Zum bevorstehenden Brexit eine Serie englischer/britischer Selbstbetrachungen im Pop –
something about England:

Billy Bragg – Full English Brexit

„Once we ruled over an empire
So it feels like some kind of defeat
To comply with rules drawn up by strangers
And measure in metres not feet

We don’t want to go but by Jingo
If we can’t be in charge, then we must
But don’t be offended, dear neighbour
It’s not you: this is all about us“

Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK

„Don’t know what I want
but I know how to get it
I wanna destroy the passer by

Cos I, I wanna be anarchy!
No dogsbody!

Anarchy for the U.K.
it’s coming sometime
and maybe
I give a wrong time
stop a traffic line
Your future dream
is a shopping scheme“

Black Box Recorder – England Made Me

„We played a waiting game
He thought that I’d give in
England made me
England made me.

(…)
Sleep with the enemy
then betray both sides,
I traveled all my life,
But never got away from the killing job,
And the garden shed.

England made me,
England made me.“

Suede – Crack In The Union Jack

„Draw the blinds and watch the show
Heard it on the radio
Saw it on the news today
Heard the lonely people say

There’s a great big crack
In the Union Jack
There’s a great big crack
In the Union Jack“