Dr Crippen is concerned about dumbing down at Cambridge University. I hate to think what he is going to make of this.
English students at Cambridge University have been asked to analyse lyrics by singer Amy Winehouse in a final-year exam.
Of course in my day at too posh to wash school for young student nursey nurses it would not have been Amy’s lyrics we would have been studying but this although that was before Wizzy had had his lobotomy poor dear.
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7 comments
May 29, 2008 at 7:09 pm
zarathustra
Black Sabbath’s the wrong generation for me. I’d be more likely to analyse the psychopathology of The Holy Bible album by the Manic Street Preachers.
Little people in little houses
Like maggots, small blind and worthless
The massacred innocent blood stains us all
Who’s responsible? You fucking are
Who’s responsible? You fucking are
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE? YOU FUCKING ARE
For greater emphasis, scream the lyrics while wearing mascara and slashing your arm with a razor blade.
What? You don’t think this sort of thing was invented by the little emo cubs, do you? Bloody youngsters.
May 29, 2008 at 9:42 pm
DeeDee Ramona
Z, haven’t you ever heard of Iggy Pop?
Although arguably, Iggy’s on-stage antics most likely resulted because he was too drunk/high to care, rather than any intense personal conflict…
May 29, 2008 at 10:46 pm
zarathustra
I hear what you’re saying, DeeDee. Iggy is the man. I’ve seen him live three times. Sadly, on one of those occasions he got mercilessly bottled by a crowd of annoying little Green Day-worshipping shits. It wouldn’t have been nearly so annoying if I hadn’t watched the same crowd earlier on jumping up and down to the worst kind of vapid nu-metal bollocks.
But Iggy isn’t really my generation. I’m a child of the 90s, and formerly a fully paid-up member of the Cult of Richey.
Blur vs Oasis? Pfft, the Manics and Pulp were far better than both combined.
May 30, 2008 at 11:01 am
DeeDee Ramona
I agree 100% that the Manics were excellent, with Richey on board. Their subsequent output dropped in quality somewhat. (I was quite disappointed with “This is my truth, tell me yours”).
May 30, 2008 at 11:12 am
DeeDee Ramona
While on the subject of music - check this out: Emos planning to march on the Daily Mail!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7425450.stm
May 30, 2008 at 2:11 pm
zarathustra
Yes, I heard about that.
I must say I’m in two minds about this. On one level I can sympathise with their anger at being misrepresented. On the other hand, the idea of a protest march of emos just sounds hysterically funny.
May 30, 2008 at 5:18 pm
DeeDee Ramona
Yeah that was my view as well :).