Author: Ryan Reed / Source: Rolling Stone
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert satirized the ongoing controversy surrounding Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday with a parody of UB40’s 1983 hit “Red Red Wine.”
Over a bouncy reggae groove, an unseen vocalist croons lyrics about alcohol consumption and remorse – a reference to The New York Times‘ Monday report that Kavanaugh was involved in a 1985 bar fight when he was a junior at Yale University. The altercation took place after a UB40 concert when the future judge and his friends were attempting to discern whether another person at the bar was UB40 singer Ali Campbell.
“Red, red wine goes to his head/ Makes him forget that he did things he regrets,” the song opens. “Brett, Brett…
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