tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post676254034595324804..comments2023-09-06T02:38:57.320-07:00Comments on Music Sounds Better With Two: Hardcore (Diamonds) Can Never Die: Elias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes: "Tom Hark"Lenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04912525192415808946noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-72977457826306086572014-12-02T14:19:07.090-08:002014-12-02T14:19:07.090-08:00The UK success of this song has a very definite en...The UK success of this song has a very definite end-of-Empire *text*, not even the subtext written into rock'n'roll; consider that within two years, a British Prime Minister - an Old Etonian Tory at that - will have removed the remaining official/institutional objects to African self-determination, and within three, the floodgates this opened will have forced South Africa to become a republic and leave the Commonwealth, aware that even the Queen and her institutions won't automatically back them up anymore and that the only way to keep racial separation alive is in isolation. This song was a hit at the last moment when the South African state seemed unremarkable and not particularly shocking to most British eyes, and it arguably did quite a lot to change the way it was perceived here.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com