(excerpted from http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f76c049e-a042-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html#slide0)
". . . She changed us all. We went from being a people who saw ourselves as eternally on the downward slide to a nation that was proud to be British again. On the world stage too, she made Britain count once more. She was a startling presence who brought a strong and controversial style to our diplomacy after years of Foreign Office blandness. The words are those of Charles Powell, one of the closest aides of the “Iron Lady” during her time in power. Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday aged 87, not only revolutionised the social order in her own country but did much to reshape world politics amid the crumbling of the Soviet empire. . . "
But yet, after some additional browsing, it appears that the negative opinion outnumbers the positive on the web. And in keeping in the spirit of a music-related blog, below is a list of Thatcher-inspired rock'n roll songs. . .
Dick Gaughan ‘Ballad of 84′Attila the Stockbrocker – Maggots 1 Thatcher 0
Gonna Laugh When Margaret Thatcher Dies – The Forlorn Hope
Pinochet and Margaret Thatcher – Deborah Holland
Margaret Thatcher, We Still Hate Her – Terry Edwards
Miss Maggie- Renaud (unusual French entry here)
The Pogues, Birmingham Six
Heaven 17, ‘We don’t need this fascist groove thang’
Ewan MacColl, ‘What did you do in the strike Daddy?’
Magi Thatcher – Daffyd Iwan a’r Band (this is in Welsh, so I’ve no idea if it’s anti-Thatcher but the tone of the chap’s voice suggests that it is)
Thatcher F*cked the Kids – Frank Turner
Thatcher - Ad Nauseum
Still Hate Thatcher – The Horror
Still Fighting Thatcher – Hard Skin
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher - Billy Elliot Soundtrack (” we all =20
celebrate Christmas, cos’ it’s one day closer to your death”)
Angelic Upstarts-”Two Million Voices”
The Blow Monkeys-”She Was Only a Grocer’s Daughter” (whole album)
Billy Bragg-”Island of No Return”
Billy Bragg-”Waiting for the Great Leap Forward”
Kate Bush-”Army Dreamers”
Elvis Costello-”Shipbuilding”
Elvis Costello-”Tramp the Dirt Down”‘
Crass-”How Does It Feel to be the Mother of 1000 Dead?”
Crass-”Sheep Farming in the Falklands”
Crass-”Yes Sir, I Will” (the whole album)
The English Beat-”Stand Down Margaret”
The Exploited-”Maggie”
Fine Young Cannibals-”Blue”
Hefner-”The Day That Thatcher Dies”
Iain Dale-”The Falklands Hymn”
Inner City Unit-”Blue Rinse Haggard Robot”
Iron Maiden-”Como Estais Amigos”
The Jam-”Town Called Malice”
Jethro Tull-”Hard Times”
Kitchens of Distinction-”Margaret’s Injection”
The Levellers-”Another Man’s Cause”
Kirsty MacColl-”Free World”
Christy Moore-”Taking Tea With Pinochet”
Morrissey-”Margaret on the Guillotine”
New Model Army-”The Spirit of the Falklands”
The Notsensibles-”I’m in Love with Margaret Thatcher”
Pink Floyd-”The Final Cut” (the whole album)
The Specials-”Ghost Town” and cover of ‘Maggie’s Farm’
Sting-”We Work the Black Seam”
The The, ‘Heartlands’ ‘The Beat(en) Generation’, ‘Armageddon days are here again’
Richard Thompson-”Mother Knows Best”
UB40-”Madame Medusa”
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