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Bands tasked with writing party political anthems
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 22 April 2010
Hadouken!, Right Said Fred and upcoming grime outfit Nu Brand have taken part in a ‘Newsnight’ feature to try to create a pop anthem for each of the three main political parties ahead of next month’s General Election. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
And before you ask, it’s Nu Brand who’ve drawn the short straw and are faced with the task of championing the will-never-be-cool Tories through the medium of song; rap in fact, because Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps, who contributed the parties musical desires to the project, is apparently a big fan of ‘Rapper’s Delight’. Well, what Tory isn’t?
Hadouken! have written a pro-Labour track called ‘Things Would Only Get Worse’, a piss take, obviously, of the Tony Blair regime’s use (and all out theft, if you ask me, I used to like this song) of the D:ream classic ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ as a party anthem back in 1997.
You can watch Newsnight’s political pop songs in development here:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8621173.stm
