Don’t let Gordon be forgotten or forgiven
Posted on May 5, 2011Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs is a national institution. Since 1942, celebrities and famous figures from Debbie Harry to David Cameron have been nominating their eight music tracks that they would want to ake with them to a desert island.
As part of a new feature, the BBC are looking for people to nominate their eight discs, to produce a show of the nation’s favourite picks.
On the Today Programme this morning, Kirsty Young invited people to run a campaign if they wanted to. So here it is – in the spirit of remembering exactly what Gordon Brown did to our finances and our economy, overinflating an asset bubble, generating a financial crash, selling our gold at a massive loss, running the national debt up to crippling levels and more, let’s all nominate classic ’70s track “Gordon is a Moron” by Jilted John.
All you need to do is click here, type in the song and the artist along with your other favourite songs and you’ll have done your bit to ensure Gordon Brown is never forgotten or forgiven for what he did. Obviously, if you could send this suggestion on to your friends as well that’d be great.
In the meantime, here’s the song itself:
Finally, here’s the link again – go and nominate it now!
Tags: BBC, Desert Island Discs, Gordon Brown, Gordon is a Moron, Jilted John, Kirsty Young, Labour, opinion, Politics, public spending, Radio 4, Socialism, Today Programme
Categories: Opinion, Politics, Public spending
Other selections I’ve added, Karma Police, If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, Shine on you Cray Diamond, The Drugs Don’t Work.
23.05.2011 13:30
A pedant writes:
The song was actually “Jilted John” by Jilted John
23.05.2011 13:30
I chose:
Jilted John – Gordon is a Moron
Steve Stills – Go Back Home
J J Cale – Lies
Deep Purple – Living Wreck
Swinging Blue Jeans – You’re No Good
Led Zeppelin – What Is And What Should Never Be
Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now
Uriah Heep – Kiss of Freedom
Comment: Lest we should ever forget our last PM
23.05.2011 14:07
Idiots. The song is called ‘Jilted John’ by ‘Jilted John’, so all you halfwits who have voted for a non existent song called ‘Gordon is a Moron’ have been wasting your time.
23.05.2011 14:13
The Jilted John track is eponymous and called ‘Jilted John’ not ‘Gordon is a Moron’, R4 will apply the letter of the law where McDoom is concerned !
23.05.2011 14:16
My Tribute to James Gordon Brown
Gordon Is A Moron – Jilted John
Boom Boom – John Lee Hooker
Spend Spend Spend -The Slits
Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
The Man Who Saved The World – David Bowi
Kiss Me Throw The Phone – Soulja Boy
I’ll Go Crazey – James Brown
Lithium – Nirvana
What a disaster that man was.
23.05.2011 14:19
One slight problem is that the single is actually called ‘Jilted John’. The refrain may well be “Gordon Is A Moron” but that is not the title of the single. I would like to admit at this juncture that I own the album ‘True Love Stories’ and there are some other great tracks on it such as ‘I was a pre pubescent’, ‘Birthday kiss’ and the tear-jerking ‘Goodbye Karen’.
23.05.2011 14:35
Could I also suggest “Won’t get fooled again” by The Who.
23.05.2011 14:49
http://cazzyjones.blogspot.com/p/james-gordon-browns-greatest-hits.html
Great idea. If only they’d accept parodies (see link for lyrics), we could have: -
Dion – The Squanderer
The Scaffold – Gordie the Gink
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – I’m The Urban Scotsman
Dr Doolittle – If I Could Talk To The Liberals
and a few others…
23.05.2011 15:11
Along with Gordon is a Moron I chose:-
Won’t get fooled again – The Who
Workingman’s Blues #2 – Bob Dylan
Bad Company – Bad Company
Taxman – The Beatles
Us and Them – Pink Floyd
Money – Pink Floyd
Brain Damage – Pink Floyd
23.05.2011 15:36
Eurythmics/I saved the world today.
Beatles/Taxman (too obvious?)
Rollins Band/ Liar
23.05.2011 15:45
@NotaSheep no.4.
Something tells me you may also enjoy this tender yet sprightly ditty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucxbgr9XaVo
23.05.2011 17:57
Only one song for that brat -
GOLD – Spandau Ballet (was $200 – now $1500 – nice one Gordy baby)
24.05.2011 01:00
For Gordon:
Sex Pistols – Liar
Anastacia – Why’d You Lie to Me
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down
Chris Rea – The Road To Hell
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend
Divinyls – I Touch Myself
EMF – Unbelievable
The Beatles – I’m A Loser
Nazareth – Son Of A Bitch
Prince Buster – Madness
Kelis – I Hate You So Much Right Now
cheers!
25.05.2011 07:01
What about “TFA” by the fantastic fem-neo-punk group Silverfish?
25.05.2011 13:42
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