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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1051-The Mission-Butterfly on a Wheel.
1990-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 2.55.The expression ‘Butterfly on a Wheel’ dates back to the year 1735.
The Mission(see also best songs 984,) who are known as The Mission UK in the United States, formed in Leeds, England in 1985. Lead singer Wayne Hussey had previously been a guitarist with ‘The Sisters of Mercy,’ Craig Adams, the bass player, had also been in that band, Simon Hinkler had been in the Punk band ‘Artery,’ he would later join Jarvis Cocker in Pulp.The lineup was completed by drummer Mick Brown, who had previously been a member of the Leeds based ‘Gothic Rock’ band, ‘Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.’
‘Butterfly on a Wheel’ is a love song about the break-up of Simon Hinkler, and his girlfriend Julianne Regan, who was the lead singer of the Rock group ‘All About Eve.’
The expression ‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’ is a quotation from English poet Alexander Pope’s ‘Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot,’ which was a satirical work written in poetic form, in 1735.
In 1965 the editor of the British newspaper ‘The Times’ William Rees-Mogg, wrote an editorial with the headline ‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel,’ referring to the severity of a possible prison sentence, that could be handed to Mick Jagger, if found guilty of drug offences.
The expression means that the crime doesn’t fit the punishment, like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
‘Wise men say all is fair in love and war.’
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