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Letter From Britain

Q: Why Do Limeys Love C&W?

We don't have rednecks in Britain.

June 1, 1976
Simon Frith

We don't have rednecks in Britain. We have racists alright, but they're grey-necked men in raincoats and boy scout trousers who wave faded flags and have been in our town this month carrying posters saying "GET "EM OUT!" "Em are black, Irish, Asian, French, American, students, Communists and the Rolling Stones, I don't know what music British fascists listen to. Folk is red, pop is Jewish, rock is degenerate, so I guess it's German drinking songs and Protestant hymns. What it isn't is country and western.

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