[kj] OT Murder Ballads

[Janean Lancaster]

<<<It may have been  a nice song ,>>>

 

Was it?  I thought it was sad and grisly, meself.

 

<<< 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 didn't think it was portrayed as acceptable.

 

<<< It also ignores the suffering of Kylies family and also doesnt show
Cave spending a long time in jail . >>>

 

Kylie's family?  Why would they be suffering?  It's a fictional
character.

 

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

 

Psychos will murder people whether they've listened to tunes or not.  I
think Nick Cave's song was responsibly written - he wasn't telling us
about how good murdering is.

 

<<<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>>>

 

Oh, you got me!  I thought you were being serious.  Thank God you were
only winding us up.  I got sucked into that one.

 

Cheers,

Janean

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
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Sent: 20 December 2006 12:27
To: gathering at misera.net
Cc: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Murder Ballads

 

 

 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



--- Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk wrote:

From: "Janean Lancaster" <Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)"
<gathering at misera.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Murder Ballads
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:51:44 -0000

I love Stagger Lee - especially Blixa's screaming crescendo.

And the Kylie song is class.  Immensely sad, that feeling of loss/grief
from the murder of a young girl (the character Elisa Day, not Kylie). 

Cheers, 

Janean 

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Sent: 19 December 2006 22:52
To: BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com; A list about all things Killing Joke (the
band!)
Cc: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] OT Murder Ballads 

one of the best songs in this album is Song Of Joy, very sad and
melancolic 

  

diaz 

  

  

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