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Having interviewed Roger Daltrey twice in the last 2 years think I’ve got some insight into a Brexity older musician’s brain (truth is since those interviews certain records I can’t listen to anymore), but now the worst has happened, a couple of things I failed to say in the.../ https://twitter.com/gladtobegay/status/1343257885594292225
..heat of the argument: When they say: “As if we never toured Europe before..“: Hard as it is to imagine but unlike half a century ago, people in mainland Europe now also have “their own” bands to listen to, and don‘t depend on British imports for the hip new sound from London../
Yes, there’s still a sizeable anglophile niche audience, but I used to be asked regularly (by older editors) what the new happening thing in London was. This hardly happens anymore. There are tons of popular continental acts the British media are unaware of. Unlike UK bands../
..They‘ll still be touring over there without barriers. There’s no Locomotive in Paris moving heaven and earth for The Who to come over like back in ‘66 or whatever. They can just book someone else just as cool../
So in a way the old Daltrey argument that being in the EU is “like being governed by FIFA” is really very apt: There was a time when to play mighty England you had to come to Wembley. But after a few world cups without England that no longer seemed like the most important game../
..so eventually, reluctantly, England joined that international football malarkey.
In pop terms, Brexit is a bit like saying: “Okay, had enough of FIFA, they’ll all have to come to Wembley again.”
It really is that deluded.
In pop terms, Brexit is a bit like saying: “Okay, had enough of FIFA, they’ll all have to come to Wembley again.”
It really is that deluded.
As it happens I have an EU passport and can still travel and play visa free, but I feel sad and concerned for my British friends who have been let down by their government, and by their older colleagues too.
