Re: [Harp-L] Re: Which blues songs support ending violence towards women?

[billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

You could say that about *so* many blues songs. particularly those by little walter (if i get her in my sights - boom boom out go the lights), muddy ("i'm gonna whup my baby in the  morning boys, pet her in the afternoon", etc. like so many ugly things (racism, etc) it was part of the culture back then, better now but unfortunately still around to some extent.

Bill

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From: Michael Muller <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> "Brick" by Albert Collins.
> 
> Oh, wait -- that's the opposite of what you're looking for.
> 
> http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/698067.html
> 
> That song is so absurdly violently misogynistic that (for me) it goes  
> all the way past offensive to funny.  I have to believe it's a parody  
> of that sort of talk and behavior.  In any event, I choose to listen  
> to it as such, because otherwise I couldn't enjoy the song.
> 
>    -- Mike
> 
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