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Songs that discriminate?

Postby empyrean » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:27 am

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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Postby InvisibleMan » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:07 am

Eddie Murphy - Kill the white people [:D]
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Postby Magnum-Truth » Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:22 am

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."
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Postby ghosty » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:18 am

Not New Wave but I always thought "Spice Up Your Life" by the Spice Girls was hilariously un-PC......."Yellow man in Timbuktu"...
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Postby Frank_Chickens » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:47 am

'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.
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Postby q89747 » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:01 am

[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.
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Postby eLeMeNOhPeaQ » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:20 am

Turning Japanese - The Vapors
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