NME 100 member Genesis Owusu has tackled ‘Anarchy In The UK’ by Sex Pistols for triple j’s Like A Version this morning (February 26).Owusu’s take on the 1977 track marked his first appearance as lead artist on the long-running segment.The Australian singer-songwriter’s version remains faithful to the original’s punk drive, but features altered lyrics, referencing police brutality, colonisation and racial profiling.“Still celebrating deaths of my First Nations pals, all because of some old fuckers in a parliament house,” Owusu sings.Watch the cover in full below:“I chose to cover this song because I felt like the energy of it and the lyrics that I altered really encapsulated what I was feeling all throughout 2020 and prior and after as.
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