This is what happens when you drink half a bottle of wine and then listen to iTunes on shuffle at the same time as reading the news. I was just catching up on Donald Trump’s latest escapades when Sting’s 1985 song ‘Russians’ came on and I found myself singing along but inventing new lyrics relevant to the recent period of crisis we are living through.
If you are not familiar with the song watch the video below and you’ll get an idea of what I was thinking. Incidentally I had to Google “names that Donald Trump has been called” to get some of the lines, and that was a thoroughly enjoyable investigation. I tried to incorporate as many as I could (and there are a lot), Fuckface Von Clownstick is my personal favourite.
In Europe and America there’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
Of ill-prepared speeches in press conferences
Agent Orange said ‘We will travel ban you’
I don’t subscribe to Kellyanne’s alternative view
It’d be such a racist thing to do
If Fuckface Von Clownstick loved America too
How can I save my immigrant friends
From this Putin puppet’s tiny hands
There is no monopoly on common sense
On the American side of the Mexican fence
They share the same biology
Regardless of xenophobic ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope Cheeto Jesus stops tweeting on the loo
‘Adviser’ Steve Bannon is UNPRESIDENTED
Putting words in the mouth of the ‘president’
There’s no such thing as a WINNING BIGLY WAR
I’m not sure he believes it himself anymore
Hair Furher says mainstream news is FAKE
From golden showers, to Obamas’ cake
Believe me when I say to you
“NOBODY RESPECTS WOMEN MORE THAN I DO”
They share the same biology
Regardless of racist and sexist patriarchy
What might save us, me and you
Is if the Russians can arrange an impeachment soon
(The original for reference)
If you are interested, the song (according to Wikipedia) was written as a critical commentary of the cold war between Russia and the United States. The sad and slow backing track to the song is apparently the Romance Theme from Lieutenant Kijé Suite by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and in 1989 Gorbachev and Reagan’s successor, George H. W. Bush, declared the Cold War over at the Malta Summit.
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An updated and improved version of the last blog
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