MEN WITH DAY JOBS - Denial Tango

Funny and timely satirical song on climate change denial - written & performed 2011 by Sydney group Men With Day Jobs: Kim Constable (bass), Rod Crundwell (piano), Stafford Sanders (guitar). Note: Tony Abbott is Australia's denialist Opposition Leader. Host is Andrew Denniston of Songs on Stage. Our contact: menwithdayjobs(at)gmail(dot)com and more of our music at backpocketrecords(dot)com Nice vid by Bill and Elaine Beggs - thanks! NB views expressed not those of ASH Australia, just posted from a work email.

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[ASHaustralia]

We've just heart from Nomi Lyonns, Vancouver cabaret artist, who has included the song in her live show "Cabaret Confessions of an Eco-Diva" - after making some slight local adaptations. If anyone has a vid of that, or has seen it, please post a link here!

[ASHaustralia]

@ASHaustralia Sorry, bit ahead of ourselves, the Eco-diva show hasn't been on yet, and it's in Hollywood! Runs March 22-25 at Macha Theatre, West Hollywood Calif. Details are at eco-diva-dot-com. And they said we'd never make it to Hollywood!

[bobpeckham]

great song guys but btw monkton's degree is in classics not archietecture and if you can't get your facts right about that you obviously know nothing about climate science.....lol

[ASHaustralia]

@bobpeckham PS Bob, you misspelled "architecture" - and if you can't get that right you obviously know nothing about Monckton.

[LukeyGreg]

Men with Day Jobs this is brilliant. If anyone doubts that these lyrics are based on truth, read the book 'Merchants of Doubt' by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway.

[ASHaustralia]

@LukeyGreg Thanks, yes that's a very interesting book. Shows tobacco co Philip Morris were in on the ground floor of the whole movement to undermine science and protect vested interests that came to include climate denial.

[ASHaustralia]

@MirikSmit We're playing it on May 7 at a Climate Change Action Network conference in Sydney, and (TBC) at a screening of short enviro films. It continues to be popular at our music venue gigs - we played it at Sydney's prestigious Basement recently.

[ASHaustralia]

@bobpeckham Actually, gee, you're right! One minor pedantic inaccuracy does demolish an entire work - like the one doubtful projection on Himalayan melting that completely invalidates all that meticulous work by thousands of scientists on the IPCC climate report. All you need now is a "coverup scandal" - suggest you get some of our em ails leaked, quote bits of them out of context, beat them up like hell and Voila! Architect-gate!! Yee-hah!!!

[nahaymath]

@ASHaustralia  100% agreed.

[ASHaustralia]

@nahaymath That's Julia Gillard, our Prime Minister. They dithered around for years but eventually got it done and credit to them for that. Much more is needed, especially by countries in economic position to do it.

[ASHaustralia]

@mphello No, don't be lenient - make them sit through one of Monckton's lectures. Can't think of a worse punishment than that.