It’s a sad fact of life that very few rock bands address the sort of issues that we write about on this blog. The future of UN reform? With the admittedly mighty exception of Megadeath’s “United Abominations” album last year (sample lyrics: “Saddam Hussein violated 17 UN resolutions/ The UN was asked to join the war in Iraq/ The US invaded, Ha!/ There was no UN!) it’s a pretty thin field.
What about the G8 and the worsening economy? Not even Megadeath’s Dave Mustaine has opined on the Hokkaido summit in song (I’m not counting Bono and Geldof here, on the grounds that they have sensible things to say, and they say them rather than sing). So a big hand, please, for the Midnight Juggernauts, an Australian band who seem to want to stuff the entire cooperation and coherence agenda into their song “Into the Galaxy”: “United Nations/ Inter Relations/ A declaration/ Of hypertension/ Emerging Summits/ Pre-emptive plummet…” That’s just verse two: you try to work out what they’re warbling on about…
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6SKNEYvZvQ]
* On balance, my answer is no, we simply can’t be seen to advocate that falsetto, although you have to admire the unashamed use of synths.
