Rockin’ all Over the World

I’ve just been reading an article about the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his love for British Rock Music such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.

And it got me thinking about that rather embarrassing and damn right scary prospect of this rather powerful head of state prancing around the Kremlin doing air guitar with one hand on ‘the button’ whilst listening to “War Pigs”. I don’t know about you, but even worse than Ozzy singing it, the thought of Medvedev singing it petrifies me!

So, with that rather disturbing thought stuck in your heads, I was thinking about other Heads of State and appropriate songs that they could be given in honour of the sterling work they do to keep the world turning in the right direction

First up you could assign Iran’s Beardy Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his country’s (alleged) secret nuclear programme – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Apart From Me and My Monkey by The Beatles

Libya’s Ned Murphy Look-a-like Colonel Gaddafi could have WAR by The Average White Band or We Gotta Get Out of This Place by Animals is also quite appropriate. Bang and Blame by REM is also pretty well suited to the strange Colonel

Seeing as Barack Obama is permanently in the spotlight as the most powerful man in the world (yawn), he understandably has a rather large selection of tracks given to him. Keep on Running – The Spencer Davis Group due to the ‘sitting duck’ status he currently possess, but best of all for our ‘friend’ across the pond would have to be Born in the USA by Springsteen. Controversially “?” following USA of course

North Korea’s Kim Jong Ill could have Go West by the Pet Shop Boys. Then again, maybe that is the deep craving of the population he rules over. Who knows? Then again, Rocking in the Free World by Neil Young is also quite appropriate for the short-crust despot

Good old Silvio Berlusconi from Italy could also have a multitude of sleazy songs given to the Brylcreem boy from Milan. Most perfect of all could be Girls Talk by Dave Edmunds. Then again, Fight for your Right to (have an under-age) Party by The Beastie Boys would be right up his street (if you pardon the expression). And, courtesy of Mr S Pugh from The Dogs – It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy for the over-tanned Italian Stallion

The pint-sized Nicholas Sarkozy of France with his rather glamorous model wife/girlfriend could have Never Tear us Apart by INXS. Then again, Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division could be the end game of his political career judging by the way the French are currently voting! (The French don’t like their politicians to be seen as celebrities – unlike the UK)

And finally we have ‘Our’ Dave Cameron and his cabinet of millionaires. Very tough one this I thought as what is really on my mind could well result in some sort of libel action against your truly, so I’ve decided the most perfect song would have to be The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles.

Then again, this is mainly directed and dedicated to the long suffering people of the UK as this is the path most of us (without money, wealth and privilege of course) will be on for at least the next four years of Tory rule.

Then again, Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads

Anyone?

Sing up Dave, “well we know where were goin‘ ..........

Mol