The fab four and our politicians
A fabulous spot in People today:
By their Beatles favourites shall ye know them. Politicians have been arguing over which Fab Four classic drove them to become the well-balanced souls they are today.
Gordon Brown opts for All My Loving (“Tomorrow I'll miss you”, indeed). “This was my early favourite because it was the first I learnt to play on the piano when my parents sent me for lessons when I was young,” he told the Liverpool Daily Post. David Cameron, a “McCartney fan”, picks The Long and Winding Road. “The road he was thinking of was the B842 that runs down Kintyre to Campbelltown,” says Dave, who seems to be taking Wikipedia at face value. “It has a wonderful melody and emotion and pretty much sums up the life of the Leader of the Opposition.”
I am fascinated by Alistair Darling's passionate endorsement of Strawberry Fields. 'In the words and music it describes real life' he says. Wow. Now that, I believe, is called an insight. Into our benighted chancellor, at least. I urge you all to read the song's lyrics and imagine Alistair singing them with feeling. I find it quite moving. "It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out..."
Posted by: Marbury | 1 Jul 2008 14:19:46