Aussie rock star Jimmy Barnes has released a video for his song ‘Shutting Down Our Town’, which he says is “the real story” of the closure of the Holden factory in Elizabeth.
According to News Ltd, Jimmy has said of the song:
“It’s about Elizabeth.
“I changed a couple of words just because of local knowledge, but it was 99.999% Troy [Cassar-Daley]’s song, and he played it to me and I immediately felt the connection.
“I drove through Elizabeth not long after I heard the song, and I felt a pain in my heart for the people there who are battling, trying to make a living when everything is stacked up against them.
“It’s sort of a heartland Working Class Man anthem, but Working Class Man was written by an American (Jonathan Cain).
“This was written by somebody who feels the pain, and who’s writing about the darker side of Australia which I never wanted to face before. So it’s like the bookend to Working Class Man, but for me, it’s the real story.”
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