Talk:Won't Get Fooled Again

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Stephen King is quoting the passage: "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss." in his novel The Tommyknockers. It opens the Third Book. Don't know where to put it into the article... 87.188.210.95 (talk) 12:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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 * Agreed. I mean, come on--that's the takeaway line, and one of the most quoted lines in the song. It's gotta be in the article somewhere. --Akhenaten0 (talk) 17:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't be fooled again
Anyone know what the 1945 book Don't be fooled again by Robert Scrutton is about apart from "Economic policy, Politics and government, Social credit, Reconstruction (1939-1951)"? Tsinfandel (talk) 14:04, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

"Can't get fooled again"
I think this qualifies as an indirect reference: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again.” — U.S. President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

The real saying is “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”. 66.214.224.39 (talk) 21:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Live
I would be interested in knowing how the organ/synthesizer was done, considering Pete was on guitar on stage. Was the sound recorded and piped in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.82.125.102 (talk) 15:59, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Animal Farm
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" is clearly a reference to same, even if not a direct quote from the novel. Has anyone asked Townshend about this? 209.172.25.170 (talk) 02:29, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Olympics
Bet the Yankees are not the only ones to use the song in connection with sports. A few minutes back I heard the opening keyboard part played loud and clear (not the original recording, but a good rendition on an in-house organ) during soundcheck for the ice hockey finals at the Sochi winter olympics. Kind of a wry reminder to the audirnce, as Russia did not make it to the finals in a sport where they are always a front-runner team.

I figure the song will be played at break-off moments during the actual match, too. 83.254.151.33 (talk) 10:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Omissions
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" is a very famous line from the song, so I don't know why it isn't discussed in the article, or at least mentioned. Also, George W. Bush's infamous incident when he confused "Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" with "Won't get fooled again"... AnonMoos (talk) 12:28, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, is it based on any reliable sources? Has it been established that Bush was referring to the song specifically? Anyhow, would be the one to answer. FunkMonk (talk) 12:37, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Time Bandits
The song does definitely not appear in Time Bandits, at least not as a song recording or a part of it. Maybe, I repeat *MAYBE* some dialogue may reference it somehow, but it's definitely not in the film as a song. --2003:71:4F76:836:ED9F:CC45:20CC:7E3E (talk) 13:07, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

CSI: Miami Theme
Hard to believe this article does not mention that part of the song was used as the theme for CSI: Miami, its biggest claim to fame in recent years 50.101.10.44 (talk) 16:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)