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The Smiths "The Queen is Dead"
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The Smiths show dripping contempt for their matriarchal monarch and the whole idea of royalty in "The Queen is Dead" and across the same-named album. In the song the narrator, presumably lead singer Morrissey, even breaks into the palace using only a sponge and a rusty wrench.
