Earlier I was listening to a recording from Frank Zappa’s last tour in 1988, wherein he refashioned the lyrics of a medley of Beatles songs into “The Texas Motel Medley”, a satire on the American right-wing tele-evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who had just previously been caught out consorting with a prostitute in Louisiana. In this medley “Norwegian Wood” becomes “Norwegian Jim”, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” becomes “Louisiana Hooker With Herpes” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” becomes “Texas Motel”.
It struck me another set of not-so-rude but equally topical lyrics could be substituted in “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” to comment upon our upcoming UK general election. Laydeez ‘n’ gennulmen, I give you “The Tories Have Won The Election”.
Picture yourself on a zero-hours contract On minimum wage, if you’re still employed Nobody smiling except for the bankers And stinking-rich Bullingdon Boys.
The Tories have won the election. The Tories have won the election. The Tories have won the election. Oh shit!