As a teenager I was fascinated by the God Save The Queen cover of the single by the Sex Pistols with a picture of the queen with the title over her eyes and the band’s name over her mouth. I actually didn’t really like the music – but the single is still in our house, (somewhere), probably worth a fortune.
As I got a bit older, my second favourite Smith’s album is the Queen is Dead with probably one of the best songs in the world, There is a Light That Never Goes out.
Growing up in the 80s I viewed the royal family as part of the establishment, Thatcher, the miners’ strike, poll tax etc. I was never a royalist and still am not. However, when the Queen died, I have to be honest and did think, this could go a wee bit mad. Not that I don’t think that people are entitled to their view, but that ultimately, it would reflect badly on the Celtic family. There’s a time and a place for all views but the timing right now wasn’t great. That was until Mr Souness!!
When I saw the banner “If You Hate The Royal Family Clap Your Hands”, while not condoning it, it was actually funny in a postmodern (Pat Kane) sort of way. It’s not right but it was funny and ironic.
Then Mr Souness got involved and I thought, “well maybe the gloves are off”! The unacceptable face of Scottish football!!! Are you having a laugh? I remember when I was young that the definition of irony was the possibility of Henry Kissinger getting the Noble Peace Award (he helped in the slaughter of Vietnamese people during the Vietnam war in the 60s/70s).
Mr Souness, the player and manager of a club that did not feel the need to pay the “queens tax”, a fan base that libel and slander a dead ex-Celtic manager who cannot defend himself, a fan base who make “monkey” references to a recent black Celtic player (Scott Sinclair). A fanbase that terrorised the city of Manchester in 2008….the list goes on.
The unacceptable face of Scottish football? Need to look in the mirror Graeme!
As I got a bit older, my second favourite Smith’s album is the Queen is Dead with probably one of the best songs in the world, There is a Light That Never Goes out.
Growing up in the 80s I viewed the royal family as part of the establishment, Thatcher, the miners’ strike, poll tax etc. I was never a royalist and still am not. However, when the Queen died, I have to be honest and did think, this could go a wee bit mad. Not that I don’t think that people are entitled to their view, but that ultimately, it would reflect badly on the Celtic family. There’s a time and a place for all views but the timing right now wasn’t great. That was until Mr Souness!!
When I saw the banner “If You Hate The Royal Family Clap Your Hands”, while not condoning it, it was actually funny in a postmodern (Pat Kane) sort of way. It’s not right but it was funny and ironic.
Then Mr Souness got involved and I thought, “well maybe the gloves are off”! The unacceptable face of Scottish football!!! Are you having a laugh? I remember when I was young that the definition of irony was the possibility of Henry Kissinger getting the Noble Peace Award (he helped in the slaughter of Vietnamese people during the Vietnam war in the 60s/70s).
Mr Souness, the player and manager of a club that did not feel the need to pay the “queens tax”, a fan base that libel and slander a dead ex-Celtic manager who cannot defend himself, a fan base who make “monkey” references to a recent black Celtic player (Scott Sinclair). A fanbase that terrorised the city of Manchester in 2008….the list goes on.
The unacceptable face of Scottish football? Need to look in the mirror Graeme!
🛡
