Angelic Upstarts - The Murder of Liddle Towers

 The Murder of Liddle Towers (1979)


Composer: Angelic Upstarts

Lyrics: Angelic Upstarts



The Angelic Upstarts specialised in anti-police protest. This, their debut single, accused the local Chester-le-Street constabulary of murdering a 39-year-old electrician and boxing coach, kicking him to death following his arrest for being drunk and disorderly in 1976. The song starts slowly before hurtling forwards in a punk thrash asking ‘why did he die’? ‘Murder’ is the conclusion, repeated in another quiet segue before a boisterous end.





The Black Cats stands by and hails your fight against class oppression by  state sponsored violent thugs. We remind you the All Casts Are Beautiful, and All Cats Are Black. We celebrate the creative ways all members of our class use whilst  it rebels against Imperialism.




Lyrics


Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle?

Who killed Liddle?

Police killed Liddle Towers


Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle?

Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle Towers?

Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle?

Who killed Liddle?

Police killed Liddle Towers


Why did he die, or did they lie?

I think he's dead, so a doctor said

He was beaten black, He was beaten blue

But don't be alarmed, it was the right thing to do

The police have the power, Police have the right

To kill a man to take away his life

Drunk and disorderly was his crime

I think at worst he should be doing time

But he's dead

He was drunk and disorderly and now he's dead


Questions are unanswered

Policeman scared to talk

Perhaps they are hiding something

Will my message get across

Please tell me why, why did he die

Please tell me now, and tell me how


Police have the answers

But they haven't got the right, to kill a man

To take away his life

Perhaps I'm not to clever, perhaps I'm not to bright

But I think your verdict was just a lie, a lie, a lie, lie


Murder, murder, murder, murder...

MURDER


Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle?

Who killed Liddle?

Police killed Liddle Towers

Who killed Liddle?

Did you kill Liddle?

Who killed Liddle?

Police killed Liddle Towers

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