The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37081   Message #516076
Posted By: Phil Cooper
27-Jul-01 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: Dangerous Songs?
Subject: RE: Dangerous Songs?
According to the liner notes on the Seeger album (one of my favorites as well), a dangerous song can mean one thing to one, and something else to another. His example: a lullaby is dangerous to a child who doesn't want to be put to sleep. I like songs with teeth in them, be they traditional or contemporary, but folks who prefer folk-lite are disturbed by them sometimes. "One of Us," mentioned above could upset some fundamentalists. We got a phone call from someone who didn't like the fact that we recorded "Lady Diamond" on a tape they'd purchased. Pop music could certainly use more dangerous songs.