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True Blue Songs
by True Blue - Margaret Thatcher musical
Songs from the musical True Blue about Margaret Thatcher performed by Eldred Stevenson and Antonia Beamish including:Eyes like CaligulaNo such thing as societyTinaWhen Margaret's aroundGotchaNormal Norman TebbitDay I wasn't meant to seeBersham fields / Fuck the northTogether we can do the greatest thingsGeoffrey's lamentAssassinI'm still a ladyMore details on True Blue at www.fandmpublications.co.uk
Episodes
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Votive Offerings
Reading of Votive Offerings
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I'm still a lady
Margaret finally realises the game is up and sings mournfully of her triumphs and with some bitterness of her betrayal. "I started with Sir Kieth when Heath was chief and we didn't like how things were run."
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Assassin
Margaret finally has a challenger also blonde and clever in Micheal Heseltine. Here they vie for the support of the conservative MPs. "they're gathering the beasts from country and town, they're coming to fight for Margaret's crown"
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Geoffrey's Lament
The final betrayal of Geoffrey Howe. Geoffrey sings his heart out to the house and delivers the crushing blow to Margaret Thatcher's premiership. "I went out to bat but the willows been bust the pads are undone and so is my trust"
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Together we can do the greatest things.
Duet between Maggie and Ronnie. The greatest story never told. She promised to follow him to the end of the world, he promised to organise it. The other great love in Margaret Thatcher's life sings of their great deeds together. "they're busy and not too frantic sometimes I think life's better…
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Bersham Fields / F&ck the North
The mournful and heartrending Bersham Fields which depicts the struggles of Britain's mining community gives way to the triumphant bouncy city of London number sung by a crowd of mad goblins called f&ck the north. "by a northern pithead wall I heard a young man call nothing matters but…
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The day I wasn't meant to see
Brighton bombing. Margaret faces an assasination attempt from the IRA which kills and injures her colleagues. Margaret survives and this is the end of the first act. "explosions in my mind linger long in my mind, friends and colleagues broken in a blast that's meant for me." The day I wasn't…
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Normal Norman Tebbit
Norman Tebbit announces himself in characteristically boisterous style. Norman Tebbit the clown prince of the cabinet. Essex man made song. "Good evening I'm from Essex, and in case you couldn't tell I'm normal Norman Tebbit and I'm doing very well."
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Gotcha!
Gotcha! Sun headline and jazz funk classic. This jaunty song is the turning point of Margaret's premiership as the vsinking of the Belgrano with the loss of hundreds of lives shifts people's focus from the terrible economic conditions. Falklands war. Jazz funk classic of Gotcha. "Don't cry for...
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When Margaret's around
When Margaret's around. Denis Thatcher sings of his love for Margaret Roberts the grocer's daughter. Denis is the love of Margaret's life and the mainstay for her. "we met when she was stuck in Kent and she took a lift of me, I thought she was the prettiest thing that I'd ever seen."
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TINA (there's no alternative)
Tina. The manifesto and defiant song of Margaret Thatcher on the ropes in the early part of her premiership. "she's the new broom that'll sweep the room of unions and the lax"
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No such thing as society
No such thing as society. The motif of the Thatcher years explains the philosophical underpinning of the Thatcher years. Margaret Thatcher musical True Blue. A news vendor sings the glories of the new times. "less red tape means more prosperity and it isn't a sin to be a bit greedy"
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Eyes like Caligula
Eyes like Caligula. Opening song of True Blue introduces the heroine Margaret Thatcher who sings of her life and ambition. The title comes from a description by Francois Mitterand the former French President "look at me. I'm Mrs T making bacon for Denis. I've been a good mum, I've got all my sums...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Songs from the musical True Blue about Margaret Thatcher performed by Eldred Stevenson and Antonia Beamish including:Eyes like CaligulaNo such thing as societyTinaWhen Margaret's aroundGotchaNormal Norman TebbitDay I wasn't meant to seeBersham fields / Fuck the northTogether we can do the greatest thingsGeoffrey's lamentAssassinI'm still a ladyMore details on True Blue at www.fandmpublications.co.uk
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Songs from the musical True Blue about Margaret Thatcher performed by Eldred Stevenson and Antonia Beamish including:Eyes like CaligulaNo such thing as societyTinaWhen Margaret's aroundGotchaNormal Norman TebbitDay I wasn't meant to seeBersham fields / Fuck the northTogether we can do the greatest...
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