1973: Our Big Norm
August 31, 2019
By AHNZ
This 1973 musical comedy poke at the Prime Minister Norman Kirk was converted into a tribute anthem when the big man died. Like Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ people hear the music and think it’s complimentary because they don’t listen.
Had Kirk lived on, this song would have helped bring down his Labour 3.0 regime in a similar way Labour 1.0 had Lee’s Psychopathology in Politics. In death, the song was deftly converted by statecraft pros into approval for the big dope. The artists, Stefan Brown & Don Wilson (Ebony) previously put out a track called The Fool.
Begging The Man not to tax and redistribute us to death…
“Take my money, take my wife, Steal my needs for an everyday life…”
Back off, Norm…
“The country is in jeopardy, the land is astrut, Inflations running and the kids they want to fight”
“Communist,” without approval…
“A great national figure is our big Norm, The hero of the communist big Norm…”
Let it be sung! Let the Group Think ring…
“Norman is the fairy on our Christmas tree, Handing out goodies to the elderly…”
Idi, Idi, Idi Amin, most amazin’ man, there’s ever been….
“Norman rules with an iron hand, And thoughts as pure as snow.”
Kirk’s booksmart verbiage seldom made a dash of sense…
“Norman is a ball of fun, He’s our chum, dumb dumb dumb”
Here’s the track on Youtube. And I’ll follow up up from a song of the same era, also taking a mocking wack at a world leader with an ego…
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Image ref. WCL.govt.nz
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