Re: (Story) Slap 'er Down Again, Paw - 1,650 words

Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:58:12 GMT
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"Ejucaided Redneck" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> jeanannd wrote:
>
> > Patrick, you ever listen to some of the OLD blue grass music and country
> > music? It's not a atypical song of that kind.
>
> Actually it _is_ atypical. Can you name me another song encouraging
> someone to beat their child? The only oldie I can think of that even
> mentions beating a child is an obscure Stanley Brothers song wherein a
> child begs his father to stop beating the child's brother. In 1940 Roy
> Acuff recorded a tearjerker called "Don't Make Me Go To Bed and I'll Be
> Good" that's about disciplining a child who later dies, but there's no
> mention of anyone raising their hand toward him.
>
> Given the long tradition of murder ballads I was amused by the recent
> furor over a song some girl group or other --I don't listen much to
> contemporary "country--" called "Earl's Gotta Die." Some of those older
> songs make Earl sound like a kid's jingle and would make good fodder for
> those in this group who like to writer gore. "The Knoxville Girl" only
> needs a verse about the autopsy to be complete.
>
> --
> Gonna get me a shotgun
> Just as long as I'm tall...
> Gonna shoot poor Thelma
> Just to watch her jump and fall.
> -- Jimmy Rogers, "T For Texas"
> --
I don't think this song is encouraging child beating . You think only the
good things in life inspire us? Sometimes the pain and horror make us
want to escape. A comedian uses the pain to make people laugh. Perhaps
this song was someone trying to laugh at something bad, to make the
victimizers out to be dumb. It's a type of revenge on the victimizers, now
that the writer survived.
Listen to Johnny Cash's three record collection Love, God and Murder. The
album Love is on country and blue grass songs of love. God is on songs of
religion and Murder is exactly that, songs on violence. These songs are
classics, some of them older then a hundred years old.
You think --" called "Earl's Gotta Die caused a furor. There's a female
comedian and talented song writer and singer who wrote such songs as "Earth
Girls Are Easy" and "Because I'm Blonde". She did a parody song with a
video that received great air time on MTV called "The Home Coming Queen Has
Got A Gun". The song was meant to make fun of all the teen slasher/kill em
movies. Then along comes Columbine and everybody over reacts and accuses
her video of PROMOTTING violence. They missed the point entirely. Weird
Al didn't fare very well in the witch hunt climate either.
Songs like Mr. Garfield tell of actual events (the assassination of
President Garfield). Yes, I've heard the preaching against such songs.
Songs like the country hit Jolene - sinful as they have a women taking
another's man. These songs don't encourage, they tell of things that
happen. Yes I like nice religious songs and happy songs too! But sorrow
and remembrance have value as well.
I also have to admit having a low tolerance for Barney and "I love you, you
love me" - but little children love him.
-- ^ ^ >"< jeanannd / I \ / \ / I \/