Summary: At least three songs from 1995 - Possum Kingdom, Down by the Water, and Angry Johnny - combine imagery of sex, violence, and love into one mix.
There's an interesting little handful of popular songs from 1995 that collude sex, violence, and love (ok, maybe not love)
BLOT: (08 Jan 2014 - 09:18:55 PM)
There's an interesting little handful of popular songs from 1995 that collude sex, violence, and love (ok, maybe not love)
I went on a brief nostalgia jaunt this past of couple of days, watching old 90s music videos, and have discovered a few things. A) While there are some things I still love and absolutely adore about the decade-of-music I am more over it than I realized. B) There were a small handful of songs [spoiler: 3 that I found just in one watching] that mash up violence, sex, and love into the lyrics. And not only where they released, but were charting singles. What the hell happened in the mid 90s? Is this Nick Cave's fault?
Poe - Angry Johnny
Sample lyric: I can do it you gently/ I can do it with an animal's grace/ I can do it with precision/ I can do it with gormet taste/ But either way/ Either (way), either way/ I want to kill you/ I want to blow you.../ Away (read more)
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Sample lyric: Behind the boathouse/ I'll show you my dark secret/ I'm not gonna lie/ I want you for mine/ My blushing bride/ My lover, be my lover, yeah/ Don't be afraid/ I didn't mean to scare you/ So help me, Jesus/ I can promise you/ You'll stay as beautiful/ With dark hair/ And soft skin, forever/ Forever (read more)
PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
Sample lyric: Oh help me Jesus/ Come through this storm/ I had to lose her/ To do her harm/ I heard her holler/ I heard her moan/ My lovely daughter/ I took her home (read more)
Similar songs from a similar time
Some other songs that I could think of that have a similar collusion from about the same time include:
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Loverman" (1994)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Where the Wild Roses Go" (1996)
- Nine Inch Nails - "Closer" (1994)
- Marilyn Manson - "Tourniquet" (1996) [possibly others would even work better here, but this one will do...]
I'm sure there were more. Any you can think of?
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