The Fletcher Memorial Home by liewald
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Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
and build them a home a little place of their own
the Fletcher Memorial
home for incurable tyrants and kings
and they can appear to themselves every day
on closed circuit t.v.
to make sure they're still real
it's the only connection they feel
"ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Reagan and Haig
Mr. Begin and friend Mrs. Thatcher, The Paisley
Mr. Brezhnev and party
the ghost of McCarthy
the memories of Nixon
and now adding colour a group of anonymous latin
american meat packing glitterati"
did they expect us to treat them with any respect
they can polish their medals and sharpen their
smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for a while
boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead
safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye
with their favourite toys
they'll be good girls and boys
in the Fletcher Memorial home for colonial
wasters of life and limb
is everyone in?
are you having a nice time?
now the final solution can be applied
Back in the 70
Comments (18)
TrekkieGrrrl
This is nice. I've always loved that song and your image fits it very well! Nice depth of field in this one too :o)
doriano
War do not belong to common people, war belongs only to kings and politicians...but who really die are common people..."Run rabbit run take that hole and forget the sun...." Compliments for the image in "memoriam" of all those have payed the mistaken of others...
fastburn
Wow! Fantastic piece! I agree with you! Things have changed so much, and not for the better! Ahhh........the good old days, where have they gone?!!...Excellent work Dave, in words and image!!!
svdl
Well said, and I totally agree. Both with Pink Floyd's statement and yours. And an awesome image to boot!
cloughie
Impressive, moody, and a spot on message! Cheers Dave! Alan.
prog
Excellent work, Pal!! Major labels only bet on "sure things" nowdays-you really have to look for good stuff!! Pink Floyd would never get signed if they were just starting out today!! Most of the stuff you and I listen to would never get produced on a major label today!! You did a wonderful job of capturing the mood of this album!! EXCELLENT!!!
Charmz
Beautiful artwork Dave, and no, it is more that we have a whole generation with nothing to say, or at least no coherent way of saying it. Sad but true.
HullBreach
As a former US Marine and veteran the picture really speaks to me. Fantastic job. War is strange in that it is simultaneously another mans fight, but incredibly personal to those involved. We each fight our own little war inside, and the casulties of those battles are some of the worst. Semper Fidelis
oiram
Impressive and moody...
TANZA
Spot on message. great idea..Reminds me of another line from a song "No flag or uniform ever stopped a bulit from a gun" Gary Moore out in the fields. Excellent work!
visualgirl
Fantastic job and great expression here. And Prog's right, Music isn't what it used to be..."Bubblegum Pop" has taken over. ~Meli
bluliner35
Perhaps the things that drove the statement songs back when baby boomers bought the music were undermined by those same baby boomers indulging in conspicuous consumption back in the 80's. The hippie chic they all bought into turned out to be only skin deep. Statement music never went away, even if much of it pokes fun at the baby boomers legacy. Elvis Costello's "other side of summer" springs to mind. Many others besides. God Save the Queen, and her fascist regime.
calum5
Cool!............
milkchaser
It's interesting that the song mentions politicians who ordered little if any death. Reagan, as we came to see, ended the Cold War by deploying nuclear missiles to match those of the Soviets, but none were fired. Thatcher, likewise, caused few wartime deaths. But because of their actions, now hundreds of millions live in relative freedom.
But where are the names of the real killers? (in order of millions killed in wartime):
What about Pol Pot, who had killed millions before the Pink Floyd ninnies wrote these lyrics? No, instead they criticize Nixon, Reagan, Thatcher, Begin ... Begin? People who (with the exception of Brezhnev) were all right-wing politicians, but who arguably saved more lives than they killed.
Why mention Nixon and not the Presidents who got the US into Vietnam (Kennedy)and escalated troop levels to half a million (LBJ)? [Well, we can't criticize Kennedy. He's a legend.]
These lyrics express a trite sentiment. No one wishes for war or wishes for soldiers or innocents to die (except perhaps for Stalin, Hitler, Saddam, etc). No sane person, anyway.
pjaj
Wonderful artwork here Dave!!
richardson
As seen above ^ these are desperate and separate times. *****
chrislenn
a very thought provoking piece and free speech is a live and well somewhere lol even if it is just in these comments Chris :o)
msebonyluv
Excellent work Dave!!