Songs for Maggie

[Hamilton Saint]

Without trying to extend the political debate about Margaret Thatcher onto this forum, it is certainly true that her decade in power generated a tremendous amount of response in the arts - including, of course, the music scene.

 

 

So, what are some of the memorable songs you recall about Maggie from that era?

 

For example, Ewan MacColl wrote a typically acerbic one called "Daddy, What Did you Do in the Strike?"

 

[There must have been hundreds of songs written just about the miner's strike.]

 

Most of the songs I recall with less-than-flattering. Were there many good ones that supported what she was doing?

 

 

Here's a version of MacColl's song done by an American folk singer (couldn't find a video of MacColl doing it, unfortunately).

 

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Half of, or at least a significant proportion of Billy Braggs songs must be about, or at least referencing Thatcher.

 

Some great stuff there. Even if I don't always agree with him.

[sussexsaint]

Lucky by Fish

[KelvinsRightGlove]

[Alanh]

"Ding dong the witch is dead"

[Hamilton Saint]

"Mother Knows Best" by Richard Thompson