Strong Britain, Great Nation* (reimagined)

Posted on June 25 2021

Reimagined by Mark Northfield with more than a hint of 1979 to be noted…..

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  1. Pilgrim Slight Return says:
    June 25 2021 at 8:00 am

    I prefer that D minor chord played reggae style on a guitar for the Pink Floyd bit but hey! – really good.

    I have an anti-BREXIT version of the Radiohead song ‘Exit Music (For A Film)’ – I call it ‘BREXIT Music (For A Friend) that I play on guitar. I’m not as good looking as Mark, and if I put that up I’m sure I’d lose my job in local Government.

    But there’s a lot of satisfaction in singing ‘We hope that you choke’ at the end of the song – I can tell you that!!

    • Richard Murphy says:
      June 25 2021 at 8:04 am

      🙂

    • Mark Northfield says:
      June 25 2021 at 10:53 am

      Thanks PSR. I had to lower ABITW to Cm to be able to sing the higher notes of YMCA! Tried it in Dm and it just wasn’t happening. Would quite like to hear your Radiohead cover… Record it in disguise, perhaps? I once used ‘Karma Police’ for an anti-Brexit number, but sandwiched it between a slowed down version of Baccara’s ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’ and Beethoven’s ‘Ode To Joy’. I’m an addict of curious musical juxtapositions… 🙂

  2. Pilgrim Slight Return says:
    June 27 2021 at 9:36 am

    Hi Mark

    Wow – interesting – I don’t think I’d know where to start combining songs like that on guitar. Hat off to you.

    Anyhow, for my version of Radioheads ‘BREXIT’ Music for a Disaster (EXIT – Music for a Film) I use a capo on 2nd fret at F# in standard tuning to create a barre for a Bm starting chord to hammer on the B sus2 chord – just like in the original music. My amended lyrics go like this:

    Wake from your sleep
    We have just left Europe
    And now, no one knows, what to do.

    Pack, and get dressed
    Prepare to leave the country
    To liars. And thieves. And the rest.

    Dreams………………
    They been dreaming
    Of borders
    And laws

    It seems………….
    That they’ve been scheming
    About THEIR future.
    Not yours.

    So Boris…

    Sing us a song
    A song to keep us warm
    Before
    BREXIT hell
    Breaks out.

    You can laugh
    Your cynical laugh
    You’ve been lying
    Truth defiling

    And now Boris
    We are one!
    In everlasting BREXIT chaos
    We hope (Boris)
    That you choke (Boris)
    That you choke
    And the ERG as well

    We hope (Nigel)
    That you choke (Nigel)
    That you choke
    And UKIP too

    In fact
    We hope
    You ALL choke
    That you choke

    We hope
    You all choke
    That you choke.

    As I said, I’m at risk if I record it in public and I’m not set up at all for video recording or sound. I actually did this cover for my brother in law to cheer him up.

    As you realise – if you can’t get even – sing a song! I find this version immensely personal and satisfying considering our current woes.

    Best,

    PSR.