is dead" erupted" - well, someone clearly wasn't paying attention

 

[Citizen66]

and the artist is named 'a thing called society'.

Or the song. And this god awful tune fits the line:

 

[belboid]

At the time of writing, Garland’s Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead is at No. 23 in Amazon’s list of the most downloaded singles, ahead of Fitzgerald’s at 31.

[A FaceBook campaign for Garland] has been the subject of confusion however after it emerged that Judy Garland’s version is too short to qualify for the UK Top 40 charts, leading organisers to encourage people to buy Ella Fitzgerald’s lengthier rendition.

 

[elbows]

At the time of writing, Garland’s Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead is at No. 23 in Amazon’s list of the most downloaded singles, ahead of Fitzgerald’s at 31.

Just clicked and Garlands is now at 17, Fitzgeralds at 20 and another one at 40, and Tramp The Dirt Down at 22.

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

!

 

[belboid]

Just clicked and Garlands is now at 17, Fitzgeralds at 20 and another one at 40, and Tramp The Dirt Down at 22.

there is definitely another thread to be had on 'how to make money out of 'anti-establishment' mp3 downloads'

 

[DotCommunist]

And I'll make sure I've been holding in a nice, hot curry.

eschew the vindaloo go for something more vile, hit some mexican food

 

[elbows]

On itunes Garlands is at 26, no sign of Fitzgeralds, and a version by The Munchkins is at 138. Tramp The Dirt Down at 92.

 

[elbows]

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has deleted a tweet paying tribute to Baroness Thatcher after she received criticism on Twitter.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013...eletes-thatcher-tribute-tweet-after-backlash/

 

[Citizen66]

there is definitely another thread to be had on 'how to make money out of 'anti-establishment' mp3 downloads'

Or, on this occasion, just for getting then right one to number one for the Lolz.

 

[belboid]

On itunes Garlands is at 26, no sign of Fitzgeralds, and a version by The Munchkins is at 138.

I was trying to work out the difference earlier. I presume the Garland is from the film, and the 'Munchkins' from some later stage revival.