So if you overhear someone describe something as “gay,” instead of blowing a fuse, pop Lily in your headphones and you’ll be feeling smug and satisfied in no time at all. The healthiest way to let off steam on frustrating issues like this one is to gleefully and irreverently express your feelings, and this sugar-coated song is just the ticket. Homophobes are precisely those sorts of people, and it’ll drive you crazy if you talk to them about their wacky ideas. It’s pointless to attempt intelligent debate with someone who refuses to listen to reason. “I suppose you think I ought to be haunted,” muses the Rake, before concluding, “but it never really bothered me!” But it’s his reflection on his actions that really makes him stand out among other unsavory characters. He gets married and his wife starts having kids he hates, so what does he do? Kills them all, duh! In painstaking detail, the narrator chronicles how he brought about each of his children’s demise and ultimately freed himself from an unwanted burden. Murderous Irishmen, leering sailors, and bicycle thieves all appear in the band’s catalog, but nothing can top the cruel protagonist of this tune. The Decemberists excel at writing songs about people with questionable morals. We can only imagine what his coworkers are saying around at the water cooler. Although he’s obviously willing, over the course of the song he becomes increasingly weary of the arrangement and has trouble getting into work on time without looking like crap. He’s an eager - although exhausted - participant in an ongoing affair with his female boss, who promises him a raise if he’ll just put in a little overtime at her place. The narrator of “Step Into My Office, Baby” disagrees with this rule. We all want to get ahead at work, but sleeping with management isn’t really the honorable way to go about it.
It’s easy to give up on what matters as you grow older and lose your youthful fire, they remind us, but that’s no excuse for letting the Man beat you into hateful submission.īelle & Sebastian - “Step Into My Office, Baby” But it’s the Clash’s trademark snarl that turns the message into a confrontational anthem, challenging any “man born with a living soul” to actively fight against oppression. “Clampdown” lays out in unmistakable terms the inexcusable nature of discrimination and specifically takes to task Nazis and other fascists. Grab a box of tissues before you listen to this one. The heartbreakingly sweet music expresses profound grief - for Gacy’s childhood trauma, for the teenage boys buried under his floorboards, for the experiences we all have that bring us to a point of hopelessness.
#Songs about being evil inside serial#
Sufjan Stevens can make beauty out of even the most unpleasant things (like, say, the BQE), so it’s somewhat unsurprising he could write such a tender song about a real-life serial pedophile and murderer. You won’t like the people in any of them, but we suspect you’ll be singing along in no time. Whether it’s murder, oppression, or abuse that really turns your stomach, here are ten fantastic songs that make moral bankruptcy a little more listenable.
Making music about offensive things for shock value can come off as cheap and lazy, but these songwriters - cheeky, serious, and in between - know exactly what they’re doing.
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