I wanna tell you about a theorist of proletarian revolution
Who intransigently opposed substitutionism
He was expelled from the Communist International in 1927
Coz he wasn’t afraid to criticise Lenin
And his name is A-M-A-D-E-E-E
A-M-A-D-E-O
Bordiga
https://stewarthome666.bandcamp.com/track/bordiga
I assumed Stewart Home's latest smash hit "Bordiga" might be the only song about everyone's favourite Italian left communist - but I was wrong!
A more cynical take can be found on YouTube by "/leftypol/ choir" - Bordiga (leftcom anthem):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJwCgM5kgk&t=100s
READ BORDIGA AND DO NOTHING
Read Bordiga, Bordiga, Read Bordiga….
Leftcoms, all unite
Let the people fight,
Be a lazy shit, do sweet fuck allActivism is pointless,
Your efforts are all fruitless,
I'll just wait for capitalism to fall,
till then I shall read
Bordiga
There is also a song called Amadeo Bordiga by Nick Bird on Spotify but this is sadly flagged on the app as unavailable.
Maybe there are other songs I have missed?
Bordiga's better in writing:…
Bordiga's better in writing:
I'm curious if the Italian versions are just as vulgar (not that it bothers me) or if the translators took some liberties.
More importantly on the topic of music, did you know that the Beach Boys were doing shoegaze in 1969?!
"All I Wanna Do"