However, today's song is from Mind Bomb, and it was written as Salman Rushdie received a fatwa - or a death threat - from Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran that yielded several failed assassination attempts on both him and his publishers. It is deceptively upbeat for its topic - but pay close attention to the lyrics, and I think you will understand why I think this still is highly appropriate!
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
April 5 - Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)
It's hard to imagine that today's song actually is 27 years old, as the topic is even more appropriate today. The year was 1989, and Matt Johnson, who for some time really had been The The, had teamed up with Johnny Marr, who had been in The Smiths with Morrissey, to create Mind Bomb. Johnson's voice is complimented perfectly by Marr's guitar, and the style carried over to 1992's Dusk.
However, today's song is from Mind Bomb, and it was written as Salman Rushdie received a fatwa - or a death threat - from Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran that yielded several failed assassination attempts on both him and his publishers. It is deceptively upbeat for its topic - but pay close attention to the lyrics, and I think you will understand why I think this still is highly appropriate!
However, today's song is from Mind Bomb, and it was written as Salman Rushdie received a fatwa - or a death threat - from Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran that yielded several failed assassination attempts on both him and his publishers. It is deceptively upbeat for its topic - but pay close attention to the lyrics, and I think you will understand why I think this still is highly appropriate!
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