Some songs step over the line more consistantly than others. 'Draft Dodger Rag' evokes smiles these days, being as it is sooo dated I would venture..., though it used to piss off multitudes. 'After the Ball' has begrunge'd many a macho-man's face as well... even though it is sweet.

The amazing part of all this 'dangerousness' lies in our almost desperate desire to not rock the boat... even though we could swim faster and with less effort than it takes to sail the da*n thing...

However, it has been cosistantly pointed out to me, that the 'energy' one sows, is the 'energy' one reaps... and if one does not ballence ones presentation, then... well, just ask Phil...

What trips me up these days, are the outrageously dangerous lyrics in much of the cutting edge stuff over the last decades... the thing is, that they are rendered somewhat esoteric by our inability to understand them... and only the enthusiast of the bombastic tirade ever gets close to the lyric sheet...

I would also venture, finally, that most of the songs I learn, and perhaps all the songs I write are at least a little dangerous, and like the Berrymans say, to be successful at it, you've got to nail everyone... You can't leave anyone out.

When we walk out of the dusty old museum, the really exiting thing for me, is to present the 'dangerous' song so well, that it has ceased being 'dangerous' by the time it's last notes have rung out... Quantum leap social change.

Or would you rather piss-em off, and keep the cycle pointless?
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