Decadent mainstream music

Started by 13, May 23, 2017, 12:01:33 PM

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Otomo_Hava

Also...

Soft Cell - Dwarf Sex
Iggy Pop - Nazi Girlfriend
Agnetha Fältskog - Mr. Persuasion*
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
Jethro Tull - Kissing Willie
The Normal - Warm Leatherette**
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
The Tiger Lillies - Piss On Your Grave
Army Of Lovers - Crucified

*Well, if you think in an other point of view, it may be suspicious.
** You can't go wrong with this fetish-car song especially when it was covered by Quincy Jones, Duran Duran, Suzi Quatro and others!

Otomo_Hava

Jacques Brel - Au Suivant

You may know this song as "Next" covered by Scott Walker and Alex Harvey Band

F_c_O

Cant be arsed to check if its been mentioned but the patti smith classic rock n roll nigger.

Decrepitude

I don't know if it can be considered "mainstream" in a sense but Comus' First Utterance is full of stuff like this. From Wikipedia: First Utterance was notable for its unique blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, and elements of paganism and the macabre. The overall thematic tone of the album is of vulnerable innocence facing abusive power,[1] the songs dealing with violence ("Drip Drip"), rape ("Diana", "Song to Comus"), and insulin shock therapy ("The Prisoner"). These themes contrast starkly with the acoustic sound of the record, featuring acoustic guitar, violin, flute, and lyrical, almost Arcadian, female harmonies.

It's a damn fine album too.

I'll have to think some more when I have time. Also thanks to Petersson for pointing that Lou Reed song. I have it on a strange split 12" with VU's Venus In Furs but I haven't listened to it in 10+ years.

Leewar

Depeche mode got away with a lot of stuff. I think it was martin Gore who said that if you label yourself as pop, you can get away with a lot of sex and drugs content.

A question of time/behind the wheel/Never let me down again/Little 15/Master and servant/Rush etc etc etc....

Soft cell also nailed it a few times.

holy ghost

Isn't Kiss "Goin' Blind" about a 93 year old man lusting after a 16 year old?

Also if you read the lyrics "Strutter" is the original meninist/power electronics anthem.... :)

Leatherface

Serge Gainsbourg "Lemon Incest" - song together with his minor daughter.

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NO PART OF IT


I could come up with a lot if I had time. 
I do want to mention that Danzig did a cover of a Black Sabbath song
("Hand of Doom"), but changed the lyrics to be about stab wound intercourse.

I also enjoy the songs like "Electric Avenue" and "Born in The USA", or even "Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson, for their ubiquitousness, yet their lyrics are cynical and dismissive of the lowest common denominator in an unambiguous way that people ignore.  "Keep on Rockin' In The Free World" by Neil Young is another one.   It's not about "Rockin' out" and having a good time. 




A caterpillar that goes around trying to rip the wings off of butterflies is not a more dominant caterpillar, just a caterpillar that is looking for a bigger caterpillar to crush him.  Some caterpillars are mad that they will never grow to be butterflies.
 
https://www.nopartofit.bandcamp.com

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wyngarde

Blondie - One way or another (About DH's stalker)
https://youtu.be/pryJYyzoSpA

Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays (School shooting)

Tubeway Army - Down in the Park
"it tells the story of a futuristic park in which Machmen (androids with human skin) and machines rape and kill human beings to entertain spectators who, along with their numerically-named robotic "friends" ("Down in the Park, with a friend called Five"), view the carnage from a nearby club (wikipedia)"

https://youtu.be/oVW59ir4dw8

Tom Jones - Delilah (Murder ballad)
https://youtu.be/8a_T3U1rg2I


david lloyd jones

going back in time...
maurice chevalier 'thank heaven for little girls'

absurdexposition

Primitive Isolation Tactics
Scream & Writhe distro and Absurd Exposition label
Montreal, QC
https://www.screamandwrithe.com

impulse manslaughter


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