We knew it couldn’t last for long. Though it was nice for a while, to have a party, even a smallish one, to be consistent on divorce, gay issues, environment (alas, no abortion but hey you can’t have it all in life) … We had serious reservations when they claimed that they had a chance to be elected; frankly speaking, I thought they were feverish when they claimed they could elect 3 or 4 seats in parliament in 2008 (did they actually say it?). Though, they went near to do so in the EP election of 2004. Yet, apart from the fanatic and hysterical PN supporter who think that the Green Party will hasten the end of civilization, we still liked them and they have grown into a respected party in their own right.
Yet, not even AD, the Green Party, was immune to the Kitsch. The kind of kitsch that would have sigi bonello roll with laughter (or so I think it), the kind of kitsch that always pops up to reminds us that no one is immune to, well, erm, kitsch. You know, Eurovision, glossy magazines, Student University’s parties, the apex of the Maltese middle-class civilization, with balloons and hideous music that recall the late Bamboo (alla, jahfirlu), the palm trees that have nothing to do with the Mediterranean climate but are placed in tens in each and every waterfronts found on the beautiful coast of Malta, the Maltese grid line landscapes sold one month-yes-one-month-no at the centre of creativity St. James Cavallier and gets away with it as being modern – as radical or pathetically deep, the articles that feature by apologists and yes-men that once in a while gets a beat up by Vlad, the Hugos’ type of furniture that have systematically stylized every single bar, pub, café and bloody hell every interior of apartments found on the Island …
Greenvision song contest 2009
EGP is launching a campaign song competition for the 2009 European Parliamentary campaign. This campaign song competition is open to everyone and anyone (individual singer-songwriters or bands) who feel they have enough talent and inspiration to compose a campaign song for the European Greens for the coming election campaign.
The theme of the song should be about the environmental, social and economic challenges of todays’ world and the need for the real green solutions to be urgently applied. The party’s Manifesto summary should, as much as possible, be reflected in the lyrics. Of course, we dont mean by this that you should feel you need to quote directly from or parphrase our Manifesto or official documents. Where you get the inspiration from: that is for you to choose. The song should also be imbued with the spirit and positivity of our solution-based policies. The main language of the song has to be English so that it can be used throughout the EU. The style and genre of music is up to you (from dance to hiphop, from roots/folk to rock and everything else in between): you can be as inventive and original as you like.
How about a song called Verde sung to the tune of Azzurro? Or “The Green Green Grass of Home” sung with a Jamaican accent? Or… wait for it… putting words to the tune of Greensleeves!
Ok. I shut up.
I was getting images of ira and faniello dressed in green, on a green stage, singing … green with a rapper in the background going yo, yo, umz, umz.
It’s really no wonder that some greens have fallen into the trap: some commentators have described the new green revolution as a religion without a God and the zealous nature of some of its adherents as quite similar to traditional pilgrims. And as we know, religions tilt towards kitsch in a big way…it was only a matter of time and opportunity before the PN crowd bought into the parallel religion…
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