[kj] OT Murder Ballads

[Mik Raven]

Would Mack the Knife count as a murder song? Just to show it's far from
being a recent thing! Not sure which version I like best though. It's
probably between Sting and the psychedelic furs.

 

Mik

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Rob's Arse
Sent: 20 December 2006 13:03
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Murder Ballads

 


Fuck me, Mary Whitehouse has subbed on to the list!

Best Murder song I heard was Psycho done by lots of different folks
including Elvis Costello. Great song.

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From: "BS Crack" <BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
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Subject: Re: [kj] OT Murder Ballads
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:27:04 -0800

 

 It may have been  a nice song , but do you think  that the grisly act of
murder should be sanitised and portrayed as an acceptable thing in the name
of making art ? I dont think so.

    The video to the song  replicates the recent Suffolk murders, (Well the
other way around actually: The recent Suffolk murders replicate the
Cave/Kylie song) . Kylie is laying there all beautiful and serene whilst
Cave goes about bashing her over the head , whilst ignoring the reality what
would be her crushed skull and parts of her brain flying everywhere . It
also ignores the suffering of Kylies family and also doesnt show Cave
spending a long time in jail .

   Should artistes act responsibly when making music, knowing that their
lyrics may influence people who listen to the music?

  I used to listen to Gangsta rap, but kept getting the urge to go and do a
drive by shooting, so I now listen to Boney M
......................................but I now get the urge to do a Brown
girl in the ring...........tr la la la laaaaa

 

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