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Clegg 'sorry' song, will be available on ITunes
Other | Thursday 20th September 2012 | Osh
After the spoof video went viral, Clegg’s wicked move was to support the joke and accept the release of the song, with the condition that the profits go to charity.
If you can’t fight them, raise funds for Charity! That’s the statement Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, must have in mind after the video he recorded apologising for the Lib Dems breaking their pre-election pledge not to raise tuition fees, was converted to a song by the satirical website, The Poke and went viral. After the remix was posted on You Tube, the whole issue got out of hand. The mix of his speech with electronic sounds became the new internet success, and even he was asked to allow a song for ITunes. So Clegg decided to agree, but with the condition that the funds go to charity. But not education charity, as was suggested by The Poke, but to Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, which Mr. Clegg's wife Miriam is a patron of. To make it more random, the whole conversation took place on Twitter. But let me tell you something Nick, it’s quite obvious that you’re just trying to clean your image and (eventually) stop the laughing by accepting this deal.
The spoof video, which features Clegg repeating words many times, has been reworked using the auto-tune audio effect. Its main message is: "There's no easy way to say this: we made a pledge, we didn't stick to it - and for that I am sorry," admitting he had broken a pledge not to support a rise in fees, which now cost students up to £9,000 a year. For me these lyrics sound more depressing than Radiohead ones. Anyway, the single is going to be released on ITunes as a charity single, quite different to the ones we are used to hearing like ‘We are the world’ or ‘Do They Know It's Christmas?’ The thing is after the video, people will not even remember that it was made as an apology for breaking campaign promises, but as the first hit to be released by a politician, who went from fake deputy to electro-psychedelic chart-topper.
By Laura Vila
