lethargic_man | Queen Victoria said it: You know, the Blues got soul

Some while ago, I became introduced to the Muddy Waters song "The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll:

Most of the song's lyrics consist of "<famous bluesman> said it: You know, the Blues got soul;" the song ends with the line "Queen Victoria said it: You know, the Blues got soul." For years, I thought that was a joke put in to see if people were paying attention. It certainly amused me: whilst the last decade of Queen Victoria's life overlapped with the period the blues was gestating in the Mississippi delta, the chances of her even having heard of it were close to zero. (This didn't stop me musing over how such a scenario could possibly arise, though.)

Every time I listened to the song, it made me laugh, and I came up with the idea of doing something to spread the amusement; a plan it took me a long while to get around to doing anything about, but which I have now finally brought to fruition:

(It took me some while to work out what fonts Her Majesty would speak in...) During the process of designing this sweatshirt, I discovered that Muddy Waters was probably not actually singing about Her Late Majesty, but about a American blues singer called Victoria Spivey, who had this nickname on account of her middle name, Regina.

Being me, I didn't let an inconvenient fact stand in the way of a good joke (and, after all, how many of the people who listen to this track even know who Victoria Spivey was?), so responded by putting this on the back:

For those who are interested, I created the sweatshirt on spreadshirt (Zazzle, who would otherwise have been my first port of call, only do T-shirts, not sweatshirts, and I wanted designs on some of my winter wear as well as summer). If anyone else is interested in wearing this design, let me know and I'll make it public.