I was listening to the Happy Mondays the other day and was struck by the thought that WFL (which I’d believed to be a kind of hedonistic bragging - “I ordered a line / you formed a queue,” etc) might actually be a dialog between the crassly capitalist and their others (”Is there nothing else you can do?” / “Well not much, I’ve not been trained”). Possible material for the theory of proletarian resentment?

2 comments
Maybe! The ‘you used to tell the truth but now you’re clever line is apposite.
Owen @ August 28th, 2007 2:09 pm
“I don’t read / I just guess” has some potential, too.
voyou @ August 29th, 2007 9:35 pm