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Thread #3382   Message #16913
Posted By: Jon W.
01-Dec-97 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: Anger songs
Subject: RE: Anger songs
Wee wee German Lairdie: My little bit of research indicates that some Scots were disappointed and angry when the throne of the united kingdom of England and Scotland went to King William of Orange (Dutch?) and then to his cousins the Hanoverians (Georges I, II, and III) instead of to the house of Stuart (James) This is what precipitated the unsuccessful Jacobite rebellions. I'm sure there are others out there who know more.

As far as anger songs go, how about the blues? Check out these two verses from "32-20 Blues" by Robert Johnson:

If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come (2x)
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none.

And if she gets unruly and says she don't want to (2x)
Take my 32-20 and cut her half in two.

(The 32-20 was a caliber of handgun)

Such angry, misogynistic lyrics are commonplace in the blues, but I generally refrain from singing them myself.