Gordon: a reef of hope
Oh place your hands, on my hope,
Run your fingers through my soul,
And the way that I feel right now,
Oh lord it may go.
The opening lines of 1996 song "" -- yes, 1996 was the year before Tony Blair was elected Prime Minister. It was the song chosen as the anthem to welcome Gordon Brown to the leadership of the Labour Party at today's .
Just to be clear: Reef did not name themselves after a slang term for cannabis. Nor was the group's name chosen because it is an anagram of "Free".
I wonder how long it took Gordon Brown's leadership team to pick this track for his walk-on. And did they rule out other Reef songs in the process? They could have chosen, for example, "Come Back Brighter" (from Tony's favourite year, 1997), "I've Got Something to Say" (from 1999), "New Bird" (also 1999), "Set The Record Straight" (hmm, 2000), or "Give Me Your Love" (from 2003). I'm sure it took them only seconds to rule out the 2003 track that soared to number 56 in the UK charts: "Waster".
Take it away, boys: run your fingers through Gordon's soul:
Comments
From the Reef album "Replenish" the title track would seem apt as would "Good Feeling", however "Naked" and "end" would not.
Hillary Clinton has created controversy by choosing a Celine Dion song for her campaign: she is Canadian. No matter what song a politician chooses he/she is bounbd to be in trouble.