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| Billy Bragg: Kasabian remind us how true Spinal Tap was | Billy Bragg: Kasabian remind us how true Spinal Tap was |
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| Billy Bragg has compared Glastonbury headliners Kasabian to fictional comedy rock group Spinal Tap, declaring that the Leicester band's role in music is primarily to "to remind us how true" the famous parody was. In a recent interview with NME, Bragg admitted that while he was not a fan of Kasabian, he recognised their entertainment value, and went onto make parallels between Sergio Pizzorno and Spinal Tap's lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel. "They have an important role to play: they are there to remind us how true Spinal Tap was. I'm not a fan, but if you read their interviews as if it was dialogue from Spinal Tap, it's very entertaining," says Bragg. | |
| "Especially the stuff Sergio [Pizzorno] says – he's Nigel Tufnel. Particularly with the album title, 48:13. I'm guessing that's how long the record is. Someone sent them a CD that just said Kasabian, and they didn't know what else to put on it, 'cos they hadn't bothered to think up any fucking titles, so they just put the time on and Serge said 'that is genius'." | "Especially the stuff Sergio [Pizzorno] says – he's Nigel Tufnel. Particularly with the album title, 48:13. I'm guessing that's how long the record is. Someone sent them a CD that just said Kasabian, and they didn't know what else to put on it, 'cos they hadn't bothered to think up any fucking titles, so they just put the time on and Serge said 'that is genius'." |
| When questioned about the absence of challenging political attitudes in contemporary music, Bragg referred to Kasabian and their topical issues tackled on Eez-Eh. The song was previously at the centre of great online derision after it was reported that their comeback single would include the lyric: "Horsemeat in the burgers, people commit murders/ Everyone's on bugle, we're being watched by Google." | When questioned about the absence of challenging political attitudes in contemporary music, Bragg referred to Kasabian and their topical issues tackled on Eez-Eh. The song was previously at the centre of great online derision after it was reported that their comeback single would include the lyric: "Horsemeat in the burgers, people commit murders/ Everyone's on bugle, we're being watched by Google." |
| On the song's official version, however, the words were changed to a more straightforward reference to surveillance: | On the song's official version, however, the words were changed to a more straightforward reference to surveillance: |
| Everyday is brutal/ Now we're being watched by Google | Everyday is brutal/ Now we're being watched by Google |
| Gotta keep it simple/ Sending out a signal | Gotta keep it simple/ Sending out a signal |
| Everyday is brutal/ Now we're being watched by Google | Everyday is brutal/ Now we're being watched by Google |
| Being watched by Google/ Being watched by Google | Being watched by Google/ Being watched by Google |
| On the subject of political lyrics, Bragg said: "If we're really honest with ourselves, we have to admit that urban music is where the politics are nowadays. There are still political singer-songwriters, but no one you could compare to the Clash, or even the Manics." | On the subject of political lyrics, Bragg said: "If we're really honest with ourselves, we have to admit that urban music is where the politics are nowadays. There are still political singer-songwriters, but no one you could compare to the Clash, or even the Manics." |
| Billy Bragg will perform on the Leftfield stage at this year's Glastonbury festival. | Billy Bragg will perform on the Leftfield stage at this year's Glastonbury festival. |
| • This article was amended on 10 June. The original article incorrectly described Nigel Tufnel as Spinal Tap's frontman. |