The campaign against military action in Iraq is gaining momentum in the music world. Mr Dad Rock Paul Weller has written a song on his new album denouncing the "hypocrisy" of Tony Blair and George Bush over their stance towards Afghanistan and Iraq. Called ‘A Bullet for Everyone’, it’s aimed at "Tony Blair and his boyfriends, or Bush and his".
Talking about the track he told the BBC: “the song is about the way we can't seem to stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over. It's about the irony of that and these people who lead us into war, and the hypocrisy that goes with it”. He said it was not a comment on the "awfulness" of 11 September, but that killing Afghan women and children "doesn't put things right", he said. "I don't think people want that. I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want. And now the same thing's going to happen with Iraq."
However Weller, unlike some other musicians (including Blur and Massive Attack), is unlikely to join any official political lobby groups to campaign against military action. He says he is wary of political groups after being "used" by the political group Red Wedge in the mid-1980s. "It was the biggest mistake ever for me because once you get involved with those people you see how it's all run. It's more about their egos and it's not about really making a difference." The track comes just a month after the George Michael song, ‘Shoot the Dog’, which got bad press, especially in the US, mainly due to its controversial cartoon video.