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I dont know if my term is right but what i have in mind is songs that tells something about a particular race or anti religion or anti monarchy or whatever.

Example

Hongkong Garden - Siouxie And The Banshees

with lyrics like "a race of bodies small in size" or "an old custom to sell your daughter" or "junk floats on polluted water". It tells something negative about Hongkong or the chinese. Unless SATB are not serious.

The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - The Housemartins

which i think is anti monarchy."and even when their kids are starving, they all thought the queen was charming."

King In A Catholic Style - China Crisis

is about the Pope right?

Dear God - XTC

is an atheist anthem bashing religion i think.
"did you make mankind after we made you?"

Are there any more songs like this?

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Eddie Murphy - Kill the white people [:D]

1977 -Randy Newman - Short People [:)]

From Wikipedia
"the song was misunderstood by many listeners, who wrongly assumed that it reflected the performer's personal viewpoint."

Not New Wave but I always thought "Spice Up Your Life" by the Spice Girls was hilariously un-PC......."Yellow man in Timbuktu"...

'Love Song' by The Passage.

The first line of the song goes:

'I love you cause I need a cunt'

Granted, the track is tongue in cheek reposte to reporters who said that the band is sexist but anyone who didn't know the backstory might have a different view.

[quote]Originally posted by empyrean
[br]I dont know if my term is right but what i have in mind is songs that tells something about a particular race or anti religion or anti monarchy or whatever.

Example

Hongkong Garden - Siouxie And The Banshees

with lyrics like "a race of bodies small in size" or "an old custom to sell your daughter" or "junk floats on polluted water". It tells something negative about Hongkong or the chinese. Unless SATB are not serious.
[/quote]
The Banshees were in fact using the song in defense of the proprietors of a Chinese food place near where they lived who had been harassed by skinheads. I personally always thought the cheesy faux-Asian xylophone riff at the beginning sounded condescending, but according to them they were sincere.

Turning Japanese - The Vapors