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Thread #76250 Message #1349980
Posted By: alanabit
07-Dec-04 - 11:56 AM
Thread Name: Songs that offend you
Subject: RE: Songs that offend you
Actually, the "rebel" songs are one of the few types which can push my buttons. I do not really know whether I know where I would draw the line - or indeed if I would want to draw one. I can hear songs like "Roddy McCorley" - I have sung it - and identify with a good ballad, which mourns for the life of a brave young man. I can also understand the outrage which gives rise to songs like "Skibereen". The ones I found really offensive, were the ones which glorified the murderous thugs - whether IRA, UDA or the authorities of Ireland at a time when sordid murders were happening on a weekly basis. And no, I don't give a stuff which "side" they were on. To hear songs boasting about killing and cruelty was more than I could take. I have heard them from both sides of the sectarian divide and I did not like the face of either.
Maybe I should have kept quiet there. Some of our American friends may think I am flaming!