#483
Citizen Nobody - Patriarchy Blues
Monday 29th May, 2017
They say: "The song came out of two conversations that I had - one with a feminist woman on the nature of the power structure of Patriarchy and its effect upon society and the other with a working class man who seemed offended by my anti Neo-Liberal politics.
The song is indeed addressed to some men within the working class community who adhere to and support the politics of Neo-Liberalism. It is also influenced by the political philosophy of Green Anarchism.
The song was written as it was being recorded with the recorded version being literally the first time we ever played the song and that is what you hear on the record. The monologue half way through was ad-libbed. I had been meaning to remove it at a later point but got talked into leaving it in. It was written and recorded in a couple of hours at the end of the recording sessions."
We say: "A sneering put-down of alpha male culture that's crushingly in control of America and has its brute influence on this side of the pond also.
Performed with the gut-bucket petulance of Bob Dylan, circa 1965-66. Remember kids: "don't follow leaders and watch the parkin' meters.""
Catch Citizen Nobody at this year's Sunflower Fest, running from 28th - 30th July at Tubby's Farm, Hillsborough.
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