CHART BID TO SLAM DURHAM DOM
A CAMPAIGN to get a sweary Super Furry Animals song to number one has been kick-started following the controversy surrounding Dominic Cummings.
Their tune The Man Don’t Give A F*** was originally released in 1996 and got to number 22 in the charts – despite its rather colourful chorus.
Now, some 24 years on, an online campaign has been launched to get the tune back in the charts in “honour” of Mr Cummings’ lockdown journey to Durham and his refusal to apologise at Monday’s subsequent press conference.
The PM’s adviser, who is thought to be paid around £95,000 a year, said the 500-mile round-trip had been for childcare reasons and claimed he had acted responsibly in transporting his wife, child and himself across the country while fearing being struck down with coronavirus.
And he justified a 30-minute drive to Barnard Castle saying he needed to test his eyes before heading back home to London.
During a press conference on Monday, he said he would not be apologising and had no intention of resigning.
Since then, the Super Furrys’ hit – which once the held the record for the most times the F-word has been used in a single song – has been widely shared on Twitter.
And as the shares racked up, a campaign to get it to number one then grew. Music journalist Simon Price thinks it’s a great idea and his support for the song has been retweeted more than 400 times.
He said: “Dominic Cummings’ explanation was just totally nonsensical and an insult to the intelligence of everyone who watched it.
“I came away incredibly angry afterwards and the Super Furry
Animals’ song seemed incredibly fitting – especially given the cavalier and callous disregard there has been for the population.
“They believe they are above the rules. As if it’s one rule for them and another rule for the rest of us.”
He added: “We can’t go out into the streets and protest right now, but this song can be our protest or small victory.”
The band, who formed in Cardiff, featured an image of cult Bluebirds football star Robin Friday and his famous “V-sign” goal celebration against Luton on the single’s cover.
By yesterday, the track had reached number 34 in the latest iTunes download chart. ■■Don’t miss tomorrow’s Echo, as a new book lifts the lid on the life of Cardiff City cult hero Robin Friday