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Ether, the opener to gang of four’s debut album, ‘Entertainment!’ parallels high usage of consumerism with the injustice faced by prisoners in Long Kesh prison in the North of Ireland were prisoners were unjustly tortured and punished for being suspected IRA members. The consumerism is spoken with the main vocals while the Injustice in the prisons are spoken with backing vocals, tying into the main theme of consumerism blinding injustice. This song was written before the infamous North of ireland hunger strikes by Bobby Sands