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Kaiser Chiefs predicted the riots
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 August 2011
The Kaiser Chiefs have said that they predicted the recent riots in various cities in their song, ‘I Predict A Riot’. I’m not sure the content of that song completely correlates with what happened earlier this month, but let’s stick with it.
Guitarist Andrew White told NME.com: “It’s funny, if you listen to our lyrics and give it a fucking chance, we did predict this. We sing about culture and the state of city centres and the state of society for five years”. Frontman Ricky Wilson added: “I was reading an article about a moaning old rock star who was saying that no one writes about culture anymore and I was thinking ‘who are you listening to?'”
It’s not just “moaning old rock stars”; NME editor Krissi Murison wrote a piece that appeared in The Guardian last week, in which she claimed that there are no bands (none whatsoever) making political music any more. You can read Murison’s article here – and oft political musician Chris T-T’s very good response for the Morning Star here.
