The Illustrious History Of Margaret Thatcher Diss Tracks

The woman who so aggressively cut funding to the arts inspired a pretty killer mix-tape – who would have thought the Iron Lady could, in death, become a pop-culture icon? READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON NOISEY.COM

“Party in Trafalgar Square Saturday After Thatcher Dies, 6pm”

I’ve always associated Margaret Thatcher’s death with revelry. Growing up in London, I’d see posters all over the city bearing slogans like the above. While for an outsider it might seem like a bit of black English humour, these sentiments weren’t idle anarchy symbols patched on a teen punk’s backpack, but rather a sincere common British objective; to dance like crazy the moment Maggie bit the dust.

This week these parties were finally realised–and going by the fact that countless great British bands hated Thatcher and used her as fodder for their material, the soundtrack would have been off the hook. Thatcher was a muse for the malaise felt across Britain from her induction into office in 1979 straight through to her eventual departure in 1990, and inadvertently led many bands to pen their most successful songs.

The woman who so aggressively cut funding to the arts inspired a pretty killer mix-tape – who would have thought the Iron Lady could, in death, become a pop-culture icon?

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