My Manchester band Galaxia re-formed on Wednesday evening. Despite the fact that two other people said they would come on Facebook, the new line-up of the band just consisted of Jonny Faders and myself. Jonny played an acoustic guitar on "Things Can Only Get Bitter" and piano on "Donovan's Doorway", while I sang on both tracks.

 

I am still looking for band members; I won't advertise the details of further recoding sessions on the internet since that didn't work on the two occasions I've tried it, but am inviting others interested in joining Galaxia (or doing recordings on a one-off basis) to contact me, and I will personally invite some other people - particularly Konnie Huq who sang brilliantly in "Comic Relief does Fame Academy" and I mentioned I'd like to be Mayor of London in "Things Can Only Get Bitter", inspired by a Facebook group someone else set up at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17282867563.

 

I'm including the lyrics of "Things Can Only Get Bitter" below; to listen to the recording of it, visit my personal MySpace or Facebook page, or Galaxia's page at MySpace, Facebook or Bebo (see my signature at the end of this message). Free downloads of this and other Galaxia songs can be obtained from http://www.galaxiamusic.org/downloads.html (or click on the link following the lyrics if it appears in the message). [You can listen to the songs without needing to sign up/login using MySpace, useful if you are worried about organisations like MI5 keeping track of your internet activities...]

 

Things Can Only Get Bitter

Inspired by Things Can Only Get Better – D:ream and The World Is Planned – Galaxia/Red Day

Lyrics by Steve Wallis

Music by Steve Wallis and Jonny Faders

Version 2, 8/10/2008

Dedicated to Tommy Sheridan, Rosie Kane, Salma Yaqoob, George Galloway, Tony Benn, Hilary Benn, Melissa Benn, Shami Chakrabarti, David Lammy, Barack Obama, Konnie Huq, Eamonn McCann, the late Terry Fields, Siân Berry, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood

 

Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter

Tony Blair was not fair
Gordon Brown is feeling down
Tommy Sheridan and Rosie Kane
Both have a great brain
Salma and Galloway swept Labour away
They showed socialists can win
Now support Tony and Hilary's kin
Melissa Benn is better than the men

Things can only get bitter
John Reid was a big hitter

He orchestrated 1984-style dirty tricks
But now he's retiring from politics
Under Jacqui Smith, freedom is a myth
I like Shami and David Lammy
The man with two jags can pack his bags

Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter

I want Melissa to be prime minister
She's over 8,000 votes behind a Tory
Winning would be a great story
If she wins, she would be the youngest ever MP
You need to be a middle aged gent (or woman) to be US president
Or as old as McCain - voting for him would be insane!
Barack Obama could make the world calmer

Things can only get bitter
New Labour said "Things can only get better"
Public borrowing makes us a big debtor

To PFI, Scotland has said goodbye
That money we owe - will we pay? No, no!

Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter

Fannie and Freddie - capitalism's no longer steady
The credit crunch exposes the bunch
Of big business allies and their MI5 spies
Even the SWP may help us become free
Now John Rees has gone - MI5's number one

Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter

The Left had a Convention
Revolution is our intention
Conspiracies are now in our favour
We may even split New Labour

Konnie Huq for London mayor
Ugly men won't have a prayer
Support Eamonn in Derry
Like Militant's Terry and Siân Berry
Nicola Sturgeon - I'm urging
To lead the SNP so Scotland will be free
Leanne Wood - that socialist could
Beat Labour in Wales
She's better than all the males!

 

We have recorded the song, which you can download in MP3 format by clicking here.

 

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Steve Wallis (Manchester, England) 
Preferred email address: revolutionarysocialiststeve@...
Blogs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steve-wallis-socialist-blog,
http://blog.myspace.com/galaxiasteve
My socialist website: http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk
My pages at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1526122651, MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve and Bebo:
http://www.bebo.com/SteveW519
Founder, Good Intentions Network: http://www.goodintentionsnetwork.org
Founder, Ethical Capitalism Network: http://www.ethicalcapitalism.net
Founder, Foundation for PR-based Socialism: http://www.PRsocialism.org
Founder, Revolutionary Platform Network: http://www.revolutionaryplatform.net
My revolutionary socialist band, Galaxia: http://www.galaxiamusic.net, http://www.myspace.com/galaxiamusic, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galaxia-a-revolutionary-socialist-band/84310120180, http://www.bebo.com/galaxiamusic.
My socialist band, Red Day: http://www.red-day.net, http://www.myspace.com/reddayband, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Day/27468311341
Author, "Revolution Destroyed? Have I ensured that a world socialist revolution will never happen?": http://www.revolutiondestroyed.net
For discussion of the credit crunch, go to
http://www.revolutionaryplatform.net/forum/index.php?board=156
For discussion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, go to http://www.revolutionaryplatform.net/forum/index.php?board=89