The 18th Brumaire of Cheryl Tweedy
If history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce, perhaps the more positive dialectical reverse is true as well, with history also repeating itself as comedy, then as triumph. That certainly seems to be the case with Girls Aloud, who are surely the Spice Girls done right, their Girl Power manifesto taken, magnificently, not just seriously but, as Nietzsche would say, taken joyfully.
Meanwhile, I do like the song, but I’m not sure I approve of the unseemly haste to cash in on Derrida’s death.
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That Scritti Politti song was written and recorded in the early 80s!
Comment by Matthew @ 11/23/2004 12:37 pm
Yeah, but that Portobella song wasn’t.
Comment by Tim @ 11/23/2004 1:51 pm
Haha I enjoyed the “differance” funny, of course
Comment by Leila @ 11/23/2004 6:18 pm
Glad you liked it. It’s just occoured to me I should of course have replied to Matthew’s comment with: “Exactly - twenty years before! He wasn’t even cold!”
Comment by Tim @ 11/25/2004 5:30 pm
Ha ha ha, very good indeed!
Comment by Mike Lit @ 11/26/2004 8:31 pm
EDWARD R HOLLIS
Comment by edward @ 10/4/2005 4:34 am