Because some things never change, we offer up a bootleg of the Beatles singing about immigration.
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Because some things never change, we offer up a bootleg of the Beatles singing about immigration. Brought to you by Harvey Dickson, of The New York Times.
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Dickson even manages to mention Tom Tancredo in his blog.](http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/the-beatles-discuss-arizonas-immigration-bill/)
Dickson writes:
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It’s not so much a song as it is an extended improvisation during the interminable “Get Back” studio sessions in 1969 (in fact, some theorize that “The Commonwealth Song” is a prototype for “Get Back”). “Commonwealth” name-checks Enoch Powell(the Tom Tancredo of his day, or Thilo Sarazin, if you prefer a German reference), who had delivered his anti-immigrant “Rivers of Blood” speech the previous year. “Commonwealth” was Paul McCartney’s mocking response.