Sweet Little Lies
CAPTION:Sinn Fein Election Cheer: ‘Tell me lies!’
Sinn Féin election workers rally in front of their bus shouting their election cheer
Drawing in a breath, this morning on Dublin radio, as reported by the Sunday Life, in a pre-election interview, Gerry Adams exhaled, relating a very detailed and sweet little story about his time in prison, when he and a 100 other prisoners would sing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life“ to each other in order to keep their spirits up. Adams, who famously holds fast to the claim he was never in the IRA, did time from 1973-1977, as an internee and then a sentenced prisoner (He also did a 6 month spell on remand in 1978). The song, from the Monty Python movie, “Life of Brian” wasn’t released until 1979. Mark Devenport diplomatically calls it a lapse in memory. But, as others have noted, Gerry Adams lies like the rest of breathe. The man just can’t help himself. Rusty, meanwhile, has the exclusive tongue-in-cheek report that the theme song on Sinn Féin’s election bus this year, as opposed to last time round, when it was The Talking Head’s “Road to Nowhere“, is Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies“. Adams leads the sing-song on the bus, taking the lead: “If I could turn the page, in time then I’d rearrange just a day or two,” while the rest of the candidates and electoral staff take the chorus of “Close my, close my, close my eyes,” then they all belt together: “Tell me lies, Tell me sweet little lies.” Rumours are they’ve won more than their fair share of karaoke contests in pubs along the way with that number…
UPDATE 1 JUNE 2009
Metamorphosis Of A Lie
In the 1996 edition of his autobiography Before the Dawn, in chapter ten, he describes being held on the remand wing in the H-Blocks in 1978 facing membership charges. (That would be membership of the IRA, not the NICRM, though he did beat the rap). He writes, starting on page 269: “One memorable night on the anniversary of internment there was a great session on on our wing that went on until the early hours of the morning.” At four in the morning, the prisoners made a loud racket imitating the banging of bin-lids, which attracted the attention of the screws, who came onto the wing in riot gear. The tension mounted while the prisoners waited to see what the screws would do; they eventually left after shouting abuse.
“I imagined I could hear a collective sigh of held breath being released as an eerie silence settled over the wing.
Suddenly a voice rose in song from one of the cells near me.
We’re on the one road, sharing the one load,
We’re on the road to God knows where…
The first was joined by another from a cell farther down the wing.
We’re on the one road, it may be the wrong road….
Then another and another.
But we’re together now, who cares…
And soon we were all singing.
Northmen, Southmen, comrades all
Dublin, Belfast, Cork or Donegal
We’re on the one road, swinging along,
singin’ a soldier’s song
By now everyone was in full voice, but as the chorus ended, the first singer took up a verse on his own.
The night is darkest just before the dawn
From dissension Ireland is reborn
Soon we´ll al united Irishmen
Make our land a nation once again
And then we were all back in for the chorus again. By the time we had the song finished our appetites had been whetted and our concert continued until some time after the light of dawn had entered our cells.
At HistoryForSale.com, a questionaire filled out by Gerry Adams, currently selling for $699.00, gives “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” as his favorite song. So we see this story change from 1996, when it was still appropriate for Gerry Adams, two years after the 1994 ceasefire and two years before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, to recall himself and fellow IRA prisoners singing rebel songs to mark the anniversary of internment.
In 2008/9 (and perhaps earlier), Adams has changed the story to himself and fellow prisoners singing songs to keep their spirits up after a beating – in the first story, the screws did not beat the prisoners. Internment is no longer remembered, much like it has been forgotten as the focus of the West Belfast Feile, which was started to mark Internment night and nowadays ensures everyone forgets it, and looks down their noses at any youths who dare to remember with the traditional bonfire. He has substitued the rebel songs for his own personal favorite song, and makes mention in the video of a song that had become associated with Sinn Fein, often played at their Ard Fheiseanna during the 90s, Labi Siffre’s “Something Inside So Strong” – an anti-Apartheid anthem released in 1987.
This little lie illuminates perfectly the evolving, self-serving propaganda narrative Adams has constructed for himself, with details changed as politics dictates. Who needs the truth, when he can provide a feel-good ‘happy ending’ in his loved-up folk tales? And so, the lies have bobbed and weaved throughout the years – but will catch up with him in the end.
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He’s been telling this lie at least since February 20, 2008
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ah now Rusty don’t be so hard on him. It’s a mental disability all this complusive lying and rewriting of history. Or maybe he just has a vivid imagination. Or maybe there is a reason behind his dragging up his days in the Kesh now, days before an election……ould Gerry isn’t as green as he’s cabbage lukin you know
So-o-o-o-oo funny!
De Brun claims to have found the source of recent sunshine.
This is really third-class Portadown News stuff, Rusty.
We all know where you stand re. the Shinners, but what Irish political party has been closest to your thinking over the years, Rusty?
De Brun looks on bright side of Gerry.
Bairbre: Didn’t recognise him from that angle without Mary Lou’s head in the way.
See even with a PSF ass in my face, I can still smile.
I’m telling you MaryLou, I can’t see the difference, arse face its all the same…..
How about:
Quick Gerry bend over the Brits are here.
4 ayedeadon
LMAO LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL near choked on me tay lol
Sorry butt it seemed right ha.
“Look! You can see his MBE …”
Danny Morrison has released a statement that no actual song was song by Gerry because they had not agreed on a tune with Eric Idle but all the prisoners within a five cage radius heard Gerry hum it.
PSF PRO debt stated that the song must have been in existance because Gerry has spoken and so it is written. They went on to state that John Cleese’ claims to the contrary are because he is an evil dissident, begrudger and enemy of the peace process.
When asked about his attitude to the GFA, Mr Cleese stated “this fucking parrot is dead”.
If Danny Bangers was in the picture I think he would not be smiling for the camera…
Since he is the official PSF parrot. Who’s a pretty arse Gerry.
Caption contest…
Gerry; “I fart in your general direction!”
Bairbre; Now, you listen here: ‘e’s not the Messiah, ‘e’s a very naughty boy! Now, go away!
But still they’ll top the poll come Thursday, Rusty.
It’s the people, see, or as you might term them, the b*****s.
Democracy, eh, what a bummer!
If this story of faulty recall of a song title by Gerry Adams is true – I could not trace it on the Sunday Life website and I find it difficult to understand how a paper which went to press yesterday evening could report on a broadcast which took place “this morning on Dublin radio”, but then all things are possible in Rusty Nail’s world and reality is not obliged to intrude – but as I say, if it is true then it would not be the only case of faulty recall by a former Maze inmate highlighted recently on Slugger. Richard O’Rawe’s dodgy, or perhaps inventive, recall recently sparked some hot debate.
At least as far as I can remember.
What a long post for such an irrelevant story. You surely can’t have exhausted all your Derry debate material yet Rusty, you only had 2 (3?) long posts on it – I’m sure you had anohter 30 odd links and endless text.
Still, its good to see the sparks still flying of that axe.
Looking forward to your 10 000 word blog on “Gerry Adams denies knowledge of sack of rice falling over in China”. The excitment grows with each revelation!!!
By the way – has the “ball not man” rule been abandoned r do you have a special permit?
That’s it – he has forgotten he was in the IRA; just mixed things up a bit.
Detail from the Sunday Life report
A brain dead story trying to, however flimsy, degrade Irish republicans…..Yeeeeeeooooowwww!!!
Grow up!!
Rory Carr…
http://bigthink.com/ideas/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life
….And always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the right side of life…
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Oh and there were no wings in the cages Gerry…However it sounds very similar to the stories of the wing shifts during the Blanket protests…
Hey at least Adams can tie his own shoe laces.
Can Mr.Allister and Mr.Nicholson do the same???
Rusty’s is once again directing his scintilating wit and repartee against ‘Gerry And The Peacemakers’-boom boom!
Sorry but this painful attempt at humour makes the Hole And The Wall Gang look like ace satirists. I saw Paddy Kielty ripping into Sinn Fein on tv last night and his stuff hit the mark well and was very funny.
On the other hand, Rusty’s cringeworthy nonsense makes him look like a distant poor relation of John McBlain, which is some going.
We all know what political party you are anti, Rusty, but for once have the balls to say which Party you actually support.
Gerry and the pace-makers!!! Nice one, that explains why the bus windows are tinted, so we can’t see the slobber.
Gerry is only showing her the hole of his body.
Or the hole of his mind?
Or as Lizzie Windsor might say, anus horriblus.
Ruane to deBrun, ‘lets blow some hot air up Gerry’s ass’
‘no no’ says deBrun, thats Gerry’s speciality.
Is that Gery Adams’ bodyguard with the grey hair in the background?
God, judging by these photographs, the entire unionist community should be in absolute fear of these evil ‘terrorists’!
Which is more scary…that photo’, or an orange march and its drunken hanger-ons??
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‘I told you his elbow is better than his arse’says Bairbre, ‘Look at the big mad red head on him’ replies Catriona. (sounds like a coup coming, or is it just wind? )
Even Gerry Adams hides his money in his sock when walking in west Belfast !
What’s that woman from coronation street doing behind Ruane?
i thought that was dixies missus…zoom in to see if shes drinking
9.i thought that was dixies missus…zoom in to see if shes drinking
Posted by eyeore on May 31, 2009 @ 09:57 PM
Did that come from someone hiding up Gerry’s arse? Then again all his wee farts sound like that.
Thanks for the set up Dixie…
A retraction, sorry, Danny Morrison is in the picture, in a smuggled out com, he states he is busy tunneling out of the leaders backside, the reason for his delay being he had to return to H3 to find his blanket.
The irate shinners on here seem to consider it a taboo to question the words of Dear Leader. That’s one of the major problems with personality cults. When the leader of a personality cult appears to have acted fraudulently it raises serious questions about their positions.
If only they had the courage and integrity to ask themselves the right questions.
Das Goat.
Can you remember exactly what you were doing when you where in jail 30 odd years ago?
Republican stones.
Stop for gods sake, i’m pissing myself.lol…
I was in on a visit 30 odd years ago as a small child. Do you want me to embellish that story?
if gerry says he sung it, he sung it. just because it wasn’t in the brit. charts till 1979 means nothing. gerry…gerry…gerry.
mein dear leader…xxx
Das Goat
Please feel free!!!
Remember, that I think this thread is an attempt at humour!!!
Pay attention, nothing happened 30 years ago…the leader says so.
Rusty made the whole story up.
30 years ago with four people in a cell in the Crum, mystery parcels would land in the yard in the dead of night, 30 years on it still sounds and smells like the shinners agenda.
What is in the shins mystery parcels?
So Paul, is it now the PSF position that the whole thing was Gerry’s idea of a big mad joke and that’s why he chose a comedy song that he knew that didn’t come out til after he was released…..there was a wee bit of controversy surrounding the film in Ireland at the time and all.
Is it now appropriate to guffaw loudly and applaud the great wit of Dear Leader?
Babs looks like she wants to have a wee feel.
That video is so frickin funny.
How polite is the leader, the “prison officers”
not the screws…Gerry certainly does have talent just a really bad memory…
When you walk through the storm hold your head up…and lie, don’t be afraid of the “dark.”
The life of Gerry should be the next Monty Python flick.
Das Goat
NO! Plain and simple! As plain and simple as applauding the great wit of your leaders in the dissident micro groups so beloved of the people!
Ah Paul, so predictably petulant and evasive of the real issue. I have no leader, I’m not a follower. You on the other hand are a follower and it would appear that you are rather lost.
News flash just in.
The leader has been heard singing a new song.
If I had a hammer I would hit Rusty Nail over the head.
Paul you have to admit the video is pure Norn Iron slagging gold.
I already bought my copy…helping the cause.
ayedeadon – “frickin” – I mean frickin!!!! What are you on?
Time to give those one liners a rest pal – I’m sure I’m not the only one taking a redner for you, they get shiter by the post.
Of course you may well say to yourself “Aye but yer only saying that because you love Gerry Adams – nah na nah na naaaaah” – one way to save your bruised ego from the fact that you’re not funny, and a clear indicator that your mental age my not yet have passed 7.
And don’t forget – VOTE GREEN!